Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 6, 2025

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This Privacy Policy describes my policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you use the service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

I use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
Service refers to the Website.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on My behalf. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by Me to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on My behalf, to perform services related to the Service or to assist Me in analyzing how the Service is used.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
Website refers to Mark Pettyjohn, accessible from markpettyjohn.com
You means the individual accessing or using the Service.
I, Me, or My refers to Mark Pettyjohn.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of My Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

I use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) with Enhanced Measurement to collect this data. GA4 automatically anonymizes IP addresses.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

I use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on My Service and store certain information. The technologies I use may include:

Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
- Necessary / Essential Cookies: These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through the Website and to enable you to use some of its features. They cannot be turned off.
- Tracking and Performance Cookies: These cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. I use Google Analytics for this purpose. I obtain your explicit consent before these cookies are placed.

Use of Your Personal Data

I collect and use Your Usage data through Google Analytics for the following purposes:

To provide and maintain My Service, including to monitor the usage of My Service.
To improve My Website: I use the information to understand how visitors use My website and to improve its content and functionality.

Retention of Your Personal Data

I will retain Your Usage Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
I have configured Google Analytics to retain data for 2 months.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at Google’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your acceptance of the cookie consent banner represents Your agreement to that transfer.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Under certain circumstances, I may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Me, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

I process Personal Data under the following conditions:

Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes. This is My legal basis for using Google Analytics.

If you are within the European Union, You have the right to:

Access: You have the right to request copies of Your personal data.
Rectification: You have the right to request that I correct any information You believe is inaccurate.
Erasure: You have the right to request that I erase Your personal data, under certain conditions.
Restrict processing: You have the right to request that I restrict the processing of Your personal data, under certain conditions.
Object to processing: You have the right to object to My processing of Your personal data, under certain conditions.
Data portability: You have the right to request that I transfer the data that I have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If You make a request, I have one month to respond to You. If You would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact Me.

Children’s Privacy

My Service is not directed towards children under 13.

Links to Other Websites

My Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Me. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. I strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

I have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

I may update My Privacy Policy from time to time. I will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact Me:

By email: markpettyjohn01@gmail.com