Sara Young Wang LLC Policies and Disclaimers

SARA YOUNG IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF SARA YOUNG WANG LLC. ALL SERVICES PROVIDED ARE DONE SO THROUGH SARA YOUNG WANG LLC AND ALL TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ONGOING ENGAGEMENT/SERVICES PROVIDED ARE EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN YOU/THE CLIENT AND SARA YOUNG WANG LLC. THERE IS NO AGREEMENT/ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN YOU/THE CLIENT AND SARA YOUNG THE INDIVIDUAL.

BY BECOMING A CLIENT AND RECEIVING COACHING SERVICES FROM SARA YOUNG WANG LLC OR CONSULTATIONS PRIOR TO BECOMING A CLIENT OF SARA YOUNG WANG LLC, YOU AGREE TO AND ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING.

Sara Young Wang LLC is a service that provides career and life coaching to individuals and groups. Whilst we exercise our best professional efforts of ensuring clients are coached to meet their coaching goals, the client understands and acknowledges the coach, employees of the company, partners, and vendors will not be liable legally or otherwise, for the actions the client may or may not undertake as a result of the services provided/coaching sessions. You/the client, take full responsibility for the decisions and actions you take with regard to your life and affairs as well as the consequences. You/the client, take full responsibility for any decisions made after a coaching session as well as the consequences. You will in no way hold your coach, employees of the company, partners, and vendors liable legally or otherwise for any actions you may take during or after this coaching engagement. 

By engaging in a consultation prior to becoming a client, you understand and agree that Sara Young Wang LLC will not be liable legally or otherwise, for the actions you may or may not undertake as a result of the consultation session(s). You take full responsibility for the decisions and actions you take with regard to your life and affairs as well as the consequences. You release Sara Young Wang LLC from any and all liability whatsoever, including that arising from negligence.

No guarantees: The client enters into coaching with full understanding that they are responsible for creating their own results. There are no guarantees, or warranties expressed or implied about of any specific results or outcomes from coaching. 

Confidentiality: All information from coaching sessions or consultations will be kept confidential, except in cases where it is required by law to disclose that you are a client and/or the content of conversations, or in cases where based on the sole judgment of your coach you are at risk of hurting yourself or others.

What Coaching Is Not: Coaching services (or consultations prior to formal engagement) are not in any way to be construed as, or a replacement for the services or treatment provided by psychological/mental health professionals including, but not limited to psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, counselors, or any other medical professionals. By engaging in coaching services or consultations with Sara Young Wang LLC you understand and agree that you are completely responsible for your health and well-being before, during, between coaching sessions and after we have finished our work together and you are no longer a client. You are also completely responsible for your health and well-being before, during and after a consultation session. 

If you have reason to suspect that you are suffering from mental illness of any form we encourage you to seek professional medical/mental health attention immediately and it is your responsibility to do so. Your coach is not trained in the assessment, detection or diagnosis of mental illness. If you feel you may be at risk of harming yourself or others please immediately seek help from a medical/mental health professional. In case of an emergency, you are advised to proceed to the nearest emergency room or dial 911 (or the applicable emergency services hotline for your location). Sara Young Wang LLC or Your coach is in no way responsible for your actions pertaining to self-harm, suicide or causing harm to others.  

You release Sara Young Wang LLC, Sara Young, employees of the company, partners, and vendors from any and all liability whatsoever, including that arising from negligence.

CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS

Refund Policy: Fees are considered earned as sessions are provided on a pro rata basis. This means no refunds are issued on coaching sessions already held. However, refunds on the remaining unused sessions of a package will be granted if requested. If you feel you’re not the right fit for this coaching or you're not satisfied with your coaching services and you would like to terminate the coaching relationship please simply provide at least 48hrs notice in writing prior to your next scheduled session and all remaining sessions of a package will be refunded. 

Cancelling/Rescheduling/Missed Sessions: If you need to reschedule a session and it is not an emergency, please call/text/email at least 48 hours in advance or the full amount of a session will be charged (it will count as one of your sessions in a package). 

If an emergency keeps you from attending a scheduled session, you will not be charged for the missed session. Please call/text/email whenever possible to notify Sara of the circumstances. Such events as death in the family, serious accidents, flu or serious illness and hospitalization are considered “emergencies.”

Copyright of Coaching Materials: You understand that any materials or exercises provided are proprietary and not to be shared, copied or distributed without prior written consent.

Governing Law/Jurisdiction: 

You agree that any legal claim, action, arbitration, or other proceeding you make against Sara Young or Sara Young Wang LLC will be filed to a court under the jurisdiction of the applicable Federal Laws and the Laws of the State of Illinois, USA.

This entire agreement (everything above and below on this page) shall be governed and construed in accordance with applicable Federal Laws and the Laws of the State of Illinois, USA.


FURTHER DISCLAIMER REGARDING ALL COMMUNICATIONS FROM SARA YOUNG WANG LLC AND WEBSITE

By viewing this website, or anything made available on or through this website, or any form of communication (electronic or otherwise) by Sara Young Wang LLC, including but not limited to coaching services or programs, products, services, opt-in gifts/free products, e-books, videos, webinars, blog posts (appearing on syoungwang.com or any third party website), e-mail newsletters, client consultations, e-mails, social media pages and their content (ex. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc.), and/or any other communication, collectively referred to as the "Communications”, you are agreeing to accept all parts of this Disclaimer. Thus, if you do not agree to the Disclaimer below, STOP now, and do not access or use this Website. 

The headings of this Disclaimer are provided for convenience only and shall not affect its construction or interpretation.

1. FOR EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY

The information provided by Communications is provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you and as a self-help tool for your own use.

By receiving this information it does not create a coach-client relationship.

2. NOT MEDICAL, MENTAL HEALTH, OR RELIGIOUS ADVICE

It is not in any way to be construed as, or a replacement for the services or treatment provided by psychological/mental health professionals or other health professionals.  You agree and acknowledge that Sara Young Wang LLC is not providing medical advice, mental health advice, or religious advice in any way. Do not disregard medical advice or delay seeking medical advice because of information you have received from Communications. Do not start or stop taking any medications without speaking to your own Medical Provider or Mental Health Provider. If you have or suspect that you have a medical or mental health problem, contact your own Medical Provider or Mental Health Provider promptly. The information contained/provided by this Website has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.

3. NOT LEGAL OR FINANCIAL ADVICE

You agree that the information contained in Communications is also not legal or financial advice. Sara Young Wang LLC and Sara Young is not acting as an attorney, accountant or financial advisor.

4. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK

This information provided by Communications is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment. You acknowledge that you are participating voluntarily in accessing and using Communications and that you are solely and personally responsible for your choices, actions and results, now and in the future. You accept full responsibility for the consequences of your use, or non-use, of any information provided by Communications, and you agree to use your own judgment and due diligence before implementing any idea, suggestion or recommendation from Communications to your life, family, or business. You understand that any mention of any suggestion or recommendation provided by Communications is to be taken at your own risk, with no liability given to Sara Young Wang LLC, recognizing that there is a rare chance that illness, injury or even death could result, and you agree to assume all risks. 

5. TESTIMONIALS 

Communications may present real world experiences, testimonials, and insights about other people’s experiences. These are for purposes of illustration only. They are not intended to represent or guarantee that current or future clients will achieve the same or similar results; rather, these testimonials represent what is possible for illustrative purposes only.

6. NO GUARANTEES

There are no guarantees, or warranties, expressed or implied about of any specific results or outcomes you can expect from using the information you receive on or through the Communications.

7. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

By accessing/using Communications, you agree to absolve Sara Young Wang LLC of any liability or loss that you or any other person may incur from accessing/using Communications. You agree that Sara Young Wang LLC will not be liable to you, or to any other individual, company or entity, for any type of damages, including direct, indirect, special, incidental, equitable or consequential loss or damages, for use of or reliance on Communications. You agree that Sara Young Wang LLC does not assume liability for accidents, delays, injuries, harm, loss, damage, death, lost profits, personal or business interruptions, misapplication of information, physical or mental disease or condition or issue, or any other type of loss or damage due to any act or default by Sara Young Wang LLC or anyone acting as our agent, consultant, affiliate, joint venture partner, employee, shareholder, director, staff, team member, or anyone otherwise affiliated with Sara Young Wang LLC, who is engaged in Communications. 

8. INDEMNIFICATION AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS.

You hereby fully and completely hold harmless, indemnify and release Sara Young Wang LLC and any agents, consultants, affiliates, joint venture partners, employees, shareholders, directors, staff, team members, or anyone otherwise affiliated with Sara Young Wang LLC from any and all causes of action, allegations, suits, claims, damages, or demands whatsoever, in law or equity, that may arise in the past, present or future that is in any way related to Communications.

9. NO WARRANTIES. 

SARA YOUNG WANG LLC MAKES NO WARRANTIES RELATED TO THE PERFORMANCE OR OPERATION OF THE SYOUNGWANG.COM WEBSITE OR COMMUNICATIONS.  SARA YOUNG WANG LLC MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PROGRAMS, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND COMMUNICATIONS. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, SARA YOUNG WANG LLC DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

10. ERRORS AND OMISSIONS.

Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of information shared on or through Communications, the information may inadvertently contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. You agree that Sara Young Wang LLC is not responsible for the views, opinions, or accuracy of facts referenced on or through the Communications, or of those of any other individual or company affiliated with Sara Young Wang LLC in any way. Because scientific, technology and business practices are constantly evolving, you agree that Sara Young Wang LLC is not responsible for the accuracy of Communications, or for any errors or omissions that may occur.

11. NO ENDORSEMENT. 

References or links in Communications to the information, opinions, advice, programs, products or services of any other individual, business or entity does not constitute a formal endorsement. It is merely the sharing of information for your own self-help only. Sara Young Wang LLC is not responsible for the website content, blogs, e-mails, videos, social media, programs, products and/or services of any other person, business or entity that may be linked or referenced in Sara Young Wang LLC Communications. Conversely, should a link to the Sara Young Wang LLC website or Communications appear in any other individual’s, business’s or entity’s website, program, product or services, it does not constitute a formal endorsement of them, their business or their website either.

12. AFFILIATES. 

From time to time, Sara Young Wang LLC may promote, affiliate with, or partner with other individuals or businesses whose programs, products and services align with those of Sara Young Wang LLC.  In the spirit of transparency, you should be aware that there may be instances when Sara Young Wang LLC promotes, markets, shares or sells programs, products or services for other partners and in exchange receives financial compensation or other rewards. Please note that Sara Young Wang LLC is highly selective and only promotes the partners whose programs, products and/or services we respect. At the same time, you agree that any such promotion or marketing does not serve as any form of endorsement whatsoever. You are still required to use your own judgment to determine that any such program, product or service is appropriate for you. You are assuming all risks, and you agree that Sara Young Wang LLC is not liable in any way for any program, product or service that Sara Young Wang LLC may promote, market, share or sell on or through Communications.

By accessing/using Communications you are agreeing to all parts of the above Disclaimer. If you have any questions about this Disclaimer, please contact sara@syoungwang.com

COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Please note that all words on this Website, including the content of any blog posts, e-newsletters, courses, ebooks, audio or video files are copyright of/to Sara Young Wang LLC, unless otherwise stated. All rights are reserved.

If you would like to share the material please link back to this site and make sure Sara Young Wang is credited. Please do not use anything for commercial purposes without prior written consent from an authorized representative of Sara Young Wang LLC. Please see the Terms and Conditions section below for further detail on Intellectual Property Policies. If you have any questions about the copyright please get in touch at sara@syoungwang.com

PRIVACY POLICY 

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Privacy Policy applies to the website www.syoungwang.com, Sara Young Wang LLC, all Communications electronic or otherwise (defined in the above section on Communications), and governs data collection and usage.

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Sara Young Wang LLC includes www.syoungwang.com. Sara Young Wang LLC is the data controller and is responsible for your personal data (referred to as “we”, “us” or “our” in this Privacy Policy).

The Sara Young Wang LLC website is an information, blog, and e-commerce site. By using the Sara Young Wang LLC website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

The headings of this Statement of Privacy are provided for convenience only and shall not affect its construction or interpretation.

1. WHAT DATA DO WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU?

Sara Young Wang LLC may collect personally identifiable data. Personal data means any information capable of identifying an individual. It does not include anonymized data.

We may process certain types of personal data about you as follows:

  • Identity Data - first name and last name

  • Contact Data - billing address, email address and telephone numbers, Skype address

  • Financial Data - bank account and payment card details

  • Transaction Data - details about payments between us and other details of purchases made by you

  • Technical Data - may include your internet protocol addresses, browser type and version, browser plug-in types and versions, time zone setting and location, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this site

  • Profile Data - in addition to the above, purchases or orders, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses

  • Usage Data - information about how you use our website, products and services

  • Marketing and Communications Data - may include your preferences in receiving marketing communications from us and our third parties and your communication preferences

Where we are required to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of the contract between us and you do not provide us with that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract (for example, to deliver goods or services to you). If you don’t provide us with the requested data, we may have to cancel a product or service you have ordered but if we do, we will notify you at the time.

2. HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We collect data about you through a variety of different methods including:

Direct interactions: You may provide data by filling in forms on our site (or otherwise) or by communicating with us by mail, phone, email or otherwise, including when you:

  • purchase and receive our products or services;

  • create an account on our site;

  • subscribe to our emails, free products, services or publications;

  • request resources or marketing be sent to you;

  • enter a competition, giveaway, promotion or survey;

  • give us feedback

  • engage in email correspondance

Automated technologies or interactions: As you use our site, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and usage patterns. We collect this data by using cookies, server logs and similar technologies. Please see the Cookies Policy below for more information. 

Third Party Data Processors: We may receive or provide data about you to/from various third parties.

These third parties include: Mailchimp and Google mail (for emails), Hello Sign (for client agreements). Financial, Transaction, Technical, Contact and Identity data is collected through Square and PayPal payment processors when you purchase services.

We also collect data from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Sara Young Wang LLC does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists or personal information to third parties.

Sara Young Wang LLC is not responsible for the privacy statements/policies of third party data processors. You are encouraged to review and inform yourself for their polices. 

3. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA  

We will only use your personal data when legally permitted. The most common uses of your personal data are:

  • Consent - Where you have provided us with consent (ex. to receive newsletters, free products, other services)

  • Contractual situation - Where we need to perform the contract between us (ie. to deliver purchased services)

  • Legal Obligation - Processing necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation Sara Young Wang LLC (the site owner) has

  • Vital Interest

  • Legitimate Interest - Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.

Purposes for processing your personal data  

Personal data are used to communicate with you by email to receive newsletters (containing blog posts, other writing, news/event updates, product offerings from Sara Young Wang LLC or from related external business partners), free products, or to collect information via surveys to conduct research about your service/product needs, reviews/opinion of current services, or of potential new services that may be offered.

Within our newsletter Sara Young Wang LLC may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party.

If you purchase coaching sessions we will also collect your phone number and/or Skype address in addition to your name and email. These will be used to communicate with you to schedule sessions, discuss other matters pertaining to services and to deliver coaching services. If you purchase Sara Young Wang LLC's products and services, we also collect your billing address and payment/credit card information. This information is used to complete the purchase transaction. 

Set out below is a more detailed description of the ways we intend to use your personal data and the legal grounds on which we will process such data. We have also explained what our legitimate interests are where relevant.

We may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground, depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please email us at sara@syoungwang.com if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out below.

  • Purpose: To register you as a new customer (when you purchase a service)

  • Type of data: Identity and Contact

  • Lawful basis for processing: Performance of a contract with you

  • Purpose: To process and deliver your order or services including: 1. Manage payments, fees and charges, 2. Collect and recover money owed to us

  • Type of data: Identity, Contact, Financial, Transaction, Marketing and Communications

  • Lawful Basis for processing: 1. Performance of a contract with you, 2. Necessary for our legitimate interests to collect fees and/or recover debts owed to us

  • Purpose: To deliver relevant content (including newsletters and free products) and advertisements to you and measure and understand the effectiveness of our advertising

  • Type of Data: Identity, Contact, Profile, Usage, Technical, Marketing and Communications

  • Lawful Basis for processing: 1. Consent 2. Necessary for our legitimate interests to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy. 3. Necessary for our legitimate interests to offer related services and solutions for a fee that will compensate for the amount of work we put into providing free information

  • Purpose: To manage our relationship with you which will include: 1. Notifying you about changes to our terms or privacy policy, 2. Asking you to leave a review or take a survey

  • Type of data: Identity, Contact, Profile, Marketing and Communications

  • Lawful Basis for processing: 1. Performance of a contract with you 2. Necessary to comply with a legal obligation 3. Necessary for our legitimate interests to keep our records updated and to study how customers use our products/services

  • Purpose: To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you

  • Type of data: Identity, Contact, Technical, Usage, Profile

  • Lawful Basis for processing: Necessary for our legitimate interests to develop our products/services and grow our business

  • Purpose: To enable you to partake in a giveaway, competition or complete a survey

  • Type of data: Identity, Contact, Profile, Usage, Marketing and Communications

  • Lawful Basis for processing: 1. Performance of a contract with you, 2. Necessary for our legitimate interests to study how customers use our products/services, to develop them and grow our business

  • Purpose: To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships and experiences

  • Type of data: Technical, Usage

  • Lawful Basis for processing: Necessary for our legitimate interests to define types of customers for our products and services, to keep our site updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy

  • Purpose: To administer and protect our business and our site (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data)

  • Type of data: Identity, Contact, Technical

  • Lawful Basis for processing: 1. Necessary for our legitimate interests for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganization or group restructuring exercise, 2. Necessary to comply with a legal obligation

Sara Young Wang LLC encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Sara Young Wang LLC so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Sara Young Wang LLC is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Sara Young Wang LLC website.

Sara Young Wang LLC will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Sara Young Wang LLC or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Sara Young Wang LLC; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Sara Young Wang LLC, or the public.

Marketing communications

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have:

  • requested information from us or purchased goods or services from us; or

  • if you provided us with your details and given consent at the point of entry of your details for us to send you marketing communications; and

  • in each case, you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.

You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by following the opt-out links on any marketing message sent to you OR by emailing us at sara@syoungwang.com at any time.

Where you opt out of receiving our marketing communications, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a product/service purchase, warranty registration, product/service experience or other transactions.

Change of purpose  

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to find out more about how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please email us at sara@syoungwang.com.

If we need to use your personal data for a purpose unrelated to the purpose for which we collected the data, we will notify you and we will explain the legal ground of processing.

We may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent where this is required or permitted by law.

Disclosures of your personal data  

We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below

  • Service providers who provide IT and system administration services.

  • Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services.

  • Authorities who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances

We require all third parties to whom we transfer your data to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We only allow such third parties to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

International Transfers 

We do not transfer your personal data outside the United States.  

Data security

Sara Young Wang LLC secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. 

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know such data. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

Data retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

By law we may have to keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) for a several years after they cease being customers for tax purposes.

In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see below for further information.

In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

Your legal rights

Under certain circumstances, you may have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. These may include the right to:

  • Request access to your personal data.

  • Request correction of your personal data.

  • Request erasure of your personal data.

  • Object to processing of your personal data.

  • Request restriction of processing your personal data.

  • Request transfer of your personal data.

  • Right to withdraw consent.

You can see more about these rights at: https://www.ftc.gov

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please email us at sara@syoungwang.com 

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

Third-Party Links  

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

We may disclose personal information to the following types of third parties for the purposes described in this policy:

(1) Service Providers. Sometimes, we share your information with our third party Service Providers, who help us provide and support our Services. For example, if it is necessary to provide you something you have requested, then we may share your and/or your Subscribers’ Personal Information with a Service Provider for that purpose. Just like with the other third parties we work with, these third party Service Providers enter into a contract that requires them to use your Personal Information only for the provision of services to us and in a manner that is consistent with this policy. Examples of Service Providers include payment processors, hosting services and content delivery services.

(2) Advertising partners. We may partner with third party advertising networks and exchanges to manage and serve our advertising on other sites and may share Personal Information with them for this purpose. All third parties with which we share this information are required to use your Personal Information in a manner that is consistent with this policy. 

Use of Cookies     

syoungwang.com uses 'cookies' to provide the best service possible. Cookies are small pieces of data that websites store on a device. Cookies can improve your and your visitors’ browsing experience because they help websites remember preferences and understand how people use different features. We use Squarespace for our website. We obtain information about visitors from Squarespace Analytics by the using Analytics Cookies outlined on this webpage. 

To the best of our knowledge, Squarespace does not currently support recognition of Do Not Track protocol. 

In addition, our email managed by Mailchimp also uses cookies. The following quote from Mailchimp discusses what this entails:

"User email campaigns: We automatically place single pixel gifs, also known as web beacons, in every email sent by our users. These are tiny graphic files that contain unique identifiers that enable us and our users to recognize when their subscribers have opened an email or clicked certain links. These technologies record each subscribers email address, IP address, date, and time associated with each open and click for a campaign. We use this data to create reports for our users about how an email campaign performed and what actions subscribers took."

Email Policies

If you choose to correspond with us through email (via Mailchimp or Googlemail), we may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and our responses. We provide the same protections for these electronic communications that we employ in the maintenance of information received online, mail and telephone. This also applies when you register for our website, sign up through any of our forms using your email address or make a purchase on this site.

We are committed to keeping your e-mail address confidential. We do not sell, rent, or lease our subscription lists to third parties, and we will not provide your personal information to any third party individual, government agency, or company at any time unless strictly compelled to do so by law.

We will use your e-mail address solely to provide timely information from and about syoungwang.com and Sara Young Wang LLC.

We will maintain the information you send via e-mail in accordance with applicable laws.

Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, we request that you do not send private information to us by email. However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk. Some of the information you may enter on our website will be transmitted securely via a secure medium known as Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL. Credit Card information and other sensitive information is never transmitted via email.

Sara Young Wang LLC may use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.

CAN-SPAM Compliance

In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, all e-mail sent from our organization will clearly state who the e-mail is from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender. In addition, all e-mail messages will also contain concise information on how to remove yourself from our mailing list so that you receive no further e-mail communication from us.

Children Under Thirteen                                                                                                                                                             Sara Young Wang LLC does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website and provide us with any personally identifiable information.              

Opt-Out & Unsubscribe                                                                                                                                                                   We respect your privacy and give you an opportunity to opt-out of receiving email communications. Users may opt-out of receiving any or all email communications from Sara Young Wang LLC by submitting an unsubscribe request (see the bottom of every Mailchimp provided email from us) or you can contact sara@syoungwang.com

Assignment of Rights
In the event of an assignment, sale, joint venture, or other transfer of some or all of our assets, you agree we can assign, sell, license or transfer any information that you have provided to us. Please note, however, that any purchasing party is prohibited from using the information submitted to us under this Privacy Policy in a manner that is materially inconsistent with this Privacy Policy without your prior consent.

14. DISCLAIMER AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

Sara Young Wang LLC makes no representations, warranties, or assurances as to the accuracy, currency or completeness of the content contained on this website or any sites linked to this site.

All the materials on this site are provided ‘as is’ without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including warranties of merchantability, noninfringement of intellectual property or fitness for any particular purpose. In no event shall Sara Young Wang LLC or its agents or associates be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of profits, business interruption, loss of information, injury or death) arising out of the use of or inability to use the materials, even if Sara Young Wang LLC has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages.

Changes to this Statement                                                                                                                                                           Sara Young Wang LLC will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Sara Young Wang LLC encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Sara Young Wang LLC is protecting your information.

Contact Information                                                                                                                                                                       Sara Young Wang LLC welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that Sara Young Wang LLC has not adhered to this Statement, please contact sara@syoungwang.com

Terms and Conditions for Use of this Website 

Agreement between user and www.syoungwang.com                                                                                                         The www.syoungwang.com website (the "Site") is comprised of various web pages operated by Sara Young Wang LLC. www.syoungwang.com is offered to you conditioned on your acceptance without modification of the terms, conditions, and notices contained herein (the "Terms"). Your use of www.syoungwang.com constitutes your agreement to all such Terms. Information provided on the Site is subject to change and there is no representation or warranty made that the information provided is accurate. Please read these terms carefully, and keep a copy of them for your reference.

www.syoungwang.com is an information, blog, and e-commerce website selling life and career coaching services

Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms. 

Privacy                                                                                                                                                                                       Your use of www.syoungwang.com is subject to Sara Young Wang LLC's Privacy Policy. Please review our Privacy Policy (above), which also governs the Site and informs users of our data collection practices.

Electronic Communications                                                                                                                                                     Visiting www.syoungwang.com or sending emails to Sara Young Wang LLC constitutes electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures and other communications that we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Site, satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Use of the site and your account                                                                                                                                             You may use the Site for lawful purposes only. You shall not post on the Site anything that is false, defamatory, misrepresenting, or would interfere with or restrict any other user from using the Site. This includes, but is not limited to, posting anything unlawful, obscene, libelous, indecent, invasive of privacy, or anything that would cause the potential for civil liability or criminal charges. Failure to comply with the Terms listed here may cause you to be removed from the Site.              

If you use this Site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer, and you agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You may not assign or otherwise transfer your account to any other person or entity. You acknowledge that Sara Young Wang LLC is not responsible for third party access to your account that results from theft or misappropriation of your account. 

You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized or improper use of your username or password or any other breach of security. To help protect against unauthorized or improper use, make sure that you log out at the end of each session requiring your username and password. It is your responsibility to protect your own username and password from disclosure to others. We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your username, password or account information. If you share your username or password with others, they may be able to obtain access to your personal information at your own risk.

By using the Site you agree to provide true and accurate information. If you enter a bogus email address we have the right to immediately inactivate your account.

We will use our best efforts to keep your username and password(s) private and will not otherwise share your password(s) without your consent, except as necessary when the law requires it or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary, particularly when disclosure is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to others or interfering with our rights or property.

Sara Young Wang LLC and its associates reserve the right to refuse or cancel service, terminate accounts, or remove or edit content in our sole discretion.

Sara Young Wang LLC does not knowingly collect, either online or offline, personal information from persons under the age of thirteen. If you are under 13, you may use www.syoungwang.com only with permission of a parent or guardian.

Links to third party sites/Third party services                                                                                                 www.syoungwang.com may contain links to other websites ("Linked Sites"). The Linked Sites are not under the control of Sara Young Wang LLC and Sara Young Wang LLC is not responsible for the contents of any Linked Site, including without limitation any link contained in a Linked Site, or any changes or updates to a Linked Site. Sara Young Wang LLC is providing these links to you only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Sara Young Wang LLC of the site or any association with its operators. Unless otherwise stated, these Terms and Conditions only cover the use of this Site. Any other link will be covered by the terms and conditions of that specific site. You acknowledge and accept that we are not responsible for the terms or practices of third parties. You acknowledge sole responsibility for and assume all risk arising from your use of any such websites or resources.

Certain services made available via www.syoungwang.com are delivered by third party sites and organizations. By using any product, service or functionality originating from the www.syoungwang.com domain, you hereby acknowledge and consent that Sara Young Wang LLC may share information and data with a third party with whom Sara Young Wang LLC has a contractual relationship to provide the requested product, service or functionality on behalf of www.syoungwang.com users and customers.

No unlawful or prohibited use/Intellectual Property                                                                                                              You are granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use www.syoungwang.com strictly in accordance with these terms of use. As a condition of your use of the Site, you warrant to Sara Young Wang LLC that you will not use the Site for any purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms. You may not use the Site in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, or impair the Site or interfere with any other party's use and enjoyment of the Site. You may not obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available or provided for through the Site.

All content included as part of the Site, such as text, graphics, logos, images, as well as the compilation thereof, and any software used on the Site, is the property of Sara Young Wang LLC or its suppliers and protected by copyright and other laws that protect intellectual property and proprietary rights. You agree to observe and abide by all copyright and other proprietary notices, legends or other restrictions contained in any such content and will not make any changes thereto.

You will not modify, publish, transmit, reverse engineer, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site.

Sara Young Wang LLC content is not for resale. Your use of the Site does not entitle you to make any unauthorized use of any protected content, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You will use protected content solely for your personal use, and will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of Sara Young Wang LLC and the copyright owner. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any protected content. We do not grant you any licenses, express or implied, to the intellectual property of Sara Young Wang LLC or our licensors except as expressly authorized by these Terms.

International Users                                                                                                                                                                     The Service is controlled, operated and administered by Sara Young Wang LLC from our offices within the USA. If you access the Service from a location outside the USA, you are responsible for compliance with all local laws. You agree that you will not use the Sara Young Wang LLC content accessed through www.syoungwang.com in any country or in any manner prohibited by any applicable laws, restrictions or regulations.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL COMPANY (COMPANY DEFINED AS “SARA YOUNG WANG LLC”) OR ANY OF ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, OR OTHERWISE BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE SITE OR SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE. ADDITIONALLY, COMPANY IS NOT LIABLE FOR DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH (I) ANY FAILURE OF PERFORMANCE, ERROR, OMISSION, DENIAL OF SERVICE, ATTACK, INTERRUPTION, DELETION, DEFECT, DELAY IN OPERATION OR TRANSMISSION, COMPUTER VIRUS OR LINE OR SYSTEM FAILURE; (II) LOSS OF REVENUE, ANTICIPATED PROFITS, BUSINESS, SAVINGS, GOODWILL OR DATA; AND (III) THIRD PARTY THEFT OF, DESTRUCTION OF, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO, ALTERATION OF, OR USE OF YOUR INFORMATION OR PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF OUR NEGLIGENCE, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, FAILURE OF AN ESSENTIAL PURPOSE AND WHETHER SUCH LIABILITY ARISES IN NEGLIGENCE, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LEGAL LIABILITY. THE FOREGOING APPLIES EVEN IF COMPANY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF OR COULD HAVE FORESEEN THE DAMAGES. IN THOSE STATES THAT DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR THE DAMAGES, OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. IN NO EVENT SHALL COMPANY’S CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED $100.

Indemnification                                                                                                                                                                           You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Sara Young Wang LLC, its officers, directors, employees, agents and third parties, from and against any and all claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements, as well as third party claims and causes of action, including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, resulting from or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Site or services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any Terms of this agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. You shall bear the sole financial burden in connection with any such defense, including, without limitation, providing us with such information, documentation and reasonable access to you, as we deem necessary. You shall not settle any third party claim or waive any defense without our prior written consent.

Termination/access restriction                                                                                                                                               Sara Young Wang LLC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and the related services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice.

Miscellaneous                                                                                                                                                                                You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and Sara Young Wang LLC as a result of this agreement or use of the Site. Sara Young Wang LLC's performance of this agreement is subject to existing laws and legal process, and nothing contained in this agreement is in derogation of Sara Young Wang LLC's right to comply with governmental, court and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered by Sara Young Wang LLC with respect to such use. If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect. The other provisions shall not be affected and shall remain in full force and effect.

Unless otherwise specified herein, this agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the user and Sara Young Wang LLC with respect to the Site and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous communications and proposals, whether electronic, oral or written, between the user and Sara Young Wang LLC with respect to the Site. No waiver of any of the provisions shall bind either party unless set forth in a writing specifying such waiver, consent or amendment signed by both parties. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish to the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English. 


These Terms bind and inure to the benefit of the parties’ successors and assigns. These Terms are not assignable; any transfer, assignment or delegation by you is invalid.

The headings of these Terms are provided for convenience only and shall not affect its construction or interpretation.

Changes to Terms                                                                                                                                                                     Sara Young Wang LLC reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change the Terms under which www.syoungwang.com is offered. The most current version of the Terms will supersede all previous versions. Sara Young Wang LLC encourages you to periodically review the Terms to stay informed of our updates. By continuing to use the Site after we post any such changes means you accept the new Terms and Conditions with the modifications.

Contact Us                                                                                                                                                                                   Sara Young Wang LLC welcomes your questions or comments regarding the Terms. Please get in touch at sara@syoungwang.com

Jurisdiction and Legal Action 

This section applies to all legal action against Sara Young, Sara Young Wang LLC, syoungwang.com, and all Communications

Governing Laws; Venue; Mediation

This Agreement (everything above and below on this page) shall be governed and construed in accordance with applicable Federal Laws and the Laws of the State of Illinois, USA. 

You agree that any legal claim, action, arbitration, or other proceeding you make against Sara Young Wang LLC or Sara Young will be filed to a court under the jurisdiction of the applicable Federal Laws and the Laws of the State of Illinois, USA.

This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with, and governed by, the laws of the State of Illinois, exclusive of its choice of law rules. The parties agree to attempt to resolve any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms and Conditions first by good faith negotiation. The exclusive venue for any arbitration or court proceeding based on or arising out of this Agreement shall be the courts of Illinois.

Class Action Waiver                                                                                                                                                                 

THE PARTIES AGREE THAT A PARTY MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN EACH'S INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PUTATIVE CLASS, COLLECTIVE AND/ OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, SUCH AS IN THE FORM OF A PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTION AGAINST THE OTHER. Further, unless both you and Employer agree otherwise, the arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims, and may not otherwise preside over any form of a representative or class proceeding.

Effective as of January, 2017. Last updated February 2021.