Privacy Policy

Overview

Literacy Stations (literacystations.com) and Teaching Firsties with Mrs. Hull (teachingfirsties.com) are “sister” sites run by the same small business. As you use our sites, you might switch between them to view or use various features we offer. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use and share it, and the choices you have. In this policy, “we,” “us” and “our” mean Up At Last, LLC and these sites.

Our Legal Address

Up At Last, LLC
17218 N Foothills Drive
Sun City, AZ 85373

Our Website Addresses:
Teaching Firsties with Mrs. Hull:
https://teachingfirsties.com/
Literacy Stations:
https://literacystations.com/

What personal data we collect, and why

We collect information about you when you visit our sites, sign up for our emails, fill out a form, leave a comment or review, create an account, and check out in our store.

What we collect and store

When you visit our sites, we and our service providers automatically collect:

• products and pages you’ve viewed, and how you move around the site;
• your approximate location, IP address, device and browser type; and
• how you found us (for example, a search engine, an email or a social media post).

We use this to run and secure the site, to estimate sales tax, to understand what teachers find useful, and to measure our marketing.

When you buy from us, we ask for your name, billing address, email address, optional phone number, payment details, and account information such as your username and password. We use this information to:

• send you your files and information about your account and order;
• respond to your requests, including refunds and questions;
• process payments and prevent fraud;
• set up and manage your account, including your downloads and any Library Card access;
• comply with legal obligations, such as calculating taxes;
• improve our store; and
• send you marketing emails, if you choose to receive them.

We only sell digital downloads, so we don’t collect shipping addresses.

If you create an account, we store your name, billing address, email address and phone number (if you give it) to fill in the checkout for future orders. Your account also keeps a record of your orders and downloads so you can download your files again.

Your credit card number and security code are never stored on our website. Our payment processor, Stripe, collects them directly.

When you sign up for our emails or request a freebie, we collect your first name and email address. We also keep a record of the emails you open and the links you click, so we can send you more useful content.

We keep your information for as long as we need it for the purposes above and as long as the law requires. For example, we keep order information for tax and accounting purposes, including your name, email address and billing address.

Cookies

Below is a short summary. For more detail, see our full Cookie Policy.

We use cookies to keep you signed in, remember what’s in your cart, remember your choices, protect the site, and understand how the site is used. Our analytics and advertising partners (listed below) also set cookies and use similar tracking technologies when you visit.

If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in, we also set cookies to save your login information and your display choices. Login cookies last for at least two days, and display-option cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login lasts for at least two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies are removed.

WooCommerce, our store software, also sets cookies that record how you found our site (for example, the referring website or campaign), so we can see which marketing leads to orders.

When you follow a link from our sister site, Teaching Firsties, we set two cookies, ls_tf_first and ls_tf_last, that record which Teaching Firsties article brought you here. They last 60 days, and that article is saved with your order.

Comments and reviews

We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: Automattic Privacy Policy.

What we share with others

We don’t sell your personal information for money. We share information with service providers who help us run our sites and business, such as our payment processor, web host, email delivery service, analytics providers and advertising partners, as described in this policy. We may also share information when the law requires it, or to protect our rights and our customers.

Payments

We accept and process payments through Stripe. When processing payments, some of your data will be shared, including necessary information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.
Please see the Stripe Privacy Policy for more details.

Contact forms

If you relay information to us using a contact form, we will use the information you provide to respond to your request. We will not share this information unless it is directly related to responding to your request.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles or products on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use these services to understand how visitors use our sites:

• Google Analytics (Google LLC) records the pages you visit, how long you stay, and general information about your device and location. See the Google Privacy Policy. You can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
• Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft Corporation) records how visitors interact with our pages, such as clicks, scrolling and mouse movement, to create heatmaps and session replays that help us fix confusing pages. See the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
• Cloudflare Web Analytics (Cloudflare, Inc.) measures page speed and visits without setting cookies. See the Cloudflare Privacy Policy.

The information these services collect, including your IP address, may be sent to and stored on servers in the United States. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, but some parts of the site may not work properly if you do.

Advertising

We advertise on other websites and apps. We use these tools to show our ads to people who have visited our sites, and to measure whether our ads lead to sign-ups and purchases:

• Google Ads and Google’s advertising cookies, including DoubleClick (Google LLC). See how Google uses information for ads.
• Meta Pixel, for Facebook and Instagram ads (Meta Platforms, Inc.). See the Meta Privacy Policy.
• Pinterest Tag (Pinterest, Inc.). See the Pinterest Privacy Policy.
• TikTok Pixel (TikTok Inc.). See the TikTok Privacy Policy.
• Microsoft Advertising (Bing). See the Microsoft Privacy Statement.

These tools use cookies, pixels and similar technologies to collect information such as the pages you view, the products you add to your cart, and whether you complete a purchase. When you check out, some of them may receive a scrambled (hashed) version of your email address so they can connect the purchase to an ad. These companies may combine this with other information they have about you, and use it to show you ads on other websites and apps. This is called targeted advertising, and under some state laws it may count as a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information.

Google’s advertising rules are summed up in Google’s advertising policies.

Opting out

You can limit how your information is used for advertising:

• Change your ad preferences in Google’s My Ad Center, Meta’s ad preferences, your Pinterest and TikTok privacy settings, and Microsoft’s ad settings.
• Opt out of interest-based ads from many companies through the Network Advertising Initiative and the Digital Advertising Alliance.
• Block or delete cookies in your browser, or turn on your browser’s tracking protection.
• Use the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
• Ask us not to share your information for targeted advertising by writing to us through our contact page.

California Online Privacy Protection Act

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require a person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting personally identifiable information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals with whom it is being shared, and to comply with this policy. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/

Using our site without an account

You can browse our site without creating an account or telling us who you are. The analytics and advertising tools described above still collect information about your visit, as explained in this policy.

A link to this policy, including the word “Privacy,” is at the bottom of every page. If we make important changes to this policy, we will update the effective date below and let email subscribers know.

You can change your personal information by signing in to My Account, or by contacting us.

How we handle Do Not Track signals

Our site does not currently respond to “Do Not Track” (DNT) browser signals, because there is no common standard for them. You can still use the opt-out choices above, and your browser’s cookie and tracking settings.

Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?

Yes. The analytics and advertising partners listed above collect information about your activity on our site over time, and may combine it with your activity on other websites and apps. See “Opting out” above for ways to limit this.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.

Our sites are for adults. We do not market to children under 13 or knowingly collect personal information from them. Our products are designed to be used by teachers in a classroom setting. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

CAN-SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.
We collect your email address in order to:
• Process orders and send information and updates about orders
• Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.

To be accordance with the CAN-SPAM Act we agree to:
• NOT use false, or misleading subjects or email addresses
• Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way
• Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters
• Monitor third party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
• Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly
• Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, follow the instructions at the bottom of any email from us and we will promptly remove you from all correspondence, or the portions or notifications you select.

Unsubscribe

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, follow the instructions at the bottom of any subscription email from us and we will promptly remove you from all correspondence, or the portions or notifications you select. Transaction emails from our store relating to purchases are not part of a subscription and do not contain unsubscribe links

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on our site, you can ask us for a file of the personal data we hold about you, including data you gave us. You can also ask us to correct or delete your personal data. This does not include data we must keep for administrative, legal or security reasons, such as order records.

Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights, such as the right to know what we collect, to opt out of targeted advertising or the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information, and not to be treated differently for using these rights. To make a request, contact us through our contact page. We may need to confirm your identity before we respond.

Where we send your data

Our website and store run on servers in the United States. Comments and form entries may be checked by an automated spam-detection service, and our checkout uses Stripe and hCaptcha to prevent fraud. Our service providers may process your information in the United States and other countries.

How we protect your data

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. These include encrypted (HTTPS) connections, payment processing by Stripe so card details never touch our servers, security and firewall software on our site, and limiting access to the people on our team who need it.

Who on our team has access

Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:

• Order information like what was purchased and when it was purchased.
• Customer information like your name, email address, and billing information.
• Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds, and support you.
• Moderators may have access to limited profile information, only as necessary to assist you with logging in to the site, approve or deny comments, reviews, or other content you publicly post.

No one can view your password (including you), however we can change/create a new password or have a new password generated and emailed to you.

What data breach procedures we have in place

If a data breach affects your personal information, we will notify you, and any authorities we are required to notify, as the law requires, and tell you what information may have been exposed. We do not store credit card numbers or other payment card details on our site.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the effective date below. Please check this page for the latest version.

Our contact information

View our contact information here.