GrowthWorld.net Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 2025-06-30
Last Updated: 2025-06-30
Your privacy is critically important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how GrowthWorld.net (“GrowthWorld,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, discloses, and safeguards your personal information. By accessing or using our website and any associated services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Scope & Definitions
This Privacy Policy applies to all visitors, users, and others who access or use GrowthWorld.net (the “Site”) or any of our online/offline tools and services (collectively, the “Services”). For the purposes of this policy:
- Personal Data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual.
- Non-Personal Data means information that does not identify you or cannot be used to identify you.
- Processing means any operation performed on personal data, such as collecting, storing, using, transferring, or erasing.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Personal Data
We collect Personal Data only when necessary for providing our Services, including but not limited to:
- Account Information: Your name, email address, and password if you create an account.
- Billing Data: Payment information, billing address, and transaction history for subscriptions or credit purchases.
- Support Communications: Any information you provide when you contact us for help or inquiries.
2.2 Non-Personal Data
We automatically collect certain data for analytics, security, and service improvement:
- Device Information: IP address (anonymized when required), browser type, operating system, and device identifiers.
- Usage Data: Pages visited, links clicked, time spent on the Site, and other diagnostic data.
- Referring/Exit Pages: URLs that led you to or from our Site.
3. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
We use essential cookies for user authentication (login sessions) and to ensure our Services function properly. Third-party services (e.g., Google Analytics, affiliate networks) may place their own cookies to track usage and interactions. Please refer to their respective policies for details on how they handle your data.
3.1 Types of Cookies We Use
- Essential Cookies: Required for login, user preferences, and secure account management.
- Analytics Cookies: Used to collect information on how users interact with our Site and Services, helping us improve user experience and performance.
- Third-Party Cookies: Placed by external services like Google Ads, Amazon Affiliates, or AliExpress APIs if these are integrated into specific tools or pages.
3.2 User Choices
You can manage cookie settings in your browser and opt out of certain cookies. However, disabling essential cookies may affect the functionality of our Services. To opt out of Google Analytics, you can use the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.
4. How We Use Your Data
We process your data for the following purposes:
- To Provide and Maintain Our Services: Account management, tool functionality, order processing, etc.
- To Improve User Experience: Analyzing usage trends and traffic patterns to enhance our tools.
- To Manage Subscriptions & Payments: Handling billing, invoicing, and payment confirmations.
- To Provide Customer Support: Responding to user inquiries, technical issues, or complaints.
- To Comply with Legal Obligations: Meeting tax, anti-fraud, or other regulatory requirements.
5. Disclosure of Your Data
We do NOT sell or rent your personal data. However, we may share your information in the following circumstances:
- Service Providers: We may engage trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services (e.g., payment processing, analytics). They have access to your data solely to perform tasks on our behalf.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your data is subject to a different privacy policy.
- Protection of Rights: We may disclose data when we believe it is necessary to protect our rights, ensure user safety, or investigate fraud.
6. Third-Party Services & APIs
Our tools may rely on or integrate with third-party APIs, such as Google, AliExpress, Amazon, Telegram, or others. By using these tools, you acknowledge and agree that your interactions with these third parties are governed by their respective privacy policies. We do not control their data collection or usage practices.
7. International Data Transfers
Your personal data may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside your state, province, or country where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside where our servers operate, we will ensure adequate data protection measures are in place (e.g., Standard Contractual Clauses, Privacy Shield frameworks, or local data protection adequacy decisions).
8. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law. Once your data is no longer needed, we take reasonable steps to securely delete, anonymize, or archive it.
9. Security Measures
We employ industry-standard security measures to safeguard your data, including but not limited to:
- Encryption of sensitive data in transit (HTTPS/SSL).
- Access controls, restricting personnel access to personal data based on job function.
- Regular vulnerability scanning and security audits.
- Secure data storage with firewalls and intrusion detection systems.
While we strive to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. GDPR & CCPA Compliance
If you reside in the European Economic Area (EEA) or California (USA), you have specific rights under GDPR or CCPA, including:
- Right to Access: Request information on what personal data we hold about you and how it is being processed.
- Right to Rectification: Request corrections to any inaccuracies in your personal data.
- Right to Erasure (Deletion): Request the deletion of your personal data where no valid legal reason for its retention exists.
- Right to Restrict Processing: In certain circumstances, request that we limit how your data is processed.
- Right to Data Portability: Receive a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- Right to Object: Object to processing of your personal data for direct marketing or other legitimate interests.
- Right to Non-Discrimination (CCPA): We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@growthworld.net. We will respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.
11. Children’s Privacy
Our Services are not intended for individuals under the age of 16 (or the applicable age of majority in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us so we can delete it.
12. External Links
Our Site may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any personal data.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, regulatory, or operational reasons. If we make material changes, we will provide notice (e.g., by email or a notice on our homepage). Your continued use of our Site and Services after these changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
14. Dispute Resolution
If you have any concerns or disputes regarding our Privacy Policy or data processing practices, please contact us first. We will do our best to address and resolve the issue. If we cannot resolve your concern, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority (e.g., in the EU or UK) or relevant regulatory body (e.g., in California for CCPA).
15. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us:
- Email: info@growthworld.net