Privacy policy.
Last Updated: July 2026.
Perspective Guides Cooperative
Perspective Guides Cooperative ("Perspective Guides," "we," "us," or "our") operates the website www.perspectiveguides.com (the "Site"). This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect from visitors and customers, how we use and share that information, and the choices available to you. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Site and does not apply to information collected offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by us or any third party.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following categories of personal information from you when you visit the Site, create an account, make a purchase, submit a form, request a proposal or invoice, sign up for our emails, or otherwise interact with us:
Email address
First and last name
Phone number
Address, including street address, city, state/province, and ZIP/postal code
Social media profile information (for example, if you interact with us through a connected social media account)
We also automatically collect certain technical and usage information when you visit the Site, as described in the "Analytics," "Cookies," and "Website Visitors" sections below.
2. How Our Website Collects and Uses Information
This Site is built and hosted on the Squarespace platform. The sections below describe how information is collected through our use of Squarespace's built-in features.
Analytics
This website collects personal information to power our site analytics, including:
Information about your browser, network, and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Your IP address
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
Clicks
Internal links
Pages visited
Scrolling
Searches
Timestamps
We provide this information to Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.
Cookies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app.
These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described above, only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.
Visitor Data
For website visitors
This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal information when you visit this website, including:
Information about your browser, network and device
Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
Web pages you view while on this website
Your IP address
Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. You can read more about how Squarespace uses your data for its own purposes in their Privacy Policy.
For customers
When you buy something on this website, we collect personal information from you to fulfill the order. We may collect information like your:
Billing and shipping address
Details relating to your purchase
Email address
Name
Phone number
We provide this information to Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us.
Our payment processors — Stripe, PayPal, and Square — will also collect payment information from you when you check out using those methods. You can read their privacy policies at stripe.com/privacy, paypal.com/privacy, and squareup.com/privacy, respectively.
If you choose to pay by bank transfer, we collect the information necessary to process and reconcile that payment, such as your name, contact information, and payment reference details. We do not store your full bank account credentials.
As you go through checkout, this site may auto-complete your shipping and billing address by sharing what you type with the Google Places API and returning suggestions to you to improve your checkout experience.
For form block submissions
When you submit information to this website via webform, we collect the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. We provide this information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us and help us manage our relationship with you.
For invoices
We use branded invoices to collect payments. We share this information with Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so they can provide invoicing services to us.
We may collect information like your:
Email address
Invoice details (for example, line items)
Name
Payment history
Squarespace makes use of Stripe, a third-party payment processing provider which also receives your personal information and processes it in accordance with their privacy policies.
For proposals, estimates, and contracts
When you contact us or agree to a service, we collect information necessary to negotiate, draft, and execute the service agreement.
This information may include your:
Business details (for example, project scope)
Email address
Name
Phone number
This information is processed and stored securely through our use of the Squarespace platform.
Squarespace Payments
If we process a transaction using Squarespace Payments, Squarespace Payments is a fully integrated, native payment solution provided to us by our online store service provider, Squarespace. Squarespace Payments makes use of the following third-party service providers, which will also receive your personal information and process it in accordance with their privacy policies:
Stripe — payment processing services. You can read Stripe's privacy policy at stripe.com/privacy.
Sift — fraud monitoring and detection services. You can read Sift's privacy policy at sift.com/service-privacy.
3. Payment Methods
In addition to any use of Squarespace Payments described above, we accept payment through Stripe, PayPal, Square, and direct bank transfer. When you choose one of these methods, the relevant provider collects and processes your payment information directly in accordance with its own privacy policy. We do not have access to your full payment card or bank account numbers.
4. Emails
Marketing Emails
We use Squarespace's Email Campaigns feature to send marketing emails to users who have opted in to receive them. You may opt in to receive emails from us, and you can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of any marketing email. We provide your contact information to Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf and help us manage our relationship with you.
Other Emails
We may also email you in connection with an order, inquiry, invoice, proposal, or other transaction or request you have made. These non-marketing communications are not subject to the marketing opt-out described above, as they are necessary to fulfill our obligations to you.
5. Social Media Information
If you interact with us through a connected social media account (for example, by logging in with a social media account or engaging with our social media pages), we may collect certain information from your public social media profile, such as your name and profile details. How that information is collected and used by the social media platform itself is governed by that platform's own privacy policy.
6. Advertising
We do not display third-party advertisements on the Site, and we do not use remarketing or retargeting services for marketing or advertising purposes.
7. How We Use Your Information
We use the personal information we collect to:
Provide, operate, and maintain the Site
Process and fulfill orders, invoices, proposals, and service agreements
Communicate with you, including responding to inquiries and form submissions
Send marketing emails to users who have opted in
Monitor and analyze site traffic, usage, and trends
Detect, prevent, and address fraud, security, or technical issues
Comply with our legal obligations
8. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your personal information with:
Squarespace, our website hosting, e-commerce, invoicing, and email marketing provider
Stripe, PayPal, Square, and our bank, to process payments
Other service providers who help us operate our business, subject to confidentiality obligations
Law enforcement or regulators, where required by law or to protect our rights
A successor entity, in the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets
9. Children's Privacy
The Site is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 13. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information as soon as reasonably possible. If you believe we may have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us using the information below.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to provide our services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
11. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Your Choices
You may opt out of marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in those emails. You may also contact us directly to ask us to update, correct, or delete personal information you have provided to us, and we will respond to reasonable requests where required by applicable law.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised effective date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
14. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Perspective Guides Cooperative
215 East 14th Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Email: info@perspectiveguides.com