Privacy Policy.

Blue Tusk Digital is a digital advertising agency specializing in digial advertising for businesses and nonprofits. We are operated by Blue Tusk Digital, LLC, a US-based remote company. This policy describes how Blue Tusk Digital, LLC collects, uses and shares your personal information when you visit www.bluetuskdigital.com or interact with our services.

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or plural.

Information you give us directly
When you fill out a form, request a free audit, book a meeting or contact us, we may collect your first and last name, work email address, phone number, website URL and any other information you choose to provide.

Information we collect automatically
When you visit our website we automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing behavior. This includes your IP address, browser type and version, pages visited, time spent on pages, referring URLs and device identifiers. This data is collected through cookies, pixels and similar tracking technologies placed by us and our third-party partners.

Information from third parties
We may receive information about you from advertising platforms including, but not limited to Google, Meta, LinkedIn, Microsoft and Pinterest when you interact with our ads on those platforms.

We use the information we collect to respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests, provide and improve our website and services, send you marketing communications including newsletters and promotional emails, conduct retargeting and remarketing campaigns across advertising platforms, build lookalike audiences on platforms including Meta and Google using your contact information, analyze website traffic and user behavior, process payments and manage client relationships, and comply with legal obligations.

We may contact you by email even if you have not previously interacted with us. All commercial emails we send comply with the CAN-SPAM Act. Every email includes a clear way to opt out of future communications and we honor all opt-out requests within 10 business days. If you wish to opt out of email communications from us at any time contact us at hello@bluetuskdigital.com.

We may upload contact information including email addresses to advertising platforms such as Meta and Google to create custom audiences and lookalike audiences for advertising purposes. Your contact information may be matched against user databases maintained by these platforms. You can opt out of this type of advertising through the settings on each respective platform.

We use cookies, pixels and similar tracking technologies on our website placed by us and by third parties for analytics, advertising and remarketing purposes. We use CookieBot to manage cookie consent on our website. When you first visit our site you will be presented with a cookie consent banner allowing you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. For full details on the cookies we use see our Cookie Policy.

We work with the following third-party tools and service providers that may have access to your personal information:
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Analytics and tracking
Google Analytics 4 tracks and analyzes website traffic and user behavior. You can opt out by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
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HubSpot is our CRM, email marketing, scheduling and website tracking platform. HubSpot places a tracking pixel on our website that may collect information about your visit. View HubSpot’s privacy policy at legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy.
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Advertising platforms
We run advertising campaigns and remarketing on platforms such as, but not limited to Google Ads, Meta (Facebook and Instagram), LinkedIn, Microsoft Advertising (Bing) and Pinterest. Each platform places cookies and pixels on our website to track conversions and serve targeted ads. You can manage your ad preferences through each platform’s settings.
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Marketing and communications
Sleeknote or a similar platform may be used to display popups on our website and may collect your email address if you submit a popup form.
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We plan to use a newsletter software like Mailchimp to manage and send marketing emails in the future. We will update this policy when we decide on the tool we use.
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Scheduling
HubSpot Meetings is used for booking calls and consultations. Information you provide when booking is stored in HubSpot.
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Automation
Zapier is used to automate workflows between our tools and may process your personal information as part of those workflows.
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Website hosting and infrastructure
Webflow hosts our website and may collect standard server log data. GoDaddy provides domain and related services.
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Payments and invoicing
Stripe and HubSpot are used to process payments and manage invoices. We do not store your payment card details — these are handled directly by Stripe and HubSpot.
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Accessibility
UserWay provides website accessibility features to help users with disabilities access our content more easily.
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Cookie consent
CookieBot manages cookie consent on our website and maintains a record of your consent preferences.

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period unless required for longer retention by law.

Your information may be transferred to and processed on computers located outside your state or country where data protection laws may differ. By using our website you consent to this transfer.

Business transactions
If Blue Tusk Digital, LLC is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale your personal data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your data becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
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Law enforcement
We may disclose your personal data when required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
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Other legal requirements
We may disclose your personal data to comply with a legal obligation, protect the rights or property of Blue Tusk Digital, LLC, prevent wrongdoing in connection with our services, protect the personal safety of users or the public, or protect against legal liability.

We use commercially reasonable means to protect your personal information. No method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

If you are a California resident you have the following rights:

The right to know what personal data we collect, use, disclose and sell. The right to request deletion of your personal data. The right to opt out of the sale of your personal data. The right to correct inaccurate personal data we hold about you. The right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights.

We do not sell personal information in the traditional sense. However some of our third-party advertising tools may qualify as a sale of personal data under the CCPA definition. You can opt out by contacting us at hello@bluetuskdigital.com or by adjusting your preferences in our CookieBot consent banner.

To exercise any of your CCPA rights contact us at hello@bluetuskdigital.com. We will respond to verifiable requests within 45 days. We may extend this period by an additional 45 days when necessary with prior notice.

Under California Civil Code Section 1798, California residents with an established business relationship with us may request information once a year about sharing their personal data with third parties for direct marketing purposes. Contact us at hello@bluetuskdigital.com to make this request.

Our website does not currently respond to Do Not Track signals from browsers.

While our services are primarily directed at US-based nonprofits, if you are visiting from the European Union or United Kingdom your data may be subject to GDPR or UK GDPR protections. We process your data based on legitimate interests in providing our services and marketing our business. You have the right to access, correct, delete and restrict the processing of your personal data. To exercise these rights contact us at hello@bluetuskdigital.com.

Our website may contain links to third-party websites we do not operate. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourage you to review their privacy policies.