This Privacy Policy applies to all handling of personal information by this website, louisehaynes.com ("Company", "I", "me", "we", "us"). When accessing the Website, louisehaynes.com will learn certain information about you, both automatically and through voluntary actions you may take, during your visit. This policy applies to information we collect on the Website and in email, text, or other electronic messages between you and the Website.

Please read the Privacy Policy carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by the Privacy Policy. If you do not want to agree to the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.

1. Personal Information

The only time I ask for personal information is through a contact form, surveys, or questionnaires. IF you are asked to submit your name and/or email address, I will use it to:

• to contact you via email
• to send thank-you messages or gifts for survey participation
• to respond to an inquiry
• to confirm payments or other information (Zoom meetings, etc.) relating to classes or courses

That's all. I will not sell, share, or divulge your information to anyone. If another authorized person is entrusted with the handling this website, only that person and I will have access to your information.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

2. Security Management

I employ commercially reasonable methods to ensure the security of the information you provide to me. This includes using standard security protocols and working only with reputable third-party vendors.

I will take necessary and appropriate security measure to prevent illicit access to or leakage of personal information. Names and email addresses will be kept on a secure, password protected drive and on Google in the case of surveys.

3. Provision to Third Parties

Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, I request that you do not send private information to me by email. However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk.

This site has links to social media platforms such as Substack, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube as well as payment systems such as Paypal. By using those sites, you are consenting to abide by their rules, so play nicely.

I will share use of the personal information in the manner described below:

I may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when I, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of my legal rights or when compelled by a court or other governmental entity to do so.

Otherwise.... never.

4. Cookie Policy

I think cookies (especially oatmeal raisin) should be eaten hot out of the oven, preferably with a cold glass of milk. Otherwise, they aren't necessary.

louisehaynes.com does not contain ads (except for links to important sites that I think may be useful to people who use this site), and so there are no ad trackers.

louisehaynes.com does not collect or use “cookies”.

Google, ISPs or others may monitor web browsers and thus collect aggregated information about number of visitors, etc. but this is not done by louisehaynes.com, and I do not routinely check Google Analytics or other website reports like that.

The Rapidweaver software I have used to create this website includes Rapidweaver code and third-party add-on software “stacks” and other code. To the best of my knowledge, neither Rapidweaver nor the third-party software uses tracking methods, cookies, etc. However, if you find any indication of information misuse by the website code or add-ons, contact me using the contact form on this site. Thanks!

Visitors’ GDPR Rights

If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain information and have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. Those rights include:

I will retain the any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of: (a) you asking the Company to delete the information, (b) my decision to cease using my existing data providers, or (c) the Company decides that the value in retaining the data is outweighed by the costs of retaining it.

You have the right to request access to your data that the Company stores and the rights to either rectify or erase your personal data.

You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.

You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data.

To the extent that you provided consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.

We require only the information that is reasonably required to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.

Policy Changes

If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, it is our policy to post any changes on this page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the bottom of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Effective as of March 1, 2023