Privacy Policy

Effective date: October 16, 2026
Last updated: October 16, 2026

The Start of Something Beautiful (“we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit this website, how we use it, and the choices you have. It applies only to this website, not to information we collect offline or through other channels, such as our Etsy shop or social media.

Information We Collect

Information you provide

When you sign up for our free quick-start guide and updates, we collect the information you enter in the signup form:

• Your first and last name
• Your email address
• The topics you tell us you are interested in (guides, consulting, or retreats)

If you email us, we receive the information you choose to share, such as your name, email address, and details about your business or question.

Information collected automatically

When you visit this website, certain information is collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies, including:

• Pages you view, how long you stay, and how you arrived at the site (for example, from a search engine, Instagram, or our Etsy shop)
• Device and browser type, operating system, and screen size
• General location (such as city or region), derived from your IP address

Our web host also keeps standard server logs, including IP addresses, browser type, and the date and time of requests, for security and site maintenance.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information you provide to:

• Send you the quick-start guide you requested
• Send you occasional updates about our guides, consulting, and retreats, based on the interests you selected
• Reply to your questions and messages
• Understand how visitors use this website so we can improve it
• Keep this website secure and working properly

Email Updates

Every update we send includes a link to unsubscribe. You can also ask to be removed at any time by emailing us at the address below. Unsubscribing from updates does not affect your ability to use this website.

How We Share Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We share it only with service providers that help us run this website and send email, such as our web host, Google Analytics[, and our email service provider, Mailchimp]. They may use your information only to provide those services to us. We may also disclose information if required by law or to protect our rights or the safety of others.

Cookies and Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use this website, such as which pages are most helpful and how people find us. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect usage information and reports trends to us without identifying individual visitors. We do not use advertising cookies, and we do not use Google Analytics data for advertising or remarketing.

Google processes this information under its own Privacy Policy (opens in a new tab). You can learn more about how Google uses data from sites that use its services (opens in a new tab).

You can limit or block analytics in several ways:

• Set your browser to block or delete cookies. The website will still work.
• Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on (opens in a new tab).
• Turn on Global Privacy Control or “Do Not Track” in your browser. [We honor Global Privacy Control signals.]

Third-Party Services

Google Fonts

This website uses Google Fonts to display text. When a page loads, your browser requests the fonts from Google’s servers, which shares your IP address with Google. Google Fonts does not set cookies. You can read more in Google’s Privacy Policy (opens in a new tab).

Embedded video

If a page includes an embedded video from YouTube or Vimeo, that service may collect information about your visit, such as your IP address, under its own privacy policy.

Links to other websites

This website links to our Etsy shop, our Instagram profile, and other sites we do not operate. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies.

How Long We Keep Information

We keep your signup information for as long as you are subscribed to our updates, and email correspondence for as long as needed to respond to you and keep reasonable business records. Google Analytics data is kept for [14 months], then automatically deleted. When you unsubscribe or ask us to delete your information, we remove it unless we are required to keep it by law.

How We Protect Information

This website uses a secure (HTTPS) connection, and access to signup information is limited to the people who need it to run our business. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect your information.

Your Choices and Rights

You can ask us to:

• Tell you what personal information we have about you
• Correct information that is inaccurate
• Delete your information
• Stop sending you email updates

To make a request, email us at the address below. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under state privacy laws, and we will respond to requests as those laws require.

Children’s Privacy

This website is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has given us personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised version on this page and update the “Last updated” date above.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:

The Start of Something Beautiful
Bend, Oregon
Email: hello@thestartofsomethingbeautiful.com