Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective date: August 3, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Brad C. Hodson Screenwriting Consultation (“I,” “me,” or “my”) collects, uses, stores, and shares personal information when you visit brad-hodson.com, contact me, submit creative material, purchase a service, or participate in a screenplay-consulting session.

By using my website or purchasing my services, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information I Collect

I may collect the following categories of information.

Information you provide directly

This may include:

• Your name
• Email address
• Telephone number, if provided
• Billing and transaction information
• Appointment and scheduling information
• Project titles, loglines, synopses, pitches, screenplays, outlines, and other creative materials
• Questions, intake-form responses, and correspondence
• Audio, video, transcripts, summaries, and notes associated with consulting sessions
• Reviews, testimonials, or feedback you choose to provide

Please do not submit information that is unnecessary for the consulting service you are purchasing.

Payment information

Payments may be processed through Stripe and EveryExpert. I do not directly collect or store your complete credit-card number, banking credentials, or payment-security code.

Stripe and EveryExpert may collect and process payment information in accordance with their own privacy policies. I may receive limited transaction information, such as your name, email address, amount paid, payment status, and transaction date.

Information collected automatically

When you visit my website, WordPress, its service providers, and any enabled security, analytics, or performance tools may automatically collect information such as:

• Your IP address
• Browser and device type
• Operating system
• Referring website
• Pages visited
• Dates and times of visits
• General geographic location
• Cookie and similar technology identifiers

2. How I Use Information

I may use personal information to:

• Provide screenplay-consulting services
• Review submitted scripts and other creative material
• Schedule and conduct sessions
• Respond to questions and communications
• Process payments and maintain transaction records
• Provide session notes, recordings, transcripts, summaries, or action items
• Manage cancellations, rescheduling, refunds, and disputes
• Improve my website, services, and customer experience
• Detect fraud, misuse, or security problems
• Comply with tax, accounting, legal, and regulatory obligations
• Protect my rights, property, business, and customers
• Send administrative messages relating to your purchase or appointment

I will send promotional email only when you have consented to receive it or when otherwise permitted by law. You may unsubscribe from promotional communications at any time.

3. Screenplays and Other Creative Material

You retain ownership of the scripts, pitches, outlines, loglines, and other creative material you submit.

I use submitted creative material only as reasonably necessary to:

• Perform the service you purchased
• Prepare for and conduct your consultation
• Provide feedback
• Respond to reasonable follow-up questions
• Maintain records relating to the service
• Address disputes or legal claims

Submitting material for consultation does not transfer any copyright or ownership interest to me.

I will not intentionally publish, sell, publicly distribute, adapt, produce, or claim ownership of your creative work without your permission. This does not prevent me from independently creating or working on material resembling any general ideas, themes, genres, character types, or story elements found in your submission. This is standard for the industry, but if you have any questions or concerns regarding this, please feel free to contact me.

4. EveryExpert Sessions, Transcripts, and AI Processing

Consulting services may be delivered through EveryExpert.

EveryExpert may host video sessions and process session audio, video, messages, uploaded material, and other content to provide features such as:

• Full transcripts
• AI-generated summaries
• Key topics
• Action items
• Session records

By participating in a session through EveryExpert, you acknowledge that the session may be processed in this manner. Please note that I personally never use AI or LLMs when working, whether consulting or in my original work, but EveryExpert does use it to generate summaries of our sessions for the client to keep once the session has ended.

EveryExpert’s collection, storage, use, and retention of information are governed by its own terms and privacy practices. You should avoid discussing or submitting information that is not necessary for the consultation.

Contact me before booking if you have concerns about the above.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

My website and its service providers may use cookies, pixels, logs, and similar technologies to:

• Operate the website
• Remember preferences
• Maintain security
• Understand website traffic
• Diagnose technical problems
• Measure performance
• Prevent fraud and abuse

You can usually control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect how the website functions.

Depending on your location and the configuration of the website, you may also be presented with a cookie or privacy-preference banner.

6. How Information May Be Shared

I may share information with service providers that assist in operating my business, including:

• EveryExpert for bookings, communications, video sessions, transcripts, and related services
• Stripe for payment processing, fraud prevention, refunds, and disputes
• WordPress or Automattic for website hosting and operation
• Email, calendar, cloud-storage, accounting, security, and administrative service providers
• Professional advisers such as attorneys or accountants
• Government agencies, regulators, courts, or law-enforcement authorities when legally required

These providers may process information only in accordance with their own legal obligations, agreements, and privacy practices.

I may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with a subpoena, court order, law, or legal process
• Investigate fraud or misuse
• Enforce my agreements
• Protect the safety, rights, or property of myself or others
• Complete a sale, transfer, merger, or restructuring of the business

7. Sale and Sharing of Personal Information

I do not sell personal information for money.

I do not knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Some website, payment, and platform providers may independently collect or use information as described in their own privacy policies. Their activities are not controlled solely by this Privacy Policy.

8. Data Retention

I retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Provide the requested services
• Maintain business, tax, and accounting records
• Respond to questions
• Resolve payment disputes
• Enforce agreements
• Satisfy legal obligations
• Protect against fraud or claims

Creative materials may be retained for a reasonable period following the completion of the service so that I can provide feedback, respond to follow-up questions, or maintain a record of the engagement.

Information stored by Stripe, EveryExpert, WordPress, or other service providers may be retained according to those providers’ own policies and legal obligations.

9. Data Security

I use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information and submitted material.

However, no website, email system, cloud-storage service, payment platform, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You submit information electronically at your own risk.

Do not send Social Security numbers, banking passwords, medical records, government identification documents, or other highly sensitive information unless specifically required.

10. Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply, you may have the right to:

• Request information about the personal data I hold about you
• Request access to that information
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of certain information
• Request a portable copy of certain information
• Object to or restrict certain processing
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Opt out of promotional communications
• Appeal certain decisions concerning a privacy request
• Receive equal service without unlawful discrimination for exercising privacy rights

These rights may be subject to legal exceptions. For example, I may need to retain transaction information for tax, fraud-prevention, accounting, dispute-resolution, or legal purposes.

To make a privacy request, email thebradhodson@gmail.com with the subject line “Privacy Request.”

I may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

California’s official guidance identifies rights concerning access, deletion, correction, opting out of certain sales or sharing, limiting certain uses, and freedom from discrimination where the California Consumer Privacy Act applies.

11. California Residents

To the extent the California Consumer Privacy Act or another California privacy law applies to my business and your information, California residents may exercise the rights described above.

During the preceding 12 months, I may have collected the following general categories of personal information:

• Identifiers, such as names, email addresses, IP addresses, and account details
• Customer and transaction information
• Internet or electronic activity information
• Professional or project-related information
• Audio, visual, or similar information from consulting sessions
• Communications and submitted creative material
• Inferences made from information you provide for the purpose of delivering consulting services

I collect and use these categories for the business purposes described in this policy.

I do not knowingly sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.

12. International Visitors

My business is based in the United States. Information submitted through the website or associated service providers may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other countries where those providers operate.

Where applicable law requires it, I rely on appropriate legal grounds for processing, such as:

• Performing a contract with you
• Taking steps at your request before entering a contract
• Complying with legal obligations
• Pursuing legitimate business interests
• Your consent

13. Children’s Privacy

My website and consulting services are not directed to children under 13, and I do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13.

A parent or legal guardian who believes a child has submitted personal information may contact me to request its deletion.

14. Third-Party Websites and Services

My website may contain links to third-party websites or services.

I am not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or practices of third parties. Review their privacy policies before providing them with personal information.

15. Changes to This Policy

I may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in my services, technology, business practices, or legal obligations.

The revised policy will be posted on this page with a new effective date. Your continued use of the website or services after an update is posted signifies acknowledgment of the revised policy.

16. Contact

Questions or privacy requests may be sent to:

Brad C. Hodson
Email: thebradhodson@gmail.com
Website: brad-hodson.com