Privacy Policy
Last Updated: August 18, 2026
Your privacy matters.
This Privacy Policy explains how bysherm.com, operated by LaCell Sherman, may collect, use, store, and protect information you provide when visiting this website, subscribing to a newsletter, contacting me, or otherwise interacting with the site.
By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information
We May Collect
Depending on how you use this website, we may collect information such as:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Information you voluntarily provide through contact forms
- Newsletter subscription information
- Communications you send through the website
- IP address
- Browser and device information
- General website usage information
- Cookie and similar technology data
You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse the website.
2. Newsletter and Email Communications
If you subscribe to Lead From Here or another email list offered through bysherm.com, your email address and any other information you voluntarily provide may be collected and stored for the purpose of sending you newsletters, updates, announcements, or other communications.
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those communications.
Your decision to unsubscribe will not prevent us from responding to messages you send directly or providing communications necessary to fulfill a request you have made.
3. Contact Forms and Communications.
If you contact me through this website, I may collect your name, email address, and any information included in your message.
This information will be used primarily to respond to your inquiry and communicate with you regarding your request.
Please do not submit sensitive personal, medical, financial, or confidential information through website contact forms unless specifically requested.
4. How Your Information May Be Used
Information collected through this website may be used to:
- Respond to questions or inquiries
- Send newsletters or other communications you requested
- Provide information about books, articles, speaking, events, or other work
- Maintain and improve the website
- Understand how visitors use the website
- Protect the security and integrity of the website
- Prevent spam, fraud, or misuse
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
- Maintain appropriate business records
Personal information will not be used for purposes materially different from those described here without appropriate notice or consent when required.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Bysherm.com may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files placed on your device that can help websites function properly, remember preferences, understand visitor activity, and improve the user experience.
Cookies may include:
Essential cookies necessary for the website to function properly.
Analytics cookies that may help determine how visitors interact with the website.
Preference cookies that may remember certain choices or settings.
Third-party cookies that may be created when the website includes content, services, or features provided by another company.
You can generally control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some portions of the website function.
6. Website Analytics
This website may use website analytics or similar technologies to better understand how visitors use the site.
Information collected through these services may include general information such as pages visited, approximate geographic location, browser type, device type, referring website, and time spent on the site.
This information may be used to improve the website, its content, and the visitor experience.
7. Third-Party Service Providers
Certain parts of the website may rely on third-party service providers to perform functions such as:
- Website hosting
- Website management
- Email delivery
- Newsletter management
- Website analytics
- Spam prevention
- Security
- Form processing
- Payment or ecommerce services
These providers may process limited personal information as necessary to provide their services.
Where appropriate, third-party service providers are expected to handle personal information according to their own privacy obligations and policies.
8. Links to Other Websites
Bysherm.com may contain links to third-party websites, including booksellers, publishers, social-media platforms, organizations, or other outside services.
Once you leave bysherm.com, your activity is governed by the privacy policies and terms of the website you visit.
I am not responsible for the privacy practices, security, availability, or content of third-party websites.
You should review the privacy policy of any third-party website before providing personal information.
9. Book Purchases. and Other Transactions
Bysherm.com may provide links allowing visitors to purchase books, products, or services through third-party websites.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, payment information submitted through those external services is collected and processed by the applicable retailer, publisher, payment processor, or other third party rather than directly by bysherm.com.
Their privacy policies and terms govern those transactions.
10. Embedded Content
Pages on this website may include embedded content such as videos, images, social-media posts, forms, or other material provided by third parties.
Embedded content may behave in much the same way as if you visited the third-party website directly.
Those providers may collect information, use cookies, or track your interaction with their content according to their own privacy policies.
11. Sharing Personal Information
I do not sell your personal information.
Personal information may be shared with service providers when reasonably necessary to operate this website, provide requested services, maintain communications, protect the website, or perform legitimate business functions.
Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to:
- Comply with applicable law
- Respond to a lawful legal request
- Protect legal rights
- Investigate fraud or misuse
- Protect the safety or security of the website or its users
12. Data Retention
Personal information will generally be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to maintain appropriate business records, or to satisfy legal obligations.
Newsletter subscriber information may be maintained until you unsubscribe or request deletion, subject to information that may need to be retained for legal, administrative, or suppression-list purposes.
13. Data Security
Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to help protect personal information.
However, no website, internet transmission, electronic storage system, or communication method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
For that reason, absolute security of information transmitted through the internet cannot be guaranteed.
14. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
Depending on where you live and the laws that apply to you, you may have rights concerning your personal information.
These may include the right to:
- Request access to personal information maintained about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of certain personal information
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Object to or restrict certain uses of your information
- Request information concerning how your data is used
- Unsubscribe from marketing communications
Certain rights may be subject to exceptions or limitations under applicable law.
To make a privacy-related request, please contact me using the contact information provided through bysherm.com.
15. Children’s Privacy
This website is intended for a general audience and is not directed specifically toward children under the age of 18.
I do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18 through this website.
If you believe a child has provided personal information through the website, please contact me so the information can be reviewed and, where appropriate, deleted.
16. International Visitors
Bysherm.com may be accessed by visitors from different countries.
If you access the website from outside the United States, information you provide may be transferred to, processed, or stored in the United States or other locations where service providers operate.
Privacy protections in those locations may differ from those available in your country.
Where applicable law provides additional privacy rights, requests relating to those rights may be submitted through the website’s contact information.
17. Do Not Track and Privacy Controls
Some browsers and devices provide privacy controls or “Do Not Track” signals.
Because standards and technologies concerning these signals continue to evolve, the website may not respond uniformly to every type of browser-based privacy signal.
Where required by applicable law and supported by the technologies used on this website, legally recognized privacy preference signals will be handled accordingly.
18. Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes to the website, services, technologies, or applicable requirements.
When changes are made, the Last Updated date at the top of this page will be revised.
Visitors are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
19. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to make a privacy-related request, or have concerns about how information is handled, please contact:
LaCell Sherman
bysherm.com
Please use the Contact page on the website for privacy-related inquiries.