Privacy Policy

www.michaelporcher.com Privacy Policy

Type of website: Ecommerce
Effective Date: 17th Day of November 2025

www.michaelporcher.com (the “Site”) is owned and operated by Michael Porcher. Michael Porcher is the data controller and can be contacted at:
Michael@michaelporcher.com

Purpose
The purpose of this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is to inform users of our Site of the following:

1. The personal data we will collect;
2. Use of collected data;
3. Who has access to the data collected;
4. The rights of the Site users; and
5. The site’s cookie policy.

This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.

GDPR
For users in the European Union, we adhere to the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.

We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer as we do not fall within the categories of controllers and processors required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under Article 37 of the GDPR.

Consent
By using our Site users agree that they consent to:

  1. The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.

When the legal basis for us processing your personal data is that you have provided your consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time. If you withdraw your consent, it will not make processing which we completed before you withdrew your consent unlawful.

You can withdraw your consent by: By clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of our emails.

Legal Basis for Processing
We collect and process personal data about users in the EU only when we have a legal basis for doing so under Article 6 of the GDPR.

We rely on the following legal bases to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU;

  1. Users have provided their consent to processing of their data for one or more specific purposes;

  2. Processing of user personal data is necessary for us or a third party to pursue a legitimate interest. Our legitimate interest is not overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of users. Our legitimate interest(s) are: Our legitimate interests include marketing our products and services to you, preventing fraud and enhancing security, analyzing website usage to improve our user experience, and defending against legal claims.; and

  3. Processing of user personal data is necessary for us to take, ant the request of a user, steps before entering a contract or for the performance of a contract to which a user is a party. If a user does not provide the personal data necessary to person a contract the consequences are as follows: We will be unable to process your payment, create your account, or grant you access to the course materials and coaching sessions.

Personal Data We Collect
We only collect Data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.

  1. First and Last name;

  2. Email address;

  3. Phone number;

  4. Address

  5. Payment information; and

  6. Auto fill data.

This data may be collected using the following methods:

  1. We collect this data when you voluntarily fill out forms on our website, specifically during the checkout process to purchase a course, when registering for a user account; and

  2. Voluntarily subscribe to our newsletters.

How We Use Personal Data
Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your Data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

The data we collect when the user performs certain functions may be used for the following purposes:

  1. We use this data to process your secure payment, create and manage your user account, grant you access to the specific course materials you purchased.

Who We Share Personal Data With

There are currently no employees working at Michael Porcher besides Michael Porcher himself.

Other Disclosures
We will NOT sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases

  1. If the law requires it;

  2. If it is required for any legal proceeding;

  3. To prove or protect our legal rights; and

  4. To buyers or potential buyers of this company in the event that we seek to sell the company.

If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.

How Long We Store Your Data
Users data will be stored until the purpose the data was collected for has been achieved.

You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.

How We Protect Your Personal Data

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. We use industry-standard Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption technology to protect data transmitted over the internet. Your sensitive financial information (such as credit card numbers) is processed through secure, third party payment gateways and is never stored on our servers. Access to your personal data is restricted to authorized personnel who are required to keep the information confidential.

While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there is always remains the risk of harm. The internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore when we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.

International Data Transfers
We transfer users personal data to the following countries:

  1. United States of America; and

  2. Canada.

When we transfer users personal data we will protect that data as described in this Privacy Policy and comply with applicable legal requirements for transferring personal data internationally.

If you are located in the Untied Kingdom or European Union, we will only transfer your personal data if:

  1. The country your personal data is being transferred to has been deemed to have adequate data protection by the European Commission or, if you are in the United Kingdom, by the United Kingdom adequacy regulations; or

  2. We have implemented appropriate safeguards in respect of the transfer. For example, the recipient is a party to binding corporate rules, or we have entered into a standard EU or United Kingdom data protection contractual clauses with the recipient.

Your Rights as a User
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

  1. Right to be informed;

  2. Right of access

  3. Right to rectification;

  4. Right to erasure;

  5. Right to restrict processing;

  6. Right to data portability; and

  7. Right to object.

Children
We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible.

Do Not Track Notice
Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers. We do not track the users of our Site over time and across third party websites and therefore do not respond to browser-initiated DNT signals.

How to Opt-Out of Data Collection, Use or Disclosure
You can opt-out of receiving direct marketing communications, such as newsletters, promotional offers, and product updates. You can opt-out by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link found at the bottom of any marketing email we send you.

Cookie Policy
A cookie is a smile file, stored on a user’s hard drive by a website. It's purpose is to collect data relating to the user’s browsing habits. You can choose to be notified each time a cookie is transmitted., You can also choose to disable cookies entirely in your internet browser, but this may decrease the quality of your user experience.

We use the following types of cookies on our Site:

  1. Functional Cookies: Functional cookies are used to remember the selections you make on our Site so that your selections are saved for your next visits;

  2. Analytical cookies: Analytical cookies allow us to improve the design and functionality of our Site by collecting data on how you access our Site, for example the data on the content you access, how long you stay on our Site, etc; and

    Third-Party cookies: Third-Party cookies are created by a website other than yours. We may use third-party coolies to achieve the following purposes:
    a. We use third-party cookies from trusted service providers to facilitate secure payments, analyze website traffic and performance, and deliver embedded content such as course videos.

Modifications
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.

Complaints
If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through email at michael@michaelporcher.com