PREVIOUS PRIVACY POLICY

EFFECTIVE DATE: MARCH 23, 2022

This Privacy Policy outlines the Bar Method Franchisor LLC’s and its affiliates (including but not limited to operators of The Bar Method’s franchises) (collectively “we” or “us” or “our” as appropriate) current policy on personal information concerning studio members, consumers, and franchisees, and covers the operations of our studios, franchise operations, business development and use of our Websites. This Privacy Policy outlines the information we collect, and how we use and share such information. We encourage you to contact us with any questions. We have included a “Location-Specific Notices” section at the end of this Policy following the “Contact Us” section.  Please refer to this for any specific jurisdictional requirements.  By using our Websites, you accept the practices set forth in this Privacy Policy and our Terms and Conditions posted on this Website.

This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect through electronic and digital means, including through any and all of our websites, including www.barmethod.com and the subdomains and mobile versions thereof, and any applications, platforms or services accessible on the websites and the websites of our service providers, such as the scheduling sites we use to schedule your workouts (collectively, our “Websites”). Our Websites may contain links to third-party sites that are not owned or controlled by us. You should be aware when you leave our Websites and read the privacy statements of those sites as those policies will apply to you and your information collected there.

We collect information you provide to us through various means while using our Websites. The information we may collect includes personally identifiable information, such as your name, home address, billing address, other payment information, membership information, date of birth, email address, telephone number, and other information. We also may collect non-personally identifiable information you provide. We collect information from you when you sign up with us and/or use any of our service providers’ sites to, for example, sign up for a class or otherwise give us information. We also collect information when you fill out a franchise information form or when you submit a success story.

We may use electronic tags. When you visit or use our Websites, we may send one or more “cookies” or other tags that are sent to your computer to enable us to recognize your browser on future visits and/or monitor the use of our Websites.

We may also collect log information as you use our Websites, including your IP (Internet Protocol) address, browser type, computer type, type of mobile device (as applicable), the service provider for your mobile device, your navigation on our Websites, the time and date of your use of the Websites, and other similar information. We do not link any such information to your personally identifiable information.

You may opt out of certain collections of cookies or other web- or mobile device-based enhancements by changing your browser settings or going into your preferences on your mobile device and restricting the transmission of certain information. Your limitation of the collection of this information, however, may disable our ability to provide you with the most relevant products or information regarding the Website.

We use your information to provide products, services and information and improve our services. We may use your information to provide communications to you concerning us and/or our services, and/or for business purposes such as data analysis, audits, fraud monitoring and prevention, to develop new products and services, and to enhance, improve, and/or modify our Websites. Additionally, if you make a Franchise Inquiry, we use your information to better understand your questions/inquiry about becoming a Bar Method Franchisee. If you provide a success story, we will contact you and possibly use your submitted information on our Website as a success story. We may use non-personally identifiable information for any purpose, except where we are required to do otherwise by applicable law. To the extent we do combine any non-personally identifiable information with personally identifiable information, we will treat the combined information as personally identifiable information so long as it remains combined.

We may disclose also your personal information to appropriate third parties if we are required to do so by law, including (i) to comply with legal process, (ii) to protect our rights, (iii) to investigate breaches of the Terms and Conditions (as defined below), or (iv) in the event of an emergency.

In addition to sharing the information between ourselves (i.e., with and from The Bar Method franchisees and affiliates), we may share your information with third-party service providers and/or vendors for purposes of, including without limitation, initiating marketing programs on our behalf, maintenance or development of our Websites, development of online products and services, customer service or new product development, or other contracted promotional opportunities provided to our users.   

Your studio visit data and personal information may be made available to studio instructors, franchisees, management and employees, or other contracted service providers whom you have engaged to provide services to you. Each of those parties is obligated to maintain the confidentiality of your personal information, and is permitted to access and use your personal information solely for the purpose of providing or enhancing services you use through the Websites.  Additionally, you may choose to share personal information from the Websites with instructors or other studio members to assist you in evaluating your activities and goals.

We do not track our users and visitors over time and across third party websites to provide targeted advertising. Consequently, we do not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. Other third party websites may keep track of your browsing activities when they provide you with content, which enables them to customize what they present to you on their websites.

We do not intentionally collect personally identifiable information about children under the age of 13 and assume all user accounts are opened by adults. If you are under the age of 18 (but at least 13 years of age) you may use this Website only under the supervision of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to be bound by Terms and Conditions posted on this Website (“Terms and Conditions”). Children under the age of 13 may not use this Website, and parents or legal guardians may not agree to the Terms and Conditions on their behalf. If you do not agree to (or cannot comply with) any of the Terms and Conditions, do not use this Website.

We reserve the right to modify our Privacy Policy at any time and without notice to you.  Please review the Privacy Policy frequently to identify modifications of the Privacy Policy that may be of interest to you. If we do decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will update the Effective Date noted at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.  Additionally, we substantial changes have been made to the Privacy Policy, we may post a notice that the Privacy Policy has changed on our Websites, and/or notify you that the policy has changed through other means (e.g., email). Your use of our Websites means you accept such changes.

If you receive emails from us you do not wish to receive, you will be able to opt-out of such communications by using the unsubscribe feature contained in the emails.

By using any of our Websites, you consent to our Privacy Policy. The terms of this Privacy Policy apply to all information you share and/or have shared with us. If you would like to opt-out of the sharing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy, please contact us to do so. You may also opt-out or unsubscribe from communications we send to you. We will honor such requests as soon as possible after we receive them. However, please provide time for us to process such requests.