Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2019

About Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith and this Privacy Policy

Your privacy is critically important to us.

It is Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to neilrutledge.com (hereinafter, “us”, “we”, or “neilrutledge.com”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. We have adopted this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.

This Privacy Policy sets forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, we collect non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use the website.

We also collect potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on https://neilrutledge.com blog posts. Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.

Gathering of Personally Identifying Information

Certain visitors to https://neilrutledge.com choose to interact with Neil Rutledge in ways that require us to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information gathered depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a blog at https://neilrutledge.com to provide a username and email address.

Protection of Certain Personally Identifying Information

Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith’s behalf or to provide services available at Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith’s website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith’s website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith, third parties or the public at large.

If you are a registered user of https://neilrutledge.com and have supplied your email address, Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith and his products. We primarily use the blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum.

Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Advertisements

Ads appearing on our website may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Cookies

To enrich and perfect your online experience, Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith uses “Cookies”, similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer.

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. We use cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of  https://neilrutledge.com, and their website access preferences. Website visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using https://neilrutledge.com, with the drawback that certain features of this website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

By continuing to navigate this website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith’s use of cookies.

Links To External Sites

Our Service may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit.

We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, products or services.

E-Commerce

Those who engage in transactions with Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith – by purchasing his services or products, are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith. Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described herein. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Neil Rutledge, Goldsmith may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at his discretion. Visitors are encouraged to frequently check this page for any changes to the Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Questions and Feedback

We welcome your questions, comments, and concerns about privacy. Please send us any and all feedback pertaining to privacy, or any other issue. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via email or phone

Terms and Conditions

Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website.

Neil Rutledge

Founder & Master Goldsmith