Terms and Conditions

Last updated January 1, 2023.

Who We Are

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

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

Here is how we handle information about your visit to our website: If you do nothing during your visit but browse through the website, read pages, or download information, we will gather and store certain information about your visit automatically. This information does not identify you personally. We automatically collect and may store the following information about your visit:

  • The Internet domain (for example, “xcompany.com” if you use a private Internet access account) and IP address (an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web) from which you access our website;

  • The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;

  • The date and time you access our site; and

  • The pages you visit.

We use this information to help us make our site more useful to visitors – to learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. We do not track or record information about individuals and their visits.

When you visit michaelbach.com, the web server automatically collects a limited amount of information essential for the operation and security of our website and the other sites that reside on the server. Some of this information (e.g. browser type) does not identify who you are. Other information, such as your Internet domain name or IP address, may identify you depending, in large part, on the naming standards followed by your Internet service provider. You may wish to ask them about their policies and practices in this regard.

Contact Forms

We may use the information we collect from you when you inquire about a speaking event, purchase services; responding to a survey or marketing communication; or use certain other site features in the following ways: To allow us to better serve you in responding to your customer service requests. To quickly process your transactions. To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

This cookie includes no personal data.

Embedded Content and Links from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites 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 website.

This website contains links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content and the privacy practices of other websites and encourage you to examine each site’s privacy policy and make your own decisions regarding the accuracy, reliability and correctness of material and information found.

Who we share your data with

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of people who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.

How long we retain your data

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.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Copyrights & Terms of Use

This material, including copyright and marks under the Trade Marks Act (Canada), is owned by Future of IDEA, LLC and its subsidiary Future of IDEA, Inc.. and protected by law.

Permission Statement

This material may not be used, reproduced, stored or transmitted for commercial or noncommercial purposes without the express written permission of Future of IDEA.

Disclaimer

Information at this site is provided solely for the user’s information and, while thought to be accurate, is provided strictly “as is” and without warranty of any kind. Future of IDEA, and Michael Bach, its agents, employees or contractors will not be liable to you for any damages, direct or indirect, or lost profits arising out of your use of information provided at this site, or information provided at any other site that can be accessed from this site.

Privacy

Thank you for visiting michaelbach.com and reviewing our privacy policy. Our privacy policy is clear: We will not collect personal information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us.

Security

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, the web server to which this website is hosted upon employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Except for authorized law enforcement investigations, no other attempts are made to identify individual users or their usage habits.

Our contact information

Michaelbach.com is owned and operated by:

Future of IDEA, LLC
Email: privacy@michaelbach.com
Phone: 442-500-6050