Privacy - SharpHeels

Privacy Policy

At SharpHeels LLC ("SharpHeels," "we," "us," or "our"), we take your privacy and the confidentiality of our enterprise clients, executives, and users extremely seriously. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information gathered when you visit sharpheels.com, subscribe to our newsletters, participate in our executive coaching or advisory services, or attend our events and workshops.

1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect information directly provided by you, as well as information generated through your use of our platform and executive services.

A. Personal & Executive Information

Subscription & Contact Data: Name, email address, job title, company name, phone number, and mailing address when you sign up for newsletters, request information, or register for events.
Executive Coaching & Advisory Data: Information provided during intake assessments, 1:1 executive coaching sessions, group cohorts, or advisory engagements.
Billing & Corporate Sponsor Data: Payment details, corporate invoicing information, and employer sponsorship details when services are procured directly or through enterprise procurement frameworks.

B. Demographic & Professional Data
We may request voluntary information such as industry, executive level, team size, annual income range, or professional development goals. This helps us tailor our curriculum, match executives with coaches, and deliver relevant enterprise solutions.

C. Automated Usage & Technical Data
Like most digital platforms, we automatically collect non-personally identifiable technical information when you navigate our site, including IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, pages viewed, time spent on pages, referring URLs, and interaction data.

2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use the information we collect for the following business purposes:

To Deliver Services: Facilitating 1:1 coaching, small cohort circles, leadership workshops, offsites, and strategic advisory programs.
To Communicate: Sending program updates, session reminders, administrative notices, and digital newsletters.
To Improve Our Services: Analyzing site usage and program feedback to optimize our digital content, platform speed, and executive curriculum.
To Process Payments: Facilitating invoicing, corporate billing, and transactional processing.
In Aggregated/Anonymous Form: Sharing high-level, anonymized demographic metrics with corporate partners or sponsors (e.g., total event attendance by industry/level) without identifying any individual.

3. EXECUTIVE COACHING CONFIDENTIALITY & AI PROTECTION
A. Executive Coaching Privileges
We maintain strict confidentiality protocols for all 1:1 executive coaching and strategic advisory engagements. Individual session notes, career goals, and personal feedback shared during coaching remain confidential between the participant and their assigned SharpHeels coach, subject to applicable professional coaching standards and enterprise agreements.

B. Artificial Intelligence (AI) Privacy Safeguards
SharpHeels LLC does notinput, store, or process any sensitive client data, coaching session transcripts, corporate assessment results, or proprietary client business information into public or unvetted Artificial Intelligence (AI) models or automated third-party recording tools without explicit prior written authorization.

4. INFORMATION SHARING & DISCLOSURE
SharpHeels LLC will never sell, rent, or trade your personal information or email address to third parties for marketing purposes. We may share information only under the following limited circumstances:

Service Providers: With trusted third-party vendors who assist us in operating our website, processing payments (e.g., QuickBooks/Stripe/ACH), or delivering communications, strictly under confidentiality agreements.
Enterprise Sponsors: If your participation in a program or cohort is funded by your employer, we may share basic enrollment and attendance status with the sponsoring entity, as agreed upon in the enterprise scope of work.
Legal Compliance: When required by law, subpoena, or legal process, or to protect the safety, rights, or property of SharpHeels LLC, our clients, or the public.

5. COOKIES & TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
We use cookies and similar text files to enhance your site navigation, simplify user authentication, and gather aggregate usage statistics.

First-Party Cookies: Used to remember user preferences and maintain smooth site functionality.
Third-Party Analytics & Ads: Third-party partners (such as Google Analytics or advertising networks) may place cookies on your browser to measure site activity or deliver relevant sponsorship content.

You can set your browser to refuse all cookies or notify you when a cookie is sent. However, disabling cookies may impact your user experience on certain site features.

6. YOUR RIGHTS & OPT-OUT OPTIONS
A. Newsletter Unsubscribe
You may opt out of receiving promotional emails or newsletters at any time by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link located at the footer of any SharpHeels email.

B. Review, Access & Correction
Upon request, SharpHeels LLC will provide you with a summary of the personal information we maintain about you. You may request to review, correct, update, or delete your personal data by contacting us at the address below.

7. DATA SECURITY
We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal and corporate information against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized access, disclosure, loss, or destruction. However, no internet transmission or electronic storage method is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
Our platform may contain links to external third-party websites. SharpHeels LLC is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or policies of those third-party sites. We encourage you to review the individual privacy policies of any third-party services you visit.

9. MODIFICATIONS TO THIS POLICY
SharpHeels LLC reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. Any changes will become effective immediately upon posting to SharpHeels.com. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

10. CONTACT US
If you have any questions, concerns, or data requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our practices, please contact us:

SharpHeels
8127 Mesa Dr B206
Austin, TX 78759

Contributor/Publisher Agreement

This agreement is made on , between SharpHeels / SharpHeels Group LLC, 8127 Mesa Dr B206, Austin, TX 78759 ("publisher") and ("contributor") regarding the contribution ("the articles") for publication on SharpHeels.com.

The Contribution. The contributor shall submit articles, on a consistent basis, to the publisher based on the contributor's area of expertise. The articles shall be submitted on or before the agreed upon due date (Tracked by editorial calendar).

Expertise: Advice for Professional Women
Frequency: Weekly, Bi-Weekly, or Monthly (TBD)
Length: 650-1500 words depending on article format and content

Editorial Copy. Article copy and tone should be designed to Educate, Motivate, and Captivate. All copy should be void of any direct self-promotion for the contributor's organization. Copy that includes the contributor and/or its products should only be included when it benefits the audience and not to the direct benefit of the contributor.

Changes. The publisher shall have the right to edit, revise, augment, re-title, and adapt all articles and to cause others to make such changes as the publisher may deem appropriate. The contributor shall be available to approve such changes.

Rights. Contributor grants to the Publisher an exclusive worldwide license to first publish, reproduce, display, distribute and use the Contribution in any media. The contributor retains ownership of all rights under copyright to the Contribution. If the contributor desires to publish the article on the contributor's website, the contributor is permitted, but must provide a link and reference to the original article on SharpHeels.com. Contributor shall not authorize any publication of the articles to additional parties except with the prior written consent of the publisher in each instance.

Images. The publisher may illustrate the articles with photographs or illustrations or both and contributor will, if supplying such photographs or illustrations by agreement, warrant their ownership and transfer needed rights and permissions to allow their publication. Publisher will provide images if not provided by the contributor.

Fact checking. Contributor will verify all facts in the articles, although the publisher shall have the right to check the article for accuracy.

Originality. Contributor warrants that the articles will be original, will not infringe on any copyright, invade any right of privacy, contain any libelous material, or infringe or violate any other right of any other person or entity.

Use of Name. Contributor, for publicity purposes, gives Publisher permission to use the Contributor's name, image, biography and likeness in all forms of media and in all manners in connection with the advertising and promotion of the Work and/or Contribution.

Promotion. Publisher will assume all costs associated with the publishing and promotion of the Contribution.

Compensation. There will be no financial compensation for contributor's posts. Publisher offers a platform to expand the contributor's reach for their specific expertise. Contributor's posts will be featured in SharpHeels newsletter , online and in Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)

Confidential Information. The Contributor and his or her employees shall not, during the time of rendering services to the Publisher or thereafter, disclose to anyone other than authorized employees or designated persons of the Publisher, any information of a confidential nature, including but not limited to, information relating to: any such materials or intellectual property; any of the Publisher projects or programs; the technical, commercial or any other affairs of the Publisher; or, any confidential information which the Company has received from a third party.

Termination. Publisher and/or the Contributor may terminate this Agreement in the event the parties no longer benefit from the partnership or upon notice of a breach to the agreement.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas. The parties agree that a signature (electronic or in writing) on this Agreement shall be considered legally binding and executable.