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Privacy Policy for jacobjm.com

Effective Date: June 30, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how jacobjm.com (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your information when you visit our website. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting it.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide and improve our services to you. The types of information we collect depend on how you interact with our site.

a) Information collected automatically through Google Site Kit:

Our website uses Google Site Kit, which integrates various Google services to help us understand our website’s traffic and performance. Through Google Site Kit, we may collect the following information:

  • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect information about your use of our website. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the dates and times of your visits. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this data. You can learn more about how Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps by visiting www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

  • Google Search Console: We use Google Search Console to monitor our website’s performance in Google Search. This provides us with aggregated data about search queries, clicks, and impressions, but it does not personally identify you.

b) Information related to Cookie Consent:

We use CookieYes to manage cookie consent on our website. When you visit our site, you will be presented with a cookie banner that allows you to accept or decline the use of certain cookies. CookieYes may store your consent preferences and will place a cookie to remember your choice. CookieYes collects your IP address in a masked (anonymized) form to record your consent.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To operate and improve our website: We use the data from Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site, which content is popular, and how we can enhance the user experience.

  • To monitor website performance: Google Search Console data helps us understand our visibility in Google Search and optimize our content.

  • To comply with legal obligations: We use CookieYes to obtain and manage your consent for the use of cookies as required by data privacy regulations.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. We use cookies for the following purposes:

  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.

  • Analytics Cookies: These cookies, set by Google Analytics, allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site.

  • Consent Cookies: These cookies are used by CookieYes to store your cookie consent preferences.

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time through the CookieYes banner on our website.

4. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.

  • Google: The data collected through Google Site Kit is processed by Google. We encourage you to review Google’s Privacy Policy.

  • CookieYes: The data related to your cookie consent is managed by CookieYes.

We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.

5. Your Data Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:

  • The right to access the personal data we hold about you.

  • The right to request that we correct or update any inaccurate personal data.

  • The right to request that we delete your personal data.

  • The right to object to the processing of your personal data.

  • The right to withdraw your consent at any time.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. You can also manage your cookie preferences at any time via the CookieYes consent banner.

6. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect the information we collect from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

7. Third-Party Links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites.

8. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this policy.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at: hello@jacobjm.com