Privacy Policy for TrueNorthDaily
Effective Date: August 13, 2025
This **Privacy Policy** explains how TrueNorthDaily ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal data from users of our website truenorthdaily.ink. We take the protection of your personal data very seriously.
1. Collection of Personal Information
We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us directly, such as when you:
- Fill out the contact form (name, email address, phone number, message content).
- Sign up for our newsletters or offerings.
- Interact with us via email or other communication channels.
Additionally, we automatically collect certain technical information when you visit our website, such as your IP address, browser type, referring URLs, and the pages you visit. This is done using cookies and similar tracking technologies (see Section 4).
2. Use of Your Data
The data we collect will only be used for the following purposes:
- To **provide and personalize our services** and offerings.
- To **respond to your inquiries and questions** submitted via our contact form or other means.
- To **improve our website and services** by analyzing usage and user behavior.
- To send you **updates and information** about "Thought Paths", our workshops, coaching, or related offerings, provided you have consented.
- To ensure **compliance with legal obligations** and enforce our terms of service.
3. Sharing Data with Third Parties
We do not sell, rent, or exchange your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes. Data will only be shared in the following exceptional cases:
- **With your explicit consent.**
- With **service providers** acting on our behalf to support website functions (e.g., hosting providers, analytics tools). These service providers are contractually required to treat your data confidentially and may only use it for providing services to us.
- If we are legally required to do so, for example, by court order or government authority.
- As part of the sale or transfer of business assets, where your data may be part of the transferred assets.
4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to improve the user experience and collect data about website usage. Detailed information on this can be found in our separate Cookie Policy.
5. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include encryption, firewalls, and access controls. Although we strive to protect your data, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
6. Data Retention
Your personal data will only be retained for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. After these periods, your data will be securely deleted or anonymized.
7. Your Rights as a User
Under applicable data protection laws, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- **Right of Access:** You may request information about what data we store about you.
- **Right of Correction:** You may request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- **Right of Deletion ("Right to be Forgotten"):** You may request the deletion of your data, provided no legal retention obligations prevent this.
- **Right to Restrict Processing:** You may request the restriction of processing your data.
- **Right to Data Portability:** You may request that your data be provided in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, or request the transfer of your data to another controller.
- **Right to Object:** You may object to the processing of your data, especially if processing is based on our legitimate interest.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the email address provided below.
8. Changes to this Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The revised version will be posted on this page with an updated "Effective Date." We recommend that you review this policy regularly to stay informed about our data protection practices.
9. Contact
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us at:
email [email protected]