Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Akriva LLC, doing business as The Options Engineer, collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use TheOptionsEngineer.com, subscribe to updates, or contact us.
1. Information we collect
Information you provide
- Email address and any information you choose to provide when you subscribe to updates or contact us.
- Messages, attachments, feedback, and other information you send to us.
- We do not currently collect payment-card information through this website.
Information collected automatically
- When you use the website, our hosting, security, email, or other service providers may automatically receive limited technical information such as Internet Protocol address, browser or device information, timestamps, pages requested, diagnostic information, and security-related data.
- Cookies or similar technologies may be used by the site or its service providers for security, functionality, subscription management, and related operational purposes.
2. How we use information
- Provide the website, research updates, requested communications, support, educational-session updates, and information about the research platform.
- Operate email subscriptions, process unsubscribe requests, and maintain suppression records so we do not re-add people who opted out.
- Respond to inquiries, evaluate product feedback, prevent abuse, diagnose technical issues, and improve content and user experience.
- Protect our rights, users, systems, and business; comply with law; and establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
3. Email communications
We use Kit/ConvertKit to manage email subscriptions. You may unsubscribe using the link in any marketing email or by contacting us. Transactional or legally required messages may still be sent when appropriate. We do not require payment or unnecessary personal information to process an unsubscribe request.
4. How we share information
We may share information with service providers that help us host, secure, communicate, analyze, or operate the site, including Cloudflare and Kit/ConvertKit. These providers may process information as needed to provide their services, subject to their own terms and privacy practices. We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to lawful requests, protect rights or safety, investigate misuse, or complete a merger, financing, reorganization, or sale of all or part of the business.
We do not sell personal information. We do not knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
5. Cookies and similar technologies
The site and its service providers may use cookies or similar technologies for security, site functionality, subscription management, and related operational purposes. We do not knowingly use personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. You can control many cookies through your browser settings, although disabling certain technologies may affect site functionality.
Current review status: We are reviewing the cookies and similar technologies used by the website and its service providers. This Policy will be updated if that review identifies additional data practices that should be described.
6. Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described above, including to provide requested communications, maintain unsubscribe and compliance records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and meet legal, tax, accounting, and security obligations.
7. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards. No internet transmission, storage system, or security measure is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
8. Your choices and rights
You may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of information you provided, or to withdraw consent to marketing emails. We may need to verify your request and may retain information when required or permitted by law, including fraud-prevention, legal, security, and unsubscribe records. Privacy rights vary by jurisdiction, and we will respond to applicable requests as required by law.
9. Children
The site and services are intended for adults and are not directed to anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under 18. Contact us if you believe a minor has submitted personal information.
10. International visitors
The site is operated from the United States. Information may be processed and stored in the United States and other countries where our providers operate, which may have different data-protection laws than your jurisdiction.
11. External links
We are not responsible for the privacy, security, or content practices of third-party websites, platforms, brokers, analytics providers, or other services linked from the site.
12. Changes
We may update this Policy as our website, service providers, or data practices change. The effective date above will be revised when material changes are published.
13. Contact
Akriva LLC, doing business as The Options Engineer
support@theoptionsengineer.com