This policy explains what personal information Coologee collects, why we collect it, who we share it with, and what you can ask us to do about it. It is written to be read, not to be survived.
Coologee, Inc. is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Rhode Island, United States, operating from Boston, Cleveland and Providence. Coologee, Inc. is the controller of the personal information described in this policy.
Registered office: 9 Knollwood Avenue, East Greenwich, Rhode Island 02818, United States. For any question about this policy, or to exercise a right described in section 9, write to cat@coologee.com.
Information you give us. If you use the contact form we collect your name, email address, organization and the message you write. If you subscribe to Brand is Business we collect your first name, last name, email address and the fact that you opted in, together with the date you did so. If you email or call us we keep that correspondence.
Information collected automatically. Our hosting provider and analytics record your IP address, browser and device type, the pages you view, the site that referred you, and the date and time of your visit. We use this to keep the site working and to understand which writing is read.
Cookies and similar technologies. These are described separately in our Cookie Notice.
We do not ask for, and do not want, sensitive personal information — health, biometric, precise geolocation, government identifiers, or information about racial or ethnic origin, religion, or sexual orientation. Please do not send it to us through this site.
To respond to an enquiry and to discuss whether we can help. Where the UK or EU GDPR applies, our basis is that this is necessary to take steps at your request before entering a contract, and our legitimate interest in running a professional services firm.
To send you Brand is Business emails. Our basis is your consent, given when you tick the opt-in box. You can withdraw it at any time and we will stop.
To operate, secure and improve the site. Our basis is our legitimate interest in a site that works, loads and is not abused.
To meet legal, tax and regulatory obligations, and to establish or defend legal claims. Our basis is compliance with a legal obligation and our legitimate interest in protecting the firm.
We send emails a few times a month. They contain new writing and nothing else — no drip sequences, no lead scoring, no sharing your address with anyone. Every email carries a one-click unsubscribe, and you can also write to data@coologee.com. We act on unsubscribes promptly and in any event within ten business days.
Service providers who act on our instructions — website hosting, form processing, email delivery, analytics and IT support. They may use your information only to provide the service to us.
Professional advisers such as lawyers and accountants, where they need it. Authorities and courts, where the law requires it. A buyer or successor, if the firm is sold or merged — in which case this policy continues to govern the information until it is replaced with notice to you.
We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are defined under California law. We have not done so in the preceding twelve months.
We are based in the United States and our providers may process information in the United States and elsewhere. Where we transfer personal information out of the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area, we rely on the UK International Data Transfer Addendum or the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses, together with any additional safeguards those instruments require.
Enquiries and correspondence: twenty-four months after our last substantive contact, unless the enquiry became an engagement, in which case client records follow our engagement terms. Subscriber details: until you unsubscribe, and then twelve months so we can prove we honoured your request. Server and analytics logs: twelve months. We may keep information longer where the law requires it or where it is needed for a live legal claim.
The site is served over encrypted connections, access to submissions is limited to people at the firm who need it, and our providers are chosen partly on their security posture. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we do not claim otherwise. If a breach affects your rights we will notify you and the relevant regulator as the law requires.
If you are in the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area you may ask us for a copy of your personal information, ask us to correct or delete it, ask us to restrict or stop a particular use, object to processing based on legitimate interests, ask for portability, and withdraw consent at any time. You may also complain to your supervisory authority — in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office.
If you are a California resident you may ask what we have collected and why, ask for a copy, ask us to correct or delete it, and opt out of sale or sharing — though as section 5 says, we do neither. You may also limit the use of sensitive personal information, which we do not collect. We will not treat you differently for exercising any of these rights. You may use an authorized agent, and we will ask for proof of their authority.
Residents of other states with comprehensive privacy laws — including Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana — have broadly similar rights, including the right to appeal a refusal. Rhode Island residents have rights under the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act.
To exercise any right, write to cat@coologee.com with enough detail for us to find your information. We will verify who you are before we act, and respond within forty-five days, extending once where the request is complex and telling you if we do. There is no charge unless a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.
We do not make decisions about you by automated means, and we do not profile you. A person reads every enquiry.
This site is aimed at people acting in a professional capacity. It is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone under sixteen. If you believe a child has given us information, write to data@coologee.com and we will delete it.
Where the law requires it, we treat a Global Privacy Control signal from your browser as a valid opt-out of sale and sharing. There is no consistent industry standard for Do Not Track headers, so we do not respond to them separately.
If we change this policy we will post the revised version here and update the date at the top. Where a change materially affects how we use information you have already given us, we will tell you directly before it takes effect.
Coologee, Inc., 9 Knollwood Avenue, East Greenwich, Rhode Island 02818, United States. data@coologee.com.