Welcome to https://michaelrmintonauthor.com (the “Site”). We understand that privacy online is important to users of our Site, especially when conducting business. This statement governs our privacy policies with respect to those users of the Site (“Visitors”) who visit without transacting business and Visitors who register to transact business on the Site and make use of the various services offered by Michael R Minton (collectively, “Services”) (“Authorized Customers”).

“Personally Identifiable Information”.

Refers to any information that identifies or can be used to identify, contact, or locate the person to whom such information pertains, including, but not limited to, name, address, phone number, fax number, email address, financial profiles, social security number, and credit card information. Personally Identifiable Information does not include information that is collected anonymously (that is, without identification of the individual user) or demographic information not connected to an identified individual.

What Personally Identifiable Information is collected?

We do not collect Personally Identifiable Information with the initial release of our Site. We may update our Site with a contact page, commerce page, or other page for the purpose of conducting business.

In the event that we do provide a contact page, commerce page, or other page on our website for the purpose of conducting business for our Visitors to get in touch with us, we may collect the information shown on those specific pages. Generally, this may include, but is not limited to, name, address, phone number, email address, and the nature of your question. We may collect basic user profile information from all of our Visitors.

Unless we offer any products for sale directly from our Site, we do not request any financial data from our Visitors. Our Site may provide links to other vendors such as Amazon, etc. to provide books sales, e-books sales, and other products. These vendors work independently of our Site and do not provide Personally Identifiable Information or any of your financial information back to us.

What organizations are collecting the information?

In addition to our direct collection of information, our third party service vendors (such as Amazon, credit card companies, clearinghouses, banks, or other service vendors) who may provide such services as books sales and other services may collect information from our Visitors and Authorized Customers. We do not control how these third parties use such information. Some of these third parties may be intermediaries that act solely as links in the distribution chain, and do not store, retain, or use the information given to them.

How does the Site use Personally Identifiable Information?

If we provide pages to collect Personally Identifiable Information, we would use that information to make appropriate service offerings. We may email Visitors and Authorized Customers about research or purchase and selling opportunities on the Site or information related to the subject matter of the Site. We may also use Personally Identifiable Information to contact Visitors and Authorized Customers in response to specific inquiries, or to provide requested information.

If we provide a mailing list or contact page on our web site to collect contact information such as names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, etc. we may use this information to contact our Visitors and Authorized Customers about news updates, products and promotional opportunities or to answer Visitor and Authorized Customer requests.

With whom may the information may be shared?

We may share aggregated information about our Visitors and Authorized Customers, including the demographics of our Visitors and Authorized Customers, with our affiliated agencies and third party vendors. Upon request, we will offer the opportunity to “opt out” of receiving information or being contacted by us or by any agency acting on our behalf.

How is Personally Identifiable Information stored?

Personally Identifiable Information collected by Michael R Minton is securely stored and is not accessible to third parties or employees of Michael R Minton except for use as indicated above.

What choices are available to Visitors regarding collection, use and distribution of the information?

Visitors and Authorized Customers may opt out of receiving unsolicited information from or being contacted by us and/or our vendors and affiliated agencies by responding to emails as instructed, or by contacting us by email at michael@michaelrmintonauthor.com.

Cookies.

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns.

Are Cookies Used on the Site?

Cookies are used for a variety of reasons. We use Cookies to obtain information about the preferences of our Visitors and the services they select. We also use Cookies for security purposes to protect our Authorized Customers. For example, if an Authorized Customer is logged on and the site is unused for more than 10 minutes, we may automatically log the Authorized Customer off. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using https://michaelrmintonauthor.com, with the drawback that certain features of website may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Cookies used by our service providers.

Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website. You can find more details about which cookies are used in our cookies info page.

How does Michael R Minton use Visitor information?

Michael R Minton uses Visitor information, including, but not limited to, IP addresses, ISPs, and browser types, to analyze trends, administer the Site, track a user’s movement and use, and gather broad demographic information.

What partners or service providers have access to Personally Identifiable Information from Visitors and/or Authorized Customers on the Site?

Michael R Minton has entered into and will continue to enter into partnerships and other affiliations with a number of vendors. Such vendors may have access to certain Personally Identifiable Information on a need to know the basis for evaluating Authorized Customers for service eligibility. Our privacy policy does not cover their collection or use of this information.

Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information to comply with the law. 

We will disclose Personally Identifiable Information in order to comply with a court order or subpoena or a request from a law enforcement agency to release information. We will also disclose Personally Identifiable Information when reasonably necessary to protect the safety of our Visitors and Authorized Customers.

How does the Site keep Personally Identifiable Information secure?

Unless we provide a contact page, commerce page, or other page on our website for the purpose of conducting business, we do not collect any “Personally Identifiable Information” as defined above.

All of our employees are familiar with our security policy and practices. The Personally Identifiable Information of our Visitors and Authorized Customers is only accessible to a limited number of qualified employees who are given a password in order to gain access to the information. We audit our security systems and processes on a regular basis. Sensitive information, such as credit card numbers or social security numbers, is not collected on our Site.

We have encryption protocols, in place to protect information sent over the Internet. While we take commercially reasonable measures to maintain a secure site, electronic communications and databases are subject to errors, tampering, and break-ins, and we cannot guarantee or warrant that such events will not take place and we will not be liable to Visitors or Authorized Customers for any such occurrences.

How can Visitors correct any inaccuracies in Personally Identifiable Information?

Visitors and Authorized Customers may contact us to update Personally Identifiable Information about them or to correct any inaccuracies by emailing us at michael@michaelrmintonauthor.com.

Can a Visitor delete or deactivate Personally Identifiable Information collected by the Site?

We provide Visitors and Authorized Customers with a mechanism to delete/deactivate Personally Identifiable Information from the Site’s database by emailing us at michael@michaelrmintonauthor.com. However, because of backups and records of deletions, it may be impossible to delete a Visitor’s entry without retaining some residual information. An individual who requests to have Personally Identifiable Information deactivated will have this information functionally deleted, and we will not sell, transfer, or use Personally Identifiable Information relating to that individual in any way moving forward.

Your rights.

These are summarized rights that you have under data protection law

• The right to access
• The right to rectification
• The right to erasure
• The right to restrict processing
• The right to object to processing
• The right to data portability
• The right to complain to a supervisory authority
• The right to withdraw consent

What happens if the Privacy Policy Changes?

We will let our Visitors and Authorized Customers know about changes to our privacy policy by posting such changes on the Site. However, if we are changing our privacy policy in a manner that might cause disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information that a Visitor or Authorized Customer has previously requested not be disclosed, we will contact such Visitor or Authorized Customer to allow such Visitor or Authorized Customer to prevent such disclosure.

Links.

https://michaelrmintonauthor.com contains links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are moving to another website. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of these linked sites as their privacy policies may differ from ours.