Privacy Policy

SH Media (Scott Hawring) is the data controller for this website.

313 E Hudson Ave #1036, Royal Oak, MI 48067, USA
Email: hello@shmedia.us
Phone: +1 (248) 797-0907

• —Contact form submissions — your name, email address, and anything you choose to write in the message field.
• —Direct correspondence — the contents of emails, calls, or messages you send us.
• —Technical logs — IP address, browser type, and pages requested, recorded automatically by our hosting provider for security and reliability.

We do not run advertising trackers, analytics tools, or marketing pixels on this website, and we do not buy or sell personal data.

• —To reply to your enquiry and discuss a possible project — consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), given when you choose to submit the form.
• —To deliver services you have engaged us for — performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b)).
• —To keep the website secure and available — legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)).
• —To meet accounting and tax obligations — legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)).

We only share data with service providers who help us run the site, and only as far as they need it:

• —Common Ninja — provides the contact form on our Contact page and processes what you submit through it.
• —Our website hosting provider — stores and serves this site and keeps server logs.
• —Our email provider — delivers and stores the correspondence between us.

These providers act as processors under written terms. Our servers and providers are based in the United States, so data you send may be transferred outside the EEA/UK. Such transfers rely on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses or an equivalent safeguard.

Enquiries that do not become projects are deleted within 24 months. Records relating to paid work are kept for as long as the engagement runs and then for the retention period required by tax and accounting law. Server logs are rotated within a short period by our host. You can ask us to delete your data sooner at any time.

This site sets no advertising or analytics cookies. We store one small entry in your browser to remember your privacy choice, and we hold back the third-party contact form until you allow it. Details are in our Cookie Policy.

If you are in the EU, EEA, or UK you have the right to:

• —Access the personal data we hold about you.
• —Have inaccurate data corrected.
• —Have your data erased.
• —Restrict or object to how we process it.
• —Receive your data in a portable format.
• —Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing already carried out.
• —Lodge a complaint with your national supervisory authority.

To exercise any of these, email hello@shmedia.us. We respond within 30 days and never charge for a reasonable request.

The site is served over HTTPS, access to enquiry data is limited to the people who need it, and we review our providers' security practices. No online service can be perfectly secure, so please don't send sensitive personal information (health, financial, or identity documents) through the contact form.

This website is aimed at businesses and is not intended for children under 16. We do not knowingly collect data from them.

We update this page when our practices change, and the date at the top always shows the current version. Questions? Email hello@shmedia.us or use the contact page.