This Privacy Policy explains how Sideways Thought, LLC collects, uses, protects, and shares information through this website.
Effective date: May 30, 2026
This Privacy Policy applies to https://www.sidewaysthought.net and Sideways Thought, LLC. The website provides information about Sideways Thought, LLC, consulting services, educational work, writings, projects, and related professional activities. By using this website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.
Information We Collect
Sideways Thought, LLC may collect personally identifiable information that you voluntarily provide, including:
- First and last name
- Email address
The company may also collect non-personal or aggregate information, such as demographic or usage information, when that information is available through website analytics, security tools, forms, or related services.
We do not collect personal information unless you voluntarily provide it. You may provide information when you submit a contact form, send an email, request information, inquire about services, or enter into a business relationship with Sideways Thought, LLC. We may use that information to communicate with you about services, products, or information you requested.
How We Use Personal Information
Sideways Thought, LLC may use personal information for the following purposes:
- To operate the website and deliver services you request.
- To provide information, products, or services that you request.
- To provide notices related to an account, relationship, project, or service.
- To carry out obligations and enforce rights arising from contracts, including billing and collection.
- To notify you about changes to the website, products, or services.
- To maintain security and prevent fraud, abuse, or misuse.
- To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or governmental requests.
- For analytics, quality-of-service review, and information security best practices.
- In any other way described when you provide the information.
- For any other purpose with your consent.
Sideways Thought, LLC may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from the company or its affiliates.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
Sideways Thought, LLC does not sell, rent, or lease customer lists to third parties. Sideways Thought, LLC does not sell biometric data to third parties.
The company may share data with trusted partners who help perform statistical analysis, send email or postal mail, provide customer support, arrange deliveries, host data, provide analytics, or perform similar services. These third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide services to Sideways Thought, LLC, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.
Sideways Thought, LLC may disclose personal information without notice if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that disclosure is necessary to comply with legal process, protect and defend the rights or property of the company, or protect the personal safety of users or the public.
Opt-Out Rights
Sideways Thought, LLC does not sell personal information. If applicable privacy or data protection law gives you the right to opt out of certain sales, sharing, or disclosures of personal information, you may contact us using the information at the end of this policy.
Tracking, Analytics, and Automatically Collected Information
The company may keep track of the websites and pages users visit within this website to understand which pages and services are most useful. This information may be used for analytics, quality improvement, security, and service operation.
The website may automatically collect information about your computer hardware and software. This information can include your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times, and referring website addresses. This information is used to operate the website, maintain service quality, improve security, and provide general statistics about website use.
Cookies
The website may use cookies to help personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file placed on your device by a web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie.
Cookies can help the website recognize that you have returned to a specific page and can simplify future visits. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies. If you decline cookies, some interactive features of this website or related services may not function fully.
Links to Other Websites
This website contains links to other sites. Sideways Thought, LLC is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other sites. We encourage users to read the privacy statements of any website that collects personally identifiable information.
Security of Personal Information
Sideways Thought, LLC uses appropriate security measures to help protect personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. The website uses SSL encryption to protect information transmitted between your browser and the website.
No data transmission over the Internet or wireless network can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. While we strive to protect personal information, you acknowledge that there are security and privacy limitations inherent to the Internet that are beyond our control, and that the security, integrity, and privacy of information exchanged through this site cannot be guaranteed.
Deletion Requests
Subject to certain exceptions, upon receipt of a verifiable request, we will delete your personal information from our records and direct service providers to delete your personal information from their records.
We may not be able to comply with a deletion request when retaining the information is necessary to:
- Complete a transaction, provide a requested service, or perform a contract between you and us.
- Detect security incidents or protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity.
- Debug, identify, and repair errors that impair intended functionality.
- Exercise free speech or another right provided by law.
- Comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
- Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest, where deletion would seriously impair that research and appropriate consent has been obtained.
- Enable internal uses that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us.
- Comply with a legal obligation.
- Use your personal information internally in a lawful manner compatible with the context in which you provided it.
Children Under 13
Sideways Thought, LLC does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use this website.
External Data Storage
We may store data on servers provided by third-party hosting vendors and other service providers with whom we have contracted.
Changes to This Policy
Sideways Thought, LLC reserves the right to change this policy from time to time, including when services, data protection practices, or applicable law change. When changes are significant, we may provide notice by email, by placing a prominent notice on the website, or by updating privacy information on this page. Continued use of the website or services after such modifications constitutes acknowledgment of the modified policy and agreement to be bound by it.
Contact Information
Sideways Thought, LLC welcomes questions or comments about this Privacy Policy. If you believe Sideways Thought, LLC has not adhered to this policy, please contact us:
Sideways Thought, LLC
777 N Jefferson St Suite 408 PMB 1023
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
Email: info@sidewaysthought.net
Phone: +1-414-595-7681