Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 2023
Last Updated: September 2026
Dr. Rhonda Mouton and/or the business entity identified on this website (“Dr. Rhonda Mouton,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect information when you visit or use www.rhondamouton.com (the “Website”), contact us, subscribe to communications, download resources, purchase digital products, register for a masterclass, workshop, event, retreat, or program, apply for an opportunity, book a strategy session, participate in a consulting or coaching experience, or otherwise interact with us (collectively, the “Services”).
By using the Website or Services, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Website or provide personal information through it.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information directly from you, automatically through your use of the Website, and from service providers or third parties where permitted by law.
Information You Provide Directly
Depending on how you interact with the Website or Services, we may collect:
Name.
Email address.
Phone number.
Mailing address.
Business, ministry, organization, or employer name.
Professional title or role.
Website and social-media information.
Contact preferences.
Messages, inquiries, and information you include in forms or emails.
Information submitted through strategy-session, consulting, coaching, speaking, partnership, retreat, workshop, or event inquiries.
Information submitted through applications, assessments, surveys, questionnaires, waitlists, challenges, grant or award opportunities, or feedback forms.
Billing, purchase, registration, and transaction information.
Information connected to event registration, such as emergency-contact details, dietary preferences, rooming preferences, accessibility requests, or travel-related information when relevant to a specific event or retreat.
Testimonials, reviews, survey responses, photographs, videos, recordings, or other content you voluntarily provide.
Information needed to deliver a purchased product, program, membership, workshop, consultation, or event experience.
Please do not submit highly sensitive information through ordinary website forms, email, text messages, direct messages, or unsecured channels. This includes Social Security numbers, financial-account numbers, passwords, government-identification numbers, medical records, protected health information, confidential employee information, privileged legal information, or sensitive client information.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Website, we and our service providers may automatically collect limited technical and usage information, such as:
Internet Protocol address.
Device type.
Browser type and version.
Operating system.
Date and time of visit.
Pages visited.
Links clicked.
Referring website or source.
General geographic area based on IP address.
Website interaction and navigation information.
Cookie, pixel, analytics, and similar tracking information, if enabled on the Website.
This information helps us operate, secure, evaluate, improve, and understand use of the Website.
Payment Information
Payments may be processed by third-party payment processors such as [Insert Payment Processor Names, for example Stripe, PayPal, Square, Zelle, Eventbrite, or another provider].
We do not intentionally collect or store complete payment-card numbers on our own systems unless specifically stated otherwise. Payment processors handle payment information according to their own privacy policies, terms, and security practices.
Information From Third Parties
We may receive information from third-party platforms when you choose to interact with us through them. These may include:
Social-media platforms.
Email-marketing providers.
Booking and calendar tools.
Payment processors.
Event-registration platforms.
Podcast hosting platforms.
Survey and form providers.
Affiliate, sponsor, partner, or referral sources.
Advertising and analytics providers.
The information we receive depends on your privacy settings and the terms of the third-party platform.
2. How We Use Information
We may use personal information to:
Provide, operate, and improve the Website and Services.
Respond to inquiries, questions, requests, and support needs.
Schedule and deliver strategy sessions, consulting, coaching, workshops, events, retreats, masterclasses, memberships, and other Services.
Process purchases, registrations, payments, refunds, deposits, cancellations, and confirmations.
Deliver e-books, templates, workbooks, assessments, courses, recordings, digital products, and other resources.
Administer applications, waitlists, grants, awards, contests, challenges, scholarships, or special initiatives.
Evaluate program eligibility, submissions, attendance, participation, and applications.
Send transactional communications, including receipts, confirmations, reminders, account notices, event updates, payment notices, and policy updates.
Send newsletters, podcast updates, marketing messages, event announcements, special offers, and educational content when you have opted in or where otherwise permitted by law.
Personalize content, recommendations, and communication based on your interests or interactions.
Analyze Website performance, traffic, and usage patterns.
Protect the Website, users, business, and intellectual property from fraud, misuse, unauthorized access, security incidents, or violations of our Terms & Conditions.
Comply with legal obligations, enforce agreements, resolve disputes, and protect legal rights.
Use feedback, testimonials, and success stories with your permission or as otherwise authorized by law.
We may combine information we collect from different sources for these purposes.
3. Cookies, Analytics, and Tracking Technologies
We may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, analytics tools, embedded content, and similar technologies to operate the Website, remember preferences, measure traffic, understand visitor behavior, evaluate marketing performance, and improve the user experience.
A cookie is a small data file that may be placed on your device when you visit a website.
Types of Technologies We May Use
Depending on the Website configuration, these may include:
Essential cookies that support website functions and security.
Preference cookies that remember your settings or choices.
Analytics cookies that help us understand how visitors use the Website.
Marketing or advertising cookies that measure campaign performance or support relevant advertising.
Embedded-content technologies associated with video, podcast, social-media, maps, calendars, payment platforms, forms, or other third-party services.
Your Choices
You may manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the availability or functionality of some Website features.
If the Website uses Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, advertising pixels, session-recording tools, or other tracking technologies, update this Privacy Policy to list them accurately and provide any required opt-out or consent controls.
New York privacy guidance advises businesses to understand their tracking technologies, clearly disclose their practices, and accurately explain any available privacy controls or opt-out mechanisms.ny+2
4. How We Share Information
We may share personal information only as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including with:
Service Providers
Third parties that help us operate the Website and Services, such as:
Website hosting and website platform providers.
Email-marketing and customer relationship management providers.
Form, survey, application, and booking providers.
Payment processors.
Event-registration and ticketing providers.
Video-conferencing providers.
Digital-product delivery and course-platform providers.
Analytics and advertising providers.
Cloud storage, technology, and security providers.
Professional advisers, including attorneys, accountants, insurers, and other service providers when necessary.
These providers may access information only as necessary to perform services for us or as otherwise permitted by law.
Events, Retreats, and Programs
For an event, retreat, masterclass, workshop, membership, or program, we may share limited information with applicable vendors, venues, co-hosts, facilitators, speakers, travel providers, caterers, program partners, or emergency personnel when necessary to administer the experience, support safety, or meet a disclosed event purpose.
We will not intentionally share more information than reasonably necessary for the applicable purpose.
Legal, Security, and Business Reasons
We may disclose information if we believe disclosure is necessary to:
Comply with applicable law, subpoena, court order, government request, or legal process.
Protect the rights, property, safety, or security of Dr. Rhonda Mouton, our users, event participants, or others.
Investigate or prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, or violations of our Terms.
Enforce our agreements.
Respond to an emergency involving health, safety, or security.
Support a merger, acquisition, restructuring, sale, or transfer of business assets, subject to applicable law.
With Your Consent
We may share information with other parties when you direct us to do so or give us permission.
We do not sell personal information for money. If our data practices change, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide any notices or choices required by law.
5. Email and Marketing Communications
You may choose to receive newsletters, business insights, podcast updates, resource announcements, event invitations, retreat information, masterclass news, special offers, and other promotional communications.
You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by:
Clicking the “unsubscribe” link in the email; or
Contacting us at [info@rhondamouton.com].
Even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still send non-promotional messages related to your purchases, registrations, payments, bookings, account, event participation, safety, legal notices, or customer-service requests.
If you consent to text-message communications, message and data rates may apply. You may opt out by following the instructions in the text message or contacting us at [info@rhondamouton.com].
6. Testimonials, Reviews, Photographs, and Media
We may request feedback, testimonials, reviews, success stories, photographs, video, recordings, or other media related to your experience with our Services.
We will seek permission before publicly using your name, title, organization, photograph, video, written testimonial, or identifiable success story for marketing, promotional, educational, podcast, social-media, or website purposes, unless another valid legal basis applies or a separate release agreement governs the use.
Testimonials and reviews must reflect the participant’s honest experience. We do not promise or guarantee a particular outcome based on any testimonial, and individual results vary. FTC guidance requires endorsements to reflect honest opinions and requires disclosure when there is a material connection that could affect how consumers evaluate the endorsement.ftc+2
Event attendees, retreat participants, speakers, and guests may be asked to sign a separate photo, video, recording, or media-release agreement. If you do not wish to be photographed or recorded at an event, notify us in writing before the event; we will make reasonable efforts to accommodate the request but cannot guarantee that you will not appear incidentally in background footage at public or group events.
7. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, loss, or destruction.
These measures may include, as appropriate:
Password-protected systems and accounts.
Limited access to personal information.
Secure third-party platforms.
Reasonable vendor selection and oversight.
Security updates and account-management practices.
Internal practices for handling personal information.
Data minimization and retention practices.
However, no internet transmission, website, electronic database, cloud service, payment system, or storage method is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
You are responsible for using secure passwords, safeguarding your devices, and avoiding the submission of sensitive information through unsecured communication channels.
The New York SHIELD Act requires businesses that maintain covered private information to develop, implement, and maintain reasonable safeguards appropriate to their size, complexity, activities, and the sensitivity of the information involved.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:
Provide requested Services.
Maintain business and transaction records.
Administer memberships, registrations, applications, events, and programs.
Comply with tax, accounting, legal, and regulatory obligations.
Resolve disputes.
Enforce agreements.
Protect our rights and prevent fraud or misuse.
Retention periods vary depending on the type of information, the purpose for which it was collected, legal requirements, and operational needs.
When information is no longer needed, we may delete, anonymize, aggregate, or securely dispose of it, subject to applicable law and reasonable backup retention practices.
9. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain rights concerning personal information. Subject to verification and legal limitations, you may request to:
Access personal information we hold about you.
Correct or update inaccurate personal information.
Request deletion of certain personal information.
Opt out of marketing emails or text communications.
Ask questions about our data practices.
Request information about certain disclosures of your personal information.
To make a request, contact us at:
Email: [info@rhondamouton.com]
Subject Line: Privacy Request
We may need to verify your identity before responding. We may retain certain information where required or permitted by law, including for transaction records, fraud prevention, legal compliance, security, dispute resolution, and enforcement of agreements.
10. Children’s Privacy
The Website and Services are not directed to children under 13 years old. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent.
If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us without parental consent, contact us immediately at [Insert Privacy Email Address], and we will take appropriate steps to review and delete the information as required.
If programs, events, youth activities, or family experiences involve minors, additional registration, consent, release, health-and-safety, photography, and parent/guardian authorization forms may apply.
The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act gives parents control over certain collection and use of personal information from children under 13.ftc+1
11. Third-Party Websites and Services
The Website may link to or integrate with third-party websites, social-media platforms, payment processors, booking platforms, online stores, podcast platforms, event-registration providers, advertising networks, video platforms, calendars, maps, or other services.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, availability, or policies of third parties. Your use of third-party websites and services is governed by their own privacy policies and terms.
We encourage you to review third-party privacy policies before providing personal, payment, location, or other information to them.
12. International Visitors
The Website is operated from the United States and is intended primarily for visitors in the United States. If you access the Website from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate.
Data-protection laws may differ from those in your location. By using the Website or providing information, you consent to the transfer and processing of information as described in this Privacy Policy, subject to applicable law.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, Website functionality, legal requirements, programs, or services.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. If changes are material, we may provide additional notice through the Website, email, or another appropriate method.
Your continued use of the Website or Services after an updated Privacy Policy is posted means you acknowledge the revised policy, to the extent permitted by law.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact:
Dr. Rhonda Mouton
Website: www.rhondamouton.com
Privacy Email: [info@rhondamouton.com]
Phone: [917.382.0081]