Last Updated: August 5, 2025

We at Scott Fitness ("we," "us," "our") value your privacy very highly. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the scott.fitness website (the "Website"), operated by Scott Fitness, a business owned and operated by Denique Scott in Nova Scotia, Canada. This Privacy Policy contains important information regarding your privacy and how we may use the information we collect about you.

Your access to and use of the Website is conditional upon your acceptance of and compliance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to everyone, including, but not limited to: visitors, users, and others, who wish to access or use the Website.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with any part of the Privacy Policy, then you do not have our permission to access or use the Website.

What Information We Collect and How We Use It

To provide our services, we collect information that you voluntarily provide to us and some information that is collected automatically.

1. Information You Provide Directly:

- Personal and Contact Information: When you sign up for our services or contact us, you may provide identifiers such as your name, email address, phone number, and billing address. We use this information to create and manage your account, process your payments, deliver our coaching services, communicate with you, and enforce our Terms of Service.

- Health and Fitness Information: As part of our coaching services, you may choose to provide sensitive personal information, including your fitness goals, weight, height, body measurements, health conditions, dietary habits, and progress photos. This information is used exclusively to design and tailor your fitness and coaching program. We will only collect this information with your explicit consent.

2. Information We Collect Automatically:

- Technical and Usage Information: When you visit our Website, we automatically collect technical information such as your IP address and data about your interaction with our Website (e.g., pages visited, time spent) through tools like cookies and analytics. We use this information to maintain the security of our Website, to analyze and improve our services, and for marketing purposes.

Legal Basis for Processing: We process your information based on one or more of the following legal grounds: your consent, the necessity to perform a contract with you (i.e., provide coaching services), and our legitimate interest in operating and improving our business. Without this information, we may be unable to provide you with our full range of services.

With Whom We Share Your Personal Information

We do not sell your personal information. However, to operate our business, we may share your information with trusted third-party service providers, including:

- Payment Processors: To securely process your payments (e.g., Stripe, PayPal). We do not store your full credit card information on our servers.

- Analytics Providers: To help us understand website traffic and usage (e.g., Google Analytics).

- Coaching Platforms: To deliver our services through a dedicated application or software.

We only share the minimum information necessary for these third parties to perform their functions.

How We Protect Your Information

We have implemented the following measures to protect and safeguard your personal information:

- Limiting the amount of personal information we collect to what is strictly necessary.

- Using SSL or other secure connection technologies when receiving or sending personal information.

- Ensuring that any third-party providers we use are reputable and have strong data protection practices.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on your device. Our Website uses cookies to help it function correctly and to gather analytics data. You can control or refuse cookies by adjusting your web browser settings, though this may impact your ability to use certain features of the Website.

Children's Privacy

This Website is intended for a general audience and does not offer services to children. In Nova Scotia, the age of majority is 19. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 19. If we become aware that we have collected information from a child without parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information.

Analytics Programs

This Website uses Google Analytics to collect information about you and your behaviors. If you would like to opt out of Google Analytics, please visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.

Information Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as is necessary to provide you with our services, to comply with our legal obligations (e.g., for tax and accounting purposes), to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements.

Direct Marketing

We may use your information to contact you with newsletters, marketing, or promotional materials. You may, at any time, request that we cease to use your information for direct marketing purposes by emailing us at scott.fitness101@gmail.com.

Your Privacy Rights

Under Canadian privacy law, you have the following rights with regard to your personal information:

- The right to access the personal information we hold about you.

- The right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal information.

- The right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your data at any time (this may affect our ability to provide services).

- The right to request that we delete the personal information we have collected about you, subject to certain legal exceptions.

- The right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate privacy commissioner.

Exercising Your Rights

You may exercise your rights by submitting a request to our Privacy Officer. To verify your identity, you may need to provide your name, email address, and phone number with your request.

Privacy Officer: Denique Scott

Email: scott.fitness101@gmail.com

Phone: 902-706-9922

We will respond to most requests within 30 days.

Accountability

Denique Scott is the person accountable for our privacy practices and procedures. You may lodge a complaint with us by contacting her at the details above. You may also lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada by visiting their website or calling 1-800-282-1376.

Location of Data Processing & International Transfers

Your data is primarily processed in Nova Scotia, Canada. However, because we use third-party service providers (like Stripe, PayPal, and Google) based in the United States, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States. This means your information may be accessible to law enforcement and national security authorities of that jurisdiction.

Third-Party Websites

This Website may contain hyperlinks to websites operated by parties other than us. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices.

Do Not Track

Do Not Track ("DNT") is a preference you can set in your browser. We do not currently support DNT signals.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the updated Privacy Policy on this Website.

Questions

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at scott.fitness101@gmail.com.