Disclosures and Policies for Privacy, CPE, and Membership

Terms of Use

The photographs and text on this site are protected by copyright and may not be used without permission. Please contact me if you would like to use the content in any way.

Medical Disclaimer

Content on this web site is for information purposes only. It cannot substitute for personalized, professional medical advice or care. Consult a physician, dietitian, or other healthcare professional familiar with your medical needs regarding any medical issues you have or to discuss how information here is pertinent to you individually.

Disclosure Policy

This website, including my research reviews, is written and edited by me.

This website does not accept any form of display or retargeting advertising or sponsored content.

If I provide links to products or books, this is for information only, and I do not earn any form of commission or payment for doing so. Views and opinions expressed here are purely my own, representing my best efforts to share information that is scientifically accurate at the time it is written.

As part of my business, I am paid for freelance projects and ongoing consulting work for publications, nonprofit organizations, and medical and educational institutions, as well as various food companies and food commodity organizations. I only work with businesses and brands compatible with my professional philosophy. If I receive free product, paid educational travel, or other compensation, and then blog about it, I specifically identify any such compensation with a disclosure statement in the post. In social media, any sponsored posts are indicated with the hashtags #sponsored or #client.

Sometimes material I write about is related to organizations for which I consult. Most often this involves the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR), an organization for which I serve as Nutrition Advisor.

I’ve built a career based on professional and personal integrity, and I will continue to act only in ways that support that.

 

Membership

The Daunting to Doable Nutrition^TM Pro Circle (“the Circle”) is a paid membership for registered dietitian nutritionists that opens to new members periodically throughout the year at times determined by me (Karen Collins). I may delete or remove (without notice) any user content posted on the community membership site that does not meet guidelines posted there. And I may terminate membership and access to the membership site for any member at my sole discretion at any time for any violation of membership guidelines, with refund of the most recent month’s paid membership fee.

Use of Membership Materials:  Sharing or distributing items or files provided through membership, as well as any other digital proprietary information that is the property of Karen Collins, must follow instructions stated on the material or at the site of download. Members, and anyone other than Karen Collins, are not authorized to sell these materials, and such sales are strictly prohibited.

It is illegal to reproduce or distribute copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner. All copyrights shown are retained by Karen Collins, MS, RDN, or Karen Collins Nutrition, LLC, with all rights reserved.

Some materials with copyright to Karen Collins are specifically designated with permission for printing or otherwise sharing with patients or other people. Sharing of these materials must follow requirements stated on the specific material or site from which it was downloaded.

Membership Payments: Members are required to pay for their membership at the time of purchase and then every month thereafter on the same date each month. I may terminate your membership and remove you from all my paid membership platforms if your payment fails and I am unable to contact you to collect this.

Monthly membership fees remain at the level in place when a member joined, as long as that member continues a member in good standing (which means paying monthly membership fees on time and abiding by community guidelines as stated on the membership site).

Membership Cancellation Policy and Refunds Policy:  Members may cancel their membership at any time by emailing me via the Contact section of this website or the primary membership site. Members retain access to the membership for the remainder of the month covered by their final payment, and then all access to membership content and the community site is removed. Refunds are not provided once a member joins and has accessed the membership site.

Members who cancel their membership and re-join may not return at the membership fee from their previous membership period. Rather, they will be charged whatever is the membership fee current at the time they re-join.

Confidential & Proprietary Information: Karen Collins Nutrition and the Circle membership do not seek and do not want to receive confidential or proprietary information from you through these Sites. Please note that any information or material sent to these Sites will be deemed NOT to be confidential. By sharing any information or material, you grant Karen Collins Nutrition an unrestricted, irrevocable, world-wide, royalty free license to use, reproduce, display, perform, modify, transmit, and distribute those materials or information; and you also agree that I (Karen Collins) am free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques that you send to me or the membership for any purpose.

 

Continuing Professional Education (CPEUs)

Use of CPE Materials:  Sharing or distributing items or files provided as part of my paid professional education courses or materials, as well as any other digital proprietary information that is the property of Karen Collins, is not permitted except as stated on the material or at the site of download. Purchasers of these courses, and anyone other than Karen Collins, are not authorized to sell or share these materials; such actions are strictly prohibited.

It is illegal to reproduce or distribute copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright owner. All copyrights shown are retained by Karen Collins, MS, RDN, or Karen Collins Nutrition, LLC, with all rights reserved.

Designated client education resources: Some materials with copyright to Karen Collins are specifically designated with permission for printing or otherwise sharing with patients or clients. Sharing of these materials must follow requirements stated on the specific material or site from which it was downloaded, and these materials are not to be sold to others.

Purchase of Continuing Education courses: All purchases are non-refundable. Contact us at admin@karencollinsnutrition.com if you have any questions about your purchase or ability to access course materials.

 

Using My Website

Comments: While I welcome lively discussion and debate, I reserve the right to delete any comments I deem to be offensive.

Ownership of website content: Unless otherwise stated, I (Karen Collins) own the intellectual property and rights to all content and material on this website. Subject to the license below, all intellectual property rights are reserved.

The following uses are not permitted:

• Re-publication of content from my website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for re-publication;
• Sale, rental or sub-license of any content from my website;
• Reproduction or duplication of any content on my website for commercial purposes;
• Modification of any content on my website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for modification;
• Redistribution of content of my website, unless content is specifically and expressly made available for redistribution. Users are permitted to share content on social media channels, as long as a link to my website is included.

From time to time, my website will utilize various plugins or widgets to allow sharing of content via social media channels, email, or other methods. Use of these plugins or widgets does not constitute any waiver of my intellectual property rights. Such use is a limited license to republish the content on the approved social media channels, with full credit to Karen Collins, RDN.

Copyright: Unless otherwise noted, the design, content and all components of my website are copyrights owned by me or third parties and are protected by United States and international copyright laws and should not be reused or republished without express written permission.

Trademark: Taking Nutrition from Daunting to Doable^TM is my professional trademark. This trademark may not be used in connection with any product or service that is not that of Karen Collins, in any manner likely to cause confusion among consumers, or in any manner that disparages or discredits me.

 

Privacy Policy

I respect your privacy and I’m committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what information I may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.

I take precautions to protect your information, both online and offline. Personal information is encrypted and transmitted to me in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the Web page. The computers/servers in which I store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.

I do not currently engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google or Facebook, in order to market my website. If that policy changes, it will be noted here.  [These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to my site. (You can opt out of all Google Ads at any time by modifying your Google Ad settings through Google Analytics’ currently available opt-outs for the web.)]

What Information Do I Collect and How Is It Used?

• Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: I may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
• Information Collected from Others: I may receive information about you from other sources. For example, if you use a third-party software through the site, they may transfer information to me for fulfillment.
• Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
• Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

How Your Information May Be Used

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

• To operate and maintain the Website;
• To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
• To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
• To respond to your comments or inquiries;
• To provide you with user support;
• To process payment for purchases you make through the Website
• To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

Third-Party Use of Personal Information

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers service various aspects of the website or the programs I provide through it. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies. The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

• Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no personally identifiable information is transferred from my website to Google Analytics.
• ActiveCampaign – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to ActiveCampaign’s privacy policy for further information.
• Stripe – this service is used to process payments for continuing education programs and my dietitians-only membership program. At no time is your banking information passed to the Website. I receive only information used for order fulfillment.
• Membership.io – this is the platform through which much of the paid continuing education course content is provided. To access this platform, you create a user profile, which allows you to create a username and password. The membership.io platform stores the username, but neither your username nor your password are shared to my records.

At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in my sole discretion.

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.

Anonymous Data
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

Publicly Visible Information
If you leave a comment or create a user profile on one of the platforms used to provide services, certain information may be publicly visible. Your email address will never be available publicly.

Cookies
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.

Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already-set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if you deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

My Newsletters

On this website, you may subscribe to my newsletter, which may periodically include notice of paid educational programs I offer, such as continuing education programs and a dietitians-only membership. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of response to my newsletters. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This information about behavior will not be passed on to third parties.

Rights Related to Your Personal Information

Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in my emails. You may also notify us at karen@karencollinsnutrition.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to karen@karencollinsnutrition.com.
Amend – You may contact us at karen@karencollinsnutrition.com to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to karen@karencollinsnutrition.com.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

Sensitive Personal Information
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

Children’s Information
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact me immediately using the Contact form and I will do my best to promptly remove such information from my records.

 

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