Privacy Policy

Step Level Up is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information about you or associated with you (“personal information”), and your choices regarding the collection and use of your information. This Privacy Policy applies to the online services offered by Step Level Up at steplevelup.com.

Information We Collect

From You Directly

Account Information: You can browse our site without providing personal information, but you must register in order to access certain features. We ask for information such as your username, email address, and password when you create a Step Level Up account, or if you correspond with us.

Data Collected Through Use of the Service: After you set up your account, you may choose to provide additional information which may be shared through public profiles, such as your name, location, website, and links to your social media profiles. You control how much personally identifying information you wish to provide in your public profile.

Messages and User Content: We may retain any messages you send through the Service, and collect information you provide in User Content you post to the Service, such as comments.

Activity Information: We collect information about your activity on our Services, such as your reading history, shared links, followed users, and interactions with posts.

From Other Sources

We obtain information from third-party sources. For example, we may collect information about you from social networks and data analytics providers. Additionally, if you create or log into your Step Level Up account through a third-party platform (such as Google or Facebook), we will have access to certain information from that platform, in accordance with its authorization procedures.

Automatically Collected Information

We automatically collect certain types of usage information when you visit our website or use our Service. This includes:

• Cookies: Small text files that uniquely identify your browser and help us enhance your navigation through the site.
• Log Files: Information such as your web request, IP address, browser type, referring/exit pages, and URLs.
• Clear Gifs (Web Beacons): Used to anonymously track online usage patterns and email interactions.
• Device Identifiers: Unique identification numbers associated with your mobile device, mobile carrier, and geographical location data.

Use of Information

We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our Services. This includes:

• Creating and maintaining your Step Level Up account.
• Sending technical notices, security alerts, and support messages.
• Responding to your comments and questions.
• Communicating about new content and features.
• Monitoring and analyzing trends and usage.
• Detecting and preventing security incidents.
• Complying with legal obligations.

Sharing of Your Information

We may share your personal information in the following instances:

• With Service Providers: Third-party vendors that perform services on our behalf.
• With Third Parties at Your Request: Any information you voluntarily disclose for public posting.
• During Business Transactions: In the event of a merger, sale, or reorganization.
• For Legal Reasons: To comply with legal obligations and protect the rights and safety of Step Level Up and others.
• Aggregated and Anonymous Information: Shared with others in a form that does not identify you personally.

Third-Party Embeds

Some content on our Services may be hosted by third parties and embedded in our pages. Interacting with this content may send information to the third-party host. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected through Embeds; the third party's privacy policy applies.

Your Choices

Account Information: You may access, correct, delete, and export your account information at any time by logging into the Services and navigating to the Settings page.

Cookies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can adjust your browser settings to remove or reject cookies.

Communications Preferences: Opt out of receiving certain communications by following the instructions in those communications or through your account’s Settings page.

Mobile Push Notifications: Deactivate these messages through your mobile device’s notification settings.

Links to Other Websites: Our Services may contain links to third-party websites with their own privacy policies. Please review those policies before submitting any information.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Step Level Up may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes and update the 'last modified' date at the bottom of this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at privacy@steplevelup.com.