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Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

Overview

This privacy policy explains how adamdistefano.ai (“the Site”) collects, uses, and protects information when you visit or interact with the Site. The Site is operated by Adam DiStefano.

The Site is a professional website focused on AI governance, cybersecurity, and runtime control. It includes published writing, professional tools, a book store, and a contact form.

Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide, including:

  • Contact form submissions: Name, email address, and message content.
  • Newsletter or lead capture forms: Email address and optionally your name.
  • Cohort applications: Name, work email, company, role, company size, area of responsibility, and any challenge description you provide.
  • Book purchases: Email address and payment information (processed securely through Stripe; we do not store credit card details).
  • Book reviews: Name, rating, and review content.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Site, the following information may be collected automatically if you have accepted analytics cookies:

  • Google Analytics: Page views, session duration, referral source, general geographic location (country/region level), device type, browser type, and browsing behavior on the Site.
  • Microsoft Clarity: Session recordings, heatmaps, click patterns, scroll behavior, and interaction data to help us understand how visitors use the Site.

These analytics services use cookies and similar technologies. They are only activated if you accept analytics cookies through the cookie consent banner.

Essential Cookies

The Site uses a small number of essential cookies that are necessary for basic functionality:

  • Cookie consent preference: Stores your cookie choice so you are not asked repeatedly.
  • Authentication cookies: Used only for the administrative area of the Site. These are not set for general visitors.
  • Stripe cookies: Set during the checkout process for book purchases. These are required for payment processing and fraud prevention.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To respond to your contact form submissions or inquiries.
  • To process book purchases and deliver digital products.
  • To review cohort applications and follow up with applicants.
  • To understand how visitors use the Site and to improve its content and usability.
  • To send communications you have opted into, such as governance insights or program updates.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.

Third-Party Services

The Site uses the following third-party services that may process your data:

Each of these services operates under its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review them.

Data Retention

Contact form submissions, lead information, and cohort applications are retained for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which they were collected, or as required for legitimate business operations.

Book purchase records are retained for accounting, support, and legal compliance purposes.

Analytics data is retained according to the default retention policies of Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
  • Correction: Request correction of inaccurate information.
  • Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information.
  • Opt-out: Decline analytics cookies through the cookie consent banner, or withdraw consent at any time by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting the Site.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact form on this Site.

Cookie Management

When you first visit the Site, a cookie consent banner will appear. You can choose to accept all cookies or use essential cookies only. Analytics cookies (Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity) will only be activated if you accept them.

You can change your preference at any time by clearing your browser cookies for this Site. On your next visit, the consent banner will appear again.

Children

This Site is not directed at individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. Continued use of the Site after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or how your data is handled, please reach out through the contact page.