Privacy policy

Who we are

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

What personal data we collect and why

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:

• The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account) and IP address from which you access our website.
• The type of browser and operating system used to access the site.
• The date and time you access the site.
• The pages you visit.

We use this information to help us make the site more useful to visitors. To learn about the number of visitors 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 the website and the other sites that reside on the server. Some of this information (for example, 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, respond to a survey or marketing communication, or use certain other site features. To better serve you in responding to customer service requests. To process your transactions quickly. To administer a contest, promotion, survey, or other site feature.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on the 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 (for example, videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the 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 and 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 and 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 that hosts this website 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.