Legal Governance (/terms/, /privacy/, /disclosure/)

Privacy Policy, Terms of Use & Editorial Disclosure

Official governance record consolidating the historical Privacy Policy (/privacy/), FTC Affiliate Disclosure (/disclosure/), and Archival Terms of Use for Websites Made Simple and Runway Domains.

1. Privacy Policy (Restored from /privacy/)

Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy, we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used on websitesmadesimple.org:

  • Server Log Files & Analytics: Like most standard websites, our edge servers collect non-identifying technical metadata (browser type, referring URL, requested path, and timestamp) strictly to maintain site security, purge unauthorized legacy endpoints, and measure aggregate tutorial readership.
  • Voluntary Email Inquiries: If you contact Todd Pettee or our editorial team via email ([email protected]), your email address and message content are used solely to respond to your inquiry and are never sold, rented, or shared with third-party marketers.
  • Cookies & Third-Party Links: This static educational archive does not set intrusive behavioral tracking cookies. External resources linked from our tutorials operate under their own respective privacy policies.

2. Editorial & Affiliate Disclosure (Restored from /disclosure/)

Between 2011 and 2020, Websites Made Simple was supported in part by referral commissions when readers purchased web hosting or website builder subscriptions through tutorial links. In this restored educational archive:

  • Purged Legacy Affiliate Cloaks: All legacy Pretty Link redirect paths (/go/* and /link/*) have been permanently retired with HTTP 410 Gone status codes.
  • Objective Benchmarks: All historical comparison tables (including TablePress #tablepress-1 for web hosting and #tablepress-14 for website builders) are preserved solely as independent educational and historical benchmark records.

3. Terms of Use & Intellectual Property

All original tutorials, course blueprints, comparison structures, and instructional guides published on websitesmadesimple.org are copyright © 2011-2026 Websites Made Simple / Runway Domains (founded by Todd Pettee). Third-party product names referenced in our tutorials (including WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Weebly, SiteGround, Bluehost, HostGator, InMotion, DreamHost, Namecheap, StudioPress Genesis, and cPanel) are trademarks of their respective owners.