Privacy Policy
Personal Information
Generally, you can access and browse our Web sites without disclosing any personally identifiable information.
If you request information, products or services from our sites, or ask us to resolve complaints or concerns, we may ask you to provide information such as your name, contact information and other identifying information necessary to fulfill a particular request.
We may also collect information a visitor voluntarily provides through responses to questionnaires, surveys, search functions and health and wellness assessment tools.
1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. sites use cookies and other technologies to identify users as they move through our Web sites. Your Web browser can be set to allow you to control whether you will accept cookies, reject cookies, or to notify you each time a cookie is sent.
How to Contact Us
With questions about this privacy statement or about 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. handling of your information please contact:
1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc.
Privacy Officer
5005 West 34th Street, Suite 102B
Houston, TX 77092
Information Uses
We use personal information you provide to fulfill your request for information, products or services as per your consent. We may seek your general consent to provide additional information, products or services. We give you notice of how your information will be used at the point of collection.
We may personalize our Web sites to provide you with a customized interactive experience, and we may target our marketing and health and wellness messaging on those sites based on information we have about you.
We do not sell, rent or share your personal information with outside third parties. In order to provide services, we may provide information to other companies who work on our behalf. When we do so, we use our best efforts to assure that they agree in writing to abide by 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. privacy policies.
Additional Information
Your Rights and Choices
You can unsubscribe from communications you no longer wish to receive. We provide unsubscribe (opt-out) instructions in our communications.
You can also contact us here or the postal address above if you want to update your personal information or change your marketing preferences.
Important Information
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from any person under the age of 13 without parental consent.
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.
Privacy Policy
The privacy of your personal information is important to 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. To better protect your privacy, we provide you with our Privacy Policy so that you will understand our commitment to you and to your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes what information we may collect about you; how we use your information; how we protect it; and what choices you have on how that information is used. At 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc., we understand that health and wellness is a very personal, private subject, and we want you to feel as comfortable as possible visiting our various Web sites and using their respective services.
This policy discloses the privacy practices for the 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. site that you linked from. If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy, you should contact the Privacy Officer .
As our privacy policy changes in significant ways, we will make every effort to notify you of the changes. Minor changes to the policy may occur that will not affect our use of individually identifiable or personal health information. When the privacy policy changes in a way that significantly affects the way we handle personal information, we will not use the information we have previously gathered without providing notice or obtaining your consent when appropriate. We will post privacy policy changes on our Web sites in a timely manner.
When we refer to ourselves as "we" or "1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc.," we mean our entire company, including any company that we control (for example, a subsidiary that we own). We may share information among companies that we own or control, and we may share information with our co-promotion partners, and companies working with 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. but all information we share will always be protected under the terms of this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy only applies to our Web sites. You should read the Privacy Policy at each Web site that you visit after you leave one of our sites. 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. is not responsible for how other Web sites treat your privacy once you leave a 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. site.
Information Collected for Registration
Visitors registering for services on our Web sites are asked to provide identifying information, such as name, gender, and contact information. On the registration screen, we clearly label which information is required for registration, and which information is optional and may be given at your discretion. 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. Web sites obtain visitors' consent before collecting personally identifiable information.
Use of Cookies and Tracking Systems
Cookies, log files, and pixel-tags (Web beacons) are technologies used by the 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. Web sites to identify a user as the user moves through our Web sites. Your browser allows us to place some information (session based IDs and/or persistent cookies) on your computer's hard drive that identifies the computer you are using. We may use cookies to personalize our Web sites and to track your usage across other 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. Web sites.
Your Web browser can be set to allow you to control whether you will accept cookies, reject cookies, or to notify you each time a cookie is sent to you. If your browser is set to reject cookies, Web sites that are cookie-enabled will not recognize you when you return to the Web site, and some Web site functionality may be lost. The Help section of your browser will tell you how to prevent your browser from accepting cookies.
On occasion, we contract with third parties to place cookies on your computer's hard drive. These third parties have entered into an agreement with us that requires them to observe our Privacy Policy.
Although cookies do not normally contain personally identifiable information, if you have provided us information about you, we may associate your registration information with cookies or other tracking utilities our Web site places on your computer's hard drive. Associating a cookie with your registration data allows us to offer increased personalization and functionality. Without cookies, this functionality would not be possible.
Some of our business partners may use cookies on our sites (for example, links to business partners). We do not want our business partners to use cookies to track our customers' activities once they leave our sites. However, we may not have total control over how our business partners may use cookies on our Web sites. If you become aware that a 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. business partner is placing an unwanted cookie on your hard drive, please contact our Privacy Officer to assist us in resolving the problem.
In addition, we may use other tracking systems like pixel-tags. Pixel tags, sometimes called Web beacons, are similar in function to a cookie. But because of their insignificant size, it is not visible; though, they are used to pass certain information to our servers to personalize our Web sites and to track your usage across other 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. Web sites. In addition, we may also use pixel tags in our HTML based e-mails.
Tell-A-Friend
If you choose to use our referral function to tell a friend about our site, our site will ask you for your friend's name and e-mail address as well as your information. The form automatically sends your friend a one-time e-mail inviting him or her to visit the site. We do not access or store this information, except to send this invitation.
Our Commitment to Security
We have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use the information we collect online.
General Policies
We have implemented technology and security policies, rules, and other measures to protect the personal data that we have under our control from unauthorized access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction, and accidental loss. We also protect your information by requiring that all our employees and others who have access to or are associated with the processing of your data respect your confidentiality.
1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. uses security methods to determine the identity of each registered user, so that appropriate rights and restrictions can be enforced for that user. Reliable verification of user identity is called authentication. 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. uses both passwords and usernames to authenticate users. Users are responsible for maintaining their own passwords.
Your Privacy Choices
When you complete registration of your member profile, you will be given the option of receiving recurring informational/promotional e-mail from 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. and third parties working with 1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. You may opt-out from receiving this e-mail when you provide the information or follow the instructions as mentioned in the e-mail or included in each program we send to you.
Customer Service will unsubscribe you from that newsletter or other programs within ten business days.
Children's Policy
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. We do not collect personally identifiable information from any person we actually know is a child under the age of 13
1st Step Pro-Wellness, Inc. Privacy Policy updated January 22nd, 2014.