Privacy Policy

What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you complete our Protection Review Questionnaire or otherwise contact us through this website. Any data we request that is not required will be specified as voluntary or optional.

When completing our Questionnaire or otherwise contacting us, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, phone number, email address, date of birth, and information about your business, including your monthly business income range, number of employees, weekly customer volume, your area of insurance interest, and a description of your business and current insurance situation. This information is collected by Daniel Schmidt, the operator of The Artist's Shield, for the insurance purposes described below. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

Like most websites, we use cookies to enhance your experience, gather general visitor information, and track visits to our website. Please refer to the "Do we use cookies?" section below for information about cookies and how we use them.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in the following ways:

• To respond to your request for information and schedule your consultation
• To evaluate your insurance needs and the risks associated with your business, and to prepare and discuss insurance quotes, options, or proposals
• To assist you in obtaining, applying for, or maintaining insurance coverage
• To contact you by phone, text message, or email regarding your inquiry, and about other insurance products or services that may be relevant to you

How do we protect your information?

We take reasonable steps to protect the information you provide, including limiting access to your information to those who need it to assist with your insurance inquiry. No method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. We do not collect credit card or payment information through this website.

Do we use cookies?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer's hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

Advertising and Tracking Technologies

We use the Meta Pixel and Meta's Conversions API to measure how our ads perform on Facebook and Instagram and to show our ads to people who may be interested. When you visit this site or take an action such as submitting a form, viewing our training, or scheduling a call, Meta may receive information about that action, browser identifiers such as cookies, and contact details such as your name, email address, and phone number. Contact details are encrypted (hashed) before they are sent. We do not send sensitive questionnaire answers, such as your income range or date of birth, to Meta. Meta's use of this information is governed by Meta's own privacy policy, and you can manage your ad preferences in your Facebook and Instagram settings.

We also use third-party services to operate this site, including Web3Forms and Formspree to process form submissions, Cal.com to schedule appointments, and Wistia to host our training video. These services may collect information as described in their own privacy policies.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, as long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other third-party links occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Calls, Texts, and Email

By submitting the Questionnaire, you agree that we may contact you by phone, text message, and email regarding your insurance inquiry and related insurance products and services, using the contact information you provide. Calls and texts regarding your inquiry are made personally by Daniel Schmidt or his direct associates; we do not use automated dialing systems, autodialers, or automated/prerecorded messages to contact you. Consent to be contacted is not a condition of purchasing any insurance product. You may ask to stop receiving marketing calls, texts, or emails at any time by contacting us using the information below, or by replying "STOP" to a text message we send you. We will still need to contact you regarding any active insurance application, policy, or transaction you have with us.

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act); we do not collect any information from anyone under 18 years of age. Our website, products, and services are all directed to people who are at least 18 years old.

CAN-SPAM Compliance

We have taken the necessary steps to ensure that we are compliant with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 by never sending out misleading information.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below. Policy changes will apply only to information collected after the date of the change.

This policy was last modified on October 17, 2026.

We pledge to you, our customer, that we have made a dedicated effort to bring our privacy policy in line with the following important privacy laws and initiatives: Federal Trade Commission Fair Information Practices, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, Privacy Alliance and Marketing Act, Trust Guard Privacy Requirements.