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Christopher Gaskill – 6037 North Fry Road, Suite 126-112, Katy, TX 77449<\/p>
Owner contact email:<\/b> info@christophergaskill.com<\/p>Types of Data collected<\/h2>
Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: email address, first name, last name, phone number, various types of Data, Cookies, Usage Data, country, username, website and geographic position.<\/p>
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Website is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Website to provide its services. In cases where this Website specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies \u2013 or of other tracking tools \u2013 by this Website or by the owners of third-party services used by this Website serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy, if available.<\/p>
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Website and confirm that they have the third party’s consent to provide the Data to the Owner.<\/p>
The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and\/or IT enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.<\/p>
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:<\/p>
In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.<\/p>
The Data is processed at the Owner’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.<\/p>
Depending on the User’s location, data transfers may involve transferring the User’s Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.<\/p>
Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.<\/p>
If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.<\/p>
Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.<\/p>
Therefore:<\/p>
The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.<\/p>
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.<\/p>
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Services, as well as for the following purposes: User database management, Contacting the User, Analytics, Backup saving and management, Commercial affiliation, Content commenting, Content performance and features testing (A\/B testing), Displaying content from external platforms, Handling payments, Hosting and backend infrastructure, Infrastructure monitoring, Interaction with external social networks and platforms, Location-based interactions, Managing contacts and sending messages, Remarketing and behavioral targeting and Traffic optimization and distribution.<\/p>
Users can find further detailed information about such purposes of processing and about the specific Personal Data used for each purpose in the respective sections of this document.<\/p>
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:<\/p>
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.<\/p>
Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (\u201cGoogle\u201d). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Website, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.<\/p>
Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.<\/p>
Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Opt Out<\/a>. Privacy Shield participant.<\/p> Clicky is an analytics service provided by Roxr Software Ltd.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p> WordPress Stats is an analytics service provided by Automattic Inc.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p> This type of service allows the Owner to save and manage backups of this Website on external servers managed by the service provider itself. The backups may include the source code and content as well as the data that the User provides to this Website.<\/p> Amazon Glacier is a service to save and manage backups provided by Amazon Web Services Inc.<\/p> Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p> By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes this Website to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form\u2019s header.<\/p> Personal Data collected: email address, first name, last name, phone number and various types of Data.<\/p> By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User\u2019s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Website. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Website or after making a purchase.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies, country, email address, first name, last name and Usage Data.<\/p> Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of this Website. This Website has its own internal content comment system.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies, email address, first name, last name, Usage Data, username and website.<\/p> This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Website and interact with them. Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>. Privacy Shield participant.<\/p> Google Maps is a maps visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>. Privacy Shield participant.<\/p> Gravatar is an image visualization service provided by Automattic Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages. Personal Data collected: email address and Usage Data.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p> Instagram is an image visualization service provided by Instagram, Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p> Vimeo is a video content visualization service provided by Vimeo, LLC that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p> YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google Inc. that allows this Website to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>. Privacy Shield participant.<\/p> Payment processing services enable this Website to process payments by credit card, bank transfer or other means. To ensure greater security, this Website shares only the information necessary to execute the transaction with the financial intermediaries handling the transaction. PayPal is a payment service provided by PayPal Inc., which allows Users to make online payments.<\/p> Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.<\/p> Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p> Stripe is a payment service provided by Stripe Inc.<\/p> Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>. Privacy Shield participant.<\/p> Freshbooks is an invoicing and payment service provided by 2NDSITE Inc.<\/p> Personal Data collected: email address and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.<\/p> Place of processing: Canada \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p> This type of service has the purpose of hosting Data and files that enable this Website to run and be distributed as well as to provide a ready-made infrastructure to run specific features or parts of this Website. Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.<\/p> Amazon Web Services is a hosting and backend service provided by Amazon.com Inc.<\/p> Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>. Privacy Shield participant.<\/p> This type of service allows this Website to monitor the use and behavior of its components so its performance, operation, maintenance and troubleshooting can be improved. Uptime Robot is a monitoring service provided by Buzpark Bilisim Tarim Urunleri Sanayi Tic. Ltd. Sti.<\/p> Personal Data collected: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.<\/p> Place of processing: Turkey \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p> This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of this Website. The Facebook Like button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Facebook social network provided by Facebook, Inc.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>. Privacy Shield participant.<\/p> The Google+ +1 button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Google+ social network provided by Google Inc.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>. Privacy Shield participant.<\/p> The LinkedIn button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the LinkedIn social network provided by LinkedIn Corporation.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p> The Pinterest \u201cPin it\u201d button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Pinterest platform provided by Pinterest Inc.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p> The reddit button and widgets are services allowing interaction with the reddit platform provided by reddit inc.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p> The Twitter Tweet button and social widgets are services allowing interaction with the Twitter social network provided by Twitter, Inc.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>. Privacy Shield participant.<\/p> This Website may collect, use, and share User location Data in order to provide location-based services. Personal Data collected: geographic position.<\/p> This type of service makes it possible to manage a database of email contacts, phone contacts or any other contact information to communicate with the User. Twilio is a phone numbers management and communication service provided by Twilio, Inc.<\/p> Personal Data collected: phone number.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p> This type of service allows this Website and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Website by the User. Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. that connects the activity of this Website with the Facebook advertising network.<\/p> Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage Data.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Opt Out<\/a>. Privacy Shield participant.<\/p> This type of service allows this Website to distribute their content using servers located across different countries and to optimize their performance. CloudFlare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by CloudFlare Inc. Personal Data collected: Cookies and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.<\/p> Place of processing: United States \u2013\u00a0Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p> This type of service allows the Owner to build user profiles by starting from an email address, a personal name, or other information that the User provides to this Website, as well as to track User activities through analytics features. This Personal Data may also be matched with publicly available information about the User (such as social networks’ profiles) and used to build private profiles that the Owner can display and use for improving this Website. ActiveCampaign is a User database management service provided by ActiveCampaign, Inc.<\/p> Personal Data collected: email address and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.<\/p>Clicky (Roxr Software Ltd)<\/h4>
WordPress Stats (Automattic Inc.)<\/h4>
Backup saving and management<\/h3>
Amazon Glacier (Amazon)<\/h4>
Contacting the User<\/h3>
Contact form (this Website)<\/h4>
Mailing list or newsletter (this Website)<\/h4>
Content commenting<\/h3>
Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.<\/p>Comment system managed directly (this Website)<\/h4>
Displaying content from external platforms<\/h3>
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.<\/p>Google Fonts (Google Inc.)<\/h4>
Google Maps widget (Google Inc.)<\/h4>
Gravatar (Automattic Inc.)<\/h4>
Please note that if Gravatar images are used for comment forms, the commenter’s email address or parts of it may be sent to Gravatar – even if the commenter has not signed up for that service.<\/p>Instagram widget (Instagram, Inc.)<\/h4>
Vimeo video (Vimeo, LLC)<\/h4>
YouTube video widget (Google Inc.)<\/h4>
Handling payments<\/h3>
Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails containing invoices or notifications concerning the payment.<\/p>PayPal (PayPal Inc.)<\/h4>
Stripe (Stripe Inc)<\/h4>
Freshbooks (2NDSITE Inc.)<\/h4>
Hosting and backend infrastructure<\/h3>
Amazon Web Services (AWS) (Amazon Web Services, Inc.)<\/h4>
Infrastructure monitoring<\/h3>
Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and mode of implementation of these services, whose function is to filter the activities of this Website.<\/p>Uptime Robot (Buzpark Bilisim Tarim Urunleri Sanayi Tic. Ltd. Sti.)<\/h4>
Interaction with external social networks and platforms<\/h3>
The interaction and information obtained through this Website are always subject to the User\u2019s privacy settings for each social network.
This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.<\/p>Facebook Like button and social widgets (Facebook, Inc.)<\/h4>
Google+ +1 button and social widgets (Google Inc.)<\/h4>
LinkedIn button and social widgets (LinkedIn Corporation)<\/h4>
Pinterest \u201cPin it\u201d button and social widgets (Pinterest)<\/h4>
Reddit button and widgets (reddit inc.)<\/h4>
Twitter Tweet button and social widgets (Twitter, Inc.)<\/h4>
Location-based interactions<\/h3>
Geolocation (this Website)<\/h4>
Most browsers and devices provide tools to opt out from this feature by default. If explicit authorization has been provided, the User\u2019s location data may be tracked by this Website.<\/p>Managing contacts and sending messages<\/h3>
These services may also collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by the User, as well as when the User interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message.<\/p>Twilio (Twilio, Inc.)<\/h4>
Remarketing and behavioral targeting<\/h3>
This activity is performed by tracking Usage Data and by using Cookies, information that is transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
In addition to any opt out offered by any of the services below, the User may opt out of a third-party service’s use of cookies by visiting the\u00a0Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page<\/a>.<\/p>Facebook Remarketing (Facebook, Inc.)<\/h4>
Traffic optimization and distribution<\/h3>
Which Personal Data are processed depends on the characteristics and the way these services are implemented. Their function is to filter communications between this Website and the User’s browser.
Considering the widespread distribution of this system, it is difficult to determine the locations to which the contents that may contain Personal Information User are transferred.<\/p>CloudFlare (Cloudflare)<\/h4>
The way CloudFlare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through this Website, i.e., communication between this Website and the User’s browser, while also allowing analytical data from this Website to be collected.<\/p>User database management<\/h3>
Some of these services may also enable the sending of timed messages to the User, such as emails based on specific actions performed on this Website.<\/p>ActiveCampaign (ActiveCampaign, Inc.)<\/h4>