Privacy Policy Details
Purpose: Author Mulhall’s site privacy policy for visitors to the author website of John A. Mulhall. The purpose of this policy to detail this site’s privacy terms for its visitors and users.
Published Date: 30th April, 2024.
Version: 1.1
Last Revision: 1st May, 2024.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://authormulhall.com. The “Site” is called “Author Mulhall”. The site owner is John A. Mulhall, who is trading as himself, and resides in Ireland. John can be referred to as “we” in this policy, noting contractors working on behalf of John A. Mulhall may also be included in this term.
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 with 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.
What Information Does This Site Collect?
Newsletter or Blog:
If you voluntarily sign up for Author Mulhall’s newsletter or site service (e.g. blog) via a site account, or newsletter subscription, this site will record your email address, phone number, first name, and last name. You can refuse to supply personal information, but that will exclude you from certain related activities, such as receiving newsletters, blogs, and free offers. When subscribers click on a link in one of the site’s emails or fills out a form, the site may record this information (see below how this information is used).
Account and newsletter subscribers must confirm their subscription via double opt-in email sent by our site, and may unsubscribe at any time. You may ask for all your data to be deleted at any time.
Online Contact Form
If you voluntarily submit an online query form, this site will record your GDPR agreement with this policy, your first name, last name, email address, query category, phone number and message. We undertake to use this information in the servicing of your query and may use it to contact you about you query. To submit an online contact form to our site, you must agree to this privacy policy by ticking the “GDPR Agreement” tickbox at the end of the form on our site contact page, which has an associated link to this policy.
Giveaways and Contests:
If you enter a giveaway, your first name, last name, phone number, and email is collected. If you win a physical prize, you will be asked to give in addition to the aforementioned, your physical address.
Security of Personal Data:
We will take appropriate technical and organizational precautions to secure your personal data and to prevent its loss, misuse, or alteration. We will store all your personal data on secure servers, personal computers and mobile devices, and in secure manual record-keeping systems.
Data relating to your enquiries and financial transactions that is sent from your web browser to our web server, or from our web server to your web browser, will be protected using encryption technology. Should a data breach ever occur, subscribers will be notified within 7 days of discovery. You acknowledge that the transmission of unencrypted data over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee its security. You should ensure that your password is not susceptible to being guessed, whether by a person or a computer program. You are responsible for keeping the password you use for accessing our website confidential and we will not ask you for your password (except when you log in to our website).
Non-personal Information
This website may collect non-personal information about visitors when they interact with the site. This information may include the browser name, means of connection to the site, and other non-identifying information.
Log Data
Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit Author Mulhall. This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, and the time spent on those pages, along with other statistics.
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.
Cookies
This website may use “cookies” to enhance visitor experience. Typically, cookies may be placed on visitors’ hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. Visitors may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to send an alert when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the site may not function properly. Please see a list of vendor support links at the end of this section on how to change your local cookie settings.
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 as a guest author on our blog, 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.
We use cookies to identify you when you visit our website, determine if you are logged in, and maintain the status of your shopping cart, should one be made available. They may also be used to help us to display advertisements relevant to you and to help us analyze the use and performance of our website and services.
Our service providers, such as Google Analytics and Google Adsense, use cookies that may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete them. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
Mozilla FireFox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop?redirectslug=enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences&redirectlocale=en-US
Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d
Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and-privacy-bb8174ba-9d73-dcf2-9b4a-c582b4e640dd
Apple Safari: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/data/en/safari/
Embedded content from third party 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.
We have no control over, and are not responsible for, the privacy policies and practices of third parties.
Third-party links
Sometimes Author Mulhall will include third-party links through email or on the website. These sites have their own policies and you should read those before subscribing or purchasing from them.
MailPoet newsletter & emails
If you have subscribed to our newsletter or if you are a member of our website (you can log in) or if you have purchased on our website, there is a good chance you will receive emails from us.
We will only send you emails which you have signed up to receive, or which pertain to the services we provided to you.
To send you emails, we use the name and email address you provide us. Our site also logs the IP address you used when you signed up for the service to prevent abuse of the system.
This website will normally send emails through the MailPoet Sending Service. This service allows us to track opens and clicks on our emails. We use this information to improve the content of our newsletters.
No identifiable information is otherwise tracked outside this website except for the email address.
We can, at our descretion use on occassion, use our WP Mailer SMTP service to send email distributions when our MailPoet sending service is not available. In such a case, no email addresses will be transmitted to the MailPoet sending service.
Security Shield
Our website uses specialist security software. This helps to ensure data breaches do not occur and our website and data are protected against hacking attempts and intrusion.
Security shield plugin protects site visitors and works to block potential hacks while monitoring web traffic and filesystem changes.
To learn more about security shield’s privacy policy, please follow this link.
Cookies
- The security shield plugin never stores any sensitive, personally identifiable information in any cookie at any time.
- In the case that the security shield plugin needs to redirect a visitor or any request, it may use a cookie to prevent repeated/infinite redirect loops.
- For registered/logged-in users, the security shield plugin uses a cookie to track user sessions and control display of certain in-plugin admin notices.
- The security shield plugin does not normally use Cookies for unregistered site visitors. It may however, use a cookie to register the closure of the security shield security badge to prevent repeated display.
Data Storage: User Sessions
For logged-in users, the security shield plugin stores information on the username, the IP address and the time of last login and last activity.
This information is purged upon logout or data cleanup.
Data Storage: Audit Trail
The security shield plugin has an Audit Trail feature that will log the following information:
- Audit Trail message that may include email addresses
- Logged-in username (where applicable)
- Originating IP address of the request
For logged-in users this represents information that may be used to locate (by IP address) and identify individuals and their activity on the site.
This information is stored for security purposes by the site administrator.
This data will be retained and then automatically purged from the database after a fixed time period, as determined by the site administrator. (Currently this is set to 7 days.)
Lightspeed Cache
This site utilizes caching in order to facilitate a faster response time and better user experience. Caching potentially stores a duplicate copy of every web page that is on display on this site. All cache files are temporary, and are never accessed by any third party, except as necessary to obtain technical support from the cache plugin vendor. Cache files expire on a schedule set by the site administrator, but may easily be purged by the admin before their natural expiration, if necessary. We may use QUIC.cloud services to process & cache your data temporarily. Please see https://quic.cloud/privacy-policy/ for more details.
What we analyize and who we share your data with
Subscriber information is never shared with an third party. The only exception is that email addresses may be used by our 3rd party email sending service in the execution of their services. This in no way distributes the emails or signs subscribers up to any other services.
The privacy policy of our email sending service MailPoet, can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
The privacy policy of our site analytics service MonsterInsights can be found here: https://www.monsterinsights.com/privacy-policy/
The privacy policy of our marketing and site analytics service, including our broken links checker, AIOSEO can be found here: https://aioseo.com/privacy-policy/
The privacy policy of our site traffic analytics service Google Analytics can be found here: https://support.google.com/analytics/topic/2919631?hl=en&ref_topic=1008008&sjid=14639897400863909439-EU
Our survey manager UserFeedback’s privacy policy can be found here: https://www.userfeedback.com/privacy-policy/
The privacy policy of our site forms provider, WP Forms can be located here: https://wpforms.com/privacy-policy/
The privacy policy of site based email provider WP Mailer SMTP, which we use internally and at certain times of our discretion, as an email list sending service, can be found here: https://wpmailsmtp.com/privacy-policy/
The privacy policy of our security plugin, Shield Security can be found here: https://getshieldsecurity.com/policies/privacy-policy/
Our server provider Lightspeed cache privacy policy can be found on the following links:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/
https://www.quic.cloud/privacy-policy/
The privacy policy for our hosting provider, Hostinger, can be found here: https://www.hostinger.com/legal/privacy-policy
Do note for an account, if you request a password reset from our site, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Use of the Website by Minors
All subscribers must be 16 or older or have the consent of a parent or guardian.
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.
What rights you have over your data
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 legal or security purposes.
The right to access: You have the right to confirm the personal data we have on you and we must provide access if you request it.
The right to rectification: You have the right to have any inaccurate personal data about you corrected and to have any incomplete personal data about you completed.
The right to erasure: Also known as the “right to be forgotten,” you have the right to the erasure of your personal data without undue delay for any reason. There are a few exceptions to this right, though, if we are complying with a legal obligation or defending against a legal claim.
The right to restrict processing: In some circumstances you have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. That could happen if you contest the accuracy of the data or we no longer need the data, but you would like it retained for legal reasons.
The right to object to processing: If you make such an objection, we will cease to process the personal information unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests.
The right to data portability: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes (including profiling for direct marketing purposes). If you make such an objection, we will cease to process your personal data for this purpose.
The right to complain to a supervisory authority: If you consider that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection.
The right to withdraw consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent to handle your data at any time.
Where your data is sent
Our site is hosted by our hosting provider Hostinger. We soley use their data centre for site hosting, which is located in the United Kingdom.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Please note third party providers have confirmed they are GDPR compliant, but we have no control over their hosting locations.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
Author Mulhall may update this privacy policy at any time. A notice about such changes will be posted on https://authormulhall.com. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically and become aware of modifications.
Your Acceptance of These Terms
By visiting and using https://authormulhall.com, you signify your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you can simply not use the site. Continued use of the site means you accept the policy and any periodic changes.
Questions?
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or anything else on https://authormulhall.com, please email John A. Mulhall at john@authormulhall.com or use this site’s online contact form.
