Who we are
Brendan Arnold and Dorstar Collective is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website https://thebrendanarnold.com and use our services, including our online bookstore.
By accessing or using our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our services.
Information we collect
We collect personal information that you provide to us directly, automatically through your use of our website, or from third parties. This may include:
Personal Information You Provide: When you purchase a book, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us, we may collect your name, email address, shipping/billing address, phone number, and payment details.
Automatically Collected Information: We may collect information about your device, browsing activity, and interactions with our website using cookies and similar technologies.
Third-Party Information: We may receive information from third-party payment processors or analytics services.
How we use your information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- To process and fulfil orders, including payments and deliveries.
- To communicate with you about your purchases, inquiries, or customer support requests.
- To send newsletters, promotions, or updates (you may opt out at any time).
- To improve our website, services, and user experience.
- To comply with legal obligations and prevent fraudulent activity.
Sharing your information
We do not sell your personal information. However, we may share your data with:
Service Providers: Third parties who assist with payment processing, order fulfilment, website hosting, and marketing.
Legal and Compliance: When required by law or to protect our rights and interests.
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, sale, or business transition, your data may be transferred to a successor entity.
Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies to improve our website functionality and user experience. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.
Data security
While no online service is 100% secure, we work very hard to protect information about you against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction, and take reasonable measures to do so.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
You have several choices available when it comes to information about you:
- Limit the information that you provide: If you have an account with us, you can choose not to provide the optional account information, profile information, and transaction and billing information. Please keep in mind that if you do not provide this information, certain features of our Services — for example, premium themes that carry an additional charge — may not be accessible. If you are a job applicant, and you choose not to provide certain data elements to us, we may not be able to proceed with the recruitment process.
- Opt out of marketing communications: You may opt out of receiving promotional communications from us. Just follow the instructions in those communications or let us know. If you opt out of promotional communications, we may still send you other communications, like those about your account and legal notices.
- Set your browser to reject cookies: At this time, Automattic does not respond to “do not track” signals across all of our Services. However, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies before using Automattic’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Automattic’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
- Close your account: While we’d be very sad to see you go, you can close your account if you no longer want to use our Services. (Here are account closure instructions for WordPress.com accounts.) Please keep in mind that we may continue to retain your information after closing your account, as described in How Long We Keep Information above — for example, when that information is reasonably needed to comply with (or demonstrate our compliance with) legal obligations such as law enforcement requests, or reasonably needed for our legitimate business interests.
Your Rights
If you are located in certain parts of the world, including some US states and countries that fall under the scope of the European General Data Protection Regulation (aka the “GDPR”), you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, like the right to request access to or deletion of your data.
European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
If you are located in a country that falls under the scope of the GDPR, data protection laws give you certain rights with respect to your personal data, subject to any exemptions provided by the law, including the rights to:
- Request access to your personal data;
- Request correction or deletion of your personal data;
- Object to our use and processing of your personal data;
- Request that we limit our use and processing of your personal data; and
- Request portability of your personal data.
You also have the right to make a complaint to a government supervisory authority.
US Privacy Laws
Laws in some US states require us to provide residents with additional information about the categories of personal information we collect and share, where we get that personal information, and how and why we use it. You’ll find that information in this section (if you are a California resident, please note that this is the Notice at Collection we are required to provide you under California law).
In the last 12 months, we collected the following categories of personal information, depending on the Services used:
Inferences we make (such as likelihood of retention or attrition).
Identifiers (like your name, contact information, and device and online identifiers);
Commercial information (your billing information and purchase history, for example);
Characteristics protected by law (for example, you might provide your gender as part of a research survey for us or you may choose to voluntarily disclose your race or veteran status as part of your job application);
Internet or other electronic network activity information (such as your usage of our Services, like the actions you take as an administrator of a WordPress.com site);
Geolocation data (such as your location based on your IP address);
Audio, electronic, visual or similar information (such as your profile picture, if you uploaded one);
Professional or employment-related information (for example, your company and team information if you are a Happy Tools user, or information you provide in a job application); and
Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices, so please review their policies before providing any personal data.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with the updated date.
Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us