1. Scope and Business Identity
This Privacy Policy explains how Baz Porter LLC ("Baz Porter," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, safeguards, and discloses information in connection with this website, our educational content, reports, leadership programs and services, media activities, communications, and marketing.
Baz Porter LLC operates the Baz Porter® and The Prestige Architect® brand ecosystem and provides leadership education, diagnostics, reports, articles, books, media, speaking, private leadership architecture, and related offerings.
2. Information We May Collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:
- Name, email address, mobile phone number, business or mailing address.
- Information you voluntarily provide about your interests in reports, leadership content, books, programs, events, speaking, media, or private work.
- Messages, preferences, feedback, marketing selections, and communication history.
- SMS marketing consent records, opt-out records, and related compliance information.
- Technical website information such as IP address, browser type, device type, page activity, cookies, and similar identifiers.
Please do not submit confidential medical records, psychiatric information, Social Security numbers, passwords, full financial account numbers, or other highly sensitive information through general website chat, email, or SMS.
3. How We Use Information
- Provide requested educational resources and website functionality.
- Understand audience interests and improve content, reports, programs, and user experience.
- Send marketing communications where valid marketing consent has been provided.
- Share Baz Porter® thought leadership, articles, podcast or book updates, events, reports, programs, offers, invitations, and other promotional communications.
- Maintain marketing consent and opt-out records.
- Operate, secure, analyze, and improve our website, CRM, communications, and support systems.
- Comply with applicable law and protect our rights, users, and systems.
4. Marketing / Promotional SMS Consent
The LeadConnector chat widget on the Baz Porter Home Page is the designated SMS opt-in method for this funnel. Providing a mobile phone number by itself does not constitute SMS consent. Marketing SMS consent must be affirmatively selected in the live widget.
If you select the marketing SMS consent option, Baz Porter LLC may send promotional text messages including:
- Leadership insights, thought leadership, articles, and educational content.
- New reports, diagnostics, free resources, books, podcast episodes, and media releases.
- Program, event, speaking, or private-work announcements and invitations.
- New offers, selected promotions, limited invitations, and other Baz Porter® marketing communications.
Marketing consent is voluntary and is not a condition of purchasing a product or service.
5. Message Frequency, Charges, STOP, and HELP
After an opt-out request, we may send one final confirmation message indicating that the opt-out has been processed.
6. Mobile Information and SMS Consent Data
No mobile information will be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes. Information sharing to subcontractors in support services, such as customer service, is permitted. All other use case categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.
We may retain records reasonably necessary to document when, where, and how marketing SMS consent was provided and to honor STOP, HELP, and other preference requests.
7. Email and Other Marketing Communications
Where you provide an email address or otherwise subscribe to marketing communications, we may send educational and promotional emails about Baz Porter® content, reports, programs, media, books, events, and offers. You may use the unsubscribe method included in applicable marketing emails.
8. Cookies, Analytics, and Website Technology
We may use cookies, analytics, pixels, and similar technologies to operate the website, understand audience behavior, measure content and campaign performance, maintain security, and improve our services. Browser settings may allow you to limit certain cookies.
9. Service Providers
We may use service providers that support website hosting, CRM, telecommunications, SMS delivery, email, analytics, payment processing, scheduling, customer support, security, advertising technology, and data storage. They may process information only as reasonably necessary to provide services to us and subject to applicable obligations.
10. Legal and Safety Disclosures
We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to comply with law, regulation, legal process, governmental request, or to protect the rights, property, security, and safety of Baz Porter LLC, our users, or others.
11. Security and Retention
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. No online transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.
Information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to provide services, maintain marketing-consent and opt-out records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and satisfy legal or operational requirements.
12. Your Choices and Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information. You may opt out of SMS marketing at any time by replying STOP and may unsubscribe from applicable marketing emails using the unsubscribe mechanism in the message.
13. Children's Privacy
Our leadership, educational, and business offerings are intended for adults and organizations and are not directed to children. We do not knowingly seek personal information from children where parental consent would be required by law.
14. Educational and Professional Disclaimer
Baz Porter LLC content, programs, reports, events, communications, and leadership work are provided for educational and informational purposes only. They do not constitute medical, psychiatric, therapeutic, legal, financial, investment, or accounting advice and are not a substitute for professional consultation or treatment in a regulated field.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our services, technology, practices, or legal obligations change. The current version will be posted on this page with the Last Updated date shown above.