PRIVACY POLICY
What this website collects, why it is used, and the choices available to you.
AT A GLANCE
Ransom Street Research & Evaluation is an independent consulting practice led by Dr. Patrick Sean Smith. This website is designed to explain the practice, share selected professional work, and make it possible to begin a conversation about a project.
The site does not ask visitors to create accounts, make payments, or subscribe to marketing email. It does collect limited information when someone uses the contact form and limited technical information as the site is loaded and used.
Collect only what is useful
Use it for a stated purpose
Share it only when necessary
SCOPE
This Privacy Policy describes how Ransom Street Research & Evaluation (“Ransom Street,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) handles information collected through ransomstreet.com.
It does not describe the handling of research-participant, evaluation, client, or project data. Those activities, when applicable, are governed by the relevant agreement, study protocol, informed-consent process, or project-specific notice.
INFORMATION COLLECTED
If you use the contact form, we collect the information you choose to provide:
INFORMATION COLLECTED
Like most websites, this site and its service providers receive limited technical information when a page is loaded or a form is submitted. Depending on the service and your browser settings, this may include your IP address, browser and device information, referring page, pages viewed, approximate country, timestamps, and site-performance information.
HOW INFORMATION IS USED
Information collected through this website may be used to:
SERVICE PROVIDERS
We use service providers to host, operate, protect, and understand the website. They may process information only as needed to provide those services or as otherwise described in their own privacy notices.
COOKIES AND ANALYTICS
WordPress.com, Jetpack, and related services may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies for essential website functions, security, preferences, and analytics. Jetpack Stats records page views and related usage information so we can understand how the site is used.
You can limit or remove cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect site functions. Where a consent control is presented, you can use it to manage the available choices.
RETENTION AND SECURITY
We keep contact inquiries for as long as reasonably necessary to respond, evaluate a potential engagement, maintain appropriate business records, or meet legal obligations. Information may remain for a limited time in routine backups or service-provider systems after it is deleted from active use.
Automattic states that logs used for Jetpack Stats that contain visitor IP addresses and WordPress.com usernames, when available, are retained for 28 days. We use reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect information, but no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.
YOUR CHOICES
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information, or to object to or restrict certain processing. You may also manage cookies through your browser.
To make a privacy request, use the contact form and begin the message with “Privacy Request.” We may need to verify your identity before completing a request. Some information may be retained when required by law or for legitimate recordkeeping, security, or dispute-resolution needs.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
This website is intended for professional and organizational audiences and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through this website. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us so the information can be reviewed and, when appropriate, deleted.
EXTERNAL LINKS AND UPDATES
This site links to publications, professional profiles, videos, and other third-party websites. Following one of those links takes you to a service controlled by another organization. Its privacy policy, not this one, governs the information it collects.
We may update this policy as the website, its services, or legal requirements change. The date at the top of the page shows when the policy was last updated. Material changes will be reflected on this page.
PRIVACY QUESTIONS
Use the contact form to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information associated with your inquiry. Please do not send confidential research or participant information through the website.
MAKE A PRIVACY REQUEST