Privacy policy

Host Outside is a sole proprietorship based in California. This policy explains what we collect on hostoutside.com, why we collect it, and the choices you have. Questions go to hello@hostoutside.com.

What we collect

• What you send us. When you use the contact form or email us: your name, email address, brand website, what you sell and your message. When you book a call through Cal.com: the details you enter there, such as your name, email, time zone and notes. When you use our booking form: your answers to its questions and, if you give it, your phone number. It also sends the campaign tags of the link that first brought you to this site (such as utm_source), which your browser keeps on your device until then.
• Analytics. Unless your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal, we use Google Analytics 4 to understand how the site is used: pages viewed, how you arrived, your device and browser type, and approximate location (country or city, derived from your IP address). Google Analytics sets cookies to tell visits apart. We keep Google signals and ad personalization turned off.
• Meta pixel. Unless your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal, we use the Meta pixel to measure our ads on Facebook and Instagram: which pages you view on this site and whether you click to book a call. Meta may connect this to your Meta account under Meta’s privacy policy. After you book a call on Cal.com, the page on this site that you land on records that a call was booked.
• Security and delivery data. Our host, Cloudflare, processes technical data such as IP addresses and browser details to deliver the site and block abuse. When spam protection is on for the contact form, Cloudflare Turnstile checks that a person, not a bot, is submitting it.
• People we film. For people who appear in our videos: the footage, the consent they give on camera, and the appearance release they sign on set at hostoutside.com/r/ (name, email, optional phone and Instagram handle, signature, and the time, IP address, approximate location and device it was signed from). See “People in our videos” below.

We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13, and this site is not directed to them.

How we use it

• To reply to you and provide the services you ask for.
• To understand which pages are useful and fix what is not.
• To keep the site and the contact form secure and free of spam.
• To meet legal obligations.

Who we share it with

We share information only with service providers that help us run the site and the business, and only for those purposes: Cloudflare (hosting, security and email routing), Google (analytics), Meta (ad measurement), Cal.com (booking) and, when you pay us, our payment processor. We may also disclose information when the law requires it or to protect our rights.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for targeted advertising.

Cookies and privacy signals

Google Analytics uses first-party cookies (named _ga and similar). If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal, we do not load Google Analytics or the Meta pixel at all. The Meta pixel sets first-party cookies (named _fbp and similar); you can also manage ad preferences in your Meta account settings. You can also block cookies in your browser settings, or install Google’s opt-out add-on.

How long we keep it

• Messages and emails: as long as we need them to handle your inquiry and any work together.
• Analytics data: up to 14 months in Google Analytics.
• Footage: kept as part of our production records, as described in our terms.
• Signed releases: as long as any video featuring you may be in use, and for the period afterward in which a claim about it could be brought, because the release is our record of your permission.

People in our videos

We film members of the public openly, with visible cameras. Everyone who appears in a finished video agrees to the use of their likeness, voice and words in the ads we make, by signing our appearance release on set and on camera. We use release details only as the record of that permission and to contact you about your video; we never add you to a marketing list. That consent does not cover using anyone’s likeness to train or generate AI content. If you appeared in one of our videos and have a question or a request, email hello@hostoutside.com.

Your choices

You can ask what personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it (except a signed release, which we keep as described above), by emailing hello@hostoutside.com. We will respond within a reasonable time.

Security

We use established providers and limit who can access the information we hold. No way of sending or storing data is completely secure.

Changes to this policy

When we change this policy, we update the date at the top of this page.

Contact

Host Outside, California. Email hello@hostoutside.com.