Privacy Policy

1. Information we collect

Information you provide

When you use the contact form, we may collect your first and last name, email address, subject, message, and related information you choose to include. When you request the free audiobook or another resource, we may collect your first name, email address, and your choice about receiving future marketing emails.

Please do not send highly sensitive information through the website forms, such as passwords, Social Security numbers, financial account information, or medical records.

Information collected automatically

When you use the website, limited technical and usage information may be processed automatically. This can include pages viewed, referral source, campaign parameters such as UTM tags, date and time information, first-party visitor and session identifiers, and approximate geographic information derived from the web request. Approximate location is used at an area level and is not intended to identify your precise physical location.

Website hosting and security providers may also process standard request information, such as an IP address, browser or device information, requested URLs, and timestamps, as part of delivering and protecting the website.

Email and preference records

If we send you a requested resource or you choose to receive marketing emails, including through the newsletter signup form, we may maintain records related to the request, your consent or subscription preference, email delivery status, and unsubscribe status.

2. How we use information

We may use information collected through the website to:

• respond to questions, messages, media requests, and other inquiries;
• deliver the audiobook or other resources you request;
• send marketing communications when you have chosen to receive them;
• maintain contact, consent, and communication records;
• understand website traffic, referral sources, and content performance;
• improve the website, its content, and the visitor experience;
• detect abuse, spam, fraud, security threats, or technical problems; and
• comply with legal obligations and protect legal rights.

3. Cookies and first-party analytics

The website uses first-party cookies to support limited website analytics and attribution. These cookies are set by this website, rather than by an advertising network.

You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking these cookies may reduce our ability to understand website usage, but it should not prevent you from reading the public content on the site.

4. Email communications

Marketing email updates are optional. You may choose to receive them through the newsletter signup form or through the email updates option on the audiobook request form. You can unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link in an email. We may still send non-marketing messages that are necessary to fulfill a request you made, such as delivering the audiobook.

5. How information is disclosed

We do not sell personal information. We also do not disclose personal information for third-party cross-context behavioral advertising.

Information may be disclosed to service providers that perform services on behalf of the website and Ed's team. These include Rambler Group LLC and its Rambler Marketing systems for website, analytics, CRM, and technical services; Vercel for website hosting, delivery, and security; and Resend for email delivery. Service providers may process information only as needed to provide their services or as otherwise permitted by their agreements and applicable law.

Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to lawful requests, protect rights or safety, investigate misuse, or in connection with a business or organizational transition where applicable.

6. Data retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including responding to inquiries, maintaining appropriate business and consent records, providing requested resources, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, and satisfying legal or security requirements. Retention periods can vary depending on the type of information and why it was collected.

7. Data security

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards designed to protect information handled through the website. However, no website, network, storage system, or transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Please use care when deciding what information to send online.

8. Your privacy choices and rights

You may contact us to ask about personal information you submitted through this website, request correction or deletion, or update your communication preferences. Depending on where you live and subject to applicable exceptions, you may also have legal rights to request access to or a copy of personal information, request deletion or correction, or receive information about how personal information is used or disclosed.

Because this website does not sell personal information or use it for third-party targeted advertising, there is no sale or targeted advertising opt-out necessary for those practices. We will not discriminate against you for exercising a privacy right provided by applicable law.

We may need to verify a request before acting on it, and some information may be retained where permitted or required by law. To make a privacy request, please use the contact page and state that your message concerns privacy.

9. Children's privacy

This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that personal information was submitted by a child under 13 in circumstances where parental consent is required, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

10. Third-party websites

The website may link to external websites, stores, media platforms, social networks, or other services. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, not this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review the privacy information provided by any third-party service you choose to use.

11. Visitors outside the United States

The website is operated from the United States. If you access it from another country, information may be processed in the United States or other locations where service providers operate. Where applicable law requires a legal basis for processing, the basis may include your consent, steps taken at your request, legitimate interests in operating and securing the website and responding to visitors, or compliance with legal obligations.

12. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as the website, its services, or applicable requirements change. The date at the top of this page shows when the Policy was last updated. Material changes may be communicated through the website or another appropriate method when required.

13. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy or requests concerning information submitted through the website can be sent through the contact page.