Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting Shred415.com. This site is owned by Shred415 Franchising (“Shred415”). This policy governs your use of the Shred415 website, www.Shred415.com, and all associated sites linked to www.Shred415.com, (collectively, the “Website”), the Shred415 Mobile Application (the “App”), and any proprietary Shred415 software programs (the Website, App, and related software programs are referred to collectively as the “Shred415 Platforms”). Shred415 provides this Privacy Policy to inform you of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information we receive from users of the Shre415 Platforms. This Privacy Policy applies only to information that you provide to use through the Shred415 Platforms, during your communications with us, and during your use of the Shred415 Platforms. This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to our information practices. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices. The Shred415 Platforms are designed to allow users to make membership purchases, register for fitness classes, pay for services, buy merchandise, and communicate with Shred415. Shred415 knows that you care about how your information is used and shared, and we appreciate your trust that we will do so carefully and sensibly. Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used at this site. Please read this Privacy Policy before using the site or submitting any personal information.

Acceptance Of Terms

By visiting or using the Shred415 Platforms, or communicating with Shred415, you are accepting the terms of and the practices described in this “Privacy Policy” and the Shred415 “Terms of Service”. You also consent to receive communications from Shred415 electronically, whether by phone, email, or another communications medium. You understand and agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications that Shred415 provides electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing. If you do not agree to this, please refrain from using the Shred415 Platforms. Your continued use of the Shred415 Platforms following the posting of changes to these terms will indicate your acceptance of those changes. WE MAY ALSO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU BY SMS, MMS, TEXT MESSAGE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS TO YOUR MOBILE DEVICE. CONSENT TO THE SHRED415 TERMS OF SERVICE AND THIS PRIVACY POLICY IS NOT A CONDITION OF PURCHASE.

By visiting a Shred415 studio you hereby grant us an absolute and irrevocable right, license and unrestricted permission to use photographs or video taken of your image and likeness, and to use, re-use, publish and re-publish the same in whole or in part, individually or in conjunction with other photographs and any printed or video matter, in any and all media now or hereafter known, and for any purpose whatsoever allowed by law for illustration, promotion, art, editorial, advertising and trade, or any other purpose whatsoever without restriction as to alteration.

GENERAL STATEMENT ON PRIVACY, PERSONAL DATA, AND COMMUNICATIONS

We will always respect your privacy. Sometimes, we may ask you for personal information like your name, phone number, address, email address, etc. so that we can better serve you and offer you discounts and promotions. If you use the Shred415 Platforms, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account, password, and for restricting access to your computer or device. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account and password.

INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFER

YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO – AND MAINTAINED ON – COMPUTERS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF YOUR STATE, PROVINCE, COUNTRY OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL JURISDICTION WHERE THE PRIVACY LAWS MAY NOT BE AS PROTECTIVE AS THOSE IN YOUR JURISDICTION. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES AND CHOOSE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO US, SHRED415 OR ITS BUSINESS PARTNERS MAY TRANSFER PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THE UNITED STATES AND PROCESS IT THERE. YOUR CONSENT TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY FOLLOWED BY YOUR SUBMISSION OF SUCH INFORMATION REPRESENTS YOUR AGREEMENT TO THAT TRANSFER.

THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We receive, collect and store any information you enter on the Shred415 Platforms, or give us in any other way such as names, postal addresses, email addresses, credit card information etc., when voluntarily submitted by users of (and visitors to) the Shred415 Platforms. We collect commercial information based on your interactions with us and the products/services that you purchase. This includes records of the products purchased or considered for purchase by you. The information you provide is used to fulfill your specific requests, to improve the experience on the Shred415 Platforms, to ensure a successful experience at a Shred415 studio location, and to adhere to the Terms and Conditions you accept when you make a purchase on the Shred415 Platforms. From time-to-time on the Shred415 Platforms, you may be able to order services or products, enter contests, vote in polls, or otherwise express an opinion or subscribe to one of our services. The types of personally identifiable information that may be collected, when voluntarily submitted by users of (and visitors to) our Shred415 Platforms include: name, address, e-mail address, telephone number, fax number, credit card information, and information about your interests in and use of various products, programs, and services. In certain circumstances on the Shred415 Platforms, only persons who provide us with the requested personally identifiable information will be able to order products, programs, and services or otherwise participate in the site’s activities and offerings. You can choose not to provide certain information, but then you might not be able to take advantage of many of our features. We also may collect and log certain non-personally identifiable information when you visit many of our web pages such as the type of browser you are using (e.g., Google Chrome, Internet Explorer), the type of operating system you are using, (e.g., Windows 8.1 or Mac OS X) and the domain name of your Internet service provider (e.g., Comcast, Spectrum). This data is used to manage the Website, track usage and improve our services. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to users. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes. We may also record information about your usage, such as the time and frequency of your usage of the Website. If you are logged in, we may associate that information with your account. We may use clear GIFs or web beacons in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened by recipients. We may also use your email address to send updates, newsletters or other news regarding Shred415. Users may choose not to receive email of these types by following opt-out instructions contained in such emails or by changing their notification settings under the “My Account” section of the Shred415 website. Shred415 reserves the right to send you important notices about your account even if you opt out of all voluntary email notifications.

HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION

Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling it to others. We share customer information only as described below. We may use the information you provide about yourself to fulfill your requests for our products, programs, and services, to respond to your inquiries about our offerings, to offer you other products, programs or services that we believe may be of interest to you and to notify you if you win one of our contests. We may share information you provide about yourself with our trusted business partners, affiliates, parents, subsidiaries and franchisees (collectively our “Business Partners”) in order to communicate special promotions or offers. We might also tell you about new features or products. These might be our own offers or products, or third-party offers or products we think you might find interesting. We may share information with third parties who perform services on our behalf. For example, we share information with vendors who help us manage our online registration process or who assist us in providing the Services. Some vendors may be located outside of the United States. We may share information with any successor to all or part of our business. For example, if part of our business is sold we may give our customer list as part of that transaction. We may share information with our Business Partners. For example, if we are working with a third party and running a joint promotion we may share your information with that third party, and we may share information for other reasons we may describe to you.

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

We cooperate with government and law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply with the law. We will disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement officials, to our insurance providers, or to private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims and legal process (including but not limited to subpoenas), to protect the property and rights of Shred415, or a third party, to protect the safety of the public or any person, or to prevent or stop activity we may consider to be or to pose a risk of being, any illegal, unethical or legally actionable activity.

NON PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

We sometimes use the non-personally identifiable information that we collect to improve the design and content of our site and to enable us to personalize your Internet experience. We may use this information in the aggregate to analyze site usage, as well as to offer you products, programs, or services. We may disclose personally identifiable information in response to legal process, for example, in response to a court order, subpoena or a law enforcement agency’s request when: (i) permitted or required by law; (ii) trying to protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud or unauthorized transactions; or (iii) investigating fraud which has already taken place. The information is not provided to these companies for marketing purposes. Agents and contractors of Shred415 who have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect this information in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy by, for example, not using the information for any purpose other than to carry out the services they are performing for Shred415. Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that personally identifiable information that we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy. We may on occasion combine information we receive online with outside records to enhance our ability to market to you those products or services that may be of interest to you. Finally, Shred415 will not use or transfer personally identifiable information provided to us in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you with an opportunity to opt out of these unrelated uses.

SERVICE PROVIDERS

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Shred415 Platforms, to provide the Shred415 Platforms on our behalf, to perform site-related services (e.g., without limitation, maintenance services, database management, web analytics, fraud detection services relating to the activity of registered users and improvement of the features of the Shred415 Platforms) or to assist us in analyzing how the Shred415 Platforms are used. These third parties may have access to your Personal Information; if they do, this access is only so that they may perform these tasks on our behalf and they are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. We may also provide Personal Information to our Business Partners or other trusted entities for the purpose of providing you with information on goods or services we believe will be of interest to you. You can, at any time, opt-out of receiving such communications.

COLLECTION OF INFORMATION BY THIRD-PARTY SITES, OFFERINGS AND SPONSORS

The Shred415 Platforms may contain links to other sites whose information practices may be different than ours. Visitors should consult the other sites’ privacy policies as we have no control over information that is submitted to, or collected by, these third parties. The fact that we link to a website or present a banner ad or other type of advertisement is not an endorsement, authorization or representation of our affiliation with that third party, nor is it an endorsement of their privacy or information security policies or practices. We do not exercise control over third party websites. These other websites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data or solicit personal information from you. Other websites follow different rules regarding the use or disclosure of the personal information you submit to them. We encourage you to read the privacy policies or statements of the other websites you visit.

We may collect information from you on behalf of third-party service providers with whom we have pre-existing relationships to assist you in your purchase of a Shred415 product or service. We will use reasonable commercial efforts to safeguard any sensitive personal or financial information you provide, or that is provided to us by these third parties. SHRED415 SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR AND HEREBY DISCLAIMS TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DISCLOSURE OF ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THIRD-PARTIES WHICH IS NOT A RESULT OF OUR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.

To enhance your experience with our Site we may use “Cookies” and tracking technology depending upon the features offered. Cookies and tracking technology consist of text files we place in your computer’s browser to store your preferences. Cookies and tracking technology, by themselves, do not tell us your e-mail address or other personally identifiable information unless you choose to provide this information to us by, for example, registering at our site. The reason cookie and tracking technology are useful to us is for gathering information such as browser type and operating system, tracking the number of visitors to the website, understanding how visitors use the website, and to improve the content and offerings on our site. For example, we may use cookies to personalize your experience at our web pages (e.g., to recognize you by name when you return to our site), save your password in password-protected areas, and enable you to use shopping carts on our sites. We also may use cookies to offer you products, programs, or services. Aggregate cookie and tracking information may be shared with third parties. However, once you choose to furnish the site with personally identifiable information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie. If you are concerned about the use of cookies, you can explore your web browser’s options to notify you whenever a cookie is set, or to disallow cookies altogether. You should be aware that prohibiting the use of cookies will significantly restrict access to certain types of content or features. Please note that our Site does not support “Do Not Track” browser settings and does not currently participate in any “Do Not Track” frameworks that would allow us to respond to signals or other mechanisms from you regarding the collection of your personal or nonpersonally identifiable information.

CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

California law grants California residents certain rights and imposes restrictions on particular business practices as set forth below:

Notice before collection: We are required to notify California residents, at or before the point of collection of their personal information, the categories of personal information collected and the purposes for which such information is used.

Request to delete: California residents have the right to request, at no charge, deletion of their personal information that we have collected about them and to have such personal information deleted, except where an exemption applies. We will respond to verifiable requests received from California residents as required by law.

Request to know: California residents have the right to request and, subject to certain exemptions, receive a copy of the specific pieces of personal information that we have collected about them in the prior 12 months and to have this delivered, free of charge, either (a) by mail or (b) electronically in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, a readily useable format that allows the individual to transmit this information to another entity without hindrance. California residents also have the right to request that we provide them certain information about how we have handled their personal information in the prior 12 months, including:

categories of personal information collected; categories of sources of personal information; business and/or commercial purposes for collecting and selling their personal information; categories of third parties/with whom we have disclosed or shared their personal information; categories of personal information that we have disclosed or shared with a third party for a business purpose; and categories of third parties to whom the residents’ personal information has been sold and the specific categories of personal information sold to each category of third party.

Do-not-sell (opt-out/opt-in): California residents have the right to opt-out of our sale of their personal information. Further businesses may not knowingly sell personal information about minors under 16 years old without prior express consent.

Discrimination and financial incentives: The CCPA prohibits discrimination against California residents for exercising their rights under the CCPA. A business may offer financial incentives for the collection, sale, or deletion of California residents’ personal information, where the incentive is not unjust, unreasonable, coercive, or usurious, and is made available in compliance with applicable transparency, informed consent, and opt-out requirements. California residents have the right to be notified of any financial incentives offers and their material terms, the right to opt-out of such incentives at any time, and may not be included in such incentives without their prior informed opt-in consent. We do not offer any such incentives at this time.

California residents may submit a request to know or a request to delete to us by emailing us at [email protected] We may require additional information from you in order to verify your request. We will respond to verifiable requests received from California residents as required by law. If you have a disability, you may request a copy of this Privacy Policy or any other required accommodation be provided to you by contacting us. You may also submit your request by postal mail to: Shred415 Attn: Legal Department 2105 N. Southport Ave, Unit 203, Chicago, IL 60614. We will make every effort to promptly respond to your request.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY POLICY UNDER AGE 13

The Shred415 Platforms are not intended for use by children under the age of 13. Shred415 does not knowingly request or collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, please DO NOT attempt to register on the Shred415 Platforms or send any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, or email address. No one under age 13 may provide any personal information to or on our website. In the event that we learn that any personal information has been submitted to the website from a child under age 13, we will delete that information as quickly as reasonably possible. If you believe that we might have any information from or about a child under age 13, please contact us at [email protected].

CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 AND 18

If you are between the ages of 13 and 18, you may register on our website only with the involvement and permission of a parent or guardian.

WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE USE OF THE SHRED415 PLATFORMS, THE SITE , AND ANY SERVICES PROVIDED BY SHRED415 IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. THE SHRED415 PLATFORMS ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS-IS”, “WITH ALL FAULTS”, AND “AS-AVAILABLE” BASIS. SHRED415 EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SHRED415 MAKES NO PROMISES REGARDING RESULTS OF USING THE SHRED415 PLATFORMS AND SHRED415 MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SHRED415 PLATFORMS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR VIRUS-FREE. USE OF ANY APPLICATION THROUGH THE USE OF THE SERVICES SHALL BE AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION AND RISK, AND YOU WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM, MOBILE TELEPHONE, WIRELESS DEVICE OR DATA THAT RESULTS FROM THE USE OF THE SHRED415 PLATFORMS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES OR EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES, SO SUCH DISCLAIMERS AND EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

SHRED415, ITS AFFILIATES, PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, INDEPENDENT AND SUB-CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTIES FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ALLEGEDLY SUSTAINED ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE AND ACCESS OF THE SHRED415 PLATFORMS, YOUR ABILITY OR INABILITY TO ACCESS, VISIT AND/OR USE THE SHRED415 PLATFORMS, INCLUDING DAMAGE TO YOUR COMPUTER, MOBILE OR OTHER DEVICE, OR FOR SOFTWARE DISABLING DEVICES, TIME BOMBS, VIRUSES, WORMS, BUGS, OR DEVICES OR DEFECTS OF SIMILAR NATURE ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN OBTAINED FROM THE SITE OR USE OF THE SHRED415 PLATFORMS, YOUR ACCESS, VISITATION, AND/OR USE OF, OR RELIANCE ON, THE SITE OR USE OF THE SHRED415 PLATFORMS AND/OR CONTENT AVAILABLE ON OR THROUGH THE SITE AND USE OF THE SHRED415 PLATFORMS, REGARDLESS OF THE TYPE OF CLAIM OR THE NATURE OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. THIS AGREEMENT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF SUCH STATES, BUT TO THE EXTENT A CLAIM IS BROUGHT THEREIN, OUR LIABILITY AND WARRANTIES ARE LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. IF YOU ARE A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, YOU HEREBY WAIVE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE SECTION 1542, WHICH STATES, IN PART: “A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR OR RELEASING PARTY DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE THAT, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER, WOULD HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR OR RELEASED PARTY”.

OUR COMMITMENT TO SECURITY

We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online. Only authorized employees, agents and contractors (who have agreed to keep information secure and confidential) have access to this information. All marketing emails and newsletters from this site allow you to opt out of further marketing mailings. We use industry standard efforts to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal information (such as firewalls and secure sockets layer software) where appropriate. Nevertheless, absolute security does not yet exist on the internet. As we continue to evolve our website and incorporate new technologies to improve communication, our policies may change. We encourage you to refer to this policy on an ongoing basis to stay abreast of our most current privacy policy practices. We will make any legally required disclosures of any breach of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of your unencrypted electronically stored “personal data” (as defined in applicable state statutes on security breach notification) to you via email or conspicuous posting on the Site or through the Shred415 Platforms in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay, insofar as consistent with (i) the legitimate needs of law enforcement or (ii) any measures necessary to determine the scope of the breach and restore the reasonable integrity of the data system.

TESTIMONIALS

If you provide us with reviews or testimonials regarding your purchase of a Shred415 product or service, we may post your testimonials or reviews on the Shred415 Platforms along with your name and the product or service purchased. If you do not wish to have your testimonial or review posted on the Shred415 Platforms, please contact us.

HOW TO STOP GETTING FUTURE EMAILS FROM US

If you no longer want to receive emails, please let us know. You can opt out/unsubscribe from receiving information at any time using the “unsubscribe from this list” or “update subscription preferences” link provided at the bottom of any email you receive from us, or by emailing [email protected]

CHOICE OF LAW

The Shred415 Platforms, and your use hereof, is governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to Illinois’ choice of law provisions. Any claim arising out of your use of the Shred415 Platforms, or Services must be brought in the state or federal courts in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, its implementation or your personal information, you may contact us by email at: [email protected], or by postal mail to Shred415 2105 N. Southport Ave, Unit 203, Chicago, IL 60614.