Privacy policy
This site collects very little. Here is exactly what, why, who handles it, and what you can do about it.
- Scope
- What the site collects
- How it is used
- Who handles it
- Cookies and analytics
- How long it is kept
- Your choices
- Children
- Changes
- Contact
Scope
This policy covers www.aideptsolutions.com, operated by AiDept Solutions, LLC. It does not cover the products AiDept Solutions builds and operates. Each of those has its own privacy policy on its own site, written for what that product actually does.
What the site collects
There are only three ways this site learns anything about you.
- The contact form. If you use it, AiDept Solutions receives the name, email address, and message you type. Nothing is collected from the form until you press send.
- Email. If you write to the studio directly, it receives whatever you choose to include.
- Analytics. The site uses Google Analytics to understand how it is used: pages viewed, time on page, approximate location derived from your IP address, and the type of device and browser you use. Analytics does not expose your name or email address, and no attempt is made to work out who you are from it.
The site has no accounts, no sign-ups, no purchases, and no comments, so there is nothing else to collect.
How it is used
- To reply to you when you write in.
- To see which parts of the site people find useful, so it can be improved.
AiDept Solutions does not sell your information, share it with advertisers, add you to a mailing list, or use it for anything other than the two things above.
Who handles it
A few service providers process data on behalf of AiDept Solutions. Each one sees only what its job requires.
- Formspree receives contact-form submissions and forwards them to the studio's inbox.
- Google provides Google Analytics and serves the fonts the site uses. Your browser requests the fonts directly from Google, so Google sees your IP address when the page loads.
- GitHub Pages hosts the site and may keep standard server logs, including IP addresses, for security purposes.
Information would also be disclosed if the law required it, or to protect the site from abuse. That has not happened.
Cookies and analytics
Google Analytics sets a small number of cookies, beginning with _ga, that tell it whether a visit comes from a returning browser. The site sets no other cookies of its own.
You can block or clear these in your browser settings, or install Google's Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The site works exactly the same with analytics blocked.
This site does not respond to Do Not Track signals, because there is no agreed standard for what they should mean. The opt-out methods above work regardless.
How long it is kept
- Contact messages stay in the studio's inbox for as long as the conversation is useful, then get deleted. You can ask for one to be deleted sooner.
- Analytics data is kept for the limited period set in Google Analytics, then discarded automatically.
Your choices
Email AJ@aideptsolutions.com to learn what is held about you, correct it, or have it deleted. There is no form to fill in and no fee. Answers come within a reasonable time, usually a few days.
If you live somewhere that gives you additional rights over your data, such as California or the European Union, those rights apply and the same email address is the way to use them.
Children
The site is not directed at children under 13, and AiDept Solutions does not knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child has sent something, say so and it will be deleted.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date. What the site collects will not be quietly broadened.
Contact
AiDept Solutions, LLC
AJ@aideptsolutions.com