Privacy Policy of Hadar Swersky

Last updated: July 24, 2023

This is the privacy policy of Hadar Swersky, the author of “Winning in Business with ADHD.” I am committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, or my practices with regards to your personal information, please contact me at hadar@winningadhd.com.

Our website address is: https://winningadhd.com.

Information I Collect:

  • Cookies: Commenting on our site gives you the option to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies persist for one year. A temporary cookie is set when visiting our login page to verify browser cookie acceptance. It contains no personal data and is deleted upon browser closure. Logging in sets several cookies to remember login info and display preferences. “Remember Me” keeps your login for two weeks, but logging out removes login cookies. Editing or publishing an article saves a cookie in your browser indicating the post ID of the edited article. This cookie, which lacks personal data, lasts one day.
  • Comments: When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection. An anonymized string formed from your email address (or hash) might be sent to the Gravatar service to check its usage. The Gravatar service privacy policy is at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes public in the context of your comment.
  • Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid those with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from website images.
  • Embedded Content: Articles may feature embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Such content from other sites behaves as if you’ve visited those sites. These sites may collect data about you, deploy cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged into that site.
  • Interactions & Web Analytics: When you interact with my content, whether by visiting my website, subscribing to my newsletter, booking a consultation, or any other manner, I may collect personal information such as your name and email address, and any other information you voluntarily provide to me. We also use Google Analytics to help understand how our visitors use the site and to gather user data for analytics purposes.
  • Tools and Platforms: I utilize tools like Mailchimp and Meta Pixel for email marketing, data collection, and user engagement. When you sign up for consultations or interact with my blog posts, your information may be added to specific audiences for tailored communication. For my newsletters, I use Substack as my subscription platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Substack for processing.

How I Use Your Information: I may use your personal information for the following purposes:

  • To send you my newsletter and other marketing communications, which you have consented to receive.
  • To schedule and prepare for consultations.
  • To improve my services and the user experience on my website.
  • To recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue for those who leave comments.

Sharing and Disclosure: I do not sell your personal information to third parties. I may disclose your personal information to trusted third-party service providers as necessary for them to perform services on my behalf, such as:

  • Serving advertisements.
  • Conducting surveys or contests.
  • Performing analysis of my services and customer demographics.
  • Communicating with you, such as by way of email or survey delivery.
  • Handling password reset requests, where your IP address will be included in the reset email.
  • Spam detection, as visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
  • Customer relationship management.

Data Security: I am committed to protecting the security of your personal information and use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction, or damage.

Your Rights: Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws concerning your personal data. These rights include:

  • The right to access – Request copies of your personal data.
  • The right to rectification – Correct any inaccurate or incomplete information.
  • The right to erasure – Request erasure of personal data under specific conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – Limit data processing under certain conditions.
  • The right to object – Object to data processing under specific conditions.
  • The right to data portability – Request transfer of collected data to another organization, or directly to you, under certain circumstances.

Cookies and Similar Technologies: I use cookies and similar tracking technologies to gather and use your personal data, including for interest-based advertising.

Changes to this Policy: I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to my information practices. If I make any material changes I will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a notice on my services prior to the change becoming effective.

Contact: For any questions or requests about this policy, please contact me at hadar@winningadhd.com.

This Privacy Policy is effective as of July 24, 2023.