Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy discloses the information Athena Strategic Policy, Inc. (“ASP”, “the Company”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our”) collects and uses gathered through this Website. Any capitalized terms used in this Privacy Policy that are not otherwise defined have the meaning given in our Terms of Use. This Privacy Policy together with Our Terms of Use describes the types of information We may collect from Users, including “Personal Data” (information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer, household, or device).
ASP understands and appreciates that You, a Website visitor or consumer of the Services, are concerned about Your privacy and about the confidentiality and security of personally identifiable information from or about an individual (“Personal Information”) that We may obtain about you online or through Your interactions with us. We want You to understand the steps We have taken to safeguard the information We receive from visitors who access or interact with us and the Services.
Please read the Privacy Policy to understand how Your Personal Information will be treated as You make full use of the Services. Your use of the Services is subject to Your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website or Services.
Consent
By using ASP services, You unambiguously consent to the Company's collection, processing, use, and disclosure of Your Personal Information in the United States and other jurisdictions within or outside Your country of residence, consistent with the terms of this Privacy Policy and applicable law.
User Data We Collect
This Website collects personal data to power Our site analytics, including:
• Information about Your browser, network, and device
• Web pages You visited prior to coming to this Website
• Your IP address
This information may also include details about Your use of this Website, including:
• Clicks
• Internal links
• Pages visited
• Scrolling
• Searches
• Timestamps
We share this information with Squarespace, Our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
Website Visitors
This Website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when You visit this Website, including:
• Information about Your browser, network and device
• Web pages You visited prior to coming to this Website
• Web pages You view while on this Website
• Your IP address
Squarespace needs the data to run this Website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.
Information Provided by Clientele
Some Personal Information is gathered from corporate clients of ASP when they sign up for Our Services and make the Services available to employees and other individuals within their organizations.
During Client registration, ASP asks for the name, email address, business title and other optional information on the preferences of the Client. The more information volunteered (and the more accurate it is), the better We are able to customize the Client experience and the experience of the Client's employees who are provided with access to the Services.
Some Personal Information is gathered directly from You, as an individual user of the Services, when You register directly to use the Website and Services. This information may include Your name, email address and business title and other information relevant to the Services which You are requesting. We share this information with Squarespace, Our website hosting provider, so they can provide website services to Us.
ASP may at other times ask for a user's Personal Information for reasons specified at the time, which You may choose to provide at or in Your sole discretion. It is always Your choice whether or not to provide information but if You do not, You may not be able to access any, some or all of the Services rendered by ASP.
If You contact the ASP or ASP contacts You, may keep a record of that correspondence. ASP also occasionally asks users of the Services to complete surveys that We use for research purposes that You may choose to complete at or in Your sole discretion. Wherever ASP collects Personal Information, We will make an effort to include a link to this Privacy Policy.
ASP may also collect information from You through third party mailing lists and service emails and links. Please be aware that ASP is not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites to which You may have linked to or through the Website.
We operate social media pages on third party networks and have social media icons on Our Website. When You visit or link to Our social media pages, Your Personal Information is processed both by Us and the applicable social media provider. Social media providers are unaffiliated with Us, and we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of social media providers. Social media providers have their own terms of use and privacy policies, and We encourage You to review those policies whenever You visit their websites or interact with their platforms. These third parties may retain any information used or provided in any such communications or activities and these third parties' practices are not subject to Our Privacy Policy. Further, when You use third-party sites or services, You are using their services and not Our services and they, not We, are responsible for their practices.
How ASP Uses Your Information
ASP shares this information with Squarespace, Our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
ASP does not sell, rent, or share Your information with other third parties that use such information for commercial purposes. ASP might provide Your email address or other Personal Information to authorized third parties required to deliver a particular service. These third parties may not use said information for any other purpose than to carry out the services they are performing for ASP.
Cookies
This Website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on Your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.
These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, Our hosting platform, to securely serve this Website to You.
These analytics and performance cookies are used on this Website, as described below, only when You acknowledge Our cookie banner. This Website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data[MS1] .
Fonts
This Website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to You, these third parties may receive Personal Information about You, including:
• Information about Your browser, network, or device
• Information about this site and the page You’re viewing on it
• Your IP address
Legal grounds for processing Your personal data
We rely on the following legal grounds to process Your Personal Information:
Consent. We may use Your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy subject to Your consent. To withdraw Your consent, please contact Us at : brandonpatterson@athena-sp.com or (630) 991-1294.
Performance of a contract. We may need to collect and use Your Personal Information to enter into an agreement with you or to perform under an agreement that You have with Us. When We process personal data on behalf of third parties, We do so in performance of agreements with such third parties.
Legitimate interests. We may use Your Personal Information for our legitimate interests to provide Our Services and to improve Our Services and the content on the Website. We may use technical information as described in this Privacy Policy and use Personal Information for Our marketing purposes consistent with Our legitimate interests and any choices that We offer or consents that may be required under applicable law.
Compliance with Legal Obligations. We may use Your Personal Information as necessary to comply with Our legal obligations.
Children's privacy
Our Services are NOT directed at persons under 18 and We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 18. If You become aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Information, without Your consent, then please contact Us using the details below so that We can take steps to remove such information and terminate any account Your child has created with Us. We encourage You to monitor the online activities of Your children.
California Rights
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) gives consumers more control over the Personal Information that businesses collect about them and the CCPA regulations provide guidance on how to implement the law. This landmark law secures new privacy rights for California consumers, including:
The right to know about the Personal Information a business collects about them and how it is used and shared;
The right to delete Personal Information collected from them (with some exceptions);
The right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of their Personal Information including via the GPC;
The right to non-discrimination for exercising their CCPA rights.
In November of 2020, California voters approved Proposition 24, the CPRA, which amended the CCPA and added new additional privacy protections that began on January 1, 2023. As of January 1, 2023, consumers have new rights in addition to those above, such as:
The right to correct inaccurate Personal Information that a business has about them; and
The right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive Personal Information collected about them.
Businesses that are subject to the CCPA have several responsibilities, including responding to consumer requests to exercise these rights and giving consumers certain notices explaining their privacy practices. The CCPA applies to many businesses, including data brokers.
CPRA amends the CCPA; it does not create a separate, new law. As a result, Our office typically refers to the law as “CCPA” or “CCPA, as amended.”
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