Privacy Policy

Our privacy commitment

Effective October 20, 2026. ColinMichaels.com does not collect personal information for the purpose of selling it. The site does not sell, rent, or trade personal information. Information is handled only when a visitor chooses to provide it or when it is reasonably needed to operate, secure, and improve the site.

Information the site may handle

Depending on the features used, the site may handle account details supplied through Firebase sign-in, profile information, comments, notification settings, and other submitted content. The site and its service providers may also process contact messages, website-help requests, client access details (hosting service, sign-in page, GitHub project, reported invitation status and permission confirmation), article proposals, prospective author-profile details, and limited technical information needed for hosting, security, abuse prevention, error diagnosis, and reliable delivery. Some preferences, saved articles, and offline data are stored only on the visitor's device.

How information is used

Information is used to provide the requested feature, maintain accounts and preferences, moderate submitted content, review contact messages, website-help requests and author proposals, protect the site from misuse, and keep the service working. Prospective author details are not published or used to create publishing access automatically. Trusted service providers such as Firebase and Google may process information only as needed to deliver these functions. External websites and embedded services have their own privacy practices.

Website help requests

Website-help requests include the submitted contact details, website URL, business name when provided, requested help, and contact consent. They are stored privately in Firebase and imported into Colin’s local lead tracker for review and response. Local copies, reply drafts, and backups may remain until removed through the relevant workflow. This consent covers the request and response, not an automatic marketing subscription.

Your right to removal

Visitors may ask at any time to have personal information associated with them removed. After a request is verified, the associated information is deleted from active systems except for limited records that must be kept for security, fraud prevention, legal obligations, or normal backup cycles.

• Email a privacy or removal request
• Use the public contact form

Policy updates

This policy may be updated when site features or privacy practices change. The effective date is revised when material changes are published.