Privacy Policy for JRD Voice Studio

Updated: November 26th, 2025

At JRD Voice Studio, accessible from jrdvoicestudio.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by JRD Voice Studio and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at joslin@jrdvoicestudio.com.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or are collected by JRD Voice Studio. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website. Our Privacy Policy was created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Effective Date” at the top indicates the most recent version.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

Information we collect

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide, operate, and maintain our website
• Improve, personalize, and expand our website
• Understand and analyze how you use our website
• Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
• Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
• Send you emails
• Find and prevent fraud

We do not use personal information for automated decision-making or profiling.

Log Files

JRD Voice Studio follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

We collect limited analytics and functional data through:

• Squarespace (website hosting & built-in analytics)
• Google Analytics (anonymous/aggregated usage information)
• Gmail (email service provider)

This data may include:

• Pages visited
• Time spent on pages
• Browser and device type
• General geographic location (city/region level)
• Referring URLs
• Cookies or similar technologies used to operate the website

We do NOT collect or use:

• Advertising identifiers
• Cross-site tracking
• Behavioral or targeted advertising data
• Sensitive personal information

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, JRD Voice Studio uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

We use two types of cookies:

1. Essential Cookies

Provided primarily by Squarespace. These are necessary for:

• Page rendering
• Security and performance
• Logging basic site operations

You cannot disable these without affecting site functionality.

2. Analytics Cookies (Optional)

Used through Google Analytics and/or Squarespace Analytics. These help us understand:

• How many visitors we receive
• Which pages are viewed
• How users navigate the site

Analytics cookies are disabled unless you grant consent (per GDPR/ePrivacy), and can be withdrawn at any time.

3. No Advertising Cookies

We do not use:

• Targeted advertising
• Retargeting
• Third-party marketing
• Cross-context behavioral advertising
• Sale or sharing of personal information

How We Share Your Information

We share information only with service providers necessary to operate the site:

Squarespace

Website hosting, analytics, security, and infrastructure. Information processed may include IP addresses, device type, and usage patterns.

Google Analytics

Aggregated analytics that help us understand site usage. IP anonymization is enabled when supported.

We do NOT:

• Sell personal information (CCPA/CPRA “sale” = NO)
• Share data for cross-context behavioral advertising
• Share data with advertisers or marketing networks
• Allow third parties to track users across sites

Service providers process data only to support our website and cannot use it for their own purposes.

International Data Transfers

Our service providers (e.g., Squarespace, Google) may process data in the United States or other countries. We rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) where required.

For more general information on cookies, please read "What Are Cookies".

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners (if any) of JRD Voice Studio.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks may use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that MAY appear on JRD Voice Studio, which are then sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that JRD Voice Studio has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third Party Privacy Policies

Our website may link to external websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices - JRD Voice Studio's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party data collectors or ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

Data Retention

We retain data only as long as necessary for:

• Responding to inquiries
• Operating the website
• Analytics (kept in aggregated form)
• Email correspondence may be stored as long as needed for business records unless you request deletion.

Any anonymized user data collected via Google Analytics is only retained for a maximum of 2 months.

CCPA/CPRA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA/CPRA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

• Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
• Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
• Request that a business that sells or shares a consumer's personal data, not sell or share the consumer's personal data. (Please note we do not sell or share any personal data with any third parties.)

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR/CPPA/PIPEDA Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect your information. However, no system is fully secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute protection.

Children's Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13 (or 16 in the EU).

JRD Voice Studio does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 18. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.