Privacy Policy
Who?
Hi. I am Jon Spewak.
What is this?
Privacy policy, last updated: March 6, 2022
Summary of Key Points
- I, Jon Spewak, am responsible for any horrible puns and dated cultural references.
- I like you, so I will make reasonable best-efforts to protect your personal information.
- This website is for adults only (no children under 18).
- Cookies, the food, are my guilty pleasure. Especially chocolate. Computer cookies are not as tasty, so I try to limit them to required functionality only. Cookies are used to provide Contact page functionality while prohibiting robots, without identifying any usage patterns or personally-identifying your activity.
- You are anonymous until you decide to contact me. I do tally page views on Spewak.com without saving trackable information such as location and browser data. I do not use Google Analytics or a similar third-party tracking tool.
- I love data security, privacy, and accessibility. I am committed to act in compliance with government laws and regulations, including GDPR, CCPA, CalOPPA, PIPEDA, NZPA, and web accessibility requirements.
- I make reasonable efforts to protect personal information that you send to me, and I never disclose, sell, or disseminate personal information unless required by law.
Do I Process or Receive Any Information About You?
No. I do not process any sensitive personal information and I do not receive any information about you from third parties.
I will receive your personal information if you choose to contact me, and I will protect your information as best I can.
How do I Keep Your Information Safe?
Visits to my website are protected by technical processes and procedures designed for privacy and data security. However, no electronic transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so I cannot promise or guarantee that hacker, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.
What Are Your Rights?
Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.
How Do I Exercise My Rights?
The easiest way to exercise your rights is by contacting me. I will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
What Information Do I Collect?
I collect personal information that you vuluntarily provide to me when you wish to be contacted by me. The personal information I collect depends on the context of your interactions with me, which may include the following:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your phone numbers
Cookies
Here is a list of all cookies used on my website:
Do Not Track (DNT) Settings
It is not necessary for my website to respond to Do Not Track (DNT) settings that may come from your browser, because my website does not track your activity. Additionally, my website does not use a third-party service that would track users' browsing on my website and other websites.
Consent
I may process information that you gave me to use your information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
In some exceptional cases, I may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:
- For investigations and fraud detection and prevention.
- If disclosure is required to comply with a subponea, warrant, court order, or rules of the court relating to the production of records.
How do I Keep Your Information Safe?
I have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information. However, despite my safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so I cannot guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defat our securty and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. I do my best to protect your personal information, however transmission of personal information to and from me is at your own risk.
Do I collect Information from Minors?
No.
I do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 18 years of age. By using this website, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent's use of my website. If I learn that a minor's personal information was collected, I will deactivate and delete their personal information from my records. If you become aware of any data I may have collected from children under the page of 18, please contact me at:
What Are Your Rights?
In some regions (like Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, request erasure, and restrict the processing of your personal information. You can make such a requst by contacting me.
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe I am unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. You can find their contact details here: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/article29/items/612080/en
If you are located in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html
If you are a resident of California, you have specific rights to access your personal information. California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) I disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which I shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to me here.
Will Your Information be Shared With Anyone Else?
I do not disclose or sell any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose.
Right to Request Deletion of your Data
You can ask me to delete your personal information. If you ask me to delete your personal information, I will respect your request and delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) the exercise by another consumer of his or her right to free speech, our compliance requirements resulting from a legal obligation, or any processing that may be required to protect against illegal activities.
Right to Be Informed
Depending on the circumstances, you have the right to know whether I collect and use your personal information, and whether I sell your personal information to third parties.
In accordance with applicable law, I am not obligated to provide or delete consumer information that is de-identified in response to a consumer request or to re-identify individual data to verify a consumer request.
Verification Process
Upon receiving a request from you, I will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom I have the information in our system. These verification efforts require me to ask you to provide information so that I can match it with information you have previously provided me. For instance, depending on the type of request you submit, I may ask you to provide certain information so that I can match the information you provide with the information i already have on file, or I may contact you through a communication method (e.g., phone or email) that you have previously provided to me. I may also use other verification methods as the circumstances dictate.
English Language is Preferred
I speak and understand English, and will make a best effort to respond to messages in my native tongue. I cannot be responsible for mistakes translating to and from another language or communication mishaps related to language differences, and I may disregard messages that I receive containing words written in another language.
Contact Me
If you have questions, please contact me using the "contact" link at the bottom-right or top-right of this page.