Privacy policy

Effective Date: 3/12/2024

Welcome to HawkInTheLens (the "Website"). Your privacy is important to us, and this Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

• Personal Information: When you contact us, we may collect your name and email address.

• Automatically Collected Data: We use cookies, analytics, and tracking tools to collect information about how you use the Website, such as IP address, browser type, and pages visited.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected data to:

• Improve and personalize your experience on the Website.

• Respond to inquiries and provide support.

• Analyze traffic and improve our content.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

This Website uses cookies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

• These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

• These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

For help locating cookies on your device, visit your browser's documentation:

• Chrome

• Firefox

• Safari

• Microsoft Edge

4. Analytics

The Website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

• Information about your browser, network, and device

• Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

• Your IP address

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

• Clicks

• Internal links

• Pages visited

• Scrolling

• Searches

• Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity

5. Third-Party Services

We use third-party services (such as YouTube or social media platforms) that collect, store, and process data under their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review their policies for more details.

6. Data Protection & Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect your data. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Your Rights Under GDPR (For EU Users)

If you are located in the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA), you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Right to Access – You can request a copy of the personal data we have about you.

• Right to Correction – You can ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.

• Right to Deletion ("Right to be Forgotten") – You can request that we delete your personal data, except where we have a legal obligation to keep it.

• Right to Object & Restrict Processing – You can request that we stop using your data or limit how it is processed.

• Right to Data Portability – You can request a copy of your data in a machine-readable format.

• Right to Withdraw Consent – If you previously gave consent to collect your data, you can withdraw it at any time.

If you want to understand more how Squarepace, our website provider, treats GDPR, you should read their support article linked here. To exercise your GDPR rights, please contact us at hawkinsaeger@gmail.com .

8. Your Privacy Rights Under U.S. State Laws

Depending on your state of residence, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data. These may include the right to:

• Know what personal information we collect and how we use it.

• Access a copy of the personal data we have about you.

• Request Deletion of your personal data, subject to legal exceptions.

• Opt-Out of Data Sharing (if applicable).

• Correct Inaccurate Information in your records.

• Non-Discrimination for exercising your privacy rights.

Most of this information is outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you would like to exercise other rights, or you have questions, please contact me at hawkinsaeger@gmail.com.

9. Children's Privacy (COPPA Compliance)

The website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect, store, or process personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected data from a child under 13, we will take immediate steps to delete that information.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Effective Date." Continued use of the Website after updates constitutes acceptance of the new terms.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at hawkinsaeger@gmail.com