Your privacy is important to me. It is my policy to respect your privacy and comply with any applicable law and regulation regarding any personal information I may collect about you across this website.
Personal information is any information about you which can be used to identify you. This includes information about you as a person (such as name, address, and date of birth), your devices, payment details, and even information about how you use a website or online service.
In the event my site contains links to third-party sites and services, please be aware that those sites and services have their own privacy policies. After following a link to any third-party content, you should read their posted privacy policy information about how they collect and use personal information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any of your activities after you leave this site.
This policy is effective as of May 2, 2025.
Last updated: May 2, 2025.
Information I collect
Information I collect falls into one of two categories: “voluntarily provided” information and “automatically collected” information.
“Voluntarily provided” information refers to any information you knowingly and actively provide when using or participating in any of my services and promotions. “Automatically collected” information refers to any information automatically sent by your devices in the course of accessing my products and services.
Log Data
When you visit my website, the server may automatically log the standard data provided by your web browser. It may include your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, and other details about your visit.
Additionally, if you encounter certain errors while using my site, I may automatically collect data about the error and the circumstances surrounding its occurrence. This data may include technical details about your device, what you were trying to do when the error happened, and other technical information relating to the problem. You may or may not receive notice of such errors.
Please be aware that while this information may not be personally identifying by itself, it may be possible to combine it with other data to personally identify individual persons.
Device Data
When you visit my website or interact with my services, I may automatically collect data about your device. Data collected can depend on the individual settings of your device and software. I recommend checking the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider to learn what information they make available to me.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
When you access this site, I might use cookies to save your browser or login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen option cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you have visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into that website.
Comments
When you leave comments on the site, I collect the data shown in the comments form along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Personal Information
I may ask for personal information — for example, when you submit content to me or when you contact me — and this may include your name and your email address. I only collect and use your personal information when I have a legitimate reason for doing so, and I only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary to provide my services to you.
Generally, I may collect, hold, use, and disclose information for the following purposes:
– to provide you with core features and services
– to enable you to customize or personalize your experience of my website
– to contact and communicate with you
– for analytics, market research, and business development, including to operate and improve my website and any associated applications and social media platforms
for advertising and marketing
I may combine voluntarily provided and automatically collected personal information with general information or research data I receive from other trusted sources. For example, my marketing and market research activities may uncover data and insights that I may combine with information about how visitors use my site to improve the site and your experience on it.
Security of Your Personal Information
When I collect and process personal information, and while I retain this information, I will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
Although I will do my best to protect the personal information you provide to me, I admit that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure and that I cannot guarantee absolute data security.
You are responsible for selecting a strong password and ensuring the security of your own information within the boundaries of my services⎯for example, ensuring any passwords associated with accessing your personal information and accounts are secure and confidential.
How Long I Keep Your Personal Information
I will keep your personal information only for as long as I need to. This time period may depend on what I am using the information for, in accordance with this privacy policy. For example, if you have provided me with personal information as part of creating an account, I may retain this information for the duration your account exists on my system. If your personal information is no longer required for this purpose, I will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify you.
However, if necessary, I may retain your personal information for compliance with a legal, accounting, or reporting obligation or for archiving purposes in the public interest, as well as for scientific, historical research or statistical purposes.
Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
I may disclose personal information to:
– third-party service providers for the purpose of enabling them to provide their services
– my employees, contractors, and/or related entities
– my existing or potential agents or business partners
Third parties I currently use include Google Analytics and other related Google services.
International Transfers of Personal Information
The personal information I collect may also be stored and/or processed wherever my partners, affiliates, and third-party providers maintain facilities.
The countries to which I transfer your personal information may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. If I transfer your personal information to third parties in other countries: (i) I will perform those transfers in accordance with the requirements of applicable law; and (ii) I will protect the transferred personal information in accordance with this privacy policy.
Your Rights and Controlling Your Personal Information
By providing personal information to me, you understand I will collect, hold, use, and disclose your personal information in accordance with this privacy policy. You do not have to provide personal information to me, however, if you do not, it may affect your use of my website or the products and/or services offered on or through it.
Information from third parties: If I receive personal information about you from a third party, I will protect it as set out in this privacy policy. If you are a third party providing personal information about somebody else, you represent and warrant that you have such person’s consent to provide the personal information to me.
Marketing permission: If you have previously agreed to me using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting me.
Access: You may request details of the personal information that I hold about you.
Correction: If you believe that any information I hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading, please contact me. I will take reasonable steps to correct any information found to be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or out of date.
Non-discrimination: I will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights over your personal information. Unless your personal information is required to provide you with a particular service or offer (for example providing user support), I will not deny you goods or services and/or charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties, or provide you with a different level or quality of goods or services.
Downloading of Personal Information: I provide a means for you to download the personal information you have shared through my site. Please contact me for more information.
Notification of data breaches: I will comply with applicable laws in the event of any data breach.
Complaints: If you believe that I have breached a relevant data protection law and wish to make a complaint, please contact me with full details of the alleged breach. I will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you, in writing, setting out the outcome of my investigation and the steps I will take to deal with your complaint. You also have the right to contact a regulatory body or data protection authority in relation to your complaint.
Unsubscribe: To unsubscribe from my email database or opt-out of communications (including marketing communications), please use the opt-out facilities provided in the communication.
Deletion: You may have a right to request that I delete the personal information I hold about you at any time, and I will take reasonable steps to delete your personal information from my records. If you ask me to delete your personal information, I will let you know how the deletion affects your use of my website or products and services. There may be exceptions to this right for specific legal reasons which, if applicable, I will set out for you in response to your request. If you terminate or delete your account, I will delete your personal information within 90 days of the deletion of your account. Please be aware that search engines and similar third parties may still retain copies of your personal information that has been made public at least once, like certain profile information and public comments, even after you have deleted the information from our services or deactivated your account.
Business Transfers
If my assets are acquired, I would include data, including your personal information, among the assets transferred to the acquiring parties. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that any parties who acquire us may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, continue to use your personal information according to this policy, which they will be required to assume as it is the basis for any ownership or use rights we have over such information.
Limits of Our Policy
My website may link to external sites that are not operated by me. Please be aware that I have no control over the content and policies of those sites and that I cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.
Changes to this Policy
I may change this privacy policy to reflect updates to my business processes, current acceptable practices, or legislative or regulatory changes. If I decide to change this privacy policy, I will post the changes here at the same link with which you are accessing this privacy policy.
If the changes are significant, or if required by applicable law, I will contact you (based on your selected preferences for communications from me) with the new details and links to the updated or changed policy.
If required by law, I will get your permission or give you the opportunity to opt in to or opt out of, as applicable, any new uses of your personal information.
Contact Me
If you have any questions or concerns regarding your privacy or my policies or practices, please contact me through the contact form on this site.
Thank you.