Privacy Policy
This policy explains what personal information Chris Loos Media ("we", "us", "our") collects through chrisloosmedia.com, how we use it, who we share it with and the choices and rights you have.
Information we collect
Information you give us
- When you sign up for updates: your email address (and name, if you give it).
Information collected automatically
- Basic technical information our web host records for security and to keep the site running, such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested.
- If you accept analytics cookies: pages you view, the site that referred you, device and browser type and approximate location (city level), collected with Google Analytics.
How we use it
- To answer your questions and provide the services, bookings or purchases you ask for.
- To send confirmations, reminders and updates about your request.
- To send news and offers you signed up for. Every email includes a way to unsubscribe.
- To keep the site secure and prevent fraud and spam.
- To understand how the site is used so we can improve it (only with your consent to analytics cookies).
- To meet legal, tax and accounting obligations.
We do not use your information for automated decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on you.
Who we share it with
We share personal information only with service providers that help us run our business, and only what they need to do that job:
- Netlify hosts the website.
- Substack runs our newsletter sign-up and sends the newsletter.
- YouTube hosts the videos linked or shown on the site.
- Google Analytics provides analytics, only after you accept cookies.
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, to protect our rights or the safety of others, or as part of a sale or transfer of the business.
We do not sell or share your information
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral (targeted) advertising. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of anyone under 16. If this ever changes, we will update this policy first and give you a way to opt out, including honoring Global Privacy Control signals.
Cookies and analytics
Our site uses a few cookies and similar browser storage that are needed for it to work, such as remembering your cookie choice. Analytics cookies stay off until you choose Accept on the cookie banner. If you choose Decline, they stay off. You can change your choice any time with the link at the bottom of every page.
- Google Analytics sets cookies such as
_gato count visits and see how pages are used.
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Google offers an opt-out add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control. Browsers handle "Do Not Track" differently and there is no common standard for it, so our site does not change its behavior for that signal. We do honor Global Privacy Control as an opt-out of sale and sharing.
Your California privacy rights
If you live in California, the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA), gives you the right to:
- Know what personal information we have collected about you, where it came from, why we collected it and who we disclosed it to.
- Get a copy of your personal information.
- Delete your personal information, subject to exceptions such as records we must keep by law or to finish a transaction you asked for.
- Correct information that is inaccurate.
- Opt out of sale or sharing of your personal information. We do not sell or share it.
- Limit the use of sensitive personal information. We do not use sensitive personal information to infer characteristics about you.
- Not be discriminated against for using any of these rights.
In the past 12 months we have collected these categories of personal information: identifiers (such as name, email address, phone number and mailing address); internet or other electronic activity (such as pages viewed, with your consent); approximate location derived from IP address. We collect them from you, from your device and from the service providers listed above, for the purposes described in "How we use it", and we disclose them only to those service providers.
To make a request, email chrisLOOSmedia@gmail.com with "Privacy request" in the subject line. We will confirm your request within 10 business days and respond within 45 days. To protect you, we verify your identity by matching information you give us with what we have on file. You can use an authorized agent; we will ask for proof that you gave them permission. California residents may also ask once a year what personal information we disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing; we do not disclose it for that purpose.
Wherever you live, you can ask us to see, correct or delete your information by emailing chrisLOOSmedia@gmail.com.
How long we keep it
We keep personal information only as long as we need it for the purposes above: inquiries and leads for up to three years after our last contact with you, and transaction records for as long as tax and accounting rules require (usually seven years). Then we delete it or de-identify it.
Security
The site uses HTTPS encryption, and we limit access to personal information to people and providers who need it. No method of sending or storing data is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Children
This site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, email chrisLOOSmedia@gmail.com and we will delete it.
Other websites
Our site may link to other websites and services, such as social media, maps, video players or scheduling tools. Their own privacy policies apply when you use them.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. When we do, we will change the effective date at the top of this page. If a change is significant, we will post a notice on the site.
Contact us
Chris Loos Media
Email: chrisLOOSmedia@gmail.com
Website: https://chrisloosmedia.com