Privacy Policy

Protecting your private information is our priority. This Statement of Privacy applies to tedbhale.com and governs data collection and usage. For the purposes of this policy, all references to tedbhale include tedbhale.com. The tedbhale website is an author site. By using it, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your personal information

In order to better provide you with products and services, tedbhale may collect personally identifiable information such as your email address. We do not collect any personal information about you unless you voluntarily provide it. However, you may be required to provide certain information when you use certain features, such as registering for an account, entering a contest, signing up for offers, sending an email, or purchasing products and services. We use your information to communicate with you about services and products you have requested, and may gather additional information in the future.

Use of your personal information

tedbhale collects and uses your personal information to operate its website and deliver the services you have requested. We may also use it to inform you of other products or services available from tedbhale and its affiliates.

Sharing information with third parties

tedbhale does not sell, rent, or lease its customer lists to third parties. From time to time we may contact you on behalf of external business partners about an offering that may interest you; in those cases your unique personal information is not transferred to the third party. We may share data with trusted partners to help perform statistical analysis, send email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services, and are required to maintain its confidentiality.

tedbhale may disclose your personal information, without notice, if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal process, protect and defend the rights or property of tedbhale, or act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users or the public.

Tracking user behavior

tedbhale may keep track of the pages users visit in order to determine which services are most popular. This data may be used to deliver customized content and advertising to visitors whose behavior indicates interest in a particular subject area.

Automatically collected information

Information about your computer hardware and software may be automatically collected. This can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used to operate the service, maintain quality, and provide general statistics regarding use of the site.

Right to deletion

Subject to certain exceptions, on receipt of a verifiable request we will delete your personal information from our records and direct any service providers to do the same. We may be unable to comply where the information is necessary to:

  • Complete a transaction, fulfill a warranty, or otherwise perform a contract with you;
  • Detect security incidents or protect against fraudulent or illegal activity;
  • Debug and repair errors that impair intended functionality;
  • Exercise free speech or ensure another's right to do so;
  • Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act;
  • Engage in public or peer-reviewed research in the public interest, with your consent;
  • Enable internal uses reasonably aligned with your expectations;
  • Comply with a legal obligation; or
  • Otherwise use the information internally in a lawful and compatible manner.

Children under thirteen

tedbhale does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.

Email communications

From time to time, tedbhale may contact you via email with announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and other general communication. To improve our services, we may receive a notification when you open an email or click a link within it. If you would like to stop receiving marketing communications, you may opt out using the unsubscribe link in any message.

External data storage sites

We may store your data on servers provided by third-party hosting vendors with whom we have contracted.

Changes to this statement

tedbhale reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you about significant changes by sending a notice to the primary email address specified in your account, by placing a prominent notice on our site, and/or by updating this page. Your continued use of the site after such modifications constitutes your acknowledgment of the modified policy and agreement to be bound by it.

Contact information

tedbhale welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe we have not adhered to it, please contact us at ted@tedbhale.com.

Effective as of October 1, 2020.