Privacy Policy

This policy applies to Yodi Richeson ("we," "us"), operating the website at yodiricheson.com. It covers information collected through this site, its inquiry and speaking forms, the newsletter signup, and standard website analytics.

If you contact us directly by email or engage Yodi's services, information shared in those relationships is handled with the same care described here.

Information you give us directly. When you submit an inquiry or a speaking/media request, we collect what you enter: your name, email, organization, message, and, if you provide it, your phone number. For speaking and media requests, we also collect the event details you share (event name, date, location, format, audience size, and whether travel is covered). When you subscribe to the newsletter, we collect your email address.

Information collected automatically. Like most websites, this site collects limited technical information when you visit, such as your IP address, browser type, device, referring page, and how you move through the site. This is collected through website analytics tools and standard server logs, and is used in aggregate to understand and improve the site.

Cookies and similar technologies. The site uses cookies as described in Section 6.

We do not knowingly collect more than we need, and we don't ask for sensitive personal information through this website.

We use the information you share to:

• Respond to your inquiry and open the right conversation, routed by the type of request you selected.
• Evaluate and coordinate speaking, media, mentorship, or performance engagements.
• Send the newsletter, if you've subscribed (and only until you unsubscribe).
• Operate, secure, and improve the website.
• Meet legal or regulatory obligations where they apply.

We do not use your information for automated decision-making, and we do not sell it. (See Section 5.)

In plain terms: we use your information because you asked us to (when you contact us or subscribe), because it's reasonably needed to run the site and respond to you, or because the law requires it. You can change your mind about the newsletter anytime.

The precise version, where the law requires one: where a legal basis is required, we rely on your consent (for the newsletter, which you may withdraw at any time), our legitimate interests (responding to inquiries and keeping the site secure), and legal obligation (where we must retain or disclose information).

We don't sell your information, and we don't hand it over for anyone else's advertising. We share it only with:

• The companies that help us run the site, and only so they can do that job, for example the services that manage inquiries, send the newsletter, host the website, and provide analytics. They're bound by agreements that limit them to that purpose.
• The law, if we're legally required to disclose something, or need to protect people's safety, our rights, or the site itself.
• A new owner, in the unlikely event the business is sold or reorganized, in which case this same policy would continue to apply.

We ask everyone we work with to protect your information to a standard in line with this.

The site uses cookies, small files stored on your device, to keep the site working, remember preferences, and understand how the site is used. These include:

• Essential cookies, required for the site to function.
• Analytics cookies, which help us see how the site is used, in aggregate.
• Third-party cookies from embedded content, for example, embedded video may set its own cookies when played.

You can control or refuse cookies through your browser settings; disabling some may affect how the site works.

We keep your information only as long as we need it for the purpose you shared it, to respond to and manage your inquiry, or to send the newsletter until you unsubscribe, and as long as required to meet legal or record-keeping obligations. When it's no longer needed, we delete or anonymize it.

We use reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect the information you share through this site. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, so we can't guarantee absolute security, but we treat your information with care and limit access to it. If something sensitive or time-critical is involved, a direct conversation is always available.

You can:

• Unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, using the link in any email.
• Ask what we hold about you, and request a copy.
• Correct or update your information.
• Ask us to delete it, subject to any legal obligations to retain it.
• Object to or restrict certain uses.

Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights, for example, under the GDPR/UK GDPR (EU/UK) or the CCPA/CPRA, including the right to know, delete, correct, and opt out of "sale" or "sharing" (we do neither). To exercise any of these, contact us at hello@yodiricheson.com. We'll respond within the timeframe the applicable law requires.

This site links to and may embed third-party content, for example, Yodi's LinkedIn profile, the Forbes article, and speaking or teaching video. Those services have their own privacy practices, and this policy doesn't cover them. We'd encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party site you visit or interact with.

This site is intended for a professional adult audience. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe a child has provided information through this site, contact us and we'll delete it.

Questions about this policy, or about your information, can go to:

Email: hello@yodiricheson.com

If you'd rather reach us about an engagement, the Contact page is the place to start.

If we update this policy, we'll revise the "Last updated" date above and, where the change is significant, note it clearly. Continued use of the site after an update means the current version applies.