AYA Walk is a mobile application and website designed to encourage movement, community, and learning through step tracking, friendly competition, and the sharing of Chickasaw stories, language, and mindfulness practices. AYA Walk is owned and operated by Sovereign Technology Solutions, LLC (STS, LLC).
We take privacy seriously and aim to be clear and transparent. We know you care how information about you is used and shared. This policy explains what information we collect, how it is used, and the choices available to you. We hope it will help you understand how AYA will collect, use, and protect the information you provide to us on our site or app.
By using AYA Walk, creating an account, or interacting with our website, you acknowledge and agree to this privacy policy.
You may withdraw your consent at any time. If you do, you may also ask us to delete your personal information we may have at no cost or obligation to you. Some features may no longer work if certain information is removed.
Specific types of information are detailed below, but this section applies to all of them:
When you create an account for AYA Walk or another STS, LLC, service or promotion that requires registration, we collect basic information such as:
This information is used to:
You may choose to upload a photograph or other digital image or file for your profile. If you do, we will ask for permission to access your device or storage.
Please be mindful of what you share, as some content may be visible to others, depending on your account settings.
AYA Walk tracks steps and goal progress in order to:
This data is linked to your account so it can be saved and displayed over time.
When you use the AYA Walk app or visit our website, we may collect technical information such as:
We use this information to:
We may combine this information with information from third parties to provide you with a better experience and to improve the quality of our service.
We do not share any personally identifiable information with third parties in association with your device identifiers or GPS location without your explicit permission.
Certain features in the AYA Walk application, such as sending friend requests and creating or managing groups, may ask you to provide your contact list email addresses. Your contact email addresses won’t leave your device, or be stored outside your device.
We use this information to match you with other AYA users that you already know from your contact list and create a friend request in the app between you. Matching is done in a way that prevents our servers from seeing the email addresses.
If you visit www.ayawalk.com, we may send one or more cookies or similar technologies to your computer. A cookie is simply a tiny text file containing a string of characters that allows us to:
Although most browsers accept cookies by default, you can set your browser to refuse all cookies, or to tell you when you’re being sent a cookie. Some AYA features and services may not function properly if you have cookies disabled.
If you contact us by email or through our website, we may keep those messages so we can:
Messages that you send through these methods will be sent to a group. The group administrator and/or one or more group members will have access to your message.
We do not sell your personal information.
We only share information:
Anyone with access to personal information is required to maintain confidentiality.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your information, including:
While no system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, we take data protection seriously and continuously work to improve our safeguards.
You may request to:
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling requests, and some information may need to be retained for legal or operational reasons.
Requests are handled at no cost unless fulfilling them would require disproportionate effort.
AYA Walk is not intended for use by children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.
If you are under the age of 13 years, and are using the AYA application, please direct your parent or guardian to contact us at the email below to ensure that we may stay in compliance with all applicable laws.
STS, LLC, periodically reviews its compliance with this privacy policy. When we receive formal written complaints regarding privacy issues, it is our policy to contact the complaining user regarding his or her concerns. We will cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that cannot be resolved between STS, LLC, and an individual.
We may disclose your personal information when we believe, in good faith, that disclosure is necessary to comply with applicable laws, regulations, subpoenas, court orders, or other lawful legal processes, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of AYA Walk, Sovereign Technology Solutions, LLC, our users, or others.
This privacy policy applies only to sites and apps that are owned and operated by STS, LLC. STS, LLC, cannot regulate other sites linked from within our various web sites and services. These other sites may place their own cookies or other files on your computer, collect data, or solicit personal information from you. You should familiarize yourself with their unique privacy policies, should you choose to visit their sites.
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last revised” date at the top of this page.
If you have questions, concerns, or requests related to privacy:
We are happy to assist.
