This Privacy Policy (or “Policy”) explains how Martín Paredes (“Paredes”) collects, uses, and discloses information about you when you use my sites, mobile and tablet apps, and other online products and services that link to this Policy; subscribe to my newsletters and receive my emails. For other Services provided by my related business services, I may provide you with additional privacy information that supplements this Policy. Other services I provide may refer to a different privacy policy, and for those services this Policy does not apply.

This Policy includes sections with additional information for users in specific jurisdictions, including Privacy Information for California Residents and Information for Certain Users Outside of the United States. You understand that your personal data, including any data you provide, is processed by me in the United States, which may have different data protection standards if you reside in another country.

Information You Provide. I collect the information you provide to me directly when you use the Services, including when you:

• Register an account or for my newsletter;
• Contact information such as your name, e-mail address;
• Demographic information such general location such as city or state;
• Payment information such as your credit card number (processed by our third-party payment processor) and expiration date, where appropriate to process a financial transaction that you have requested;
• Submit Content to the Services or Interact with Content;
• User-Generated Content such as comments on articles, content in message boards, images, photos, videos, or other content you provide to the Services;
• Actions You Take Related to Content such as sharing content; customizing newsletters, notifications, and alerts; and liking, replying to, or reporting (and providing additional information regarding) comments;
• Contact Me or Provide Feedback;
• Contact information such as your name, email address, street address, and phone number, if you provide it to me;
• Comments, requests, and questions you submit to me via an online form or by sending any communication; and
• Survey responses, which may include your interests, opinions, and information about you including demographic information. From time to time my surveys offer you the option to voluntarily provide information that may be considered sensitive under applicable law such as your race or ethnicity.

I process such information for disclosed purposes as permitted by and in compliance with applicable law.

Automatically Collected Information. I (and my service providers on my behalf) automatically collect certain information about your use of the Services or your device. For example, I may collect:

• Device information such as hardware model, IP address, device identifiers, operating system, browser type and settings (like language and available font settings) and settings of the device you use to access the Services;
• Usage information such as the Services you use, the time and duration of your use, and other information about your interaction with content, such as the articles you read, where you click on my site, cursor movements, and certain screen interactions and images and how you interact with my emails;
• Location information such as general location derived from your computer’s IP address, your mobile device’s GPS signal, or information about nearby WiFi access points and cell towers that may be transmitted when you use certain Services;
• I and our service providers may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect such information. See my Cookie Notice for more information about these technologies;
• Information From Third-Party Sources. I may receive online or offline information about you from other sources, which I may combine with other information I receive from or about you. For example, I receive information from;
• Other Users, including your contact information if someone provides you a gift subscription;
• Publicly and commercially available sources, as permitted by law, including contact information, demographic and professional data, and interests;
• Social Media Services, if you interact with me through a social media service or log in using social media credentials. Depending on your social media settings, I may have access to your information from that service, such as your name, email address, friend or followers/following list, profile and demographic information, current city, comments about or reactions to our Services, and the people/sites you follow;
• Data analytics providers and advertising partners, including usage information, and information about your activity and transactions on other websites or platforms or with other companies.

Other Information I Collect. I may also collect other information about you, your device, or your use of the Services in ways that I describe to you at the point of collection or otherwise with your consent. You may choose not to provide me with certain types of information but doing so may affect your ability to use some of the Services. I also collect information from suppliers, business partners, and similar businesses, including: contact and business information such as name, phone number, email address, and postal address, government identifier, and business name, industry, locations, other information related to your employer; financial and transactional information if needed to make or receive payments; and, communications with us including your name, email address, and phone number and the contents of any communications you have with us.

How I Use Information

I may use your information:

To Provide and Manage the Services, including to:

• provide account access, process your subscriptions, send you electronic newsletters, and/or enable you to participate in the features (such as commenting) provided by the Services;
• complete your payments and transactions;
• provide customer support;
• understand and resolve technical issues, app crashes and other issues being reported;
• personalize the Services, including content and recommendations (including via email). Through such features, I can bring you information and content tailored to your individual interests and needs.

To Contact You. I may periodically contact you with Services-related updates, new features you are entitled to access, legal information, customer service communications, newsletters and alerts (where applicable, based on your registrations and preferences), surveys, offers, promotions, and other information that may be of interest to you.

To Better Understand My Readers and Users and Improve my Services. I analyze my users’ interactions with the Services along with demographics, interests, and other information to better understand and serve my users and to improve my Services.

To Deliver and Measure Advertising, Including Targeted Advertising. I and third parties may use your information to deliver you ads, promotions, and offers that may be personalized to you, and to measure the placement, frequency, efficacy, and compliance of advertising and ad impressions (including contextual and targeted ads). The ads are for us and third-party advertisers and appear both on and off the Services.

I and third parties may use cookies and other tracking technologies to understand how you use the Services and facilitate serving relevant ads. This helps us determine if you have seen an ad before, tailor ads to you, including based on your activity, and avoid showing you duplicate ads. See my Cookie Notice for more information about how I use cookies and other tracking technologies and for your cookie choices, including how to opt out of personalized advertising.

I may also use other information we have collected about you, such as demographic and personal information (e.g., e-mail address) for purposes related to advertising, including personalized advertising.

To Protect the Rights of the Services and Others. I may use your information that I, in good faith, believe is necessary or appropriate to secure, protect, enforce, or defend the legal rights, privacy, safety, or property of the Services, its employees or agents, or other users, and to comply with applicable law and legal process.

With Consent. I may otherwise use your information with your consent or at your direction.

How I Disclose Information

I may disclose your information to:

Affiliates to my affiliated companies.

Business Partners to provide you with services that you participate in or request, such as co-sponsors of a promotion that runs on our Services. I am not responsible for the privacy practices of these entities.

Service Providers that provide services on my behalf, such as hosting vendors, analytics or advertising service providers, list managers and payment processors.

Other Parties When Required by Law or As Necessary to Protect My Users and Services including as I believe is necessary or appropriate to protect, enforce, or defend the legal rights, privacy, safety, or property of the Services, my agents or users, or to comply with applicable law or legal process, including responding to requests from public and government authorities.

Social Media Services, if you log into the Services with a social media service or if you connect a social media account with the Services. In that case, I may disclose certain of your personal information to that social media service depending on your settings. The social media service’s privacy policy then applies to their practices regarding your information.

Third Parties that Provide Advertising, Content, or Other Functionality. Third parties may collect or receive certain information about you and/or your use of the Services to provide ads (including targeted ads), content, or functionality, or to measure and analyze ad performance, on my Services or other websites or platforms.

I may share or allow third parties to collect device information (e.g., browser type, IP address, or device ID), usage information, or click information obtained through cookies or other tracking technologies. Some of this information may be combined with information collected across different websites, online services, and other linked or associated devices. I try to limit how our third parties can use the information they gather from you or that I provide. However, some advertising and analytics vendors may combine information they gather about you through my Services with information they receive from others in order to target ads to you across other services and to improve their own services. My Cookie Notice provides more information about how these technologies are used.

I may also disclose information, including personal information about you (e.g., email address) in hashed or other obscured format, for advertising purposes, including targeted advertising, either on my Services or for my products on other websites or platforms. Recipients may only use this information for the purposes for which it is provided.

Other Parties in Connection with a Corporate Transaction. I may disclose information I have about you in the event that I sell or transfer all or a portion of my business or assets to a third party, such as in the event of a merger, acquisition, or in connection with a bankruptcy reorganization, or in contemplation of or due diligence related to such a corporate transaction.

Otherwise With Your Consent or At Your Direction. I may also disclose information about you with third parties whenever you consent to or direct such sharing.

I also may disclose other information with third parties in a manner that does not identify particular users, including, for example, aggregated data about how users are using my Services.

Third-Party Content and Links

My Services may embed content from, or link to, third-party websites and services, including social media platforms, that are outside of my control. I am not responsible for their practices and this Privacy Policy does not govern those third parties’ content, services, or use of your information.

Account Management, Privacy Rights, & Other Choices

Account & Subscription Management. You may access or modify your account, update your subscriptions and email newsletters associated with that account.

Email Promotions. You may opt out of receiving commercial email messages from me by following the instructions contained in those email messages.

Privacy Rights. Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights with respect to your information.

Additional Information for Certain Users Outside the United States

My Services are headquartered in the United States, where I process and store information. I may also store information on servers and equipment in other countries depending on a variety of factors, including the locations of users and service providers. I will attempt to ensure that transfers of personal data to a third country or an international organization are subject to appropriate safeguards. By using the Services or otherwise providing information to me, you consent to the processing, transfer, and storage of information in and to the U.S. and other countries, where you may not have the same rights as you do under local law.

Users in the EEA, United Kingdom, and Switzerland

Purposes of processing and legal basis for processing. I process personal data consistent with my disclosures in this Privacy Policy. I process personal data on the following legal bases: (1) as necessary to perform our agreement to provide Services to you; (2) as necessary for my legitimate interests in providing the Services where those interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms related to data privacy; or (3) with your consent.

Additional Marketing & Advertising Choices.

My Cookies Notice has information about how to manage cookies and other choices that may be available to you with respect to personalized advertising.

If you are a resident of the EEA, UK, Switzerland, or Canada, as described above, you may opt out of (withdraw your consent to) receiving marketing emails from me by following the instructions in such emails.

Data Security

I have in place physical, electronic and managerial procedures to help protect the information I collect. However, as effective as these measures are, no security system is impenetrable. I cannot guarantee the security of my systems, nor can I guarantee that the information you supply will not be intercepted while being transmitted over the Internet.

Children’s Privacy

I do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of 18 without parental consent, unless permitted by law. If I learn that a child under the age of 18 has provided me with personal information, I will delete it in accordance with applicable law.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

I may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. I will notify you of changes by posting changes here. Any changes to the Privacy Policy will become effective when the updated policy is posted on the Services. Your use of the Services or your provision of information to us following such changes indicates your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

Last Updated: April 25, 2024