PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy describes how Planephd LLC (Planephd) collects, uses, and discloses the personal information that we collect from you when you use the PlanePhd.com website and any services that may be available through the website.
By using the Planephd website and our services, you consent to the information collection and use practices described in this Privacy Policy. Your use of our website and services is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use, including its limitations on damages.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, "Personal Information" means information that would allow a third party to learn your identity or contact you, including, for example, your full name, address, telephone number, email address, or credit card number.
Planephd considers your privacy a top priority and we make sure that we go to great lengths to protect it.
We reserve the right to update this privacy from time to time. We will update the date whenever there is a material change to this privacy policy.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you use our website and our services, we may collect certain information from you.
We may request your personal information if you choose to contact us via any "Contact" or "Help" links, sign up for any services that may be offered either now or in the future, or otherwise communicate with us in any fashion. This information may include your name, email address, and zip code.
We may use your personal information to provide services that you have requested, respond to your requests, and send you communications, as well as for auditing, research, and analysis to improve the products offered on our website. You will always be given the opportunity to unsubscribe from further emails in any emails that we send to you.
You must be at least 18 years old to use our website and/or services and Planephd will not collect any information from anyone under the age of 13.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We may also collect non-personal information from you. When you access our website, we may collect such things as your IP address, browser type, device type, geographic location, operating system, referring URL, service provider, and other general information about our visitors. This information, on its own, cannot usually be used to identify you. We may at times also collect automatically generated data that will help diagnose problems with our server, help administer our website, analyze trends, track user movement, or gather demographic information for purposes of improving the website and out services.
We also may collect the following information, specifically:
- Mouse events (movements, location, and clicks)
- Keypresses
- Referring URLs and domain
- Pages visited
- Date and time website pages were accessed
USE OF INFORMATION AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may use your information:
- To understand how users access and use our website and services, both on an aggregated and individualized basis, in order to improve our website and services and respond to user desires and preferences.
- As necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements (including this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use), to protect or defend our rights, to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, and situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.
Planephd will not sell or rent your contact information to marketers.
To help us provide superior service, your personal information may be shared with the holder of the copyrights to the website who will take steps to safeguard it in accordance with our privacy policy.
There are also times when Planephd may make certain personal information about you available to companies or individuals to provide products and services to you on our behalf. These companies may help us process information, deliver products to you, manage and enhance customer data, provide customer service, assess your interest in our products and services, or conduct customer research or satisfaction surveys. Some of these companies may be third party vendors. We call them our "Service Providers." We may share personally identifiable information with Service Providers solely as appropriate for them to perform their functions, but they may not use such information for any other purpose, except if we inform you otherwise at the time of collection. Without such information being made available, it would be difficult for you to purchase products, have products delivered to you, receive services, receive customer service, provide us feedback to improve our products and services, or access certain services, offers, and content on the website.
At times we may be required by law or litigation to disclose your personal information. We may also disclose information about you if we determine that for national security, law enforcement, or other issues of public importance, disclosure is necessary.
USE OF COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGY
We use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about you and about your use of our website and services. We may combine this information with other personal information we collect from you. We use this information to enhance and personalize your experience while using this website and our services, to track user activities in order to understand how users use our website, and to improve our website and services. You may have the ability to decline to permit cookies or other tracking technology, but in that case we cannot promise you that all features of the website will function properly as a result.
We may also use third party vendors to track and analyze website data. We use the data collected by such third parties to help us administer and improve the quality of the website and to analyze website usage. Such third parties may combine the information that we provide about you with other information that they have collected. This Policy does not cover such third parties' use of the data.
We also gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track usersÕ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. Planephd will not use or share this type of collected information to market directly to that person.
We may use automated devices and applications, such as Google Analytics, to evaluate usage of our website. We may also use other analytic means to evaluate our services. We use these tools to help us improve our services, performance and user experiences. We do not share your personal information with these third parties.
CALIFORNIA DO NOT TRACK DISCLOSURE
We will abide by any "do not track" technology that you may choose to utilize, although, as described above with cookies, such technology may negatively affect the functionality of the website.
THIRD PARTY AD NETWORKS
We use third parties such as network advertisers to display advertisements on our website. Network advertisers are third parties that display advertisements based on your visits to our website as well as other websites. This enables us and these third parties to target advertisements by displaying ads for products and services in which you might be interested. Third party ad network providers, advertisers, sponsors and/or traffic measurement services may use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons (including clear GIFs), Flash LSOs and other technologies to measure the effectiveness of their ads and to personalize advertising content to you. These third-party cookies and other technologies are governed by each third party's specific privacy policy, not this one. We may provide these third-party advertisers with information about your usage of our website and our services, as well as aggregate or non-personally identifiable information about visitors to our website and users of our service.
THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
This website may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over, and are not responsible for, these third-party websites. Once you click on one of these links, you are entering a website separate from We recommend that you review the privacy policies on all such websites as their policies may differ from ours.
SECURITY
We have implemented reasonable security measures to protect against unauthorized access to and unlawful interception or processing of your Personal Information. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your Personal Information, we cannot ensure or warranty the security of any such Personal Information.
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
California residents may choose to request certain information regarding our disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes or choose to opt out of such disclosure. To make a request or to opt out at any time, please contact us at [email protected]. Please use the subject line "CA Request for Information".
CHANGES
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time, and the updated version will be posted on our website in place of the old version. We will also include the date that the currently displayed Privacy Policy took effect to help you determine whether there have been any changes since you last used our website. If we make a material modification to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by sending an email to the email address you have provided (if any) and by other means where appropriate. If you do not agree with the terms of any updated Privacy Policy, you must immediately cease using our website and services.
Legal Disclaimer
Our website and app operate AS-IS, and we do not represent or warrant that they will be available at all times, or that your use of the website and/or app will be uninterrupted or error-free. We are not responsible for your ability to access the website or app, or for matters beyond our control. This Privacy Policy is governed by Texas law, without regard to its choice or conflicts of law provisions.
CONTACT
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at [email protected].
Last Updated: June 11, 2023