Privacy Policy
For: matthewmcnab.com and mathanasius.com
Effective Date: 05/26/2026
Last Updated: 05/26/2026
Website Owner/Operator: Matthew McNab Consulting
Contact Email: [email protected]
Mailing Address: Torrance, CA
1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy explains how Matthew McNab Consulting collects, uses, stores, shares, and protects personal information when you visit, access, purchase from, subscribe to, download from, or otherwise use matthewmcnab.com, mathanasius.com, and any related pages, products, services, newsletters, courses, digital downloads, books, PDF guides, applications, videos, essays, articles, or other resources offered through those websites.
For purposes of this Privacy Policy, the words “Website,” “Site,” “Services,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Matthew McNab Consulting, matthewmcnab.com, mathanasius.com, and any related digital products, communications, content, or services. The words “you” and “your” refer to any visitor, reader, subscriber, purchaser, customer, student, account holder, or other person who accesses or uses the Website or Services.
By using the Website or Services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, you should not use the Website or Services.
This Privacy Policy is intended to describe our general privacy practices. It does not create contractual rights beyond those required by applicable law.
2. Scope of This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through or in connection with:
matthewmcnab.com.
mathanasius.com.
Related landing pages, sales pages, checkout pages, blog pages, article pages, course pages, app pages, and other website pages.
Free and paid PDF guides, ebooks, books, downloads, workbooks, templates, checklists, courses, videos, memberships, app access, or other digital products.
Newsletter subscriptions and email communications.
Contact forms, comments, surveys, reviews, testimonials, questionnaires, quizzes, or other submissions.
Any mobile application, web application, tracker, journal, habit tool, course companion, or other software tool we may offer.
Analytics, cookies, pixels, advertising tools, and similar technologies used in connection with the Website or Services.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to websites, applications, platforms, payment processors, app stores, social media platforms, or other third-party services that we do not own or control. Those third parties have their own privacy policies and terms.
3. Information We May Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with the Website and Services. We may collect information directly from you, automatically through technology, or from third-party service providers.
3.1 Information You Provide Directly
You may provide personal information when you:
Subscribe to a newsletter.
Purchase a product or service.
Download a free or paid resource.
Create an account.
Enroll in a course.
Use an app, tracker, journal, worksheet, or other interactive tool.
Submit a contact form.
Leave a comment, review, or testimonial.
Participate in a survey, quiz, questionnaire, waitlist, or assessment.
Send an email or other message.
Request customer support.
Communicate with us through the Website, email, social media, or other channels.
This information may include:
Name.
Email address.
Phone number, if provided.
Billing address.
Shipping address, if physical products are ever offered.
Account username.
Password or authentication credentials, if accounts are offered.
Purchase history.
Products viewed, downloaded, purchased, or accessed.
Newsletter preferences.
Course enrollment, course progress, lesson completion, or membership status.
App entries, notes, reflections, logs, preferences, goals, lists, or tracking information.
Comments, reviews, testimonials, form submissions, support requests, or other messages.
Any other information you choose to provide.
3.2 Health, Lifestyle, Mental Wellness, Spiritual, Religious, or Sensitive Information You Choose to Provide
The Website and Services may discuss health, eating, nutrition, weight loss, fitness, exercise, fasting, mental wellness, self-discipline, anxiety, shame, emotional eating, lifestyle, personal development, spirituality, Christianity, Orthodox Christianity, prayer, religious practice, and related topics.
Because of this, you may voluntarily provide information that could be personal or sensitive. This may include information about your eating habits, weight, body composition goals, fitness habits, health interests, lifestyle practices, fasting practices, mental or emotional struggles, religious interests, spiritual practices, personal reflections, or other private matters.
You should not provide sensitive information unless you are comfortable doing so. We are not a medical provider, therapist, psychiatrist, psychologist, dietitian, nutritionist, priest, pastor, spiritual father, confessor, attorney, financial advisor, or emergency service.
The Website and Services are not intended to collect medical records, diagnose conditions, provide treatment, provide therapy, provide sacramental guidance, or replace professional or spiritual counsel. If a feature, form, app, course, survey, or questionnaire requests personal or sensitive information, you may choose not to provide it unless it is required for that specific feature.
3.3 Payment and Transaction Information
If you make a purchase, payment information may be collected and processed by third-party payment processors. This may include your name, billing address, payment method details, transaction amount, purchase date, product purchased, payment status, fraud-prevention information, and related transaction data.
We generally do not store full credit card numbers on our own systems. Full payment card information is typically handled by third-party payment processors according to their own privacy policies and terms.
3.4 Automatically Collected Information
When you visit the Website or use the Services, we and our service providers may automatically collect information about your device, browser, and interactions. This may include:
IP address.
Browser type and version.
Device type.
Operating system.
Referring website or source.
Pages viewed.
Links clicked.
Products viewed.
Time spent on pages.
Dates and times of access.
Approximate location derived from IP address.
Cookie identifiers.
Analytics identifiers.
App usage data.
Error logs.
Performance data.
Email open and click data, where permitted.
Other technical or usage information.
3.5 Information from Third Parties
We may receive information from third-party providers that help us operate the Website and Services. These may include:
Payment processors.
Email newsletter platforms.
Course platforms.
App platforms.
Website hosting providers.
Analytics providers.
Advertising platforms.
Social media platforms.
Customer support providers.
Fraud prevention providers.
Affiliate or referral platforms.
Tax, accounting, legal, or business service providers.
This information may include purchase confirmations, email engagement data, account status, course access status, app usage information, referral source information, fraud prevention signals, analytics data, or other information needed to operate and improve the Services.
4. How We Use Personal Information
We may use personal information for the following purposes:
To provide, operate, maintain, and improve the Website and Services.
To process orders, purchases, subscriptions, payments, and transactions.
To deliver digital products, downloads, PDF guides, books, courses, videos, memberships, app access, or other resources.
To create and manage accounts.
To provide customer support.
To respond to questions, messages, requests, and form submissions.
To send newsletters, essays, articles, reflections, product updates, announcements, promotional emails, and other communications.
To personalize your experience, content, recommendations, or communications.
To track course progress, app activity, product access, or membership status.
To administer surveys, waitlists, quizzes, assessments, reviews, testimonials, or feedback requests.
To analyze Website traffic, audience interests, product performance, user behavior, and marketing effectiveness.
To improve writing, content, courses, products, apps, user experience, and customer service.
To detect, prevent, investigate, and respond to fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, security incidents, technical problems, or illegal activity.
To enforce our Terms of Use, purchase terms, intellectual property rights, and other policies.
To comply with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, and recordkeeping obligations.
To protect our rights, privacy, safety, property, and business interests.
To protect the rights, privacy, safety, and property of users or others.
5. Legal Bases for Processing Where Applicable
Where applicable privacy laws require a legal basis for processing personal information, we may rely on one or more of the following legal bases:
Your consent.
Performance of a contract with you, such as providing a product or service you purchased.
Our legitimate interests, including operating and improving the Website and Services, communicating with users, preventing fraud, protecting security, and marketing our products and services.
Compliance with legal obligations.
Protection of vital interests, where applicable.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, local storage, analytics tools, software development kits, and similar technologies to operate and improve the Website and Services.
These technologies may help us:
Remember your preferences.
Keep you logged in.
Process purchases.
Understand how visitors use the Website.
Measure traffic and performance.
Improve content and user experience.
Deliver, personalize, or measure advertising.
Understand which emails, pages, products, or links are useful.
Detect fraud, abuse, security issues, or technical problems.
You can usually adjust cookie settings through your browser. Blocking or deleting cookies may affect Website functionality, account access, checkout, course access, app features, or user experience.
If we use advertising cookies, remarketing pixels, or cross-context behavioral advertising tools, we may provide additional notices or opt-out options where required by law.
7. Analytics and Advertising
We may use analytics and advertising services to understand how visitors use the Website, improve content, measure marketing performance, and promote our products or services.
These services may collect information such as your IP address, device information, browser information, pages visited, links clicked, products viewed, approximate location, referral source, purchase activity, or other usage data.
Examples of services we may use include website analytics platforms, advertising platforms, email analytics tools, course platform analytics, app analytics, social media pixels, and similar technologies.
Third-party analytics and advertising providers may process information according to their own privacy policies.
8. How We Share Personal Information
We do not share personal information with third parties except as described in this Privacy Policy or as permitted by law.
8.1 Service Providers
We may share information with vendors, contractors, and service providers who help us operate the Website and Services. These may include:
Website hosting providers.
Domain and security providers.
Email newsletter platforms.
Payment processors.
Course platforms.
App platforms.
Customer support providers.
Analytics providers.
Advertising providers.
Cloud storage providers.
Account authentication providers.
Fraud prevention providers.
Tax, accounting, legal, and business service providers.
These providers may access personal information only as needed to perform services for us or as otherwise permitted by their agreements and applicable law.
8.2 Payment Processors
When you make a purchase, information necessary to process the transaction may be shared with payment processors. Payment processors may use your information to complete payments, prevent fraud, issue receipts, manage subscriptions, handle disputes, and comply with legal obligations.
8.3 Legal, Safety, and Compliance Purposes
We may disclose information if we believe it is necessary or appropriate to:
Comply with law, regulation, subpoena, court order, legal process, or government request.
Enforce our Terms of Use, purchase terms, or other policies.
Protect our rights, safety, property, privacy, or business interests.
Protect the rights, safety, property, or privacy of users or others.
Detect, prevent, investigate, or respond to fraud, abuse, security incidents, unauthorized access, or illegal activity.
8.4 Business Transfers
If we sell, merge, transfer, reorganize, finance, or otherwise change ownership or control of all or part of our business, Website, Services, assets, content, products, or brand, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
8.5 With Your Consent or Direction
We may share information with your consent or at your direction. For example, if you ask us to share information with a third party or submit information through a feature designed to share content publicly, we may do so.
9. Sale or Sharing of Personal Information
We do not sell personal information in the ordinary sense of exchanging it for money.
However, some privacy laws define “sell,” “share,” or similar terms broadly. Under those laws, certain analytics, advertising, remarketing, or tracking activities involving third-party platforms may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information, even if no money is exchanged.
If we use technologies that are considered a sale or sharing of personal information under applicable law, we will provide required notices and opt-out mechanisms where legally required.
If applicable, you may contact us at [email protected] to request that we do not sell or share your personal information.
10. Children’s Privacy
The Website and Services are primarily intended for adults and are not directed to children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, you must not use the Website or Services, create an account, subscribe to a newsletter, make a purchase, submit a form, leave a comment, or provide personal information.
If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate parental consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.
If you are a parent or legal guardian and believe that a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, please contact us at [email protected].
Teenagers under 18 should use the Website and Services only with the knowledge, consent, supervision, and guidance of a parent or legal guardian. Parents and guardians are responsible for determining whether the Website and Services are appropriate for minors in their care.
11. Health, Mental Wellness, and Spiritual Information
The Website and Services may involve topics that are personal, including eating behavior, weight, exercise, nutrition, fasting, mental wellness, emotional struggles, spiritual practices, prayer, faith, religious reflection, and personal development.
If you choose to provide information related to these topics, we may use it to provide the feature, product, course, app, communication, or support you requested. We may also use aggregated or anonymized information to improve our products, services, and content.
We do not use information you provide to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent, or manage any medical condition, mental health condition, eating disorder, spiritual condition, or other personal issue.
You should avoid submitting highly sensitive personal information unless necessary for a feature you intentionally choose to use. You should not submit medical records, therapy records, sacramental confession details, emergency information, or crisis information through the Website or Services.
12. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to:
Provide the Website and Services.
Maintain accounts.
Deliver purchases, downloads, courses, memberships, or app access.
Send newsletters unless you unsubscribe.
Provide customer support.
Maintain business, tax, accounting, transaction, and legal records.
Resolve disputes.
Enforce agreements.
Prevent fraud, abuse, and security risks.
Comply with legal obligations.
Retention periods vary depending on the type of information, the reason it was collected, legal requirements, and business needs.
When personal information is no longer needed, we may delete it, anonymize it, aggregate it, or retain it securely as permitted by law.
13. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
However, no website, app, email system, payment system, database, cloud service, or internet transmission is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for using secure devices, networks, passwords, and browsers.
If you believe your account or information has been compromised, contact us promptly at [email protected].
14. Your Choices
Depending on your location and how you interact with us, you may have choices regarding your personal information.
You may:
Unsubscribe from marketing emails by clicking the unsubscribe link in an email.
Contact us to request access to certain personal information.
Contact us to request correction of inaccurate personal information.
Contact us to request deletion of certain personal information.
Adjust browser cookie settings.
Decline to provide optional information.
Stop using the Website or Services.
Request that we not use your testimonial or feedback in future promotional materials, subject to reasonable limitations.
Request information about whether certain advertising or analytics activities may be considered a sale or sharing of personal information under applicable law.
To make a privacy request, contact us at [email protected].
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests. We may deny or limit requests where permitted or required by law, including when information is needed to complete transactions, maintain records, detect security incidents, comply with legal obligations, or protect rights and safety.
15. California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, California privacy laws may provide specific rights regarding your personal information. These rights may depend on the nature of our business, the type of information involved, and whether a particular law applies to us.
Subject to applicable law, California residents may have the right to request:
The categories of personal information we collect.
The categories of sources from which personal information is collected.
The purposes for collecting, using, selling, or sharing personal information.
The categories of third parties to whom personal information is disclosed.
Access to specific pieces of personal information we maintain about you.
Correction of inaccurate personal information.
Deletion of personal information, subject to exceptions.
Opt-out of the sale or sharing of personal information, where applicable.
Limitation of the use or disclosure of sensitive personal information, where applicable.
Non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights.
15.1 Categories of Personal Information We May Collect
In the preceding 12 months, we may have collected the following categories of personal information:
Identifiers, such as name, email address, IP address, account name, billing address, or online identifiers.
Customer records information, such as purchase records, billing information, and contact information.
Commercial information, such as products purchased, downloaded, viewed, considered, or accessed.
Internet or electronic network activity information, such as browsing behavior, pages viewed, links clicked, referral source, and interactions with the Website or Services.
Geolocation information, such as approximate location inferred from IP address.
Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information, such as messages, submitted media, video interactions, or support communications, if any.
Professional or employment-related information, if you voluntarily provide it in a form, message, comment, survey, or account.
Inferences, such as preferences, interests, content engagement patterns, or product interests.
Sensitive personal information, only if you voluntarily provide it or if it is necessary for a feature you choose to use.
15.2 Categories of Sources
We may collect personal information from:
You directly.
Your browser or device.
Payment processors.
Email platforms.
Course platforms.
App platforms.
Analytics providers.
Advertising providers.
Social media platforms.
Customer support providers.
Fraud prevention providers.
Other service providers.
15.3 Purposes for Collection and Use
We collect and use personal information for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including providing the Website and Services, processing purchases, sending communications, improving products, preventing fraud, complying with law, and marketing products or services.
15.4 Categories of Third Parties to Whom Information May Be Disclosed
We may disclose personal information to the categories of third parties described in Section 8 of this Privacy Policy, including service providers, payment processors, analytics providers, advertising providers, legal or compliance providers, and parties involved in business transfers.
15.5 How to Exercise California Privacy Rights
To exercise applicable California privacy rights, contact us at:
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request. Verification may require matching information you provide with information we already maintain.
You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf where permitted by law. We may require proof of authorization and may require you to verify your identity directly.
15.6 Non-Discrimination
We will not discriminate against you for exercising privacy rights available to you under applicable law. However, some features, products, or services may require certain information in order to function. If you request deletion of information needed to provide a product, service, account, course, app, or purchase history, we may no longer be able to provide that feature or service.
15.7 Do Not Track
Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” signals. There is not currently a uniform industry standard for responding to such signals. Unless otherwise required by law, we do not respond to Do Not Track signals.
16. International Users
The Website and Services are operated from the United States. If you access the Website or Services from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.
Privacy laws in those countries may differ from the laws in your country.
If you are located in a jurisdiction with additional privacy rights, you may contact us at [email protected] to make a request, and we will respond as required by applicable law.
17. Email Marketing
If you subscribe to our newsletter, download a resource, make a purchase, or otherwise opt in to receive emails, we may send you emails containing essays, articles, reflections, educational content, product updates, announcements, offers, course information, app information, and other communications.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in an email or by contacting us at [email protected].
We may still send non-marketing emails related to purchases, accounts, transactions, security, service updates, legal notices, customer support, or changes to our policies.
18. Comments, Reviews, Testimonials, and Public Submissions
If the Website or Services allow comments, reviews, testimonials, community posts, public profiles, or other public submissions, information you submit may be visible to others.
Do not submit personal, sensitive, health, mental health, spiritual, religious, financial, or private information in public areas if you do not want others to see it.
We are not responsible for how other users or third parties use information you choose to make public.
We may moderate, remove, edit, refuse, or disable public submissions at any time, for any reason, without notice.
19. Testimonials and Promotional Use
If you submit a testimonial, review, success story, feedback, or similar statement, we may use it for promotional, educational, marketing, or business purposes, unless you ask us not to or unless prohibited by law.
We may edit testimonials for grammar, spelling, length, clarity, or formatting, provided the meaning is not materially changed.
If you would like a testimonial removed or anonymized, contact us at [email protected], and we will consider reasonable requests.
20. Third-Party Websites, Platforms, and Embedded Content
The Website and Services may include links to third-party websites or embedded content, such as videos, podcasts, social media posts, payment forms, checkout pages, course pages, app stores, maps, analytics tools, or advertising tools.
Third-party websites and services may collect information about you independently. Their practices are governed by their own privacy policies and terms.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, availability, or conduct of third-party websites or services.
21. App Privacy
If we offer a mobile application, web application, tracker, habit tool, journal, course companion, food-related tool, eating behavior tool, or other software-based Service, the app may collect additional information necessary to provide its features.
This may include:
Account information.
Device information.
App usage data.
Preferences and settings.
Entries, notes, reflections, logs, goals, lists, reminders, or other content you enter.
Course progress or product access data.
Error logs and performance data.
App data may be used to provide the app, sync your account, improve features, troubleshoot issues, maintain security, personalize your experience, and provide support.
If the app is distributed through an app store, your use may also be subject to the app store’s terms, privacy practices, and payment rules.
Any app we provide is for informational, educational, organizational, reflective, or personal development purposes only. It is not a medical device, therapy service, diagnostic tool, clinical tool, nutrition prescription tool, substitute for professional care, or substitute for spiritual counsel.
22. Data Accuracy
We rely on you to provide accurate, current, and complete information. If your information changes, you may update it through your account settings where available or contact us at [email protected].
We are not responsible for problems caused by inaccurate, outdated, or incomplete information you provide.
23. Privacy Requests
To request access, correction, deletion, or another privacy-related action regarding your personal information, contact us at:
Matthew McNab Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Mailing Address: Torrance, CA
We will respond to privacy requests as required by applicable law. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.
24. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this document.
If changes are material, we may provide additional notice, such as by posting a notice on the Website or sending an email, where appropriate or required by law.
Your continued use of the Website or Services after changes are posted means that you acknowledge the updated Privacy Policy.
25. Contact Information
Questions about this Privacy Policy may be directed to:
Matthew McNab Consulting
Email: [email protected]
Mailing Address: Torrance, CA