Effective date: October 27, 2026
Sites By Doing is a digital publication operated by Northstack Media LLC.
This Privacy Policy explains how Sites By Doing, referred to in this policy as “Sites By Doing,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” may collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit the website, submit a contact form, subscribe to communications, or otherwise interact with Sites By Doing.
By using Sites By Doing, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information you provide to us
We may collect information you voluntarily provide, including:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Information submitted through a contact form
- Newsletter subscription information
- Feedback and correction requests
- Business inquiries
- Communications you send to us
- Other information you choose to provide
Please do not submit passwords, API keys, administrative credentials, customer records, proprietary datasets, financial credentials, or information you do not have permission to share.
Information collected automatically
When you access Sites By Doing, we and service providers working on our behalf may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, potentially including:
- Internet Protocol address
- Browser and device type
- Operating system
- Referring and exit pages
- Pages viewed
- Approximate location derived from an IP address
- Date and time of access
- Time spent on pages
- Links or features used
- Advertising and analytics identifiers
- Cookie and similar-technology information
This information may be collected through server logs, cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and similar technologies.
How we use information
We may use collected information to:
- Operate and maintain Sites By Doing
- Respond to questions and communications
- Review corrections and source updates
- Deliver requested newsletters or updates
- Understand website usage
- Measure content and website performance
- Improve navigation, design, and editorial coverage
- Detect spam, fraud, abuse, and security incidents
- Maintain technical functionality
- Display and measure advertising
- Track affiliate referrals
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
- Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
Cookies and similar technologies
Sites By Doing and its service providers may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Operate the website
- Remember preferences
- Measure website usage
- Analyze traffic
- Prevent spam, fraud, or abuse
- Support advertising
- Attribute affiliate referrals
- Improve website performance
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may be presented with a consent tool allowing you to accept, reject, or manage certain categories of cookies.
You may also control cookies through browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect website functionality.
Analytics
We may use analytics services, including Google Analytics or comparable providers, to understand website traffic and usage.
Analytics providers may process information relating to your device, browser, interactions, pages visited, and approximate location according to their respective terms and privacy notices.
Advertising
Sites By Doing may display advertising provided by Google AdSense or other advertising partners.
Advertising providers may use cookies, device identifiers, IP addresses, browser information, activity information, and similar technologies to deliver, limit, personalize, and measure advertisements, subject to applicable law and visitor consent choices.
Advertising providers may also use information collected from Sites By Doing to:
- Measure advertising performance
- Select advertisements
- Personalize advertising where permitted
- Limit advertisement frequency
- Detect fraud or abuse
Visitors may be able to manage advertising and cookie preferences through consent tools, browser controls, or controls provided by the applicable advertising provider.
Affiliate links
Sites By Doing may participate in affiliate programs.
When you click an affiliate link, an affiliate network or provider may use cookies or similar technologies to identify the referral and attribute a purchase, signup, registration, subscription, or other qualifying action.
Using an affiliate link ordinarily does not change the price you pay, although pricing, eligibility, fees, and other terms are controlled by the applicable provider.
Additional information appears in our Affiliate Disclosure.
Email communications
If you subscribe to a Sites By Doing email list, we may use your information to provide the communications you requested.
Marketing communications may contain an unsubscribe mechanism.
We may still send nonmarketing communications when reasonably necessary to respond to a request or administer an existing relationship.
Contact forms and spam prevention
Information submitted through contact forms may be processed by our website host, email provider, form provider, or spam-prevention service.
Automated systems may evaluate technical and message information to identify spam, fraud, malicious submissions, or abuse.
How information may be disclosed
We may disclose information:
- To service providers performing functions on our behalf
- To hosting, analytics, email, security, advertising, and affiliate providers
- When required by applicable law, legal process, or governmental request
- When reasonably necessary to protect Sites By Doing, Northstack Media LLC, our users, or others
- In connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar transaction
- With your direction or consent
We do not claim to sell personal information for money. Certain advertising or analytics activities may nevertheless be treated as a “sale,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under some privacy laws.
Data retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including operating the website, responding to communications, maintaining business and security records, complying with legal requirements, resolving disputes, and enforcing agreements.
Data security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect information.
No online transmission, electronic-storage system, website, or security mechanism can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Your privacy choices
Depending on applicable law and your location, you may have rights concerning personal information, potentially including the ability to:
- Request access
- Request correction
- Request deletion
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Withdraw consent where applicable
- Opt out of certain advertising activities
- Appeal certain privacy decisions
These rights may be subject to verification, exceptions, and legal limitations.
To submit a privacy request, use our Contact page and enter Privacy Request as the subject.
We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.
Children’s privacy
Sites By Doing is intended primarily for adults, website publishers, creators, entrepreneurs, and a general audience. The website is not directed to children under 13.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child has submitted personal information, use our Contact page and enter Children’s Privacy Request as the subject.
External links
Sites By Doing may link to hosting companies, domain registrars, WordPress services, analytics platforms, advertising networks, affiliate networks, software providers, search engines, merchants, and other third-party websites.
We do not control third-party privacy, security, financial, technical, or business practices.
Review applicable third-party policies and terms before providing information, creating an account, connecting systems, or completing a transaction.
International visitors
Sites By Doing is operated from the United States.
Information may be processed in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate.
Where applicable law requires consent or additional disclosures, appropriate mechanisms may be used.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the website, service providers, advertising practices, legal requirements, or business operations.
The effective date at the beginning identifies the currently published version.
Contact us
Questions, privacy requests, or concerns may be submitted through our Contact page.
For requests involving personal information, enter Privacy Request as the subject.
Sites By Doing
Operated by Northstack Media LLC