bendemers.com Privacy Policy
Effective date: 22nd day of January, 2023
Date of most recent update: 22nd day of January, 2023
bendemers.com (the “Site”) is owned and operated by Benjamin David Demers. Benjamin David Demers is the data controller and can be contacted at:
(724) 997-1379
311 Lafayette St, New Bethlehem, PA 16242
Purpose
The purpose of this privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is to inform users of our Site of the following:
- The personal data we will collect;
- Use of collected data;
- Who has access to the data collected; and
- The rights of Site users.
This Privacy Policy applies in addition to the terms and conditions of our Site.
GDPR
For users in the European Union, we adhere to the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, known as the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). For users in the United Kingdom, we adhere to the GDPR as enshrined in the Data Protection Act 2018.
We have not appointed a Data Protection Officer as we do not fall within the categories of controllers and processors required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under Article 37 of the GDPR.
Consent
By using our Site users agree that they consent to:
- The conditions set out in this Privacy Policy.
Legal Basis for Processing
We collect and process personal data about users in the EU only when we have a legal basis for doing so under Article 6 of the GDPR.
We rely on the following legal basis to collect and process the personal data of users in the EU:
- Processing of user personal data is necessary for us or a third party to pursue a legitimate interest. Our legitimate interest is not overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of users. Our legitimate interest(s) are: Understanding User Behavior On The Website, Providing Required Data To Third Parties Including But Not Limited To Google..
Personal Data We Collect
We only collect data that helps us achieve the purpose set out in this Privacy Policy. We will not collect any additional data beyond the data listed below without notifying you first.
Data Collected Automatically
When you visit and use our Site, we may automatically collect and store the following information:
- IP address;
- Location;
- Hardware and software details;
- Clicked links; and
- Content viewed.
Important Information About Google (How Google Uses Data When You Use Our Partners’ Sites Or Apps)
The website uses Google Analytics. See below for the disclosure from the Google Analytics Terms of Service:
“You must disclose the use of Google Analytics, and how it collects and processes data. This can be done by displaying a prominent link to the site “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps”, (located at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/)”.
Please also see the following link for additional information about Google’s Privacy Policies: https://policies.google.com/
Important Information About WordPress
This website is built using WordPress. Please see this link for information about the WordPress Privacy Policy: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy/
Important Information About Kubio Builder
This website uses Kubio Builder to build the website. Please see this link for more information about the Kubio Builder Privacy Policy: https://kubiobuilder.com/privacy/
Important Information About Cookiebot
This website uses Cookiebot to ensure compliance with privacy regulations around the world. Please see this link for more information about the Cookiebot privacy policy: https://www.cookiebot.com/en/privacy-policy/
Important Information About CleanTalk
This website uses CleanTalk to protect against Spam. Please see this link for more information about the CleanTalk privacy policy: https://cleantalk.org/publicoffer#privacy
Important Information About Cookies:
How We Use Personal Data
Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.
The data we collect automatically is used for the following purposes:
- Analytics To Understand How Users Use The Website; and
- Customizing The User Experience On The Website.
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.
Who We Share Personal Data With
We share personal data with Employees.
We may disclose user data to any member of our organization who reasonably needs access to user data to achieve the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
Third Parties
We may share user data with the following third parties:
- Google.
We may share the following user data with third parties:
- User Analytical Data Including But Not Limited To Pages Viewed And Time Spent On Page.
We may share user data with third parties for the following purposes:
- Custom Advertising And Analytics.
Third parties will not be able to access user data beyond what is reasonably necessary to achieve the given purpose.
Other Disclosures
We will not sell or share your data with other third parties, except in the following cases:
- If the law requires it;
- If it is required for any legal proceeding;
- To prove or protect our legal rights; and
- To buyers or potential buyers of this company in the event that we seek to sell the company.
If you follow hyperlinks from our Site to another Site, please note that we are not responsible for and have no control over their privacy policies and practices.
How Long We Store Personal Data
User data will be stored until the purpose the data was collected for has been achieved.
You will be notified if your data is kept for longer than this period.
How We Protect Your Personal Data
User data can only be accessed by employees, and strict security measures including 40-character passwords and two-factor-authentication are in place to ensure data is not mishandled or misused. Any breach of these safeguards would result in immediate termination of employment.
While we take all reasonable precautions to ensure that user data is secure and that users are protected, there always remains the risk of harm. The Internet as a whole can be insecure at times and therefore we are unable to guarantee the security of user data beyond what is reasonably practical.
Your Rights as a User
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
- Right to be informed;
- Right of access;
- Right to rectification;
- Right to erasure;
- Right to restrict processing;
- Right to data portability; and
- Right to object.
Children
We do not knowingly collect or use personal data from children under 16 years of age. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child under 16 years of age, the personal data will be deleted as soon as possible. If a child under 16 years of age has provided us with personal data their parent or guardian may contact our privacy officer.
How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected
If you would like to know if we have collected your personal data, how we have used your personal data, if we have disclosed your personal data and to who we disclosed your personal data, if you would like your data to be deleted or modified in any way, or if you would like to exercise any of your other rights under the GDPR, please contact our privacy officer here:
Benjamin Demers
(724) 997-1379
311 Lafayette St, New Bethlehem, PA. 16242
Do Not Track Notice
Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that you can set in certain web browsers. We do not track the users of our Site over time and across third party websites and therefore do not respond to browser-initiated DNT signals. We are not responsible for and cannot guarantee how any third parties who interact with our Site and your data will respond to DNT signals.
How to Opt-Out of Data Collection, Use or Disclosure
In addition to the method(s) described in the How to Access, Modify, Delete, or Challenge the Data Collected section, we provide the following specific opt-out methods for the forms of collection, use, or disclosure of your personal data specified below:
- Users Can Customize Cookies. You can opt-out by clicking a button marked “Deny” on the cookie banner that pops up upon the first visit to the website.
Modifications
This Privacy Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. When we amend this Privacy Policy we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy to ensure that they are notified of any updates. If necessary, we may notify users by email of changes to this Privacy Policy.
Complaints
If you have any complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue. If you feel we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner you may contact a supervisory authority. You also have the right to directly make a complaint to a supervisory authority. You can lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority by contacting the appropriate GDPR or other privacy supervisory authority in your primary location..
Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact our privacy officer, Benjamin Demers, at:
(724) 997-1379
311 Lafayette St, New Bethlehem, PA. 16242