Privacy

Privacy Policy

This policy explains what information may be processed when you use davidosouthwood.com and how information submitted through the website is used.

Last updated: August 25, 2026

Information

What the website collects

This is a professional website, not a data collection platform. Most information is only provided when you choose to contact me.

Information you provide

If you use the contact form on this website, you may provide information such as your name, email address, company name, the reason you are contacting me, technologies involved, project timeline, and the message you submit.

Please do not submit passwords, API keys, authentication tokens, confidential source code, financial information, or other highly sensitive information through the contact form.

How I use your information

Information submitted through the contact form is used to review and respond to your inquiry, evaluate potential consulting or employment opportunities, and maintain reasonable business correspondence related to your request.

I do not sell personal information submitted through this website.

Service Providers

Services that help operate the website

A small number of third-party services are used for hosting, security, email delivery, and communication.

Cloudflare

Bot and abuse protection

Cloudflare Turnstile is used on forms to help distinguish legitimate visitors from automated traffic and reduce spam and abuse.

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Resend

Transactional email delivery

Contact form submissions are sent using Resend. Information required to deliver those messages may be processed as part of providing the email service.

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Vercel

Website hosting and infrastructure

The website is hosted using Vercel, which may process technical request, diagnostic, device, and security information necessary to operate the site.

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Data Practices

Retention, cookies, and your choices

Cookies and analytics

This website does not currently use advertising trackers or behavioral advertising cookies.

Security services such as Cloudflare Turnstile may use browser technologies or security tokens as necessary to provide fraud and bot protection.

If additional analytics or measurement services are added in the future, this policy will be updated to describe those services and the information they collect.

Data retention

Contact messages and related correspondence may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to your inquiry, maintain appropriate business records, resolve disputes, or comply with legal obligations.

Third-party service providers may retain information in accordance with their own retention policies and service requirements.

Your choices

You are not required to use the contact form and may contact me directly by email instead.

Depending on where you live, applicable privacy laws may provide rights relating to personal information, such as requesting access to, correction of, or deletion of certain information.

Children's privacy

This website is intended for professional and business use and is not directed toward children. I do not knowingly solicit personal information from children through this website.

Questions about your information?

If you have a question about this privacy policy or information you previously submitted through this website, you can contact me directly.

david@davidosouthwood.com

Changes to this policy

This privacy policy may be updated when the website, services, or data-handling practices change. The last-updated date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was most recently revised.