PRIVACY POLICY

Date of Last Version: June 27, 2022

  1. Introduction

MyStudio Academy LLC, a Virginia limited liability company, (“MyStudio”) owns and operates the internet website available at https://www.mystudio.app (“Website”) and the application called “MyStudio App” (“App”). Our Website and App are collectively hereinafter referred to as the “Application”. Unless the context requires otherwise, a reference to the “Application” includes all modifications, enhancements or updates thereto and includes all associated printed, online or electronic documentation and instructions relating to it.

MyStudio believes in protecting the privacy of the users of the Application. This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) is provided to inform you how we use, collect and protect the information you provide to us. This Privacy Policy also provides information on how you can contact us of you have any questions. Please note that by accessing the Application, you agree to the terms and conditions of our Privacy Policy and our User Agreement.

  1. Personal Information Provided to Us

MyStudio does not collect any personal information from you unless you provide personal data such as your name, address, telephone number and email address to us on for requesting information or register with our Application. When you download or subscribe to our Application, we will ask you to provide billing information. When you register for or attend any programs or courses, you will be required to provide basic contact information, billing information and information regarding programs and courses you are interested in.

  1. Information Collected Automatically From Application Users

    MyStudio and our IT service providers (such as Google Analytics) may use common internet technologies, such as cookies, log files, web beacons or clear gifs to keep track of your use and interactions with the Application. Cookies are text files placed on your computer, to help us to analyze how users use this Application. Log files are files that record events that occur in a particular system such as software applications. Web beacons or clear gifs are generally transparent graphic images that are placed on a website and are used to monitor the access of content by users of a website. We may also be able to obtain information about your mobile device (such as your device’s IP address, operating system and your email addresses).

  1. Use of Information

The Application's purpose is to provide a communications and management tool for business and other organizations (“Businesses”) and their members (“Members”) that provides instructional content, events calendar, messages and contact information that can be accessed through an user’s smart phone or tablet device. The Application allows Businesses to provide information on upcoming events, programs, courses and other services to their Members and such Members can sign-up for such events, programs and courses through the Application. At the same time, Members and Businesses can communicate through the Application. As such certain information that will be provided by Businesses and Members will by the nature of the Application be shared among them. At the same time, Members can pay for such events, programs and courses through a third party point of sales system which means that certain payment information that you submit (such as your name and credit card number) will be disclosed to such third party.

MyStudio may also use information collected from you to provide information about our services, troubleshoot problems, collect fees, detect and prevent fraudulent and other potentially illegal activities, ensure compliance with our User Agreement and to customize or improve our Application and related services.

We may also use the information collected from you to notify you of changes to the Application or our services, to send you marketing information or to conduct market research. If you do not want to receive any marketing information from MyStudio, you may unsubscribe by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in the email received from us.

 

  1. Billing Information

If you subscribe to our Application or purchase any other service through the Application, you will be required to provide your name, billing address and financial information. MyStudio will use this information to send you updates when your order is processed or to use for other communications related to the Application and related services.

  1. Data Center Location

MyStudio uses third party cloud service providers (such as AWS) in secure data centers located in the United States for the Application.  

  1.  Data Retention and Change of Control

    MyStudio will retain your information as long as your account is active and as necessary to resolve disputes, enforce our User Agreement and other legitimate business or legal purposes.

    We do not control data that you have shared with others (such as Businesses, Members or service providers such as payment processing providers) or data that was copied out of our Application. If you have any concerns regarding this data please contact the respective Studio, Member or service provider directly.

MyStudio may share your data in the event of a considered or actual sale of our company or assets, merger or a change of control. In such event, the buyer will have the right to continue to use your data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

  1. Communication Preferences

Every marketing email from MyStudio Academy contains instructions on how to opt out of receiving further marketing emails from us. In general, you may update or change your registration information by editing your user account. You may manage your receipt of marketing and non-transactional communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of our marketing emails.

  1. Consent Required for Referrals

Our Application provides a feature whereby Members can refer a friend to Businesses by providing the name, email address and telephone number to the Studio through the Application. Before you submit such information through the Application, you need to ensure that such friend has agreed to the disclosure of such information to the Studio.

  1.  Access Of Our Website By Minors

You herewith confirm that you are not a minor. If you grant access to the Application to a family member who is a minor, you may request removal of content or information that was posted by such minor on the Application. Please note however that this request does not ensure complete of comprehensive removal of content or information posted on our Application.

  1. Security

We use certain security features to protect your data (such as HTTPS), trusted IT and payment processing providers that regularly monitor our Applications for possible attacks from unauthorized third parties. Unfortunately, there is no guarantee that the information received from you is not subject to a breach by an unauthorized third party and may be accessed, destroyed, modified or used without your consent. You need to understand and agree that MyStudio does not provide any warranty that your data is 100% safe from an unauthorized access of a third party.

  1. User Agreement and Change Of Privacy Policy

    Any dispute over privacy issues is subject to this Privacy Notice and our User Agreement, including limitations on damages and MyStudio’s liability, the application of law of the state of Virginia and the question where and how disputes will be resolved. Although this Privacy Policy is currently in effect, we reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any updated privacy policy will become effective when posted by MyStudio. You will therefore always find our current privacy policy here. By accessing our Application, you agree to each updated privacy policy.

    Special provisions for Business and Members in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the U.K.

    We only provide our services to Businesses and neither offer our services to data subjects in the EEA or the U.K., nor do we the monitor of their behaviour as far as their behaviour takes place within the EEA and the U.K. Please note that the data security laws and regulations in the country where you reside may differ from the laws and regulations of the United States.


    If we receive personal data from Businesses or Members located within the EEA and the U.K., we will provide an adequate level protection for them and voluntarily grant the following rights to these data subjects to the extent foreseen by the applicable data privacy law:

    1. The right to be informed about the collection and use of their personal data.

    2. The right of access to find out that is stored about them.

    3. The right to rectification of their personal data if it is inaccurate or incomplete.

    4. The right to erasure to enable an individual to request the deletion or removal of personal data where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing.

    5. The right to restrict processing to ‘block’ or suppress processing of personal data.

    6. The right to data portability allowing individuals to obtain and reuse their personal data for their own purposes across different services.

    7. The right to object to the processing based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority (including profiling), direct marketing and/or for purposes of scientific/historical research and statistics.

    8. If you would like to exercise these rights, please submit a request at support@mystudio.academy.

  1. Contact Us

    If you have any questions, concerns or comments regarding this Privacy Policy or would like to review, update, delete or request personal information that you provided to us, please email us at
    support@mystudio.academy.