Privacy Policy

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the Sites.

This Privacy Policy (Hereinafter ‘Policy’) defines and describes how we collect, use, process and distribute your information, including but not limited to, Personal Data (as defined below), that is used to access this Website. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. The use of information collected through our Sites shall be limited to the purposes as described in this Policy which is hereby incorporated by reference into the Terms and Conditions outlining User use of these Sites.

We reserve the right to change this Policy on the Sites at any time without prior notice. You maintain the responsibility to read this Policy and our Terms prior to each use of our Sites. In the event of a material change, we will notify you via email provided we have your current information. In the alternative, we will post a notice on our Sites.

By using our Sites or their content, you consent to this Privacy Policy whether you have read it or not.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We collect personal information from you so that we can provide you with a positive experience when you utilize our Sites or their Content. We only collect the minimum amount of information needed for us to fulfill our commitment to you.

By providing your personal information to us, you are affirming that you are giving it to us voluntarily, and that by providing this information, you are giving consent for us to use, collect and process this Personal Data.

You retain the right to opt-out or submit a request for us to delete your Personal Data at any time by contacting us at mjm-admin@protonmail.com.

Should you choose not to provide us with certain basic Personal Data, you may not be able to participate in certain segments of our Sites of Content.

Anonymous Data Collection and Use

To maintain our Sites’ high quality, we may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer the Sites by identifying which areas of the Sites are most heavily used, and to display content according to your preferences. Your IP address is the number assigned to computers connected to the Internet. This is essentially ‘traffic data’, which cannot personally identify you, but is helpful to us for marketing purposes and for improving our services. Traffic data collection does not follow a user’s activities on any other websites in any way. Anonymous traffic data may also be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate basis.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

We may use the standard ‘cookie’ feature of major web browsers. We do not set any personally identifiable information in cookies, not do we employ any data-capture mechanisms on our website other than cookies. You may choose to disable cookies through your own web browser’s settings with the understanding that by disabling this function, you may diminish your experience on our Sites and some features may not work as intended.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Confidentiality

We shall disclose your Personal Data only when required by law to do so or in the good faith belief that: (1) such action is necessary to protect and defend our rights or property or the rights or property of our Users or licensees; (2) to act as immediately necessary in order to protect the personal safety or rights of our Users or the public, or (3) to investigate or respond to any real or perceived violation of this Policy or of our Terms, Disclaimer or any other Agreement User may have with Parties.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Security

We take all commercially reasonable steps to protect the Personal Data you provide us from misuse, disclosure, or unauthorized access. We will only share your Personal Data with trusted third parties who use the same level of care in processing your Personal Data as we do. We cannot guarantee nor provide any warranty that your Personal Data will always be secure from technology or security breaches. Should we become aware of any breach of our data storage, we will immediately inform you of same.

Our Anti-Spam Policy

We have a no-spam policy and provide you with the ability to opt out of our communications by selecting the UNSUBSCRIBE link at the footer of all emails we send you. We take steps to comply with the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 and never disseminate misleading information. We will never sell, rent, or share your email address.

Third Party Websites

We may link to other Websites on our Sites. We have no responsibility or liability for the Content and activities of any other individual, company or entity whose website or materials may be linked to our Sites or its Content, and therefore we cannot be held liable for the privacy of the information on their website or that you may voluntarily share with their website. Please review their Privacy Policies for guidelines as to how they respectively store, use and protect the privacy of your Personal Data.

Minor’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

We do not collect nor maintain any information from any person under the age of 18 years in compliance with Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the EU. Our Sites and their content is directed to individuals who are at least 18 years of age or older.

What Happens to the Information We Collect

Personal Data that you provide to us is stored internally or through a data management system. Your Personal Data will only be accessed by those who help obtain, manage or store that information, or who have legitimate need to know such Personal Data (ie our hosting provider, newsletter provider, payment processors or team members.)

Please note that we may transfer data internationally. For Users in the European Union (EU), please be aware that we transfer Personal Data outside the EU. By using our Sites, and providing us with your Personal Data, you consent to these transfers in accordance with this Policy.

DATA RETENTION

We retain your Personal Data for the minimum amount of time necessary to provide you with the information and/or services you requested from us. We may include certain Personal Data for longer periods of time if necessary for legal, contractual and accounting requirements.

How You Can Access, Update or Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to:

(1) Request information about how your Personal Data is being used and request a copy of the Personal Data we use.

(2) Restrict processing of said Data if you thing the Personal Data is not accurate, unlawful, or no longer needed.

(3) Rectify or erase Personal Data and receive confirmation of the correction or erasure.

(4) Withdraw your consent at any time to the processing of your Personal Data.

(5) Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you determine we are unlawfully using your Personal Data.

(6) Receive Personal Data portability and Transference to another controller without our hindrance.

(7) Object to our use of your Personal Data.

(8) Not be subject to an automated decision based solely on automatic processing, including profiling, which legally or significantly affects you or your interests.

YOU MAY UNSUBSCRIBE FROM OUR E-NEWSLETTERS OR UPDATES OR AT ANY TIME THROUGH THE ‘UNSUBSCRIBE’ LINK AT THE FOOTER OF ALL EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR ARE EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS UNSUBSCRIBING, PLEASE CONTACT US AT mjm-admin@protonmail.com.

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

User Names and Passwords

You may need a username and password to access certain features of our Sites. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the username and password, and you are responsible for all activities, whether by you or others, that occur under your username or password and within your account. We cannot and shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your username, password, or other account information. If you share your username and/or password with others, they may be able to obtain access to your Personal Data, and you assume the risk of such access and the issues that may arise therefrom.

You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized or improper use of your username or password or any other breach of security. To help protect against unauthorized or improper use, make sure that you log out at the end of each session requiring the use of your username and/or password.

Notification of Changes

We may use your Personal Data, such as your contact information, to inform you of changes to the Sites or their content, or, when requested, to send you additional information about us. We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter our Sites, its Content and this Policy at any time.

Such changes and/or modifications shall become effective immediately upon posting of our updated Policy. Continued use of any information obtained through or on the Sites or its Content following the posting of changes thereto and/or modifications constitute your understanding and acceptance of the revised Policy.

Data Controllers and Processors

We use trusted third parties as our data processors for technical and organizational purposes, including for payments and email marketing. We use reasonable efforts to ensure our data processors are GDPR-compliant.

If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us at mjm-admin2023@protonmail.com or DLHT, 8816 Manchester Road, #164; St Louis, MO 63144

Updated: May 31, 2020