Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 9, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal Data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

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 in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
• Business, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), refers to the Company as the legal entity that collects Consumers’ personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers’ personal information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers’ personal information, that does business in the State of California.
• Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to Creative Bohemian LLC, 15768 SW Bristlecone Way, Tigard, Oregon 97223 — the parent company that owns and operates the Indie Agency News and Indie HQ brands and services. For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.
• Creative Bohemian refers to Creative Bohemian LLC, the parent company, accessible from http://www.creativebohemian.com.
• Indie Agency News (or “IAN”) refers to the Indie Agency News brand, publication, community, and services, operated by the Company and accessible from https://indieagency.news.
• Indie HQ (or “IHQ”) refers to the Indie HQ platform, membership, tools, and services, operated by the Company and accessible from https://indiehq.com.
• Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where “control” means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority. Affiliates include the Company’s parent company, Creative Bohemian LLC, and any brands or subsidiaries operated under it — including Indie Agency News and Indie HQ.
• Consumer, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means a natural person who is a California resident. A resident, as defined in the law, includes (1) every individual who is in the USA for other than a temporary or transitory purpose, and (2) every individual who is domiciled in the USA who is outside the USA for a temporary or transitory purpose.
• Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
• Country refers to: Oregon, United States.
• Data Controller, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
• Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
• Do Not Track (DNT) is a concept that has been promoted by US regulatory authorities, in particular the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites.
• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. For the purposes of GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity. For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.
• Sale, for the purpose of the CCPA, means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a Consumer’s personal information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.
• Service refers to the Website and the products, publications, memberships, tools, events, and services offered under the Indie Agency News and Indie HQ brands.
• Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.
• Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• Website refers to the Company’s online properties, including Indie Agency News (https://indieagency.news), Indie HQ (https://indiehq.com), and Creative Bohemian (http://www.creativebohemian.com).
• You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable. Under GDPR, You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as You are the individual using the Service.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Phone number
• Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
• Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

Other Data

We may use other data, specifically related to the course of our work and business, to develop products for Creative Bohemian LLC and its associated brands, projects, and companies — including Indie Agency News and Indie HQ. This can include press releases, descriptions or other information that is relevant to the Company’s activities. By submitting information to us via digital means (email, forms), you understand and agree to the collection of that data and information. All data submitted in this manner is considered private and will not be used for any other purposes other than product development.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use cookies and tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics.

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies — Type: Session Cookies; Administered by: Us. Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts.

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies — Type: Persistent Cookies; Administered by: Us. Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.

Functionality Cookies — Type: Persistent Cookies; Administered by: Us. Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference.

Tracking and Performance Cookies — Type: Persistent Cookies; Administered by: Third-Parties. Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
• To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service.
• For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
• To contact You: by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including security updates, when necessary or reasonable.
• To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
• To manage Your requests: to attend and manage Your requests to Us.
• For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets.
• For other purposes: such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, for payment processing, to contact You.
• For business transfers: in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition.
• With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates — including Our parent company, Creative Bohemian LLC, and the Indie Agency News and Indie HQ brands — in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
• With business partners: to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
• With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
• With Your consent: for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies. The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes, generally for a shorter period, except where used to strengthen security or improve functionality, or where legally obligated to retain it longer.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. This information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer. The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You. Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service. You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account and visiting the account settings section, or by contacting Us. Please note that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: comply with a legal obligation; protect and defend the rights or property of the Company; prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service; protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public; and protect against legal liability.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

The Service Providers We use may have access to Your Personal Data. These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies.

Analytics

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. You can opt-out of having your activity on the Service made available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Payments

We may provide paid products and/or services within the Service. In that case, we may use third-party services for payment processing. We will not store or collect Your payment card details; that information is provided directly to Our third-party payment processors whose use of Your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS.

Stripe

Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://stripe.com/privacy.

GDPR Privacy

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR

We may process Personal Data under the following conditions: Consent; Performance of a contract; Legal obligations; Vital interests; Public interests; and Legitimate interests. In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing.

Your Rights under the GDPR

The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights. You have the right to: request access to Your Personal Data; request correction; object to processing; request erasure; request the transfer of Your Personal Data; and withdraw Your consent.

Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights

You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. We may ask You to verify Your identity before responding. You also have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority. If You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority.

CCPA Privacy

This section for California residents supplements the information contained in Our Privacy Policy and applies solely to visitors, users, and others who reside in the State of California.

Categories of Personal Information Collected

We collect information that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular Consumer or Device. The following categories reflect our good faith belief regarding information that may have been collected from California residents within the last twelve (12) months:

• Category A: Identifiers (e.g., name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, IP address, email, account name). Collected: Yes.
• Category B: California Customer Records personal information categories (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)). Collected: Yes.
• Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law. Collected: No.
• Category D: Commercial information (records/history of products or services purchased or considered). Collected: Yes.
• Category E: Biometric information. Collected: No.
• Category F: Internet or other similar network activity (interaction with our Service). Collected: Yes.
• Category G: Geolocation data. Collected: No.
• Category H: Sensory data. Collected: No.
• Category I: Professional or employment-related information. Collected: No.
• Category J: Non-public education information. Collected: No.
• Category K: Inferences drawn from other personal information. Collected: No.

Under CCPA, personal information does not include publicly available information from government records, deidentified or aggregated consumer information, or information excluded from the CCPA’s scope (such as HIPAA/CMIA-covered health information or information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws).

Sources of Personal Information

We obtain the categories of personal information listed above directly from You, indirectly from You, automatically from You, and from Service Providers.

Use of Personal Information for Business or Commercial Purposes

We may use or disclose personal information for business or commercial purposes (as defined under the CCPA), including to operate and provide our Service; to provide support and respond to inquiries; to fulfill the reason You provided the information; to respond to law enforcement requests; for internal administrative and auditing purposes; and to detect security incidents and protect against fraudulent or illegal activity.

Disclosure of Personal Information for Business or Commercial Purposes

We may have disclosed in the last twelve (12) months the following categories for business or commercial purposes: Category A (Identifiers), Category B (California Customer Records), Category D (Commercial information), and Category F (Internet or other similar network activity). When We disclose personal information for a business purpose, We enter a contract that describes the purpose and requires the recipient to keep that information confidential and not use it for any purpose except performing the contract.

Sale of Personal Information

At present, we do not sell personal information as defined by the CCPA.

Sale of Personal Information of Minors Under 16 Years of Age

We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 16 through our Service. We do not sell the personal information of Consumers We actually know are less than 16 years of age without affirmative authorization. If You have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 (or 16) has provided Us with personal information, please contact Us.

Your Rights under the CCPA

California residents have the right to notice; the right to request disclosure of information about Our collection, use, sale, disclosure, and sharing of personal information; the right to opt-out of the sale of Personal Data; the right to delete Personal Data (subject to certain exceptions); and the right not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights.

Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights

To exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us by email at support@indieagency.news. Only You, or a person registered with the California Secretary of State that You authorize, may make a verifiable request. We will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving Your verifiable request, extendable once by an additional 45 days when reasonably necessary.

Do Not Sell My Personal Information

You have the right to opt-out of the sale of Your personal information. Because we do not currently sell personal information, there is nothing to opt out of at this time; however, the Service Providers we partner with may use technology that constitutes a “sale” under the CCPA. You may opt out via the NAI (networkadvertising.org/choices), EDAA (youronlinechoices.com), and DAA (optout.aboutads.info) opt-out platforms. Opt-outs are specific to the browser You use.

“Do Not Track” Policy (CalOPPA)

Our Service does not respond to Do Not Track signals. Some third-party websites do keep track of Your browsing activities; you can set Your browser preferences to inform websites that You do not want to be tracked.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

Your California Privacy Rights (Shine the Light)

Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California’s Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. To request this information, please contact Us using the information below.

California Privacy Rights for Minor Users (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 22581)

California residents under 18 who are registered users of online sites, services or applications can request and obtain removal of content or information they have publicly posted. To request removal, please contact Us and include the email address associated with Your account. Removal is not guaranteed to be complete or comprehensive, and the law may not permit or require removal in certain circumstances.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page, and we will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. Changes are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us by email at support@indieagency.news or hq@indiehq.is.

Creative Bohemian LLC · 15768 SW Bristlecone Way, Tigard, Oregon 97223 · operating Indie Agency News and Indie HQ.