Privacy Policy – Goat Pen

We hate creepy tracking as much as you do.
This policy is short on purpose.

1. What we actually collect
• Your name, email, and password when you join the Pen
• Shipping address only when you buy merch (tees, Phutzball kits, etc.) — immediately sent to our print-on-demand partner and then forgotten
• Payment details — handled 100 % by Stripe or PayPal (we never see or store full card numbers)
• Anything extra you voluntarily add to your profile (trade, location, skills, “open to sponsors,” etc.) — used only so other members can find you
• Completely anonymized page-view stats (no cookies, no personal identifiers)
• Standard server logs (IP, login time) for security and spam protection

2. What we do NOT collect
• No phone number (it’s not even a field at checkout)
• No birthday, marital status, SSN, or any of that garbage
• No advertising cookies, pixels, or retargeting
• We do not sell, rent, or share your data with anyone — ever

3. How we use it
• Let you log in, post, take courses, and use the Pens
• Ship your merch
• Send transactional emails only (order confirmations, password resets, etc.)
• Keep the site fast and secure

4. Who sees your data
• You
• Other logged-in Goat Pen members (only what you choose to show)
• Stripe/PayPal and our print-on-demand partner (for payments and shipping only)
• Nobody else

5. Your rights
• Edit or delete your profile anytime
• Request a full data export or total account deletion — just email [email protected]
• We’ll handle it same day or within 30 days max

6. Cookies & tracking
• Only essential cookies for login, cart, and basic function
• One tiny cookieless anonymized stats script
• YouTube videos, Google Fonts, and social share buttons only load after you click “Accept”
• We automatically respect Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

7. Security
Full-site HTTPS, modern security headers, and Really Simple Security running 24/7. Nothing is 100 % unhackable, but we guard your data like it’s our own.

8. Kids
Goat Pen is 13+ only. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13.

9. Heads up — G-Force Listings & G-Force L•iN•X’d (AI talent search)

Any info you put in the profile fields and share (trade, location, skills, headline, “open to work,” etc.) will be discoverable by:

• Verified employers and clients who pay for G-Force access
• Our internal AI crawler for the upcoming G-Force L•iN•X’d talent search

That’s the only place it ever goes.
We don’t sell it, don’t share it with recruiters, don’t feed it to third-party AI companies, don’t put it on job boards.

Leave everything blank or delete it anytime = you stay invisible to the outside world.
Fill it out = real people who pay real money can find you and hire you directly.

Bottom line: We’re not in the business of selling your data. Ever. If you fill out the G-Force fields (or agree to the new terms when our AI agent goes live), the only thing that happens is verified employers and clients who pay for G-Force access can find you — and our internal AI can match you to real jobs. That’s it. No recruiters, no job boards, no data brokers, no third-party AI companies. Leave it blank or delete it anytime and you stay 100 % invisible to the outside world. Your profile. Your choice. Your paycheck.

10. Questions?

Email us anytime: [email protected]
Goat Pen Media Lab, LLC — Santa Rosa, California

No 18-page lawyer wallpaper.
No hidden clauses.
Just the truth.

Welcome to the cleanest Pen on the internet.