Privacy

01What this site collects

When you browse, this site records basic visit information with its own analytics, not a third-party service: the pages you view, how long you stay and how far you scroll, the site or campaign link that referred you, your device type, browser, operating system and screen size, your language setting, and your approximate location (city, state and country, estimated from your IP address by the hosting provider). It also notes a few actions: playing a video, opening an outside profile such as IMDb, downloading the resume, and sending the contact form.

A random identifier is kept in your browser's storage so repeat visits can be counted, and a second one groups the pages of a single visit. They are not tied to your name, and your IP address itself is not stored with any of this.

If you use the contact form or email the site, it keeps what you send: your name, email address, phone number if you give one, project type, and message, plus the time it arrived and any replies exchanged with you.

02How it is used

Visit information is used only to understand how the site is doing, such as which pages and videos get attention and where visitors come from. Messages are used only to reply to you. Nothing is sold, and nothing is shared with anyone for advertising, including cross-context behavioral advertising.

03Cookies and tracking

The site uses no advertising or tracking cookies and no third-party analytics. The only cookie belongs to the site owner's private admin area.

Opting out. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal, the site records no analytics for your visit at all. You can also clear your browser's site data at any time to remove the random identifier.

04Where data lives and how long

The site is hosted on Vercel, and data is stored encrypted on Vercel's infrastructure in the United States. Messages are delivered by email through Resend, an email delivery service, and kept until they are no longer needed for correspondence.

Detailed visit records are deleted after 90 days. Daily totals built from them, which may include the random visitor identifiers, are deleted after about 13 months.

05Security and spam protection

To keep the contact form and the site free of abuse, your IP address is checked when you send a message. It is stored only as a one-way scrambled code, used to limit how many messages one sender can send, and deleted within 24 hours. Submissions are screened automatically; anything flagged as spam is not emailed and is deleted after 30 days.

Automated visitors that identify themselves as bots, such as search engine and AI crawlers, are logged separately (the bot's name, the page it requested, and its approximate location) so they are not counted as people. This log is kept for up to 12 months.

06Your rights

You can ask what information this site holds about you, ask for a copy, ask for it to be corrected, or ask for it to be deleted. California residents have these rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, and you won't be treated differently for using them. Email hello@mattspolnik.com and the request will be answered within 45 days. This site does not sell or share personal information and does not use sensitive personal information, so there is nothing to opt out of.

07Embedded video

Some pages play videos hosted by YouTube in privacy-enhanced mode. YouTube may collect data when you play a video, per Google's privacy policy.

08Trademarks

Company names, brand names, and logos shown on this site, including the casting platforms linked from the contact page and the brands listed on the home page, are trademarks of their respective owners. They appear only to identify work Matt has appeared in or where his professional profiles can be found, and do not imply sponsorship or endorsement.

09Contact

Questions about this policy: hello@mattspolnik.com