Privacy Policy

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAREFULLY AND IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE USING www.BeEmpoweredAchievers.com (HEREINAFTER COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS THE “SITE”).

This Privacy Policy is here to better serve those who are concerned with how their information is used online. The following describes what type of information we collect, what it’s used for, and the measures we take to protect it.

IMPORTANT NOTE: By using the Site and/or purchasing, viewing, downloading, or otherwise signing up to receive Empowered Achievers, LLC email list newsletter, social media posts, blog posts, courses, programs, coaching services, training content, guides, eBooks, forms, worksheets, workbooks, and/or website materials (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products”), you voluntarily agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact Chris at Chris@BeEmpoweredAchievers.com. 

If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, you shall not use or browse the Site, and you shall not engage with, or purchase anything from the School. 

  1. Definitions

“Company”, “We”, “I”, “Our”, or “Us” means Empowered Achievers, LLC and/or www.BeEmpoweredAchievers.com. 

“Content” means any and all written, visual, video, or audio information contained on the Site and/or on the School, including, but not limited to, any and all emails received from Chris Castillo, Empowered Achievers, LLC, www.BeEmpoweredAchievers.com and any and all written or downloadable material purchased, viewed, or otherwise offered on www.BeEmpoweredAchievers.com such as blog posts, graphics, designs, documents, information, templates and materials.

“Personal Information” means information that can be used on its own or in conjunction with other information to identify, contact, or locate a person, or to identify an individual in context. For example, personal information includes, among other things, your name, address, email address, telephone number, credit card information, site behavior, etc.

“School” means any programs or courses offered by the Company on or through https://empoweredachievers.thinkific.com/.

“Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products” means www.BeEmpoweredAchievers.com, Content, email list, social media posts, blog posts, courses, programs, coaching services, guides, eBooks, forms, worksheets, workbooks, website materials, and/or training content available on the Site or School.

“Site” means www.BeEmpoweredAchievers.com/ and any and all of the Company’s associated pages, tabs, landing pages, forms, or sub-pages.

“You” or “Your” means the user, customer, or viewer of the Site or School.

2. Company Statement:

The Site and School’s Content are owned by Empowered Achievers, LLC and its president, Christina Castillo.

Empowered Achievers, LLC is committed to protecting your Personal Information. We will only collect or use your Personal Information in accordance with the Privacy Policy herein.

When you purchase from the School, your information (i.e. credit card and contact info) may be collected by a third-party merchant such as, PayPal, Stripe, and/or Thinkific (depending on the payment method you choose at checkout), who may have privacy policies, data or security practices that are different than ours. You must read the payment processors’ payment terms at checkout to understand what their practices are and what terms you are subject to for choosing that payment method. The Company is not responsible for the third-party merchant’s independent policies or practices.

3. What kind of Personal Information do we collect?

Personal Information You Provide: 

When using the Site, and in filling out forms, purchasing products, providing comments, or contacting us, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, website address, mailing address, payment or credit card information. We use this information to deliver the product purchased, or information requested, to improve the performance and applicability of the Site, and to provide you with educational content, newsletters, promotions, and special offers. When using or participating in the School, our third-party partner Thinkific, collects personal information about you, such as your name and email address, and relays this information to Empowered Achievers, LLC.

Personal Information Automatically Collected:

Through use of the Site, the Company may use data collection technology, such as Google Analytics and/or Facebook ad pixels (hereinafter referred to as the “Data Collection Companies”) to collect information related to your use of the Site. Generally speaking, this includes information about your geographic location and Site behavior. The Data Collection Companies also provide us with information about what type of device or software you use, your IP address (with location information), and whether you view the Site on mobile, tablet, or desktop.

We collect this information for statistical purposes only and to improve the viewer experience.

The School is hosted by another website. When you visit the School, our third-party partner Thinkific uses their own automatic data collection technologies. We do not control Thinkific’s policies. These are found here: https://www.thinkific.com/privacy-policy/

4. What if the Personal Information we have about you is incorrect or you want to update it?

If the Personal Information we have collected about you is incorrect or incomplete in any way, or you would like to update what we have, please contact Chris at Chris@BeEmpoweredAchievers.com. We will make the appropriate corrections when notified, as long as the corrections requested to be made are not incorrect or fraudulent in any way.

5. When do we collect Personal Information?

We collect Personal Information from you when you purchase, order, or sign up on and for the Site, School, Courses, Services, and Products, download our freebies or resources, subscribe to our newsletter, fill out a form, browse the Site, view Content, make purchases, and/or enter your any Personal Information on the Site. If you're just viewing the Site, you won't be required to provide personal information to browse.

If you're outside of the EU: if you sign-up to receive any freebies, downloads, webinars, recordings, courses, or services from the Company, or purchase any products or services from us, you will automatically be added to our email list to receive free email messages from us. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking "UNSUBSCRIBE" at the bottom of each email. If you have any questions, or difficulty unsubscribing from those emails, email Chris at Chris@BeEmpoweredAchievers.com to be unsubscribed from future messages.

If you're IN the EU: if you sign-up to receive any freebies, downloads, webinars, recordings, courses, or services from the Company, or purchase any products or services from us, you will only be added to our email list to receive free email messages from us if you affirmatively consent to receiving such messages. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking "UNSUBSCRIBE" at the bottom of each email. If you have any questions, or difficulty unsubscribing from those emails, email Chris at Chris@BeEmpoweredAchievers.com to be unsubscribed from future messages.

6. How do we use your Personal Information?

When using the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products, we may use the Personal Information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication (typically by email), browse the Site, or use certain other Site features in the following ways:

  • To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.

  • To improve our Site in order to better serve you.

  • To allow us to better serve you in response to your customer service requests.

  • To administer a contest, promotion, survey, or other Site feature.

  • To quickly process your transactions on and for the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products.

  • To send periodic emails regarding the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products.

  • To tailor social media (i.e., Facebook, Instagram, etc.) advertisements to you.

7. Do we share your Personal Information with anyone?

In general, we DO NOT sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside (third) parties your Personal Information unless we provide users with advance notice or need to do so in order to comply with the law or an investigation. 

We may disclose your Personal Information to our subsidiaries, contractors, subcontractors, assigns, affiliates or successors in interest when necessary to carry out our business functions.  This may include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, email service, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release Personal Information when its release is appropriate or necessary to comply with the law, enforce our Site policies, this Privacy Policy, Terms & Conditions, Disclaimer, Terms of Use and Participation, or to protect our rights or others' rights, property, or safety.

However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. If you make your personal information available to third parties through our Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products, Empowered Achievers, LLC is not responsible for any unauthorized use by that third party.

It's also important to note that we DO allow third-party behavioral tracking.

8. How do we protect your Personal Information?

We aim to make your visit to our Site as safe as possible. The Site uses commercially acceptable methods of security protection to protect your information. We use a SSL certificate and never transmit your credit card information by email.

Your Personal Information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the Personal Information confidential. By viewing, using, or purchasing on or from the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products, you acknowledge that Empowered Achievers, LLC and its staff and independent contractors may access your Personal Information.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. You can help protect your computer or mobile device by keeping it up to date/patched as well as running antivirus programs to protect your online browsing. 

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Site. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Site.

9. Do we use 'cookies' or social media pixels?

Cookies. YES, we do use cookies. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current Site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about Site traffic and Site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

We use cookies to:

  • Help remember and process the items in the shopping cart.

  • Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better Site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since each browser is a little different, look at your browser's Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

While you may disable the use of cookies through your browser’s settings or options page, you may lose some of the features and functionality of the Site, Courses, Services, and/or Products, as cookies are necessary to help track and enhance your experience on the Site.

You can learn more about cookies and how to manage them here: https://www.aboutcookies.org/how-to-manage-and-delete-cookies.

Pixels. YES. The Company DOES USE  social media pixels (Facebook pixels) to track visitors to the Site so we can tailor advertisements towards those visitors on various social media platforms, including: Facebook and Instagram. The Company reserves the right to use pixels in accordance with the terms of the social media platform.

10. Third-Party Links and Service Providers:

  1. Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products, services, or links to articles/blogs/sites on our Site. These third-party sites may or may not have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites and/or their privacy policy (or lack thereof). Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our Site and welcome any feedback about any issues you experience with linked-to sites by emailing us at Chris@BeEmpoweredAchievers.com. 


  2. We use the following third-party service providers on our Site. We may change third-party service providers from time-to-time as our business needs change.

Our Site hosting company is: Squarespace; their privacy policy is located here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy.

Thinkific hosts our School (https://empoweredachievers.thinkific.com/); Thinkific’s privacy policy is located here: https://www.thinkific.com/privacy-policy/.

We use Amazon to deliver content of interest to you; their privacy policy is located here: https://advertising.amazon.com/legal/privacy-notice.

Our Site uses Cloudflare for security; their privacy policy is located here: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/.

Easywebinar.com hosts our workshops available through the Site; their privacy policy is located here: https://easywebinar.com/privacy/.

Stripe is our Site’s third-party payment processor; their privacy policy is located here: https://stripe.com/privacy.

Quaderno provides tax compliance and payment processing for our online store; their privacy policy is located here: https://www.quaderno.io/policies/privacy. 

Invoices may be sent to you via Dubsado; their privacy policy is located here: https://www.dubsado.com/legal/privacy-policy.

11.  Google:

Google's advertising requirements can be summed up by Google's Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for you. We are not currently using Google Ads on the Site, although this may change in the future.

We have implemented the following through Google Analytics: Demographics and Interests Reporting. 

We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.

To Opt-Out of Google Ads: You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt-out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser add-on.

To learn more about opting-out of interest-based advertising by advertisers visit: http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.

12. Notice to California Users:

a. California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”): CalOPPA stretches well beyond California to require any person or company that operates websites collecting Personal Information from California viewers/consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. Read more about CalOPPA here.

Pursuant to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

Users CANNOT visit our site anonymously. 

There IS a link to this Privacy Policy on the footer.

Our Privacy Policy link DOES include the word 'Privacy' and can easily be found on the page specified above. It is titled "Privacy Policy" very clearly.

You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on our Privacy Policy Page (see bottom “Updated On” date).

Our Site does NOT respond to “Do Not Track” (aka “DNT”) requests from your Web browser.

We do NOT have actual knowledge of any “sale” of personal information of minors under sixteen (16) years of age

b. California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”) and California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”): The CCPA/CPRA specifies that natural persons who are California residents have the right to know what categories of personal information the Company, has collected about them and whether we have disclosed or sold that personal information for a business purpose (e.g., to a service provider) in the preceding twelve (12) months.

Categories of personal information we may collect about you:

We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:

  • Receiving help through our customer support channels; 

  • Participation in customer surveys or contests; and 

  • Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries. 

You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment from us for exercising the privacy rights granted by the CCPA/CPRA.

Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child. In order to verify your request, we will ask you to provide your name, email address, and certain other pieces of identifying information. Once you have submitted this information and any necessary supporting documentation, we will confirm the information by reviewing it against our records. To designate an authorized agent, please contact us as set forth below.

13. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”):

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13. Please STOP and do not use, view, purchase, or otherwise browse the Site, School, Courses, Services, or Products if you are under 13 years old. If you’re younger than 13, you are not permitted to enter any Personal Information on this Site.

If you are a parent and you believe your child under the age of 13 has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us immediately to have it removed by emailing us at Chris@BeEmpoweredAchievers.com. 

14. Fair Information Practices:

In order to comply with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

We will notify you via email within 3 business days of any known breach.

15. CAN-SPAM Act of 2003:

The CAN-SPAM Act is a U.S. law which establishes rules for commercial email messages, gives you the right to stop certain commercial emails from being sent to you, and outlines certain penalties for commercial entities or persons who violate the law.

We collect your email address and name so we can:

  • Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

  • Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders of a course, product, or service.

  • Send you additional information related to your course, product and/or service.

  • Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to you after the original transaction has occurred.

  • Email you a newsletter with free information and advertising certain Products, Services, and/or Courses we offer.

In accordance with the CAN-SPAM Act, we agree to the following:

  • We WILL NOT use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.

  • We WILL NOT identify the email message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.

  • We WILL include our business mailing address and/or physical address in our emails.

  • We WILL monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance. We use MailChimp to send our emails to you.

  • We WILL honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.

  • We WILL allow users to unsubscribe by using the appropriate link at the bottom of each email.

TO UNSUBSCRIBE: 

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at Chris at Chris@BeEmpoweredAchievers.com or follow the instructions at the bottom of any email you receive from us and we will promptly remove you from future correspondence(s). However, unsubscribing from one list or set of emails may not unsubscribe you from receiving ALL future emails from us. If you experience any problems unsubscribing, please email Chris at Chris@BeEmpoweredAchievers.com and we will promptly handle your removal.

16. Your General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") Rights

If you are located within the European Union ("EU"), you are entitled to certain rights under the GDPR. You have the right to:

  • Know how long we'll keep your information. We'll keep your personal information until the earlier of: (1) you either ask us to delete your information or (2) the Company decides it no longer needs the data and the cost of retaining it outweighs the value to keeping it.

  • Access, rectify or erase your personal information. Under the GDPR, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to have your personal data corrected, restricted or deleted, and to object to our processing of your personal data. You also have the right of data portability, which means that you can request that we provide you (or a third party you designate) with a transferable copy of personal information that you have provided to us.  Your rights may be subject to various limitations under the GDPR.  If you wish to exercise any of these rights, or if you have any concerns about our collection of your personal data, please contact us using the information provided below.

  • Withdraw your consent to the Company's processing of your data, which shall have no effect on the lawfulness of the processing of your personal information prior to your withdrawal.

  • Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over GDPR issues.

  • Provide only your personal information which is reasonably required to enter into a contract with us. The Company will not ask for your consent to provide unnecessary personal information on the condition of entering into a contractual relationship with the Company.

Pursuant to the requirements of the GDPR:

The “Data Controller” for the Site is Empowered Achievers, LLC. Our contact information is below.

We collect the following categories of information when provided voluntarily by our Site visitors: name, email address, and phone number.  We also collect automatically gathered information as described in our Cookies section of this Privacy Policy.  

We do not gather personal information automatically and only gather information automatically as described in our Cookies section of this Privacy Policy. We collect personal information only when you voluntarily provide it to us for the purpose of receiving information about our services, communicating with us, or purchasing our products or services.

We collect personal information collected through our Site when you consent, when you enter into a transaction with us, for us to comply with legal, tax or other business obligations.

Our offices, web servers, and web hosts are based in the United States (“US”).  When you provide personal information to us, we request your consent to transfer that personal information to the US.  We safeguard your personal information by treating it as further described in this Privacy Policy.  We take appropriate steps to protect your privacy and implement commercially reasonable security measures to protect your personal information in storage. We use secure transmission methods to collect personal data through our Site.  

Our Site uses “cookies.” A cookie is a small file sent from a website to your web browser to remember information. Cookies that are necessary to display content or perform other functions you have requested, or that are necessary for the security or basic operation of our website, are turned on by default and cannot be turned off.  You may control some cookies by setting your web browser to refuse all; however, some features of the Site may not function as expected.

We provide you with the option to consent to our use of cookies. You may withdraw your consent at any time.

We use various third-party platform, payment, and other similar services (collectively, “Service Providers”) to manage our Site and provide services as described in this Privacy Policy.  Our Service Providers process the information that is collected from you automatically and voluntarily. Keep in mind that these Service Providers may change their terms without notice to us.

We may change this Privacy Policy at any time. We will provide notice to you if we change the terms of this Privacy Policy.

We retain personal information according to the type of information in question and the purpose for which it is used.  We delete personal information within a reasonable period after we no longer need to use it for the purpose for which it was collected. We may archive personal data (for example, by storing it in inactive files) for a certain period prior to its final deletion, as part of our ordinary business continuity procedures.

You have the right to file a complaint concerning our use of your personal data with your national (or in some countries, regional) data protection authority.  The European Union Commission has a list here:  http://ec.europa.eu/justice/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm

17. Contacting Us:

If there are any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact us using the following information:

Empowered Achievers, LLC

Website: www.BeEmpoweredAchievers.com

Mailing Address: #305 - 2921 W 38th Avenue, Denver, CO 80211

Email: Chris@BeEmpoweredAchievers.com    

Updated On: November 18, 2024