Effective November 1, 2021.
This privacy policy is designed to tell you about the information the website covidandconscience.com (the “Website”) and its owner collect, what is done with that information, and related topics.
What we do
This Website provides the Website owner’s personal beliefs and opinions and related information.
What we do not do
The Website DOES NOT provide legal, medical or other advice. Decisions to claim religious exemptions, bring suit, or take other legal action should only be made after consulting with an attorney retained for that purpose. Decisions to get vaccinated or refrain from getting vaccinated, decisions to continue with or refrain from getting future vaccinations or boosters once vaccinated, and decisions regarding courses of treatment for COVID-19 and other medical decisions should be made after careful investigation and consultation with medical professionals.
Information we collect
Web Host Information
We use GKG.net to host the Website. GKG may collect certain information to make the Website work (e.g., device and language information) as well as other information for site analytics. The Website and its owner do not receive the information used by GKG to make the Website work. The Website and its owner only receive site analytic information in a general, aggregated format and therefore receive no personally identifiable information. For more information about GKG, and its policies, please visit www.GKG.net.
User Provided Information
If you decide to email or contact us, we only collect the information that you give us, which may include your email address and any other information you choose to provide (“User Provided Information”). User provided information is the only personally identifiable information we collect. Such information is only kept for purposes of responding to your request, or as otherwise allowed in this Privacy Policy, and is then deleted.
Information About Others You Share with Us
If you disclose any personally identifiable information relating to other people to us (such as by including their information when contacting us), you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
The above is a full description of the types of information we will collect and have collected about consumers in the past 12 months.
Information we do not collect
We do not collect information not explicitly described above.
When we collect this information
Web Host Information is collected by GKG.net when you access the Website.
User Provided Information is collected when you choose to contact or email us.
What we do with User Provided information
We use the User Provided Information, which you provide to us, to respond to your contact, and to provide other information you request, if requested and available. In other words, if you email us, we use the User Provided Information to communicate with you in response to your request. Once we have completed responding to your communication, other than as provided below, we delete your information.
We do not share any information with marketers or advertising platforms, and we do not sell any personally identifiable information.
We may share your User Provided Information with authorities if we believe, in our sole discretion, it is necessary to do so to (a) protect the Website or its owner from physical, emotional, or financial harm, (b) protect third-parties, or (c) enforce the Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy. Upon sharing such information with the authorities, we will delete your User Provided Information unless precluded from doing so by the authorities or the law. We may also share your User Provided Information with authorities if required to do so by law, court order, or other legal process.
Your Rights with Respect to Your Information
You may have heard about the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) in Europe, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) as well as other similar regulations and laws elsewhere. Such laws give people certain rights with respect to their personally identifiable information collected by us. Accordingly, and even though we collect very little information, what we do collect is only what you provide to us, and we only keep it for the length of time stated in this Privacy Policy, we recognize and intend to comply with GDPR, CCPA and other laws, and provide those rights for all users, except as limited by applicable law. These rights include:
Right of Access – This includes your right to access the personally identifiable information we gather about you, and your right to obtain information about the sharing, storage, security, and processing of that information.
Right to Correction – This is your right to request correction of your personally identifiable information.
Right to Erasure – This is your right to request, subject to certain limitations under applicable law, that your personally identifiable information be erased from our possession (also known as the “Right to be forgotten”).
Right to Complain – You have the right to make a complaint regarding our handling of your personally identifiable information with the appropriate supervisory authority.
Right to Restrict Processing – This is your right to request restriction of how and why your personally identifiable information is used or processed.
Right to Object – This is your right, in certain situations, to object to how or why your personally identifiable information is processed.
Right to Portability – This is your right to receive the personally identifiable information we have about you and the right to transmit it to another party.
Right to not be subject to Automated Decision Making – This is your right to object and prevent any decision that could have a legal, or similarly significant, effect on you from being made solely based on automated processes. This right is limited, however, if the decision is necessary for performance of any contract between you and us, is allowed by applicable law, or is based on your explicit consent.
We do not discriminate against any user, in terms of price, service, or otherwise, for exercising these rights. However, as noted above, the exercise of certain rights may prevent or limit your access to certain services as your personally identifiable information is necessary to provide those services.
You can exercise these rights by making a request to us by contacting us using any of the contact information located below. Upon receiving a verifiable request – verified by two-factor authentication or other similar method – by a user to exercise these rights, and assuming we have any personally identifiable information, we intend to comply within a reasonable time, but in no event more than 30 days, unless we notify you otherwise in writing. If the request is uniquely burdensome or otherwise causes us to incur significant costs, we reserve the right to request reimbursement, to the extent allowed by applicable law or regulation.
If you have questions about exercising these rights, or need assistance, please contact us at the information located below.
We also do not require or seek any “special categories” of information under GDPR including racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, sexual orientation or health information. If you wish to designate an agent to make a request on your behalf, please contact us at the information located below.
Retention of Your Information
We retain your personally identifiable information only as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or as required for necessary business purposes. Thus, except as provided above with respect to notifying authorities or as may be required by law, if you contact us, we will keep your personally identifiable information only for as long as necessary to respond to your contact, or we will delete it immediately if we decide not to respond.
Processors we use
As part of the services we provide, and only to the extent necessary, we may use certain third-party processors to process some or all your personally identifiable information. The processors we use for this purpose, and a short description of what they do, are:
GKG.net – We use GKG.net to manage email for the Website. To learn about GKG.net’s security please visit www.GKG.net.
Cookies and Log Files
We use GKG.net to host the Website. GKG.net may use cookies to collect non-personally identifiable information to improve the Website experience or otherwise for Website maintenance and analytics. The Website cannot control the cookies used by GKG.net. Other than those that may be used by GKG.net, the Website does not use cookies or log files to track personally identifiable, or any other, information about you. Cookies are small strings of text that are sent by a website to your browser on your computer’s hard drive.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but it is possible to change your browser setup so that it does not accept cookies. To learn more about cookies, including how to see which cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, please visit: www.allaboutcookies.org.
Do Not Track
When you visit a website, your browser automatically shares certain information, such as your IP address and other device information. We do not use or collect this information and do not track you. Today, many browsers offer Do Not Track plugins that allow you to express a preference that you not be tracked, and that tell websites that you visit, by sending an electronic beacon, this preference. At this time, our Website does not respond to Do Not Track beacons sent by browser plugins, but, in any event, we do not track you.
Data Security
We use GKG.net to host this Website. You can learn more about their security measures here.
Other sharing of your information
If we have User Provided Information (i.e., your personally identifiable information) – which would only occur as a result of your voluntarily contacting us and providing it – we may be required by law to respond to subpoenas, court orders, and other types of legal requests if we still have that information upon notice of such requirement. We may also share user-provided information as required by law with the relevant legal authorities. We anticipate few requests for this information, and we anticipate that we will rarely have such information. We may also share your information to defend ourselves against any lawsuit, claim or similar action, or to investigate potential violations of our policies or otherwise protect the Website and/or its owner.
Accuracy of Information
We do not review the accuracy of any information you choose to provide to us. It is your responsibility to ensure that such information is accurate, complete, and up to date. Information provided by the Website owner are the owner’s personal beliefs and opinions only. Neither the Website nor its owner are responsible for any information contained on or in (i) other websites that are linked to on this Website, (ii) other websites that link to this Website, or (iii) materials cited or quoted on this Website.
Opt-Out
Because we only collect personally identifiable information if and when you provide it to us, and then delete it as provided in this policy, each time you contact us is a new consent to collect the information you provide. Thus, there is no ability to opt-out as we do not store your information, other than as may be required by law. If you are concerned about this, you may request that we delete your personally identifiable information by contacting us via any of the methods below.
Children
This Website is not intended for people under the age of 18. In compliance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501-06 and 16 C.F.R. §§ 1.1-1.1, our Website does not knowingly permit children under 18 years of age to contact us. By using our Website and/or contacting us, you represent that you are not under 18 years of age. If we discover that you are under 18 years of age, we will immediately delete your email or contact to us and will not respond.
Location of Website and Data
This Website is operated in the United States. If you are located in the European Union or elsewhere outside of the United States, please be aware that any information you provide to us will be transferred to the United States. By using our Website, and each time you contact us, you consent to this transfer.
Application of this privacy policy
This Privacy Policy applies to this Website.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to the information practices of other companies and organizations whose websites may be linked to on our Website;
Changes to this privacy policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will not reduce your rights guaranteed under GDPR or CCPA, or other similar laws. We always indicate the date the last changes were published by the Effective Date listed above.
Contact information
If you have questions about, or issues with this privacy policy, or wish to exercise any rights under this privacy policy, please contact us as follows:
By email at: JDChristian@covidaneconscience.com