Privacy policy

The short version

• Right now this site uses no analytics, no advertising pixels and no tracking cookies.
• If we add ad measurement later, nothing loads until you say yes, and your browser’s Global Privacy Control signal is honored.
• The planner works inside your browser. Nothing you type is sent to us unless you choose to email it.
• We don’t sell your personal information for money. We never ask for your passwords.
• Questions or requests: hello@busyworkagents.com.

Who we are

Busywork Agents sets up custom AI agents for small businesses and individuals. Busywork Agents is a trade name of ZHM Consulting Inc., based in New York, NY, USA (“we”, “us”). We work with clients in the United States and internationally. This policy covers this website and the information you give us when you contact us or become a client. Effective November 7, 2026.

What we collect and why

We don’t ask for, and you shouldn’t send, passwords, government ID numbers, health records or full payment card numbers.

Cookies, pixels and ads

Current status: this site sets no cookies and loads no analytics or advertising tags.

We may later advertise on Meta (Facebook and Instagram) or Google and measure those ads. If we do, this section will be updated before the tags go live, and these rules apply:

• Opt-in first. The Meta Pixel and the Google tag load only after you choose Accept, or turn them on under Your privacy choices. Reject is as easy as Accept.
• What they collect. Your IP address, browser and device details, the pages you view, and events such as opening the planner or emailing a brief, linked to cookies or identifiers that Meta or Google may match to your account with them. We never pass the text of your brief, your email message or project data to these tags.
• Why. To count visits, measure whether ads lead to enquiries, and show our ads to people who visited (retargeting). Meta and Google may combine this with other information they hold and use it under their own policies: Meta Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites that use its services.
• Tracking across sites. Once you opt in, Meta and Google can collect information about your activity on this site and other sites over time. Without your opt-in, no third party collects it here.
• Change your mind any time with the “Your privacy choices” link at the bottom of every page. Withdrawing stops new data from being sent; reload the page for it to take full effect. You can also clear cookies in your browser, and manage ad settings in your Meta and Google accounts.

Global Privacy Control. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, we treat it as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information for advertising. Advertising tags stay off for you and the choices panel shows “Opt-out preference signal honored”.

Do Not Track. Our site does not change its behaviour in response to browser “Do Not Track” signals, because no tracking runs unless you opt in. We do honor GPC as described above.

Who we share it with

We share personal information only with service providers that help us run the business, under their terms, and only what they need:

• Website hosting (for example Netlify), which processes server logs.
• Email, scheduling (for example Cal.com) and payments (for example Stripe).
• An AI service named in your written proposal, only for your project and only with your agreement. Where possible the agent runs in your own ChatGPT or Claude account, under your settings.
• Meta and Google, only if you opt in to analytics or advertising.

We may also disclose information if the law requires it, to protect our rights or safety, or as part of a sale or reorganisation of the business, in which case this policy continues to apply.

We don’t sell personal information for money. Under some US state laws, letting an ad platform collect data for targeted ads can count as a “sale” or “sharing”. That only happens here if you opt in, and you can opt out at any time.

If we emailed you first

We sometimes email businesses about our service using a business email address published on that business’s own website. Every such email says who we are, includes a postal address and lets you opt out. Reply “stop” or write to us and we will add the address to our do-not-contact list and not email it again.

How long we keep it

• Enquiries that don’t become projects: up to 24 months, then deleted.
• Client records and invoices: as long as the law requires for tax and accounting, typically up to 7 years.
• Project samples and test data: deleted or returned within 30 days of handover unless your proposal says otherwise.
• Server logs: kept by our host under its retention schedule.

Security

We use account security and least-privilege access, keep client work in client-owned accounts where possible, and keep credentials out of email and documents. No method is perfectly secure. If we learn of a breach affecting your information, we will tell you as the law requires.

Your rights and choices

You can ask us to tell you what personal information we hold about you, to correct it, to delete it, or to stop using it for marketing. Email hello@busyworkagents.com with your request. We may need to confirm it’s you before acting. We aim to respond within 45 days. Depending on your state, you may have additional rights, including appealing a decision we make about your request; reply to our decision to appeal. We will not treat you differently for exercising your rights.

You can opt out of any advertising sale or sharing through Your privacy choices or by turning on Global Privacy Control in your browser.

If you are outside the United States

We are based in the US and serve clients worldwide. If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland or another country with data protection law, the following also applies.

• Controller: ZHM Consulting Inc., New York, NY, USA, reachable at the email below.
• Legal bases: to take steps you ask for before a contract and to perform it (replying, proposals, projects, invoices); our legitimate interests in running and securing the site and in limited business-to-business outreach, which you can object to at any time; your consent for any analytics or advertising cookies; and legal obligations such as tax records.
• Your rights: access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, objection, and withdrawing consent at any time without affecting earlier processing. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.
• International transfers: your information is processed in the United States and by providers that may process it elsewhere. Where the law requires it, we rely on safeguards such as the providers’ standard contractual clauses or adequacy decisions.
• Cookies: non-essential cookies and tags stay off until you opt in, wherever you are.

Children

This site and our services are for adults. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us information, email us and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

We will post any change here and update the effective date. If a change is material, such as turning on new advertising tags, we will say so at the top of this page and ask for your choice again before those tags load.

Contact

ZHM Consulting Inc. (Busywork Agents), New York, NY, USA · hello@busyworkagents.com