Privacy Policy, Copyright & Terms of Service
Privacy Policy
(updated November 2025)
We respect the privacy of you, our readers and are committed to protecting it. This privacy policy is to keep you informed about our privacy policies and practices regarding the personal data we collect at http://www.gettystewart.com. These policies may be updated from time to time.
GettyStewart.com provides information for the personal, non-commercial, entertainment purposes of readers. Readers and users are responsible for reading, understanding and accepting such policies. Use of and/or subscription to any aspect of this website will constitute agreement to this privacy policy.
How We Collect Information:
Voluntarily Submitted Info: We may collect personal information from you (name and email address) when you leave a comment, subscribe to the newsletter or submit a contact form. This website uses an opt-in sign-up process for its newsletter subscription. This requires you to share your email, sharing your name is optional and then confirm this information via a subsequent email message. To be removed from the newsletter, follow the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each e-mail message.
Automatically Collected Info: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access this website. For example, when you use the site, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed this site. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the website, such as links clicked.
We use Google Analytics to understand website traffic and usage. Google Analytics may collect your IP address or other identifiers. Learn more here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, small data files stored on your browser by this website. These cookies store data about your visit and may include your name and email address if you entered that information during your visit to this site. Cookies store information so you do not have to re-enter the info in future visits. You can disable cookies by using the methods prescribed by your browser (Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.). When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent pop-up where you can accept or decline cookies. You can manage cookie settings in your browser.
How We Use Collected Information:
Information collected may be used to:
- Respond to comments or inquiries.
- Identify when you are logged into our website.
- Send promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings.
- Operate, maintain and optimize this website.
- Display advertisements that will be relevant to you.
- Analyze the use and performance of our website and services.
- Send administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts.
- Provide you with user support.
- Protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless otherwise required by law. You may request data deletion at any time.
Sharing Information – Third Party Use
Except when required by law or as described below, we do not sell or rent your personal information for money. However, we may share limited, non-personally identifying information with trusted partners such as advertising networks or analytics providers to help improve your experience and serve relevant ads.
This website does use third party service providers that may track or collect information about you or your web use (clicking). Each third-party service provider is governed by their own privacy policies. This website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – This service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
Kit– This service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. This is where we store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications.
EDD – Easy Digital Downloads – This platform manages the sales transactions and sends out ebooks. They store your name, email and purchases of ebooks for the purpose of completing those transactions.
Shopify – This platform manages the sales transactions and creates mailing labels for sale of books and other products. They store your name, email, mailing address and purchaes for the purpose of completing transactions.
WordPressBarista & BigScoots– Provide hosting for this web site. The information stored on this site is stored on their servers.
WordPress –The platform where this blog is developed and written. It may store information you submit to the site as well as your IP address and your actions on the website.
Raptive – CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this Site for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement/
Amazon Affiliate Program – As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. As part of this program, Amazon may monitor, record, use, and disclose information about this website and users that Amazon obtains in connection with your display of Special Links and Program Content. Amazon Privacy Notice
Transactional Data
We may process information relating to transactions, including purchases of goods and services, that you enter into with us and/or through our site. The Transactional Data may include your contact details, your card details and the transaction details. The transaction data may be processed for the purpose of supplying the purchased goods and services and keeping proper records of those transactions. Payment processing on our site is handled by our payment services providers EDD and PayPal. We will share transaction data with our payment services providers only to the extent necessary for the purposes of processing your payments, refunding such payments and dealing with complaints and queries relating to such payments and refunds.
EDD – This site is used to purchase books and materials from this website. View it’s privacy policy here: https://easydigitaldownloads.com/privacy-policy/
Paypal – When purchasing books or materials you may choose Paypal or Selz as a payment option. View Paypal’s privacy statement.
This Privacy Policy does not cover information collected elsewhere, including without limitation offline and on sites linked to from this website. Once you have used these links to leave this website, we do not have any control over other sites. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting other sites. Please exercise appropriate caution when visiting linked websites.
Advertising
CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this Site for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement
Sensitive Personal Information
At no time do we ask for, nor should you submit sensitive personal information to this website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information (eg. via comments or by submitting a form) to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
Children’s Information
This website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16, please contact us immediately at info (@)gettystewart(dot)com and we will promptly remove such information from our records.
Additional Rights of EEA (European Economic Area) Residents
If you are a resident of a country in the EEA, you have the rights, among others, to:
(i) access your personal data
(ii) ensure the accuracy of your personal data
(iii) the right to have us delete your personal data
(iv) the right to restrict further processing of your personal data, and
(v) the right to complain to a supervisory authority in your country of residence in the event that data is misused
If you believe that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.
Additional Rights of California Residents
California law provides residents with the right to request access to personal information we collect, request deletion, and opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. While we do not sell your information for money, we and our advertising partners may share de-identified data for advertising purposes, which may be considered “sharing” under California law.
You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us addressed to the following:
G. Stewart Pursuit Communications 421 Mulvey Avenue East Winnipeg, MB Canada R3L 0R6 info (@)gettystewart(dot)com 1-204-478-3700
Users Rights
Users in certain jurisdictions may have additional rights to access, correct, delete, or limit the use of their personal data. To exercise these rights, please contact us at info @ gettystewart.com
Sale of Business or Assets
In the event that the Site or substantially all of its assets is sold or disposed of as a going concern, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership, the information we have collected about you may be one of the assets sold or merged in connection with that transaction.
Contact Information
At any time, please contact us at info(@)gettystewart(dot)com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
As of May 2018, this site has been working to be in compliance with all applicable rules regarding General Data Protection.
Canadian Privacy Compliance
This website operates in compliance with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and other applicable privacy laws.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LICENCE – COPYRIGHT
This website, including all of the content on the site, is protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. All content – copy, images, videos, or other media – are hereby protected by intellectual copyright laws and belong to the owner of this website. Anyone wishing to use anything they find here must contact Getty Stewart for permission before use, and receive expressed approval. Failure to receive approval and use of content may result in legal action against the user.
TERMS OF SERVICE (Required for Advertising Partners)
Binding Arbitration (“Arbitration Agreement”)
a. Applicability of Arbitration Agreement. You agree that any dispute or claim against us, or our vendors or service providers(collectively, “We” or “Us”), related in any way to your access or use of this website, to these Terms, or to any aspect of your relationship with Us, will be resolved by binding arbitration, rather than in court, except that (1) you may assert claims in small claims court if your claims qualify, so long as the matter remains in such court and advances only on an individual (non-class, non-representative) basis; and (2) you or We may seek equitable relief in court for infringement or other misuse of intellectual property rights (such as trademarks, trade dress, domain names, trade secrets, copyrights, and patents). You agree that you must commence any arbitration or other claim within one (1) year after the dispute arises; otherwise, the claim is permanently barred, which means that you will no longer have the right to assert a claim regarding the dispute. This Arbitration Agreement will apply, without limitation, to all claims that arose or were asserted before the effective date of these Terms or any prior version of this Arbitration Agreement.
You agree in advance that you will not participate in or seek to recover monetary or other relief in any lawsuit filed against Us, alleging class, collective, and/or representative claims on your behalf. Instead, by agreeing to arbitration, you may bring your claims against any of Us in an individual arbitration proceeding (except for any Batch Arbitration, as described below). If successful on such claims, you could be awarded money or other relief by an arbitrator. You acknowledge that you have been advised that you may consult with an attorney in deciding whether to accept these Terms, including this Arbitration Agreement.
The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this Arbitration Agreement.
b. Process. To begin a claim, you must first send a letter describing your claim in detail, including your name and contact information, your legal claim, the specific facts giving rise to your claim (including the date(s) and amount(s) of any relevant transaction or interaction with us), and the requested relief, to 421 Mulvey Avenue East, Winnipeg, MB R3L 0R6. You and We agree to attempt in good faith to negotiate an informal resolution of your claim. If a resolution is not reached within thirty (30) days, you may commence an arbitration action as set forth herein. The arbitration will be conducted by JAMS, an established alternative dispute resolution provider. Disputes involving claims and counterclaims under $250,000, not inclusive of attorneys’ fees and interest, will be subject to JAMS’s most current version of the Streamlined Arbitration Rules and procedures available at http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-streamlined-arbitration/; all other claims will be subject to JAMS’s most current version of the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures, available at http://www.jamsadr.com/rules-comprehensive-arbitration/. JAMS’s rules are also available at www.jamsadr.com or by calling JAMS at 800-352-5267. If JAMS is not available to arbitrate, the parties will select an alternative arbitral forum. You may choose to have the arbitration conducted remotely, based on written submissions, or in person at a mutually agreed location. We will be entitled to make an offer of judgment in the arbitration proceeding. If the offer of judgment is not accepted, and the award is not more favorable than the unaccepted offer, you will be solely responsible for all costs incurred by Us after the offer of judgment is made to the extent permitted by applicable law. Any judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
c. Fees. If the arbitrator finds that you cannot afford to pay JAMS’s filing, administrative, hearing, and/or other fees, and you cannot obtain a waiver from JAMS, we will pay them for you. If the arbitrator determines the claims are frivolous, you agree to pay Us our attorneys’ fees and costs in the arbitration, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
d. Authority of Arbitrator. The arbitrator, and not any federal, state, or local court or agency, will have exclusive authority to resolve any dispute related to the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of this Arbitration Agreement, including, but not limited to, any claim that all or any part of this Arbitration Agreement is void or voidable. The arbitration will decide the rights and liabilities, if any, of you and Us. The arbitration proceeding will not be consolidated with any other matters or joined with any other cases or parties. The arbitrator will have the authority to grant motions dispositive of all or part of any claim. The arbitrator will have the authority to award monetary damages and to grant any non-monetary remedy or relief available to an individual under applicable law, the arbitral forum’s rules, and these Terms (including the Arbitration Agreement). The arbitrator will issue a written award and statement of decision describing the essential findings and conclusions on which the award is based, including the calculation of any damages awarded. The arbitrator has the same authority to award relief on an individual basis that a judge in a court of law would have. The award of the arbitrator is final and binding upon you and Us.
e. Waiver of Jury Trial. You and We hereby waive any constitutional and statutory rights to sue in court and have a trial in front of a judge or a jury. You and We are instead electing that all claims and disputes will be resolved by arbitration under this Arbitration Agreement, except as specified in Section (a) above. An arbitrator can award on an individual basis the same damages and relief as a court and must follow this Agreement as a court would. However, there is no judge or jury in arbitration, and court review of an arbitration award is subject to very limited review.
f. Waiver of Class or Consolidated Actions. Except with respect to Batch Arbitration (as defined below), all claims and disputes within the scope of this Arbitration Agreement must be arbitrated on an individual basis and not on a class basis, only individual relief is available, and claims of more than one customer or user cannot be arbitrated or consolidated with those of any other customer or user. In the event that this subparagraph is deemed invalid or unenforceable neither you nor We are entitled to arbitration and instead claims and disputes will be resolved in a court as set forth in these Terms.
g. Batch Arbitration. You and We agree that, in the event that there are fifty (50) or more individual requests for arbitration of a similar nature filed against Us within an approximately (30) thirty-day period (or otherwise in close proximity) regardless of the state(s) in which such claims are filed, JAMS will administer all such similarly situated arbitration demands on a collective basis as a single, consolidated arbitration (subject to a single set of fees, proceeding schedule, and, if required, hearing) before a single arbitrator in accordance with the requirements outlined elsewhere in this section, provided that – in the event that the arbitrator deems it impracticable or inequitable to administer all such claims collectively in a single arbitration – (s)he may group demands for arbitration into groups of not fewer than twenty (20) matters, plus a remainder group as needed (or as otherwise deemed by the arbitrator to be practicable, equitable, and in best keeping with the spirit of this provision) and arbitrate each group of matters as a single, consolidated arbitration (either structure a “Batch Arbitration”). You and We agree (1) to work with JAMS in good faith to facilitate the resolution of disputes on a Batch Arbitration basis and (2) that requests for arbitration are of a “similar nature” if they arise out of the same event, agreement, or factual scenario and raise the same or similar legal issues and seek the same or similar relief. Disagreements over the applicability of this Batch Arbitration process will be settled in a single, consolidated arbitration proceeding that includes all affected parties and is resolved by a single arbitrator subject to the requirements of this section. This Batch Arbitration provision shall in no way be interpreted as authorizing a class or collective arbitration or action of any kind, or any suit or arbitration involving joint or consolidated claims, under any circumstances other than those expressly set forth in this section.
h. Severability. If any part or parts of this Arbitration Agreement are found under the law to be invalid or unenforceable, then such specific part or parts will be of no force and effect and will be severed, and the remainder of the Arbitration Agreement will continue in full force and effect.
i. Survival. This Arbitration Agreement will survive the termination of your relationship with Us.
j. Modification. Notwithstanding any provision in these Terms to the contrary, We agree that if We make any future material change to this Arbitration Agreement, it will not apply to any individual claim(s) for which that you had already provided notice to Us.
Consent to Data Collection. These Terms of Service incorporate our Privacy Policy above, which discloses how we, our vendors, and our service providers collect and use data when you use the Site and/or mobile applications. You hereby consent to the collection and use of data by us, our vendors, and our service providers as described in the Privacy Policy (including any links to other policies therein). You can revoke this consent at any time by following the opt-out instructions in the Privacy Policy or clicking the provided links on the Site.
Limitations on Liability. YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE, OR OUR VENDORS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS (COLLECTIVELY, “WE” OR “US”), SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE WEBSITE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF ANY OF US EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID OR PAYABLE TO RAPTIVE BY YOU FOR THE WEBSITE DURING THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD PRIOR TO THE ACT, OMISSION, OR OCCURRENCE GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY; OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100). THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE PARTIES HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND TO HAVE FAILED ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.