Effective date: September 17, 2026
stephenjgaines.com respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit this website, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you contact me by email or through any contact feature available on this website. This information may include:
Please do not submit confidential, financial, medical, or other sensitive personal information through this website.
When you visit this website, limited technical information may be collected automatically by the website’s hosting, security, or analytics services. This may include:
This information is generally used to operate, secure, maintain, and improve the website.
This website may use cookies or similar technologies required for basic website functionality, security, performance, or traffic measurement.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some parts of the website operate.
This website does not use cookies to sell personal information or create advertising profiles.
Information collected through this website may be used to:
I do not sell or rent your personal information.
Information may be shared with service providers that help operate or protect the website, such as website hosting, security, email, backup, or analytics providers. These providers may process information only as necessary to perform their services.
Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to lawful requests, protect legal rights, prevent fraud or abuse, or address a security concern.
This website may contain links to LinkedIn, portfolio projects, client websites, social platforms, or other third-party websites. Those services operate independently and have their own privacy practices.
This Privacy Policy does not govern information collected by third-party websites. You should review the privacy policy of any external service you visit.
This website includes professional portfolio materials and case studies. Certain names, brands, screenshots, or project details may be presented for professional, educational, historical, or illustrative purposes.
Sensitive, confidential, or proprietary information is not intentionally published. Some project names, data, or circumstances may be modified, generalized, or fictionalized to protect privacy and confidentiality.
Personal information submitted through an inquiry may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond, maintain professional records, manage an ongoing relationship, resolve a dispute, or satisfy legal obligations.
Information that is no longer reasonably needed may be deleted or securely disposed of.
Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to protect this website and the information submitted through it. However, no website, email system, or method of electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You may contact me to request that I:
Certain information may need to be retained when required for legitimate business, security, recordkeeping, or legal purposes.
To make a privacy request, email hello@stephenjgaines.com with “Privacy Request” in the subject line.
California residents may have privacy rights under applicable California law. These rights may include requesting information about personal data collected, requesting correction or deletion, and receiving information about certain disclosures.
StephenJGaines.com does not sell personal information and does not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
This website does not currently respond to traditional “Do Not Track” browser signals. You may control cookies and related browser storage through your browser settings.
This website is intended for a general professional audience and is not directed to children under 13. I do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child has submitted personal information through this website, please contact me so the information can be reviewed and removed when appropriate.
This Privacy Policy may be updated as the website, its features, or applicable privacy practices change. The effective date at the top of this page will be revised when material updates are made.
For questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy, contact:
Stephen J. Gaines
Email: hello@stephenjgaines.com
Website: https://stephenjgaines.com