Privacy & Cookie Policy
A privacy policy has a reputation for being the most-skipped writing on the internet. This one aims to break the streak. It’s short, it’s in plain English, and it tells you exactly what happens when you stop by — which, honestly, isn’t much.
People Driven Results is a speaking, training, and consulting practice — not a data business. I’m interested in helping leaders work better across generations, not in building a dossier on you. So the amount of information this website collects is modest, and this page lays out all of it: what’s gathered, why, who (if anyone) sees it, and the controls you have. No legalese smog.
The short version
- You can read this whole site anonymously. Browsing requires you to hand over nothing.
- The only tracking here is website analytics (Google Analytics 4), which tells me things like “40 people read the Gen Z article this week” — never who you personally are.
- No mailing list, no lead form, no social-media tracking buttons. None of it, right now.
- Don’t want to be counted? You can opt out in two clicks — instructions below — and the site works exactly the same.
- If you email me, I keep your email — because that’s how replying works — and I don’t sell it, share it, or feed it to anyone.
Who’s responsible for your data
The person accountable for the data described here is:
People Driven Results
Frankfort, Illinois, USA
Phone: 815-469-2617
Email: haydn.shaw@peopledrivenresults.com
Web: peopledrivenresults.com
What this site collects (and what it doesn’t)
1. Server logs — the automatic stuff
Like essentially every website on earth, this one’s server keeps a routine log when a page is requested. That log can include your browser type and version, your operating system, the page that referred you here, the pages you viewed, the date and time, and your IP address. This is standard web-server housekeeping: it helps deliver pages correctly, keeps the site secure, and lets me spot trouble (say, someone trying to break in). It isn’t used to figure out who you are.
2. Analytics — Google Analytics 4
This site uses Google Analytics 4 (GA4), a web-analytics service from Google LLC, to understand how the site is used in aggregate — which articles get read, how people find the site, whether a page is confusing enough that everyone leaves. GA4 sets cookies and processes usage data to make this possible.
In plain English: GA4 tells me patterns (“the keynote page is popular on Mondays”), not identities. I don’t see your name, and I’m not trying to. Google processes this data on its own terms and may store it on servers in the United States; its handling is described at policies.google.com/privacy.
Prefer not to be counted? Easy, and no pop-up required. Install Google’s official opt-out browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout — it switches GA off across every site you visit. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings (see the cookie section below), or turn on your browser’s “Do Not Track” / Global Privacy Control signal, which I honor as an opt-out.
3. Anything you send me directly
If you email me or reach out through a contact link, I receive whatever you chose to send — your name, your email address, and your message. I use it for exactly one thing: to talk with you. It isn’t handed to third parties, and it isn’t quietly added to a marketing list (there isn’t one). When a conversation has run its course, the thread goes.
Cookies, in one honest paragraph
Cookies are small text files a site stores in your browser. This site uses them for one purpose — the Google Analytics measurement described above — plus any strictly necessary cookies your browser or my host needs to serve the page. You’re fully in charge: every major browser lets you block cookies, delete the ones already set, or be warned before any are stored. Switch analytics cookies off and you lose nothing here; the site runs fine.
| Cookie type | What it’s for | Can you refuse it? |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Lets the page load and stay secure | Required for the site to function |
| Analytics (GA4) | Counts visits and shows which content is useful | Yes — opt-out add-on, browser settings, or a GPC signal |
Your rights over your data
This is the part where precision matters, so the whimsy steps aside. Depending on where you live, the law gives you real rights over your personal data. I honor them regardless of where you’re writing from — but two places have specific rules worth naming.
If you’re in California (CCPA/CPRA)
California residents have the right to know what personal information is collected, to access a copy, to request correction, to request deletion, and to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. For the record: I do not sell or share your personal information, and there’s no arrangement that would make me want to. This site also honors the Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signal as a valid opt-out. Make any request at the email below, and I won’t treat you differently for asking.
If you’re in Canada (PIPEDA)
Under Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, you have the right to know what personal information is collected and why, to access what’s held about you, to have inaccurate information corrected, and to withdraw consent. Collection here is limited to what’s described on this page, and it’s used only for the purposes stated. Same email, same real-person reply.
Everyone else
Even if you’re not in California or Canada, the offer stands: email me and ask what I have, ask me to correct it, or ask me to delete it. The answer will be short, because there isn’t much to begin with.
How long data is kept
Only as long as it’s genuinely useful or legally required, and no longer. Server logs cycle out on a routine schedule. Analytics data lives within Google’s retention settings for GA4. Emails you send are kept while the conversation is live and for a reasonable window after, then deleted unless a law (tax records, for instance) requires otherwise.
Children’s privacy
This site is built for leaders, managers, and the people who hire speakers — grown-up work. It is not directed at anyone under 18, and I don’t knowingly collect information from minors. If you believe a child has sent me personal data, email me and I’ll delete it.
Security, honestly stated
I take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the little data this site handles. That said, no transmission over the internet can be promised as 100% secure — anyone who tells you otherwise is overselling. If you’d rather share something sensitive by phone than by web form, the number’s up top.
Automated decision-making
None. I don’t use automated profiling or algorithmic decision-making to make judgments about you. Decisions here are made by a human who has read too many books about generations.
When this policy changes
If the site adds a feature that touches your data — a newsletter, a booking form, embedded video — I’ll update this page before that feature goes live and move the date at the top. No silent edits.
Questions? Ask a human.
If anything here is unclear, or you want to exercise a right described above, email haydn.shaw@peopledrivenresults.com.
You’ll hear back from me — Haydn — not a ticketing robot.