Privacy policy

Last updated: November 5, 2024

This Privacy Policy constitutes a legally binding agreement made between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”) and this Website operator ("Operator", “we,” “us” or “our”), concerning information collected from you on https://spreadsheet.dev website as well as any other media form, media channel, mobile website or mobile application related, linked, or otherwise connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”).

By visiting and using the Site, you accept and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy, which is also incorporated into this Site's Terms of Service. Your continued use of the Site after posting any changes to our Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes and updates. You must not access or use the Site if you do not wish to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last updated” date of this Privacy Policy, and you waive any right to receive specific notice of each such change.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

This Site's information and content are only intended for people over the age of 18. This Site is not intended for children under the age of 18.We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under the age of 18. If you believe that personal information was collected without parental or guardian consent from a child under the age of 18, please contact us to have that information deleted.

WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW IT IS USED

Information that you provide to us

When you access the Site, you may provide certain personally identifiable information including but not limited to your name, email address and phone number. This information is collected when you register on the site, subscribe to a newsletter, contact us, use the search feature on the Site, provide comments or any other feedback, fill out a form or use the live chat or enter any other information on the Site to communicate with us. From time to time, we may also collect information that you submit when you participate in any online surveys that we may post on our Site. Your personal information is used to personalize your experience, improve the Site to better serve you, provide customer service support, efficiently process your requests or transactions, elicit reviews of services or products, provide you offers, promotions and to follow up with you through correspondence (email, live chat, or phone). When you send us an email, your email message along with email address and responses are saved for communication purposes with you.

Information that we automatically collect

Additionally, like other websites, this Site automatically collects certain information about you through Log Data and Plausible Analytics. Log Data is information including but not limited to your computer's IP address, your Internet Service Provider, the page you accessed, the date and time when you accessed it, your general location, your language settings, the browser, operating system, and device you're using, and how quickly the server responded to your request. Log Data is currently retained for 30 days. Similarly, Plausible Analytics, collects certain information about your location, browsing history, the pages you visit, the equipment you used to access the Site, traffic patterns, and other general patterns related to your use of the Site. This information is used to monitor the security and performance of this site and to analyze Site statistics to further enhance the Site.

COMMENTS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND PAGES ON THIRD-PARTY PLATFORMS

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. When you leave a comment, your email address, name and website/organization name may be used to communicate with you.

This site may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools (such as the Facebook “Like” button or the Twitter "Tweet" button), which let you share actions you take on our site with other media, and vice versa. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.

Third-party platforms and social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, and others) can track your personal information. Should you choose to interact with us on social media and other third-party platforms, please note that you will be voluntarily disclosing that personal information and the privacy policy of the social media site or third-party platform will govern those interactions. This information is no longer private. It becomes public information and can be collected and used by others. We have no control over and take no responsibility for the use, storage or dissemination of such publicly-disclosed personal information by you. Any such interactions via comments and social media with us do not subject us to any kind of liability related to misuse of your information by others.

USE OF COOKIES

This Site currently does not use cookies on the domain https://spreadsheet.dev.

The subdomains https://follow.spreadsheet.dev and https://newsletter.spreadsheet.dev are powered by our service providers Gumroad and Kit (formerly known as ConvertKit) respectively. We use Gumroad and Kit to send email updates and these service providers may use cookies on these subdomains. Please read Gumroad's privacy policy and Kit privacy policy to learn more about their respective privacy practices.

USE OF WEB BEACONS AND PIXELS

This Site does not use web beacons or trackers on the domain https://spreadsheet.dev.

The subdomain https://follow.spreadsheet.dev is powered by our service provider Gumroad. We use Gumroad to send email updates and Gumroad may use web beacons or trackers on this subdomain. Please read Gumroad's privacy policy to learn more about Gumroad's privacy practices.

The subdomain https://newsletter.spreadsheet.dev is powered by our service provider Kit (formerly known as ConvertKit). We use Kit to send email newsletters and Kit may use web beacons or trackers on this subdomain. Please read Kit's privacy policy to learn more about Kit's privacy practices.

If you opt into receiving emails from us, our email service providers may use web beacons, which are also known as clear GIFs, or pixel tags to track your interaction with the emails we send you. We use this information to improve the quality of emails we send. Please see the Opt-Out section below should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from us.

THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND USE

We may include, offer or advertise third party links, products or services on the Site. Once you click on a third-party link and leave this Site, you are no longer bound by our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Articles on this Site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, forms etc.). Embedded content from other Sites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other Site. These Sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that Site.

We have no control over these third parties and they have their own privacy policies. Neither are we responsible for the activities and practices of these third parties. You should contact them directly and read their privacy policies for any questions. You also agree that your use of these third-party Sites is solely at your risk.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

As a general rule, we do not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent with the exception of the following circumstances:

• We may disclose your information to our trusted third parties that work with us such as our website hosting partners, email marketing service provider, vendors and service providers that assist in the operation of the Site.

• We may disclose your information in order to comply with state or federal regulations related to copyright infringement lawsuits or any other legal claims related to the Site.

• When you participate in the interactive areas of the site, certain information you provide may be disclosed to other users, such as your name, comments and other information you choose to provide.

• We may disclose your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale, financing or acquisition of all or a portion of this Site. We will provide notice before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Third-party service providers

This site currently uses the following third-party service providers. Please note that this list may change from time to time. Please refer to their privacy policies for information on their privacy and security practices.

• Google Cloud Platform: https://cloud.google.com/terms/cloud-privacy-notice

• Google Workspace: https://cloud.google.com/terms/cloud-privacy-notice

• Google Programmable Search Engine: https://policies.google.com/privacy

• Plausible Analytics: https://plausible.io/privacy

• Substack: https://substack.com/privacy

• Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/privacy

• Kit: https://kit.com/privacy

EMAIL MARKETING

You have the option of subscribing to our email list. Once you subscribe, you may unsubscribe (Opt-Out) from our email list at any time. When you subscribe, we collect your email address and share it with our service providers Gumroad, Kit and Substack, who help us send you emails. Please read Gumroad's privacy policy to learn more about Gumroad's privacy practices. Please read Substack's privacy policy to learn more about Substack's privacy practices. Please read Kit's privacy policy to learn more about Kit's privacy practices. By subscribing and opting in, you agree to receive newsletters, updates, messages, promotional materials and any other content related to this Site. We do not share, sell or trade your email information with third parties except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy.

If you are an existing subscriber, please see the Opt-Out section below should you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any marketing emails from us.

OPT-OUT

Should you wish to no longer receive communication from us, you have the option of unsubscribing by clicking “unsubscribe” at the bottom of the email we send to you or by contacting us at contact@spreadsheet.dev.

As for third party websites, please contact them directly to unsubscribe and/or opt-out from their communications.

TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your personal information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the country in which you are resident. These countries may have data protection laws that are different from the laws in your country. Through your continued use of this site, you expressly consent to have your data transferred to and processed in countries other than the country in which you are resident.

GDPR VISITOR RIGHTS

Under the GDPR, if you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain rights and information listed below.

We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of:

• You ask us to delete the information by sending a request to contact@spreadsheet.dev. Please note that such requests may result in you no longer being able to access content previously provided to you.

• Our decision to cease using our existing data providers.

• Our decision to no longer continue to offer the services.

• The data is no longer needed to provide you service, is too costly to maintain further retention, or we find it outdated.

You have the right to request access to your data that we store and have the ability to access your personal information.

You have the right to either rectify or erase your personal information. You have the right to verify the accuracy of your personal information and have it corrected or removed completely

You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data. When you restrict the processing of your data, we can store your data but cannot process it further.

You have the right to object to the processing of your data in certain circumstances including but not limited to direct marketing, profiling, scientific or historical research purposes, statistical purposes, automated decision making and profiling and tasks based on legitimate interests or in the public interest/exercise of official authority.

You have the right to the portability of your data. You have the right to request your personal information from us, receive it and transfer it to another controller.

You have the right to withdraw consent at any time. If you have provided consent to our processing of your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.

We require only the information that is reasonably necessary to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.

CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT (CCPA) COMPLIANCE AND YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

If you live in California, you have additional rights under California law, and we comply with the CCPA because we may have visitors from California on our Site. Here are your legal rights:

• You have the right to know whether your personal information is sold or disclosed to third parties.

• You have the right to say no to the sale of your personal information.

• You also have the right to access your personal information, which we will provide within 30 days of such request.

• You have the right to know what personal information is collected from you and how it is used, which we explained in this Privacy Policy

• You have the right to have your personal information deleted

• You have the right to equal service, price and no discrimination

• You have the right to data portability and right to request your personal information and use it for your own purposes

Pursuant to California’s “Shine the Light Act,” you are permitted to request information about the manner in which we share certain categories of information with third parties for their marketing use. We may disclose your personal information to our affiliates or other related third parties such as service providers, vendors for their use in marketing to you, so we can provide the products and/or services offered on this Site to you. When we disclose such information, your personal information is still kept confidential and between us and that third party. It is not used for any other purpose that’s not permitted under the laws.

Please be advised we DO NOT SELL YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION to third parties and have never sold your personal information. We do not intend to sell your personal information in the future either.

Under the CCPA, you still have the right to opt-out of such sales and send us a “do not sell my information” request. If you would like to exercise any of your rights under California law, please submit a verifiable consumer request to us by sending us an email at contact@spreadsheet.dev. Only you as the person registered with the California Secretary of State can make such verifiable consumer requests related to your personal information or someone you authorize to act on your behalf.

Your verifiable consumer request must provide sufficient information that allows us to verify that you are the person you are claiming to be or that you are the authorized representative of such person about whom we had collected personal information. You must describe your request with enough details such as your first and last name, address and your country that allow us to properly understand the request and respond to it. Please note we cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information unless we first verify your identity or authority to make such a request and confirm that the personal information relates to you. We will make all attempts to respond to your request within 30 days of receipt.

This privacy notice for California residents supplements the information included in the previous sections of this Privacy Policy. California and Delaware law also requires us to state whether we honor “Do Not Track” settings in your browser regarding targeted advertising and we do not monitor or respond to Do Not Track browser requests.

SECURITY

The security of your personal information is important to us, and we strive to follow generally commercial industry standards to protect your personal information submitted to us voluntarily and automatically. However, no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors, may compromise the security of personal information at any time.

By using this Site, you agree to hold us harmless for any security breach and for any unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties. You also agree that we cannot be held responsible for any disclosure of your information through our Site without our knowledge and consent.

Use of this Site is at your own risk.

PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES

This Privacy Policy is effective as of the "Last updated" date and will be updated and modified as needed. You are responsible for visiting this page periodically to check for future updates to this policy. Any modifications to this Privacy Policy will be effective upon our publishing of the new terms, and your continued use of our Site after the posting of any updates constitutes your acceptance of our modified Privacy Policy.

CONTACT

For any questions or comments regarding the Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@spreadsheet.dev.