Privacy Policy


The responsible data controller for this website is:

Adobe in Action
121 Heavens Gait Ranch Road
Silver City, NM 88061
USA

E: kurt@adobeinaction.org

You can contact us any time via email, if you have questions about our privacy policy.

How we collect your data


This is an overview of how we handle your personal data. Please see the sections below for further details.

On this website

We collect the following personal data on our website:

  • server logs

  • the optional, voluntary data you share with us when you fill out one of our online application forms

  • the optional, voluntary data you share with us when you register online for one of our course

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Cookies, analytics and tracking


Cookies are small pieces of text sent to your browser when you visit a site. They serve a variety of functions, like enabling us to remember certain information you provide to us as you navigate between pages on our site. We use cookies on the website and associated domains of www.adobeinaction.org for the following purposes:

  • Performance and Analytics. Cookies help us analyze how our site content is being accessed and used. For example, we use cookies to determine if you viewed a page or opened an email. This helps us provide you with information that you find interesting.

  • Third Parties. Third Party Services may use cookies to help you sign into their services from our website. Any such third party cookie usage is governed by the policy of the third party placing the cookie. See “Newsletter service" and "Other third-party services” below for more details.

  • Opting Out. You can set your browser to not accept cookies, but this may limit your ability to use our site.

TLS encryption


This site uses TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential data. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser’s address line when it changes from “http://” to “https://” and when the lock icon is displayed in your browser’s address bar.

If TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to me cannot be read by third parties.

Hosting


The server for our website is provided by:

Squarespace
459 Broadway, Fl 5
New York, NY 10013
USA

Squarespace complies with GDPR. The server is located in their data center in New York, NY, USA. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy/

Server log files


We automatically collect and store information that your browser transmits to us in “server log files” on our Squarespace server. These are:

  • Browser type and browser version

  • Operating system used

  • Referrer URL

  • Host name of the accessing computer

  • Time of the server request

  • IP address

This data will not be combined with data from other sources.

Newsletter service


You can sign up for our occasional Newsletter to receive updates and news about Adobe in Action. We never sign you up automatically. You have to use the sign up form on our website and confirm your subscription with the double-opt in process. To sign up we require and verify your email address and you can provide an optional name.

All subscriber data is collected by our newsletter service MailChimp. MailChimp offers extensive analytics tools to check if newsletters have been opened and links have been clicked. We only use those analytics to check how interesting and relevant our newsletters are for the entire list of subscribers over time. We never use them to analyze individual subscribers.

You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time. This can be done by using the unsubscribe link in every newsletter or by sending an email to kurt@adobeinaction.org and we will handle it for you.

MailChimp complies with GDRP. You can find out more about their privacy policy on their site: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

Other third-party services


We use the following third-party services to improve the performance and usability of our site:

Big Cartel

We use the Big Cartel for managing our course and event registrations. Big Cartel complies with GDPR. You can find their privacy policy here: https://help.bigcartel.com/gdpr

Canvas

We use Canvas (Instructure Inc.) to host and administer our online courses. Canvas complies with GDPR. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.canvaslms.com/policies/privacy

Vimeo

We use Vimeo to host and stream our instructional video files. Vimeo complies with GDPR. You can find their privacy policy here: https://vimeo.com/privacy

JotForm

We use JotForm for our online course feedback forms. JotForm complies with GDPR. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.jotform.com/privacy/

YouTube

We use YouTube to host and stream our promotional video files. YouTube complies with GDPR. You can find their privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Instagram

We link from this website to our Instagram page to allow you to follow us. Instagram complies with GDPR. You can find their privacy policy here: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875

Facebook

We link from this website to our Facebook page to allow you to follow us. Facebook complies with GDPR. You can find their privacy policy here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy

Your rights


You can exercise your rights by sending us an email at kurt@adobeinaction.org. You can access information on all data stored about you. Get in contact and we will provide you with all information on data we have about you. You have the right to be ‘forgotten’ by us. Let us know and we will delete all your personal data that we store. You have the right to correct any personal data stored about you. If there’s any personal data about you that should be corrected by us, please let us know. You have the right to withdraw your consent. Please tell us first, so we have a chance to address your concerns. If we fail in this, you can address any complaint to your national data protection authorities.

Questions & Feedback


We try to keep our privacy policy as transparent and easy to understand as possible. Please let us know if we can improve it further or if you have any other questions.

Updates


We will constantly check and update this privacy policy if necessary.
Last update: January 30, 2024