Privacy Policy
Effective date: November 5, 2026
Who we are
This policy explains what personal information Margaret Salty LLC (“we” or “us”) collects and how we use it. It applies to margaretsalty.com and courses.margaretsalty.com, including our free guides, emails, courses, study materials, practice tools and live sessions.
It does not apply to Naperville Lactation Services or LactaSite, which are separate businesses. Our mobile apps and the third-party sites we link to have their own policies.
Information we collect
We collect information you give us, information created when you use our courses, and limited information sent automatically by your browser.
| Type | Examples | When we collect it |
|---|---|---|
| Contact details | Name, email address | Free guide or newsletter sign-up, purchase, account creation, contact with us |
| Purchase details | Products bought, amount, date, the exam you plan to take | Checkout |
| Payment details | Card details, handled directly by Stripe. We do not see or store your full card number. | Checkout |
| Account and course activity | Login details, enrollments, lesson progress, quiz results, certificates, discussion posts | Using courses.margaretsalty.com |
| Live session details | Name, email, what you share in a session or recording | Zoom sessions, Q&As and VIP bookings |
| Information you send us | Emails, survey answers, testimonials, score reports you choose to share | Contacting us or asking for personal support |
| Device and usage details | IP address, browser, pages viewed, the link or ad that brought you, cookie identifiers | Visiting our sales and marketing pages |
Score reports and similar information you send for personal support are confidential. We use them only to provide that support, and we do not share them with a third party without your consent, except with the service providers needed to deliver it.
How we use information
We use your information to deliver what you asked for, run the business and market our products.
- Deliver your purchase: create your account, give you access, process payment, send receipts and book sessions.
- Support your studying: send study-plan emails and session reminders timed to the exam you chose.
- Communicate: answer questions and send newsletters or offers. You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time.
- Improve our work: understand what helps students, using surveys, course activity and site analytics.
- Advertise: measure our ads and show them to people who have visited our pages or joined our list.
- Protect the business: prevent fraud, enforce our Terms and meet legal, tax and accounting duties.
For EU and UK visitors, we rely on one of these legal bases: performing our contract with you, our legitimate interests, your consent, or a legal obligation.
Cookies and advertising tools
We use the Meta Pixel and Google Analytics on our marketing and sales pages. They use cookies and similar technology to record which pages are visited, where visitors came from, and when someone starts checkout or completes a purchase.
On courses.margaretsalty.com, these tools run only on sales pages, checkout and the order confirmation page. They do not run on the login page or inside your courses, lessons or student account. We do not send them your name, email address, exam date, or payment details through these page tags.
Meta and Google receive device and usage details, and for purchases the product and price, and they process this under their own policies. We may use it to measure ads and to show ads to people who visited our pages. We may also upload a protected (hashed) email list to Meta or Google to reach or exclude existing subscribers and customers.
Our sites also use essential browser storage to keep you logged in and show your order confirmation.
You can limit this tracking through your browser’s cookie settings, your Meta ad preferences, your Google ad settings, or the Google Analytics opt-out add-on.
Who we share information with
We do not sell your information for money. We share it with the service providers that run our business, and when the law requires it.
| Provider | What it does for us |
|---|---|
| Stripe | Processes payments |
| Google (Firebase, Workspace, Calendar) | Hosts the sites, accounts and course data; handles business email and VIP booking |
| Kit (ConvertKit) | Sends newsletters, free guides and study-plan emails |
| Resend | Sends account and order emails |
| Zoom | Runs live sessions |
| YouTube and Vimeo | Play embedded lesson videos |
| ManyChat | Delivers free resources through Instagram messages |
| Meta and Google | Measure and deliver advertising, and provide analytics |
Use of the Meta Pixel and similar tools for advertising may count as “sharing” or “selling” under some US state privacy laws, even though no money changes hands. See “Your choices and rights” to opt out.
We may also disclose information to comply with the law, to protect our rights or safety, or as part of a sale or transfer of the business.
Retention, security and children
We keep information only as long as we need it. That means purchase and tax records for as long as tax and accounting rules require, course accounts for as long as your access lasts and a reasonable period after, and email records as long as needed to honor your choice to unsubscribe.
We use reasonable safeguards, including encrypted connections and limited account access. No system is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Our sites are for adults preparing for or working in a professional field. They are not directed to children under 18, and we do not knowingly collect their information. If you believe a child has given us information, email us and we will delete it.
We are based in the United States, so your information is processed there and in other countries where our providers operate.
Your choices and rights
You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the link in any email. We will still send messages about your purchases and account.
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
- See the personal information we hold about you and get a copy
- Correct or delete it
- Object to or limit certain uses, or withdraw consent
- Opt out of targeted advertising or the “sale” or “sharing” of your information
- Appeal our decision or complain to your local data protection authority
To make a request, email hello@margaretsalty.com. We may need to confirm your identity, and we may keep what the law requires us to keep, such as tax records. We will not treat you differently for using these rights.
Changes and contact
If we change this policy, we will post the new version here and update the effective date. We will tell you directly about significant changes where the law requires it.
Questions or requests: hello@margaretsalty.com
Margaret Salty LLC