Privacy Policy

Last Updated: April 15, 2025

This privacy policy explains what information is collected when you access and use this website. This policy applies only to this website, liveprivately.net. It does not include external platforms such as YouTube, Signal, SimpleX, PayPal, etc. Please see those services for their privacy policy. Please note that this website is not self-hosted. This website is currently hosted with Yola, Inc., a Delaware company located in San Francisco, CA, USA.

What data is collected, when, and why?

Data automatically collected

• The approximate geographical location of the user/visitor, based on IP address.

• The duration of the user/visitor's access to the site.

• Which pages were visited by the user/visitor.

• The Operating System of the user/visitor.

• The browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc) of the user/visitor.

• The referrer URL (the website the user came from) of the user/visitor.

Other data collected

If you contact me directly - via email or a messaging app - I will see some limited information about you, such as the content of the message, your email address or username/handle, etc. Please see the privacy policy of the platform you’ve chosen to contact me on, for information on how they handle your data.

How this data is used

• To understand how visitors access the site.

• To better optimise the website and services of the hosting provider.

• To understand how the site is performing.

• To diagnose and debug technical problems and errors.

• To defend and protect the website from abuse.

Who has access to your data?

This website is hosted on Yola.com. Therefore, Yola Inc. has access to website user/visitor data. You can find Yola's policies at:

• Privacy Policy https://www.yola.com/privacy-policy

• Terms of Service https://www.yola.com/terms

• Data Processing https://www.yola.com/dpa

Cookie consent is handled by Usercentrics Cookiebot.

When is your data shared?

I will never share any of the data listed above, except in the following conditions:

1. As an Australian business, I will comply with any legally binding orders for user data from Australian law enforcement or government agencies.

Where is your data stored and how is it protected?

Where is your data stored?

Your website user/visitor data is handled by Yola, Inc. which is based in San Francisco, CA, USA. I do not control their data centres and therefore do not have control over the physical security of your website user/visitor data.

How is your data protected?

I attempt to protect the information of my clients and website users/visitors as best as possible; utilising strong passwords, multi-factor authentication, encryption and least privilege where possible.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance

Whilst the GDPR only applies to EU and EEA users, I attempt to be as respectful of your data as possible. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, where possible, I will gladly comply with your requests for data correction, erasure, etc.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Compliance

Whilst the CCPA only applies to California users, I attempt to be as respectful of your data as possible. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, where possible, I will gladly comply with your requests for data correction, erasure, etc.

Communications with me

Your direct communications with me, such as emails, messages, video and voice calls will be covered below.

Processing of Contact Information

Processing of this information is in my legitimate interest. I process and keep a record of your communications with me to protect myself legally, to troubleshoot and improve security, and to improve the website based on user questions and feedback.

Retention of Communications

All communications with me in an official capacity are retained indefinitely unless otherwise noted. All communications with me, may be set to expire by the sender of said communications, where the feature is available. You may also request to have your official communications with me deleted, except where required to be retained by law.

Confidentiality of Communications

Communications with me are kept with the utmost confidentiality and shall not be shared with anyone else, except under two conditions.

1. With the express, written consent of the message sender.

2. I am legally obliged to do so by a valid court order of the respective jurisdiction.

Coaching and Consulting communications will not be shared without a valid legal order or the consent of the client, as outlined in the relevant contract. All official communications with me via email are stored with zero-access encryption email providers.

Security of Communications

Email is not private or end-to-end encrypted, however, you can use my GPG Public key to encrypt a message to send via email. Even then, the 'To', 'From', and 'Subject' fields are sent in clear text.

I provide several options for end-to-end encrypted communications with me. These options are designed to keep our communications as private and secure as possible, and to comply with your preferences and threat models. Please refer to the privacy policies of these third-party providers for additional information.

Modifications to the Privacy Policy

I reserve the right to change this policy at any time. I will never knowingly reduce your rights under this policy, and if I'm made aware of any addition to data collection or reduction of rights imposed by Yola, Inc. then I will do my best to advise and announce any changes to my privacy policy. I can not notify individuals about every change made to this policy, because I do not collect contact information about website visitors/users without them willingly providing it to me. However, I reserve the right to not publicly announce any minor changes to this policy, therefore, I recommend you check this policy periodically.

Questions & Contact

For any legal requests, questions, or concerns in relation to this policy or your data, please contact me.