Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 21, 2025

Your privacy is important. This Privacy Policy explains how SeanShares (“SeanShares,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares information when you visit https://SeanShares.com (the “Site”) or otherwise interact with us.

SeanShares is operated by an individual based in New York, United States.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information you provide to us

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:

  • Subscribe to receive email updates or newsletters
  • Contact us by email or through any forms on the Site

The personal information you may provide includes:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name

1.2 Information collected automatically

When you visit the Site, certain information is collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies, including:

  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device identifiers
  • Pages visited, time and date of visit, time spent on pages, and other usage information
  • Referring URLs and general location information (e.g., country or city level, where available)

This information is primarily collected for analytics and advertising purposes, as described below.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To provide, operate, and maintain the Site
  • To respond to your inquiries and communications
  • To send you email updates, newsletters, or other communications you have opted in to receive
  • To analyze how visitors use the Site and to improve content and user experience
  • To display ads and measure the performance of advertising campaigns
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical or security issues
  • To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, we process your personal data under one or more of the following legal bases:

  • Consent – e.g., when you subscribe to emails or accept cookies for analytics/advertising.
  • Legitimate interests – e.g., to operate and improve the Site, prevent fraud, and secure our services, where these interests are not overridden by your data-protection rights.
  • Legal obligations – where processing is necessary to comply with applicable laws.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Recognize your browser or device
  • Remember your preferences
  • Understand how visitors use the Site
  • Serve and measure advertisements

You can manage cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through any consent or preference tools presented on the Site. Disabling certain cookies may affect some features or functionality.

5. Analytics

We use Google Analytics to gather information about how visitors use the Site.

Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the Site. Google uses the data collected to track and examine the use of the Site, to prepare reports on its activities, and to share them with other Google services.

For more details on how Google uses this information and how you can control your data, please see Google’s privacy policy and any opt-out tools they provide (such as the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on).

6. Advertising

(Coming soon)

We display ads on the Site using:

  • Google Ads (AdSense)

These services may use cookies and similar technologies to deliver ads, measure their effectiveness, and personalize advertising content. This may involve the use of data relating to your visits to this and other sites to show ads that may be of interest to you.

You may be able to manage personalized ads through Google’s ad settings and other industry opt-out mechanisms, depending on your region.

We do not currently use separate remarketing services for marketing and advertising beyond what is inherent in these ad platforms.

7. Email Communications

We may send you emails if you have subscribed or otherwise opted in to receive them.

For sending emails, we use:

Mailgun processes your email address and relevant metadata (such as delivery and open rates) to send and analyze email performance on our behalf.

You can unsubscribe from our emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in the email or contacting us using the form in the “Contact” section.

8. Payments

We do not sell products or services through the Site and we do not process any payment information on or through the Site.

9. How We Share Your Information

We may share your information with:

  • Service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as email delivery, content delivery and analytics
  • Advertising partners (such as Google) that provide ad services on the Site
  • Authorities or other parties when required by law, legal process, or to protect our rights, safety, or property, or that of others

We do not sell your personal information in the conventional sense. However, some of the data sharing that occurs through analytics and advertising cookies may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” under certain privacy laws (such as the CCPA/CPRA). See the “CCPA/CPRA Privacy Rights” section for more information.

10. International Transfers

The Site is operated from the United States. Your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in countries other than your own, including the United States. These countries may have data-protection laws that are different from those in your country.

Where required, we take steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers.

11. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. The specific retention period may depend on the type of data and the context in which it was collected.

12. Your Rights and Choices

12.1 General rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

  • Access the personal information we hold about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
  • Request deletion of your personal information
  • Object to or request restriction of certain processing
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
  • Receive your data in a portable format, where technically feasible

To exercise these rights, contact us using the contact form on the Contact page.

13. CCPA/CPRA Privacy Rights (California Residents)

If you are a resident of California, you may have the following rights with respect to your “personal information” as defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

  • Right to know/access – to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected, used, disclosed, “sold,” or “shared” about you.
  • Right to deletion – to request that we delete personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Right to correct – to request correction of inaccurate personal information.
  • Right to opt out of “sale” or “sharing” – to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising, to the extent our use of cookies, analytics, and advertising constitutes such “sale” or “sharing.”
  • Right to non-discrimination – we will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA/CPRA.

To submit a request or to exercise your rights, contact us using the contact form on the Contact page and specify that your request relates to your CCPA/CPRA rights. If our use of cookies or third-party advertising constitutes a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information, you may also have access to additional tools on the Site to manage these choices.

We collect the categories of personal information listed earlier in this Policy (such as identifiers and internet/usage information) for the purposes described above. We may disclose such information to service providers and business partners as described in the “How We Share Your Information” section.

14. GDPR / EEA & UK Privacy Rights

If you are located in the EEA or UK, you have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and equivalent UK legislation, including:

  • The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
  • The right to object to processing based on legitimate interests, including profiling
  • The right to data portability for information you provided to us

To exercise these rights, contact us using the contact form on the Contact page.

15. CalOPPA (California Online Privacy Protection Act)

As required by CalOPPA, we state the following:

  • You can visit the Site anonymously.
  • This Privacy Policy is accessible via a link on our home page or other clear location on the Site.
  • Our Privacy Policy link includes the word “Privacy” and can be easily found on the pages described above.
  • We will notify you of material changes to this Privacy Policy by updating the “Last updated” date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, by additional notice (such as via prominent notice on the Site).

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” (DNT) feature. At this time, we do not respond to DNT signals or similar mechanisms. You can manage cookie-related preferences through your browser settings and other tools described in this Policy.

16. Children’s Privacy

The Site is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected such information, we will take steps to delete it promptly.

If you believe that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us using the contact form on the Contact page.

The Site may contain links to third-party websites or services (such as external articles, tools, or service providers). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

18. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the personal information we collect. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

19. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top of this page and may provide additional notice where appropriate.

20. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, contact us using the contact form on the Contact page.

Please include “Privacy Policy” in the subject line of your email so we can direct your inquiry appropriately.