Introduction

This is the Privacy Policy for www.kevinobryan.com

I take your privacy seriously. Should I ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Who I am

I am Kevin O’Bryan, the creator and owner of this website. My website address is https://www.kevinobryan.com.

You can contact me by sending an email to kevinobryan876 [at] gmail.com

What personal data I collect and why I collect it

Personal data means any information capable of identifying an individual. I may process the following categories of personal data about you:

Communication Data

This includes any communication that you send to me through the contact form on my website, through email, social media messaging, social media posting, or any other communication that you send me. I process this data for the purposes of communicating with you, for record keeping, and for the establishment, pursuance or defence of legal claims. My lawful ground for this processing is my legitimate interests, which, in this case, are to reply to communications sent to me, to keep records, and to establish, pursue or defend legal claims.

Technical Data

This includes data about your use of my website, such as your IP address, details about your browser, length of visit to pages on my website, page views and navigation paths, details about the number of times you use my website, time zone settings and other technology on the devices you use to access my website. The source of this data is from my analytics tracking system. I process this data to analyse your use of my website, to administer and protect my website, to deliver relevant content to you, and to understand its effectiveness. My lawful ground for this processing is my legitimate interests, which, in this case, are to enable me to properly administer my website.

How I collect your personal data

I may collect data about you by you providing the data directly to me, for example, by filling in forms on my site or by sending me emails.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, I 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 anonymised 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 at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Contact forms

I keep contact form submissions for a certain period for customer service purposes, but I do not use the information submitted through them for marketing purposes.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on my site, you may opt-in to save 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.

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.

Embedded content from other 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Google Analytics provides analytics services for my website. You can read their privacy policy.

How long I retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so that I can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

I will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which I collected it.

What rights you have over your data

If you have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data I hold about you, including any data you have provided to me. You can also request that I erase any personal data I hold about you. This does not include any data I am obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

I may need to request specific information from you to help me confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. I may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up my response.

Where I send your data

The Akismet anti-spam service collects information about visitors who comment on my website. The information they collect typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).

Third-Party Links & Affiliate Links

This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. I do not control these third-party websites and am not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave my website, I encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.

Affiliate links partners pay us when you buy things from them or another third party after clicking on an affiliate link in content on the site.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, I may change this Privacy Policy from time to time, and at my sole discretion. I encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to the Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Updated: January 5, 2022.