General
RandallShier.com values your privacy and any personal information you provide (such as name or email address in a contact form) is private and confidential.
We may collect & process the following data:
- Information you have provided via contact forms
- IP address and which web browser is used
- Information about how visitors use this site, including pages viewed, page response time, length of page visits, interactions on various pages (scroll time, clicks, mouse-overs), and methods used to move away from pages
We use this information to:
- To respond to your questions, comments, and messages via contact forms.
- To send communications that you have opted-in to receive, including responses to messages sent via contact form.
- For analyzing website statistics.
- To tailor your experience of the website.
- To help RandallShier.com analyze the website usage patterns in order to improve the content and design of our website.
- As otherwise described in this privacy policy.
- As otherwise described to you when the information is collected.
- Personal information may be viewed by third party service providers (such as SEO, marketing and web design companies) in order to perform tasks on RandallShier.com’s behalf, however, these third parties are obligated to not use or disclose your details in any way. Apart from this instance, we will not share your information with third parties unless required to do so by law.
- To enforce the website terms of use.
Forms
Contact forms are used to respond to questions, requests, or other messages.
By submitting a contact form you agree to receive email from Randall Shier, which may include marketing communications. You may opt-out of any or all communications from us any time by simply requesting (in writing) that we remove your information from our databases and lists.
When visitors submit a contact form, we collect the data shown in the contact form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on or submit a form on this site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment or submit another form. These cookies will last for one year.
Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics for data regarding audience visits, activity, demographics reporting and more.
You can install a browser plug-in from Google to opt-out of having Google Analytics track your activity.
How long we retain your data
If you submit a message via contact form, the message and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so that we can respond to your message.
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.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments and form submissions may be checked through an automated spam detection service, Antispam Bee.
Privacy Policy Revisions
Any changes to this privacy policy will be updated on this page and will take effect immediately.
Check this privacy policy from time to time to review the most current version. Your continued use of this website following the posting of any such changes constitutes your acceptance of any such modifications.
Where To Direct Questions
If you have any comments or questions about the Privacy Policy for this website, please visit https://randallshier.com/contact/.