Privacy Policy

We may collect information you provide directly to us, including your name, email address, contact information, application responses, profile or membership information, event registrations, communications, feedback, and other information you choose to submit.

If you purchase a membership, event, product, or service, payment information may be processed by a third-party payment provider. We may receive transaction details such as the amount paid, transaction status, and limited billing information, but we do not necessarily receive or store your complete payment card information.

We may also automatically collect certain technical information when you use the website, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed, referring pages, approximate location derived from your IP address, and information about how you interact with the website.

We may use personal information to operate and improve The Stir Community, respond to inquiries, review applications, administer memberships and programs, provide requested resources, process transactions, organize events, communicate with members and visitors, maintain website security, prevent misuse, and comply with legal obligations.

Where permitted by law and, where required, with your consent, we may also use contact information to send newsletters, updates, announcements, event information, or other communications. You may unsubscribe from promotional emails using the unsubscribe option provided in those messages.

The Stir Community may use artificial intelligence and other automated tools to assist with activities such as drafting or editing content, organizing information, creating summaries, improving workflows, supporting communications, or operating certain website or community features.

AI-assisted content may contain errors, omissions, or outdated information. We do not represent that AI-generated or AI-assisted content will always be complete, accurate, or suitable for a particular purpose.

Where personal information is processed using an AI-assisted or automated service, we aim to limit the information shared to what is reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose and to use service providers subject to appropriate contractual, privacy, or security safeguards.

We do not intend AI-generated content on this website to replace professional legal, medical, financial, mental health, accounting, or other regulated professional advice.

We may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand website usage, and support analytics or other functionality.

Additional information about the cookies and similar technologies we use, including available controls, is provided in our separate Cookie Policy.

We may share personal information with service providers that help us operate our website and services, such as hosting providers, email and communication platforms, payment processors, analytics providers, customer relationship management tools, event platforms, security providers, and other technology providers.

These providers may access personal information only as reasonably necessary to perform services on our behalf or as otherwise permitted by law and their applicable agreements with us.

We may also disclose information where reasonably necessary to comply with law, legal process, regulatory requirements, protect our rights or the safety of others, investigate fraud or misuse, or in connection with a merger, financing, reorganization, sale, or transfer of all or part of our organization or assets.

We do not sell personal information for money. If our practices change, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any choices required by applicable law.

Our website may contain links to or integrations with third-party websites and services. Those third parties operate under their own terms and privacy practices.

The Stir Community is not responsible for the privacy, security, or content practices of third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing personal information.

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including providing services, maintaining appropriate business and financial records, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, and satisfying legal, accounting, security, or reporting requirements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, why it was collected, and applicable legal requirements. When information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it.

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, loss, misuse, alteration, or destruction.

No website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted to or stored by us.

Some of our service providers may store or process information in countries other than the country where you live. As a result, personal information may be subject to the laws of those jurisdictions and may be accessible to courts, law enforcement, or regulatory authorities where permitted by law.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights relating to your personal information, including rights to request access to or correction of information, withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, request deletion in certain circumstances, or raise a concern about how your information is handled.

Some rights are subject to legal exceptions or limitations. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain privacy requests.

The website and community are not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children where parental or guardian consent would be required by applicable law.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to us improperly, please contact us so that we can review the matter and take appropriate action.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, technology, business practices, or legal requirements.

When we make changes, we will update the date shown at the top of this page. Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to exercise an applicable privacy right, or have concerns about how your personal information is handled, please contact The Stir Community using the contact information provided on our website.