Legal
Privacy
policy.
Last updated September 20, 2026
This site is the personal website of Tracey Higginbotham. The only personal information it collects is what you type into the inquiry form. There is no advertising, no analytics tracking, and no sale or sharing of your information with third parties for marketing.
What is collected
When you submit the inquiry form, the following is collected:
- Your name — so the reply can be addressed to you.
- Your email address — so a reply can be sent.
- Your message — whatever you choose to write, which may include details about your business or project.
The form also carries a hidden anti-spam field. If it is filled in, the submission is discarded and nothing is sent or stored.
To limit automated abuse, the server temporarily counts submissions against the network address your request arrives from. That counter lives in server memory, is never written to a database, and expires within ten minutes.
This site sets no cookies and runs no analytics, advertising, or session-tracking scripts.
Why it is collected
Only to read and respond to your inquiry, and to keep a record of the conversation in the ordinary course of business. Your details are not added to a marketing list, and you will not receive newsletters or promotional email as a result of contacting this site.
Who processes it
- Vercel — hosts and serves this website. Vercel processes request metadata, including your IP address, in order to deliver the page and protect against abuse.
- Email hosting and delivery — your submission is sent as an email over an encrypted SMTP connection and lands in a mailbox operated by an email provider on Tracey Higginbotham’s behalf.
- Google Fonts — typefaces are loaded from Google’s font service, which receives your IP address and browser details as part of that request. No form content is ever sent to Google.
These providers act as processors. Your inquiry is not sold, rented, or traded, and it is not passed to anyone else except where the law requires it.
How long it is kept
Inquiry emails are kept in the mailbox for as long as they are useful for the conversation and any resulting work, and are deleted once they are not. Short-lived server logs and abuse-prevention counters are discarded automatically, typically within days.
How it is protected
The site is served over HTTPS, and inquiry emails are transmitted over an encrypted SMTP connection using TLS 1.2 or later. Access to the receiving mailbox is limited to Tracey Higginbotham. No security measure is perfect, and nothing here is a guarantee against every possible compromise.
Please do not send passwords, financial account numbers, government identifiers, or other highly sensitive material through this form.
Your choices and requests
You can ask what is held about you, ask for a correction, or ask for your inquiry to be deleted. Email itshig@gmail.com and the request will be honored, normally within 30 days. There is no charge, and no account is needed.
You can also simply choose not to use the form — the same email address works directly.
Children
This site is aimed at business contacts and is not directed to children under 13. Information is not knowingly collected from them.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the revised version will be posted on this page with a new “last updated” date. Material changes will be described in plain language rather than buried.
Contact
Questions about this policy can go to itshig@gmail.com.