Privacy Policy

Summary

• I don’t sell your contact-form details to anyone.
• The Site uses cookies and similar technologies for analytics and, where enabled, for advertising served by Google AdSense and its partners.
• You can turn off personalized ads at Google Ads Settings or www.aboutads.info.
• Visitors in the EEA, UK and Switzerland are asked for consent through a Google-certified consent message before personalized ads are served. Visitors in applicable U.S. states can use the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link.
• To ask a privacy question or make a request, use the contact form.

Advertising: Google AdSense and third-party vendors

This Site uses Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service operated by Google LLC, to display ads. In line with Google’s requirements:

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
• Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info (or www.youronlinechoices.eu in Europe).

Other third-party vendors and ad networks certified by Google may also serve ads on this Site through Google’s systems and may use their own cookies. You can review the vendors Google works with in the list of Google ad technology providers, and for visitors in the EEA, UK and Switzerland the vendors are also shown in the consent message, where you can accept or reject them. Where a vendor offers it, you can opt out of its cookies for personalized advertising on that vendor’s website or at www.aboutads.info.

To learn more about how Google collects and uses data, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services and Google’s advertising technologies.

Ads are clearly separated from Site content. I don’t control which specific ads appear, and an ad is not an endorsement.

How I use information

• To reply to messages and provide services you ask about.
• To run, secure and improve the Site.
• To measure Site traffic in aggregate.
• To display advertising that helps fund the Site.
• To comply with law and enforce the Terms of Use.

Legal bases (EEA/UK visitors): consent (advertising and analytics cookies, where required), legitimate interests (Site security and replying to inquiries you start), and contract (when you engage me for services).

Your choices and rights

Everyone

• Turn off personalized ads at Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info.
• Block or delete cookies in your browser settings.
• Ask me to access, correct or delete contact-form information you sent, through the contact form.

California and other U.S. state privacy rights

Residents of California (CCPA as amended by the CPRA) and other states with comprehensive privacy laws (such as Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Utah, Texas, Oregon and others) may have rights to know or access, correct and delete personal information, to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information and of targeted advertising, and not to be discriminated against for using these rights. To opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for advertising, use the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link shown on the Site for visitors in applicable states, or turn off personalized ads at Google Ads Settings. Where supported, the Site’s advertising honors Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signals as an opt-out request. In the past 12 months, the categories of personal information collected were identifiers (such as IP address and cookie IDs), internet activity, approximate geolocation, and contact-form details you chose to send.

To make a request, use the contact form. I may need to verify your request, and you can use an authorized agent. I will respond within the time the law requires and won’t discriminate against you for exercising your rights.

EEA, UK and Switzerland (GDPR / UK GDPR)

You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict or object to processing of your personal data, the right to data portability, and the right to withdraw consent at any time (withdrawing doesn’t affect earlier processing). You can change your ad consent choices using the “Privacy and cookie settings” link shown on the Site when the consent message is active. You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority. The Site is operated from the United States, so information is processed in the U.S.

Children’s privacy

The Site is for adults and is not directed to children under 13 (or under 16 in the EEA/UK). I don’t knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent me information, please tell me through the contact form and I will delete it.

Changes to this policy

I may update this policy as the Site or the law changes. The effective date at the top shows when it was last revised. Material changes will be noted on this page.