Privacy Policy for www. andrewkjohnston.com
Effective Date: January 13, 2025
Who we are:
Our website address is https:www.andrewkjohnston.com
1. Introduction
This privacy policy describes how Andrew K. Johnston (referred to as "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares personal information of visitors to www.andrewkjohnston.com (the "Website").
We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. By using the Website, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information about you in the following ways:
Information You Provide: We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, such as your name, email address, and website URL when you leave a comment.
Automatically Collected Information: When you visit the Website, we automatically collect certain information about your device and how you interact with the Website. This may include:
Log Data: Your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and date/time stamps of visits.
Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Website and hold certain information. Cookies are small data files that are transferred to your computer or mobile device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Website.
Analytics: We may use third-party analytics services (like Google Analytics) to collect information about visitor behavior and demographics.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:
To Provide and Improve the Website: To operate, maintain, and improve the Website's functionality and user experience.
To Respond to Your Requests: To respond to your comments, questions, and requests.
To Analyze Website Usage: To understand how visitors use the Website and to analyze trends and patterns.
To Prevent Fraud and Spam: To detect and prevent fraudulent activity and spam.
To Comply with Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws and regulations.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it.
However, we will normally collect personal information from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you, or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
5. Cookies
Essential Cookies: These cookies are essential for the Website to function properly. They enable you to navigate the Website and use its features.
Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, more personalized features.
Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use the Website, such as which pages they visit most often and if they receive error messages. This information is used to improve the Website's performance and user experience.
6. Embedded Content
The Website may include embedded content from other websites (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). This embedded content behaves in the same way as if you have 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.
7. Who We Share Your Data With
We may share your information with the following third parties:
Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us with website hosting, data analysis, email delivery, and other essential functions. We have contracts with our service providers that require them to protect your information.
Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend our rights or property, or protect the personal safety of users of the Website or the public.
8. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
9. Your Data Protection Rights
You have the following data protection rights:
Access: You have the right to access your personal information that we hold about you.
Correction: You have the right to have your personal information corrected if it is inaccurate or incomplete.
Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Restriction: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Data Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to have that information transferred to another organization in certain circumstances.
You can exercise your data protection rights by contacting us using the details provided below.
10. International Data Transfers
Your information, including personal information, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.
If you are located outside United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the information, including personal information, to United States and process it there.
Your consent to this privacy policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
11. Children's Privacy
The Website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page. You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at:
Andrew K. Johnston
info@andrewkjohnston.com