Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July 2026

TearsOfHopeMovement.com is operated by AK Publishing, LLC as part of the Tears of Hope Movement, a mission-driven initiative created to share messages of hope, healing, awareness, inspiration, education, and empowerment.

This Privacy Policy explains how TearsOfHopeMovement.com, AK Publishing, LLC, Tears of Hope Movement, and our related programs, websites, services, communications, campaigns, media, events, classes, magazine links, TV links, and movement-related activities collect, use, disclose, store, and protect information when you visit or interact with TearsOfHopeMovement.com.

This Privacy Policy applies to TearsOfHopeMovement.com and the online activities, forms, content, communications, newsletters, movement updates, support inquiries, sponsorship inquiries, campaign information, event information, media submissions, testimonials, and related services that we operate or control.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, platforms, payment processors, social media pages, streaming platforms, magazine websites, TV websites, online class platforms, advertisers, sponsors, partners, or external links that we do not own or control. When you click a link to another website or platform, including EmpoweringHumanityMagazine.com, EmpoweringHumanityTV.com, AimmeeKodachian.com, online class platforms, social media pages, streaming platforms, book retailers, payment processors, sponsor websites, or other third-party services, that website or platform may have its own privacy policy and practices.

By using TearsOfHopeMovement.com, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use this website or submit personal information through it.

1. Important Notice About the Movement

Tears of Hope Movement is a mission-driven initiative and movement. Unless expressly stated in writing, Tears of Hope Movement and AK Publishing, LLC are not claiming that TearsOfHopeMovement.com is operated as a tax-exempt nonprofit organization.

Any purchases, sponsorships, support payments, contributions, program fees, event fees, advertising payments, or other payments made through or in connection with TearsOfHopeMovement.com are processed according to the terms provided at the time of payment. Unless expressly stated in writing, such payments should not be treated as tax-deductible charitable donations.

2. Information We May Collect

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, information collected automatically through technology, and information received from third-party tools or service providers.

3. Information You Voluntarily Provide

You may choose to provide information when you:

• Contact us through the website
• Sign up for movement updates, newsletters, announcements, campaigns, events, or related communications
• Submit a support, sponsor, advertiser, contributor, partner, speaker, media, interview, or collaboration inquiry
• Request information about the movement, books, magazine, online classes, TV show, events, programs, campaigns, sponsorships, or related opportunities
• Purchase, register for, sponsor, support, or request access to products, services, events, programs, classes, digital resources, or movement-related opportunities
• Submit testimonials, reviews, stories, comments, photos, videos, bios, interviews, or other media
• Communicate with us by email, form, social media, phone, or other methods
• Interact with forms, surveys, promotions, events, videos, or online content

The information you provide may include:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Business name or organization name
• Job title or professional background
• Mailing address, if needed for business, event, legal, payment, shipping, or fulfillment purposes
• Website links or social media links
• Payment, billing, or transaction-related information, if applicable
• Support, sponsor, advertiser, or partner inquiry information
• Event, campaign, or program registration information
• Media, interview, speaker, or press inquiry information
• Personal story, testimonial, review, feedback, or message
• Photos, headshots, videos, audio, or media files
• Messages, form submissions, survey responses, or other communications you send to us

Please do not submit sensitive personal information, medical details, financial account information, government identification numbers, private family information, or other highly sensitive information unless it is necessary and specifically requested for a legitimate purpose.

4. Movement, Campaign, Event, and Support Inquiries

TearsOfHopeMovement.com may provide information about movement-related campaigns, awareness efforts, inspirational content, events, books, online classes, magazine features, TV show content, media projects, sponsorship opportunities, and related programs.

If you submit a movement, sponsor, support, event, media, campaign, or partnership inquiry, we may collect and use your information to:

• Respond to your request
• Schedule a conversation, meeting, interview, or event
• Provide information about the movement, programs, books, events, media, magazine, TV show, online classes, or related opportunities
• Process registrations, payments, sponsorships, purchases, or support payments, if applicable
• Send confirmations, reminders, updates, and follow-up communications
• Maintain business and communication records
• Review, manage, or promote movement-related participation, where appropriate

Information submitted through the website or email is not intended to be a confidential medical, legal, financial, psychological, therapeutic, or emergency record. Do not use website forms or email to send urgent health concerns, emergency information, or highly sensitive private information.

5. Books, Magazine, TV, Online Classes, and Related Websites

TearsOfHopeMovement.com may include information and links related to Aimmee Kodachian’s books, Empowering Humanity Magazine™, Empowering Humanity TV, online classes, speaking, coaching, events, interviews, partner websites, sponsor websites, social media platforms, or third-party platforms.

When you click a link from TearsOfHopeMovement.com to another website or platform, that website or platform may collect information according to its own privacy policy.

This includes, but is not limited to:

• EmpoweringHumanityMagazine.com
• EmpoweringHumanityTV.com
• AimmeeKodachian.com
• Online class platforms
• Book retailers
• Event platforms
• Payment processors
• Social media platforms
• Streaming or video platforms
• Sponsor, advertiser, or partner websites

We encourage you to review the privacy policy, disclaimer, terms, and policies of each website or platform you visit.

6. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit TearsOfHopeMovement.com, certain information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, analytics tools, security tools, advertising tools, or other technology providers.

This may include:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Internet service provider
• Referring and exit pages
• Pages viewed
• Links clicked
• Date and time of visit
• Approximate location based on IP address
• Website activity and usage data
• Cookie, pixel, and tracking technology information

This information helps us understand how visitors use the website, improve the website experience, protect the site, measure performance, and support our business operations.

7. Cookies, Pixels, Log Files, and Tracking Technologies

Like many websites, TearsOfHopeMovement.com may use cookies, pixels, log files, web beacons, embedded content, analytics tools, advertising tools, and similar technologies.

These technologies may help us:

• Remember user preferences
• Improve website performance
• Understand how visitors use the website
• Measure traffic and engagement
• Analyze pages, links, videos, campaigns, and content performance
• Support security and spam prevention
• Support advertising, retargeting, affiliate, sponsor, or promotional features, if used
• Improve the visitor experience

You can usually control or disable cookies through your browser settings. If you disable cookies, some parts of the website may not function properly.

8. Analytics, Advertising, and Marketing Tools

We may use third-party analytics, advertising, email marketing, retargeting, or tracking tools to help us understand website traffic, measure engagement, improve content, and promote the movement, books, magazine links, TV show content, online classes, events, campaigns, sponsors, partners, or related services.

These third parties may collect information such as your IP address, device information, browser type, pages visited, actions taken, and interaction data.

Examples of services that may be used include website analytics providers, advertising platforms, email marketing services, social media platforms, video platforms, booking tools, payment processors, and similar tools.

Each third-party provider has its own privacy policy and practices. We do not control third-party cookies, tracking technologies, websites, platforms, or privacy practices.

9. Email Newsletters and Marketing Communications

If you sign up for our email list, newsletter, movement updates, campaign updates, book announcements, magazine updates, TV show updates, class updates, event announcements, sponsorship updates, promotions, or related communications, we may use your name and email address to send you communications from Tears of Hope Movement, AK Publishing, LLC, TearsOfHopeMovement.com, Aimmee Kodachian, or related programs.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link included in the email or by contacting us directly.

Even if you unsubscribe from marketing emails, we may still send non-marketing messages when necessary, such as responses to your inquiries, event communications, transaction-related messages, legal notices, or administrative updates.

10. Payments, Purchases, Sponsorships, Support Payments, or Paid Services

If TearsOfHopeMovement.com offers paid programs, events, products, books, classes, digital resources, sponsorships, advertising opportunities, support payments, contributions, campaign-related opportunities, or other paid services, payment information may be collected and processed by third-party payment processors.

We do not intentionally store full credit card numbers or full payment account details on our website. Payment processors handle payment information according to their own privacy policies, terms, and security practices.

Unless expressly stated in writing, payments made through or in connection with TearsOfHopeMovement.com are not tax-deductible charitable donations.

11. Testimonials, Reviews, Stories, Photos, and Media

If you submit a testimonial, review, story, comment, photo, video, audio, interview, biography, or other media to TearsOfHopeMovement.com, Tears of Hope Movement, Aimmee Kodachian, or AK Publishing, LLC, you understand that the submitted material may be reviewed, edited, published, displayed, distributed, promoted, archived, and shared through the website, social media, email marketing, books, magazine links, TV show content, movement-related campaigns, promotional materials, events, or related media platforms, where permitted.

Information included in published content may become publicly available. This may include your name, business name, title, biography, photo, website, social media handle, testimonial, story, interview, or other information you provide for publication.

Once content is published, distributed, streamed, downloaded, shared, indexed, archived, or posted online, we may not be able to control how third parties copy, save, screenshot, share, repost, or redistribute it.

Please do not submit information for publication or promotion that you do not want shared publicly.

12. Advertising, Sponsors, Supporters, and Third-Party Links

TearsOfHopeMovement.com may include sponsor features, advertisements, promotional content, affiliate links, product mentions, partner links, supporter acknowledgments, interviews, third-party links, or third-party offers.

If you click on an advertisement, sponsor link, affiliate link, third-party offer, or external website link, third parties may collect information from you according to their own privacy policies and practices.

We do not control third-party cookies, tracking technologies, websites, products, services, or privacy practices.

13. How We Share Information

We may share information with trusted third parties when necessary to operate the website, provide services, manage communications, process payments, support movement activities, deliver events or programs, support business operations, comply with legal obligations, or protect our rights.

We may share information with:

• Website hosting providers
• Email marketing providers
• Analytics providers
• Payment processors
• Booking or scheduling platforms
• Course, webinar, or event platforms
• Video, streaming, or media platforms
• Contact form providers
• Website developers or technical support providers
• Security, fraud prevention, or spam-prevention providers
• Book, media, magazine, TV show, class, event, production, editing, design, or marketing team members
• Contractors, service providers, or business support providers
• Sponsors, advertisers, partners, supporters, or referral sources when necessary and appropriate
• Legal, accounting, tax, insurance, compliance, or business advisors
• Government authorities, courts, regulators, or legal parties when required by law
• Third parties involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, sale, or transfer of business assets, if applicable

We do not sell personal information for money.

However, some analytics, advertising, affiliate, social media, or tracking technologies may be considered “selling,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under certain privacy laws. Where required by applicable law, users may have the right to opt out.

14. Publicly Shared or Published Information

Information you choose to provide for public use may become publicly available.

This may include:

• Testimonials, reviews, comments, or stories
• Interview content
• Speaker, guest, contributor, sponsor, supporter, or partner bios
• Photos, videos, voice, or likeness
• Business names, websites, or social media links
• Sponsor, advertiser, supporter, or partner information
• Public event participation
• Published articles, magazine links, class features, media content, or promotional content

If you later request removal of publicly shared content, we may review the request, but we cannot guarantee removal from printed materials, downloaded files, archived pages, search engines, third-party platforms, social media shares, screenshots, cached pages, streaming platforms, or previously distributed materials.

15. Data Retention

We keep information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including business operations, customer service, publication records, movement records, campaign records, event records, legal compliance, dispute resolution, security, accounting, sponsor records, supporter records, advertising records, and legitimate business purposes.

Some records may be kept longer when necessary, including:

• Published or distributed media content
• Testimonials, interviews, videos, photos, and promotional materials
• Movement, campaign, event, guest, contributor, sponsor, advertiser, supporter, or partner records
• Accounting, tax, payment, or business records
• Legal, permission, release, copyright, or intellectual property records
• Archived website, book, magazine, event, class, or media materials

We may retain some information indefinitely when it is part of published content, media archives, business records, intellectual property records, or legal documentation.

16. Data Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational steps to help protect personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

However, no website, email system, internet transmission, hosting provider, payment processor, or digital storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

By using the website, you understand and accept that we cannot guarantee absolute security.

17. Your Choices and Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.

These may include the right to:

• Request access to personal information we have about you
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information
• Request deletion of certain personal information
• Request that we limit or restrict certain uses of personal information
• Opt out of certain marketing communications
• Opt out of certain cookies, targeted advertising, selling, or sharing where applicable
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Request a copy of certain personal information
• Appeal certain privacy decisions where required by law

To make a privacy request, contact us using the contact information listed at the end of this Privacy Policy.

We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests. We will respond as required by applicable law.

18. California Privacy Notice

If you are a California resident, you may have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, if those laws apply to our business.

Depending on the circumstances, California residents may have the right to:

• Know what categories of personal information are collected
• Know the sources of personal information
• Know the purposes for collecting, using, selling, or sharing personal information
• Know the categories of third parties with whom information is shared
• Request access to personal information
• Request deletion of personal information
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, if applicable
• Limit the use of sensitive personal information, if applicable
• Not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights

Categories of personal information we may collect include:

• Identifiers, such as name, email address, phone number, mailing address, IP address, or contact information
• Internet or electronic activity, such as browsing behavior, website usage, pages visited, links clicked, and interaction data
• Commercial information, such as purchases, registrations, support payments, sponsorships, advertising, or transaction details, if applicable
• Professional or business information, such as company name, job title, biography, credentials, speaker information, guest information, sponsor information, supporter information, or contributor information
• Audio, visual, or media information, such as photos, videos, voice recordings, interviews, testimonials, campaign recordings, or submitted media
• Inferences based on website interaction, preferences, interests, or engagement, if applicable
• Sensitive personal information only if voluntarily submitted or required for a specific purpose

We do not knowingly sell personal information for money.

If we use third-party advertising, analytics, affiliate, retargeting, or tracking technologies that may be considered “sharing,” “selling,” or targeted advertising under California law, you may have the right to opt out where required.

To exercise California privacy rights, contact us at: AK@EmpoweringHumanityTV.com

19. Other U.S. State Privacy Rights

Residents of certain U.S. states may have additional privacy rights depending on applicable law and whether our business is subject to those laws.

These rights may include the right to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of personal information, as well as the right to opt out of certain targeted advertising, sale of personal information, profiling, or other data uses.

To submit a privacy request, contact us at: AK@EmpoweringHumanityTV.com

20. Nevada Privacy Rights

Nevada residents may have the right to submit a request directing a website operator not to sell certain covered information as defined by Nevada law.

We do not knowingly sell personal information for money.

Nevada residents may contact us with privacy requests at:

AK@EmpoweringHumanityTV.com

21. European Union, United Kingdom, Canada, and International Visitors

If you access TearsOfHopeMovement.com from outside the United States, including the European Union, United Kingdom, Canada, or other regions with privacy or data protection laws, your information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.

By using the website or submitting information, you understand that your information may be processed in countries that may have different data protection laws than your country of residence.

Where applicable, our legal bases for processing personal information may include:

• Consent
• Performance of a contract
• Legitimate business interests
• Compliance with legal obligations
• Protection of rights, safety, security, or legal claims

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access your personal information
• Correct inaccurate information
• Request deletion
• Restrict or object to certain processing
• Withdraw consent
• Request data portability
• Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority

To make an international privacy request, contact us at: K@EmpoweringHumanityTV.com

22. Children’s Privacy

TearsOfHopeMovement.com is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe that a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without appropriate parental consent, we will take reasonable steps to delete the information.

If content involving minors is submitted for publication, events, interviews, videos, media, testimonials, campaign-related use, or promotional use, the person submitting the content is responsible for confirming that they have the necessary parental or legal guardian permissions, rights, and releases.

23. External Links

TearsOfHopeMovement.com may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, book retailers, magazine websites, movement websites, TV websites, streaming platforms, video platforms, advertisers, sponsors, products, services, online classes, resources, or offers.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, policies, accuracy, safety, availability, or actions of third-party websites, platforms, or services.

We encourage users to review the privacy policies and terms of any third-party websites or platforms they visit.

24. Social Media, Streaming Platforms, and Embedded Content

Our website may include embedded content such as videos, interviews, podcasts, social media posts, images, advertisements, sponsor content, book trailers, TV clips, campaign videos, or third-party media.

Embedded content from another website or platform behaves as if you visited that third-party website or platform directly. These third parties may collect data about you, use cookies, embed tracking technologies, and monitor your interaction with their content.

We do not control the privacy practices of social media platforms, streaming services, video platforms, book retailers, or other third-party services.

25. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Some browsers may send “Do Not Track” signals. Because there is not a single accepted standard for responding to these signals, our website may not respond to Do Not Track signals.

Some jurisdictions recognize browser-based opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control, for certain privacy rights. Where required by applicable law and technically feasible, we will honor legally required opt-out preference signals.

You may also control many tracking technologies through your browser settings, cookie settings, or third-party opt-out tools.

26. Business Transfers

If AK Publishing, LLC, TearsOfHopeMovement.com, Tears of Hope Movement, or related business assets or programs are involved in a merger, acquisition, sale, restructuring, transfer, bankruptcy, or other business transaction, user information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.

27. Legal Compliance and Protection

We may use or disclose information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with applicable laws, regulations, court orders, subpoenas, or legal processes
• Respond to lawful requests from government authorities
• Protect our legal rights, property, business, users, guests, contributors, sponsors, supporters, advertisers, partners, or the public
• Investigate fraud, security issues, unauthorized activity, spam, or misuse of the website
• Enforce our agreements, terms, policies, permissions, releases, or rights
• Prevent harm, misuse, or illegal activity

28. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.

Your continued use of TearsOfHopeMovement.com after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.

29. Contact Us

For questions, privacy requests, corrections, deletion requests, unsubscribe requests, permissions, or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact:

AK Publishing, LLC

Tears of Hope Movement

Email: AK@EmpoweringHumanityTV.com

Website: TearsOfHopeMovement.com