Privacy Policy for zachkauntz.design

Effective Date: June 2, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to zachkauntz.design ("we," "us," or "our"). We are a brand agency committed to protecting the privacy of our clients and website visitors. This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, share, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website, use our contact form, or interact with our content.

This policy has been drafted to comply with key privacy regulations, including Canada's Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

By using our website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide and improve our services, communicate with you, and for marketing purposes. We may collect the following types of personal information:

• Information you provide directly to us: This includes personal information you provide when you fill out our contact form, such as your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you choose to include in your message.

• Information collected automatically: When you browse our website, we may collect certain information automatically from your device. This can include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and information about the actions you take on our site. This information is collected using cookies and similar tracking technologies. For more details, please see our Cookie Policy.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• To respond to your inquiries: We use the information from our contact form to respond to your questions and provide you with the information you have requested.

• To improve our website: We use tools like Google Analytics to understand how visitors engage with our site. This helps us to improve the user experience and the content we provide.

• For marketing and advertising: We may use your information to send you marketing communications about our services that may be of interest to you. We also use targeted advertising to show you relevant ads on other websites.

• To embed third-party content: Our website may feature embedded content, such as YouTube videos. Interacting with this content may result in data being collected by the third-party provider.

4. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

• Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors and service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting, data analysis, and marketing services.

• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend our rights or property, or in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of any individual.

• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your personal information may be transferred to the acquiring entity.

5. Third-Party Services

Our website uses the following third-party services that may collect your information:

• Google Analytics: This service tracks and reports website traffic. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

• Targeted Advertising: We may use advertising services (such as Google Ads or Meta Ads) to deliver targeted ads to you on other websites. These services use cookies to collect information about your visits to our site and other sites to provide you with relevant advertising.

• YouTube: We may embed YouTube videos on our site. When you play an embedded video, YouTube may place cookies on your device and collect information in accordance with their privacy policy.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal information.

• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.

• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal information, under certain conditions.

• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.

• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.

• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

• For California Residents: The CCPA provides California residents with specific rights regarding their personal information, including the right to know what personal information is being collected and the right to opt-out of the "sale" of their personal information. We do not sell personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@zachkauntz.design.

7. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error-free. Please keep this in mind when disclosing any personal information to us via the internet.

8. International Data Transfers

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

9. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for use by children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

11. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact Zach Kauntz at hello@zachkauntz.design.