Privacy Policy
Last updated August 8, 2026
The short version
This is a portfolio site. There are no accounts, no logins, no newsletter, and no payments taken here. The only information you can deliberately send me is what you type into the contact form, and that arrives as an email. Beyond that, the site uses Google Analytics and Google Fonts, both of which see your IP address.
What the contact form collects
The form at /contact collects the name, email address, subject, and message you enter. When you submit it, that data is sent over HTTPS to a Google Cloud Function I operate and is delivered to me as an email at ss@stephenscott.us, with your address set as the reply-to so I can respond.
Submissions are not written to any database — they exist as email in my inbox. I use them to reply to you and, if we end up working together, as part of our ongoing correspondence. I do not sell them, and I do not add you to any mailing list.
The form includes two spam defenses: a hidden field that real visitors never fill in, and a check that the form was open for at least a few seconds before submission. Neither tracks you or persists anything.
Analytics and cookies
This site loads Google Analytics 4 (property G-CSBMH9D41J) on every page. It sets cookies and reports pages viewed, approximate location, referring site, device and browser type, and your IP address to Google. I use it only in aggregate, to see which pages people read. I do not attempt to identify individual visitors, and I have not enabled advertising or remarketing features.
To opt out entirely, use Google's browser opt-out add-on, your browser's Do Not Track or tracking-protection setting, or any content blocker. The site works normally without analytics.
Third parties this site talks to
- Google Fonts — typefaces are fetched from fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com, so Google receives your IP address when a page loads.
- Firebase Hosting (Google) — serves this site and keeps standard server request logs.
- Google Cloud Functions — receives contact form submissions, as described above.
- Google Analytics — as described above.
Outbound links to Amazon, LinkedIn, Instagram, and client sites are ordinary links. Once you follow one, that site's privacy policy governs, not this one.
Affiliate disclosure
Some links to AI for Network Marketers on the
books page and in the
field-guide article
are Amazon Associates links carrying the tag teambuildpro-20.
If you buy through one, I may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. It does not
change the price you pay, and it does not change what I recommend.
Your choices
You can ask me what correspondence of yours I hold, ask me to correct it, or ask me to delete it. Email ss@stephenscott.us and I will action it. Since contact-form data lives only as email, deletion means deleting the thread.
For analytics data, Google is the controller of what it collects — the opt-out options above are the effective route, and Google's own privacy policy covers its handling.
Children
This site is aimed at businesses and professionals. It is not directed at children under 13, and I do not knowingly collect information from them.
Changes
If what this site collects changes, I will update this page and the date at the top. Questions about any of it: ss@stephenscott.us.