Privacy Policy for Three33 Collective

Effective Date: May 25, 2025

At Three33 Collective (https://three33collective.com), your privacy is our priority. We’re committed to being transparent about how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information while providing a seamless experience on our site. Think of us as a trusted friend who’s got your back—keeping your secrets safe, helping you solve problems, and ensuring your data is handled with care. This Privacy Policy explains our practices and your choices regarding your information. If you have questions, we’re here to help, and we’ll keep things kind but real.

Who We Are

Our website is: https://three33collective.com. Three33 Collective is dedicated to delivering a user-friendly online experience, and we take our responsibility to safeguard your personal information seriously. This policy applies to all visitors, users, and others who interact with our website, whether it’s browsing, commenting, or reaching out to us.

Website Status

Our site is currently undergoing a makeover and will be back soon. We’re working on some exciting updates to improve your experience, and we appreciate your patience. While the site is under maintenance, this Privacy Policy remains in effect for any data we may collect through temporary pages, forms, or communications.

Information We Collect

We only collect information when it’s necessary to provide our services, enhance your experience, or comply with legal obligations. Here’s how we collect data:

Information You Provide to Us

• Comments: When our site is live, if you leave a comment, we collect the data entered in the comment form (e.g., name, email address, and comment content), along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
• Media: If you upload images to our website (when available), avoid including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract this information from images on the site.
• Contact Information: If you reach out to us via email (three33.mail.us@gmail.com), forms, or other channels, we collect details like your name, email address, and any information you share to respond to your inquiry or provide support.
• Account Information: If you create an account (when this feature is available), we collect details like your username, email address, and password. You may also choose to provide additional profile information, such as a display name or photo.

Information We Collect Automatically

• Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies to improve your experience, including:
  • Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment (when commenting is enabled), you can opt-in to cookies that save your name, email, and website for convenience. These cookies last one year.
  • Login Cookies: Visiting our login page (when available) sets a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies; it contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser. Logging in sets cookies to save your login details (lasting two days, or two weeks if you select “Remember Me”) and screen display preferences (lasting one year).
  • Editing Cookies: Editing or publishing an article (when this feature is available) saves a cookie with the post ID, which expires after one day and contains no personal data.
• Log Information: We collect standard data like your IP address, browser type, operating system, and the date/time of your visit to analyze site performance and troubleshoot issues, even during maintenance.
• Usage Information: We track interactions with our site (e.g., pages visited, links clicked) to improve functionality and user experience when the site is fully operational.

Information from Other Sources

• Gravatar: If you comment (when commenting is enabled) and use an email address linked to a Gravatar account, we may receive a hashed version of your email to display your Gravatar profile picture. See Automattic’s Privacy Policy for details: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
• Third-Party Services: If you connect to our site via third-party services (e.g., social media logins, when available), we may receive basic information like your username or email address, depending on the service’s authorization process.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

When our site is fully operational, articles or pages may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, or social media posts) from other websites. Embedded content behaves as if you visited the other website directly. These third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your activity if you have an account and are logged into that site. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party sites (e.g., YouTube, Twitter, or Instagram) to understand their practices.

How and Why We Use Information

We use your information for the following purposes:

• To Provide Our Services: To enable features like commenting, account management, and communication when our site is live.
• To Improve Our Site: To analyze usage data and enhance functionality, ensuring a better experience when we relaunch.
• To Communicate with You: To respond to your inquiries, provide support, or send important updates (e.g., about site maintenance). We’ll only send marketing communications if you opt-in, and you can opt-out anytime.
• To Protect Our Site and Users: To detect and prevent spam, fraud, or security issues, and to comply with legal obligations.
• To Customize Your Experience: To tailor content or features to your preferences when our site is fully operational.

Who We Share Your Data With

We don’t sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others. We only share your data in limited circumstances with appropriate safeguards:

• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law, court order, or legal process (e.g., subpoenas or regulatory requests).
• Protecting Rights and Safety: To enforce our site policies, protect our rights, or ensure the safety of our users and the public.
• Site Administrators: If you comment (when commenting is enabled), your IP address and email may be shared with site administrators to manage comments or detect spam.
• Third-Party Service Providers: We may share data with trusted vendors (e.g., hosting providers, analytics tools, or email services) to operate our site or respond to your inquiries. These vendors are bound by privacy commitments.
• Password Resets: If you request a password reset (when accounts are available), your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How Long We Retain Your Data

• Comments: If you leave a comment (when commenting is enabled), the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
• Account Information: For registered users (when accounts are available), we store personal information provided in your user profile until you delete your account or we no longer need it for the purposes outlined above, unless required by law.
• Log and Usage Data: We keep web server logs (e.g., IP addresses, browser data) for approximately 30 days to analyze traffic and troubleshoot issues. Other usage data is retained only as long as needed for site improvement or legal compliance.
• Communication Data: Information from emails or forms is kept as long as necessary to address your inquiry or comply with legal obligations.

Deleted data (e.g., comments or account information) may remain in backups or caches for a short period until fully purged.

Your Rights

You have control over your personal information. Depending on your location (e.g., under GDPR for EU residents or certain US state laws like California’s CCPA), you may have the following rights:

• Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
• Correction: Ask us to correct inaccurate data.
• Deletion: Request deletion of your data, except for information we’re legally required to retain.
• Portability: Receive your data in a portable format.
• Object or Restrict: Object to or limit our use of your data.
• Opt-Out of Sharing: Opt-out of data sharing considered a “sale” or “share” under certain US state laws (e.g., for targeted advertising).

To exercise these rights, contact us at three33.mail.us@gmail.com. We’ll verify your identity (e.g., by confirming your email address) to ensure your data stays secure. If we deny a request (e.g., due to legal obligations), we’ll explain why in writing. You can appeal denials by responding to our email, and we’ll review it with an independent expert. In some US states, you may escalate a denied appeal to your state’s attorney general, and we’ll provide details on how to do so.

You can also:

• Limit Information Provided: Choose not to provide optional information (e.g., profile details), though this may limit some features.
• Opt-Out of Marketing: Unsubscribe from promotional emails by following the instructions in those communications.
• Manage Cookies: Set your browser to reject cookies, though this may affect site functionality.
• Control Device Permissions: Adjust your device settings to limit access to location data or stored information (e.g., photos).

We respect the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal as a valid opt-out for data sharing in applicable regions.

Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or loss. While no online service is 100% secure, we monitor for vulnerabilities and use secure protocols to keep your data safe. We encourage you to use strong passwords and enable two-factor authentication (when available) to enhance your account security.

How to Reach Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to exercise your rights, or need help with anything else, contact us:

• Email: three33.mail.us@gmail.com
• Website: https://three33collective.com

We’ll respond as quickly as possible—your trust means everything to us.

Third-Party Services

When our site is live, it may use third-party services (e.g., Gravatar, analytics tools, or embedded content providers like YouTube). These services have their own privacy policies, which you should review. We don’t control their data practices, but we choose partners who align with our commitment to privacy.

Privacy Policy Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We’ll notify you by revising the “Effective Date” and, for significant changes, by posting a notice on our site or emailing you. Your continued use of our site after changes indicates acceptance of the updated policy.

Thank you for trusting Three33 Collective. We’re excited to bring our site back soon, better than ever!