If you want to get more informed and educated about digital privacy in general, we suggest you check out the resources provided by the 501(c)3 Electronic Frontier Foundation at eff.org
Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.howtowritesomething.com. This site is owned and operated by Megan Cohen, citizen of the U.S.A. and copyright holder for all original content hosted on this domain. If you have questions, comments, or concerns please contact the rightsholder directly by email to megan@howtowritesomething.com
Privacy in Coaching
Any work samples that Client shares with the Coach in the course of the “How to Write Something” coaching process remain fully the intellectual property of Client and will be viewed by Coach as materials to which Client holds the authorial copyright, meaning Coach fully agrees that temporary access to Client’s text or ideas does not imply a license for Coach to share the work (in part or in whole) in any context or in any medium.
Likewise, any digital objects or artifacts which Coach shares with Client (exercise prompts, worksheets, project templates, original recordings such as videos or courses, and other original digital artifacts and products) remain the intellectual property of the Coach.
Client’s invitation to use these digital products for personal educational gain within the coaching process does not include the right to share or distribute the Coach’s digital products, or any fraction thereof, in a manner which would violate Coach’s authorial copyright. Client is prohibited from distributing the Coach’s digital products to general or specific outside parties but remains welcome to publicly describe (verbally or in writing) personal experiences of working with these objects for general educational purposes, as permitted by fair use laws.
It is Client’s choice whether or not to allow recording of online coaching sessions. If recordings are made, Client will receive an invitation via email to download the video file for personal archival use. Before recording begins, both parties must verbally agree that the recording will be for internal archival use only on both sides and that the video content co-created therein will not be shared (in part or in full) with outside parties besides Coach and Client.
Any disputes will be resolved according to laws which govern the geographic region where the Coach primarily resides and operates from, which is California in the United States of America.
Analytics
Like many websites, our site relies on Google Analytics for traffic and search statistics. To get the most updated information on how Google Analytics collects and uses your data, peruse their company privacy policies at https://policies.google.com/privacy
Embedded content from other websites
Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.) from third-party hosting sites (such as YouTube, Vimeo, and similar platforms) as well as outgoing links that may include some tracking or referral data (such as affiliate links to Bookshop, Flown, and other partners.) Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website, and outgoing links may include tracking information that remains stored in your browser beyond the date of visitor’s activity on Howtowritesomething.com.
These third-party websites may collect data about visitor, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor visitor interaction with that embedded content, including tracking interactions with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Booking and Payment Privacy
Our booking and calendaring partner, Calendly, has its own privacy policy which applies to Clients’ session booking data. Booking through Calendly includes third party payment processing through vendors such as Paypal, who bear responsibility for the security and privacy of those financial transactions.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our website 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. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
How long we retain your data
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.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.