Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to Mike Forgie. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information that are received and collected when you use Mike Forgie’s personal blog, as well as how this information is used.

  1. Information Collection: We may collect personal information from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you visit our blog, subscribe to a newsletter, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on our blog. The types of personal information we may collect include:

    • Email address
    • Name
    • IP address
    • Browser type
    • Referring website
    • Pages you viewed on our blog
    • The time spent on those pages

  2. Use of Information: Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

    • To personalize your experience: Your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs.
    • To improve our blog: We continually strive to improve our blog offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
    • To send periodic emails: The email address you provide may be used to send you information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.
    • To analyze blog usage and trends: We use tools like Google Analytics to understand how users interact with our blog, which helps us improve its design and functionality.

  3. Cookies: Our blog may use “cookies” to enhance your experience. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

    We use cookies to understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. You have the option to disable cookies through your browser settings.

  4. Third-Party Services: We may use third-party services such as Google Analytics to analyze the use of our blog. These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.

  5. Data Security: We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

  6. Disclosure of Information: We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our blog, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety.

  7. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance: We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act). We do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our blog, products, and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.

  8. Changes to our Privacy Policy: If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page. Policy changes will apply only to information collected after the date of the change.

  9. Your Consent: By using our blog, you consent to our privacy policy.

  10. Contacting Us: If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact Mike Forgie through the contact form available on the blog.