Privacy Policy for Meridian Rise

Meridian Rise ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and users. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our wellness homepage, engage with our daily health blog content, participate in lifestyle upgrade programs, consider curated product suggestions, use our user feedback and community forums, utilize personalized wellness plans, or attend virtual workshops and expert Q&A sessions (collectively, "our services").

By using our services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Information We Collect

Personal Data

While using our services, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Demographic information (e.g., age, gender, location, interests relevant to wellness)
• Health and wellness interests and preferences (voluntarily provided for personalized plans)
• Any information you voluntarily provide in community forums, feedback forms, or during virtual workshops

Usage Data

We may also collect information about how our services are accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our services and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Other tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our services.

• Session Cookies: We use Session Cookies to operate our service.
• Preference Cookies: We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
• Security Cookies: We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

How We Use Your Information

Meridian Rise uses the collected data for various purposes:

• To provide and maintain our services, including delivering daily health blog content.
• To personalize your experience and provide tailored content, such as lifestyle upgrade programs and personalized wellness plans.
• To allow you to participate in interactive features of our services when you choose to do so, such as community forums and virtual workshops.
• To provide customer support and respond to your inquiries.
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our services and product suggestions.
• To monitor the usage of our services.
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
• To send you newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you, based on your preferences.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), Meridian Rise's legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

We may process your Personal Data because:

• We need to perform a contract with you.
• You have given us permission to do so.
• The processing is in our legitimate interests and it is not overridden by your rights.
• For payment processing purposes (if applicable).
• To comply with the law.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share your personal data with third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our services, or to contact you.
• For Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
• With Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
• With Business Partners: We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions, particularly those related to curated product suggestions.
• With Other Users: When you share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. This includes user feedback and community forums.
• For Legal Obligations: Under certain circumstances, Meridian Rise may be required to disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

Security of Your Information

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Data Retention

Meridian Rise will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Meridian Rise will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our services, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

Your Data Protection Rights Under GDPR

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Meridian Rise aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
• The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
• The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
• The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
• The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable, and commonly used format.
• The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Meridian Rise relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests. You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

Children's Privacy

Our services are intended for adults aged 35+, and do not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: