Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 15, 2026
Website: https://underground-seo-university.com/

Operator: Josh Bachynski, sole proprietor
Contact: joshbachynski@gmail.com

1. Overview

This Privacy Policy explains how Josh Bachynski, sole proprietor, collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information through underground-seo-university.com.

This Privacy Policy applies only to this website, online services, digital products, accounts, purchases, communications, and related website activity.

It does not apply to unrelated websites, third-party platforms, or offline activities unless expressly stated.

2. Not an Accredited School Privacy Policy Unless Expressly Stated

This Privacy Policy applies to the website and online services.

Unless expressly stated elsewhere on the website, "Underground SEO University" is a brand name and does not mean that the website is an accredited school, college, university, or formal educational institution.

3. Personal Information Collected

The website may collect the following categories of personal information.

Information You Provide

This may include:

• name;
• email address;
• phone number, if submitted;
• billing information;
• account login information;
• purchase history;
• messages, support requests, or form submissions;
• comments, reviews, testimonials, or community posts;
• survey responses;
• marketing preferences; and
• any other information you choose to submit.

Payment Information

Payments may be processed by third-party payment processors.

Josh Bachynski may receive limited payment-related information, such as name, email address, billing address, transaction amount, purchase date, subscription status, and payment confirmation.

The website does not intend to store full credit card numbers on its own servers.

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit the website, the website may automatically collect:

• IP address;
• browser type;
• device type;
• operating system;
• pages viewed;
• referring URLs;
• date and time of visit;
• approximate location;
• interactions with website content;
• cookies and similar tracking data; and
• analytics information.

Information From Third Parties

Information may be received from service providers, payment processors, analytics providers, advertising platforms, email platforms, affiliate partners, or other third-party tools used to operate the website.

4. How Personal Information Is Used

Personal information may be used to:

• operate and maintain the website;
• create and manage user accounts;
• process payments and purchases;
• deliver digital products, memberships, downloads, or services;
• provide customer support;
• respond to inquiries;
• send transactional emails;
• send marketing emails where permitted;
• personalize website content;
• analyze website traffic and performance;
• improve products, services, and user experience;
• detect fraud, abuse, security incidents, or unauthorized access;
• enforce the Terms of Service;
• comply with legal obligations; and
• protect the rights, users, business, and website of Josh Bachynski.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

The website may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, analytics tools, and similar technologies.

These technologies may help to:

• remember user preferences;
• keep users logged in;
• measure website performance;
• understand visitor behavior;
• improve content;
• run advertising or retargeting campaigns;
• track conversions; and
• prevent fraud or misuse.

You can usually control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect some website features.

If legally required, cookie consent or opt-out tools will be provided.

6. Analytics and Advertising

Analytics and advertising tools may be used to understand website use, improve services, and promote products or services.

These tools may collect information about your device, browser, activity, approximate location, referring pages, and interactions with the website.

Advertising tools may help show ads, measure campaigns, or retarget visitors.

You may be able to opt out through browser settings, ad platform settings, cookie banners, or privacy tools, depending on the technology used.

7. Email and Marketing Communications

If you submit your email address, you may receive transactional messages, service updates, purchase confirmations, account notices, support responses, and marketing communications.

You can unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link in the email or contacting joshbachynski@gmail.com.

Even if you unsubscribe from marketing emails, you may still receive non-marketing messages related to your account, purchases, security, legal notices, or customer support.

8. How Personal Information Is Shared

Personal information may be shared with:

• payment processors;
• hosting providers;
• email service providers;
• analytics providers;
• advertising platforms;
• customer support tools;
• membership, course, or community platforms;
• contractors and business service providers;
• legal, accounting, tax, or compliance advisors;
• fraud prevention and security providers;
• government authorities when required by law; and
• successors in connection with a merger, acquisition, sale, restructuring, or transfer of assets.

Personal information is not sold in the ordinary meaning of selling a customer list for money.

However, some privacy laws define "sale" or "sharing" broadly to include certain advertising, analytics, or tracking activities. If applicable law gives you opt-out rights, those rights will be honored as required.

9. Data Retention

Personal information is kept for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• provide services;
• maintain accounts;
• complete transactions;
• comply with legal, tax, accounting, or reporting obligations;
• resolve disputes;
• prevent fraud;
• enforce agreements; and
• protect the business and website.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.

10. Security

Reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures are used to protect personal information.

However, no website, system, transmission, or storage method is completely secure.

You are responsible for protecting your account credentials and notifying Josh Bachynski if you suspect unauthorized access.

11. Your Privacy Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to:

• request access to personal information;
• request correction of inaccurate information;
• request deletion of personal information;
• request portability of personal information;
• object to or restrict certain processing;
• opt out of marketing communications;
• opt out of certain sale, sharing, targeted advertising, or profiling activities;
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; and
• appeal a denied privacy request, where required by law.

To make a privacy request, contact joshbachynski@gmail.com.

Identity verification may be required before responding.

12. California Privacy Rights

If California privacy law applies to this website and to your information, California residents may have the right to:

• know the categories of personal information collected;
• know the categories of sources of personal information;
• know the purposes for collecting, using, selling, or sharing personal information;
• know the categories of third parties to whom information is disclosed;
• request deletion of personal information;
• request correction of inaccurate personal information;
• opt out of sale or sharing of personal information;
• limit use of sensitive personal information, where applicable; and
• not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.

To exercise these rights, contact joshbachynski@gmail.com.

If required, a "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" mechanism will be provided.

13. GDPR / UK GDPR Rights

If GDPR or UK GDPR applies, you may have rights to:

• access your personal data;
• correct inaccurate data;
• erase data;
• restrict processing;
• object to processing;
• data portability;
• withdraw consent; and
• lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Legal bases for processing may include:

• performance of a contract;
• consent;
• legitimate interests;
• compliance with legal obligations; and
• protection of rights and security.

If personal data is transferred internationally, legally recognized safeguards will be used where required.

14. Children's Privacy

The website is not intended for children under 13, and personal information is not knowingly collected from children under 13.

If you believe a child has provided personal information through the website, contact joshbachynski@gmail.com and reasonable steps will be taken to delete it.

If a higher age threshold applies in your jurisdiction, that threshold will be followed where required.

15. Third-Party Websites and Services

The website may contain links to third-party websites, platforms, tools, or services.

Josh Bachynski is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, terms, or security of third parties.

You should review their privacy policies before providing information to them.

16. User-Submitted Public Content

If the website allows comments, reviews, testimonials, community posts, or other public submissions, information you post may be visible to others.

Do not submit personal information you do not want publicly visible.

17. International Users

The website may be accessed from countries with different privacy laws.

By using the website, you understand that your information may be processed where Josh Bachynski and applicable service providers operate, subject to applicable law.

18. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time.

The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

Your continued use of the website after the updated Privacy Policy is posted means you acknowledge the updated policy.

19. Contact

Questions or privacy requests may be sent to:

Josh Bachynski, sole proprietor
Email: joshbachynski@gmail.com