PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY FOR EXPLORINGTHEPAST.NET
LAST UPDATE: May 1, 2024
INTRODUCTION
This privacy and cookie policy (“Policy”) describes how Louis Hatchett, dba ExploringThePast.net (“Company,” “I,” “we,” “my,” and “our”) processes, collects, uses and shares your personal data when you are using this website, www.ExploringThePast.net (the “Site”). Please read the following information carefully to understand my practices regarding your personal data and how I will be personally responsible for its processing and secure storage.
This Privacy Policy explains how we process information about you. When you are required to submit information to use or access this Site, Content or Service, you must complete the registration process by providing the information requested on the contact form. By submitting your personal information you agree to the terms stated herein regarding the use of the information you submit.
DATA PROTECTION OFFICER
Louis Hatchett, 1238 Taransay, Henderson, KY 42420 USA. Contact me by mail or use the Contact Louis Hatchett page on this Site.
YOUR PRIVACY IS IMPORTANT
You can be absolutely confident that your personal information will be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL and PRIVATE. I am solely responsible for the security of your personal information and I take it very seriously.
In order to add an extra layer of privacy to your communications and registration, when you submit any form on this Site, the information you submit will be transmitted via secure email and be stored in a database on a private secure server. I am the only person who has access to your personal information.
I receive hundreds of spam mail offers every day and I do not like dealing with them. I will never sell, barter, rent, trade or distribute your personal information to anyone. – Louis Hatchett
PURPOSE OF PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA.
What is Personal Data?
I collect information about you ONLY when you complete a contact form, signup for a newsletter, or register as a member of this Site. The information I collect about you includes your personal data. The term “Personal Data” is defined by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as any information that can directly or indirectly identify you as an individual. This can include private information that you choose to share such as 1) Name, 2) Email Address, 3) Street Address, 4) City, 5) State, 6) Country, 7) Phone, 8) Photos, 9) Gender, 10) Date of Birth, 11) Username and 12) Password; or public information available as you search on the internet, such as GPS Location, IP Address, Access Device Information, the website you visited before you arrived at this Site and the embedded cookies in your internet browser.
Why Do I Need Your Personal Data?
I require your personal information if you want to use my private contact forms to contact me, or register as a member in order to purchase any product or service on this Site. In order to respond to your request, I require your Full Name, Email Address and Phone Number at minimum. In order to complete a Purchase Transaction I require your 1) Full Name, 2) Email Address, 3) Phone Number, 4) Mailing Address and 5) the specific details of your purchase.
I will only process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection and privacy laws. If you use any form on this Site, you will be required to indicate that you give me permission to receive your personal data and to communicate with you by email, phone, or your physical address. When you submit the contact form your action provides me with the legal basis I require, under applicable laws, to use and process your personal data.
You maintain the right to withdraw your consent at any time by clicking a link in the email newsletter to unsubscribe, or by contacting me to remove your personal data from my database, using the Contact Louis Hatchett page in the Support Menu on this Site.
If you click a link that features a recommended product, you will be redirected to one of the affiliate websites to complete your purchase. All Third-party websites have separate Privacy and Cookie Policies.
COLLECTING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
User Generated Data, Comments and Membership Registrations
I Do Not allow anyone to share comments on this Site.
I Do Not allow anyone to register as a Site user.
I do not allow these features in order to add an extra layer of security to this Site and prevent hackers and spammers from collecting private information or uploading destructive scripts and programs.
I use a third-party email manager and a separate secure server for all email newsletter communications. The membership application and my private contact forms I use on this Site collects and stores your personal data in a database on a private secure server that does not have direct public access to the internet.
If you Do Not want to share any of your personal data with me, DO NOT use my private contact forms on this Site, DO NOT subscribe to my newsletter and DO NOT purchase any products on this Site. You can still access this website and enjoy my embeded audio recordings and videos without ever sharing your personal information with me.
We DO NOT require anyone to register or become a member in order to view the PUBLIC articles, audio files, videos and other content on our website.
How Do I Collect Information About You?
Information You Provide.
I collect personal data you provide when you use any contact form on this Site.
When you contact me using the contact forms on this Site, you will be required to indicate that you give me permission to receive the personal data you provide and to communicate with you by email by checking the permission box on the form, or by your action to submit your personal information. Your consent provides me with the legal basis I require under applicable laws to use and process your personal data.
I collect the personal data you provide when you subscribe to my email newsletter.
When you subscribe to my email newsletter using a form on this Site, you are required by law to CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS. When you click the verification link in the email, your name and email address will be added to my email subscriber’s list on a separate secure server.
I collect personal data you provide when you correspond with me by USPS mail, phone or email.
Please note that any information you submit while using a contact form on this Site is private and confidential. Specific questions that are common to all users of this Site may be included in our Customer Support Forum and/or Frequently Asked Questions. However, I do not publish any of your personal data on this Site.
Purchase of Featured Products in My Online Store
I provide “Featured Products” in the form of digital documents, audio files and videos, and physical products for sale in My Online Store. You are required to register as a member before you can purchase any product or service on this Site. Digital products are available for immediate download after purchase. I also offer the option to mail the products you purchase to you. You will be required to provide your complete mailing address for delivery.
Direct Payment Processing for Purchases
I only use PayPal.com for all credit/debit card transactions to guarantee your security and privacy. A PayPal.com account is not required to make a purchase. PayPal.com offers secure financial transactions on its website equal to the security of online banking at any financial institution.
Therefore, I DO NOT receive, collect, manage or store any of your personal credit card information when you purchase a featured product on this Site. The privacy of your personal financial information is protected by PayPal.com using the same security protocol as your bank. Please read the Privacy Policy on PayPal.com for more information.
After you complete your purchase, PayPal.com will email you a receipt. PayPal also sends us a confirmation of your purchase which allows us to verify the product(s) and/or service(s) you purchased. Our shopping cart system provides immediate access for you to download the digital products you have purchased. Our shopping cart will also email you a receipt with details of your purchase and instructions concerning shipping and/or digital delivery process.
The personal information I collect to complete your order is never shared with any third-party entity or Company employees. I am solely responsible for the use, storage and security of your personal data while you are a customer or registered member. You may be required to confirm your email and/or update your personal information once a year in order to preserve your privacy.
All email communications from the Site are handled by a secure email management application under the direct supervision of Louis Hatchett and/or with a designated paid employee. We will never send you an email and ask you to provide any of your personal information via email. If you need to reset your password, you are requied to go to our website and select Reset Password under the Member Login Tab on our Menu.
When using the Site, you shall be responsible for ensuring the confidentiality of your account, password and other credentials and for secure access to your device. You shall not assign your account to anyone. The Company is not responsible for unauthorized access to your account that results from misappropriation or theft of your account.
Any passwords used for this site are for individual use only. You will be responsible for the security of your password (if any). The Company will be entitled to monitor your password and, at its discretion, require you to change it. If you use a password that Company considers insecure, Company will be entitled to require the password to be changed and/or limit access to your member’s account.
Information Automatically Collected.
Whenever you search the internet and visit a website, your internet browser transmits anonymous information about your location and the computer or mobile device you are using so special scripts on the website can display the correct dimensions for your device and adjust the content information to provide an optimum user experience. This information is automatically transmitted whenever you search the internet and visit a website.
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 you have visited the other website.
The websites below may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Amazon.com
YouTube.com
Analytics
At this time I do not use any analytic applications to monitor traffic or how visitors use this Site. in the event I use a service in the future, I will update the Privacy Policy and include the information that is collected.
Where Do I Send and Store Your Personal Data?
INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFER NOTICE
Your information, including personal data that I collect from you, is collected, stored and processed in the United States of America which may be outside the country in which you reside, where data protection and privacy regulations may not offer the same level of protection as in other parts of the world. By accepting this Privacy and Cookie Policy, you agree to this transfer, storing and/or processing. I will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy.
Contact Form Communications: If you contact me using a contact form on this Site, your personal data is stored on a secure server that does not have direct internet access.
Email Newsletter Registration: The personal data I collect for our email newsletter is stored on a secure third-party server. You can unsubscribe to my email newsletter at anytime and your personal data will be deleted.
PayPal.com Purchases: The personal data is collected when you make a direct purchase on this Site and stored in my personal PayPal.com account. These records are private and never shared.
How Long Do I Retain Your Data.
The personal data of our newsletter subscribers is stored on a third-party secure server for the period of time you want to receive my email newsletter. You can unsubscribe to my email newsletter by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email I send you. If you choose to unsubscribe to my newsletter then all of your personal data is removed from our database.
If you make a purchase using PayPal.com, we are required by the IRS to retain sales records for a period of seven years. These records are private and never shared.
Your personal data will be used for the purpose of our private communication. You will also be added to my email newsletter. I archive private communications only if I believe it is necessary for legal reasons, and securely store them on an external drive offline, for a period of one year, or what is required or permitted by law.
What Rights Do You Have Over Your Data.
Opt-out. You may contact me anytime to opt-out of: (i) email newsletter; (ii) automated decision-making and/or profiling; (iii) the collection of sensitive personal data; (iv) any new processing of your personal data that we may carry out beyond the original purpose; or (v) the transfer of your personal data outside the EEA. Please note that your use of some of this Site may be ineffective upon opt-out.
Access. You may access the information we hold about you at any time by using the using the Contact Us page on this Site.
Amend. You can also contact us to update or correct any inaccuracies in your personal data, or you can edit your personal data in the project forms on this Site.
Move. Your personal data is portable and you to have the flexibility to move your data to other service providers as you wish, provided those service providers can properly communicate and interface with this Site.
Erase and forget. In certain situations, for example when the information we hold about you is no longer relevant or is incorrect, you can request that we erase your data using the Contact Louis Hatchett page on this Site.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact me using my private contact form on the Contact Louis Hatchett page in the Support Menu. In your request, please make clear: (i) what personal data is concerned; and (ii) which of the above rights you would like to enforce. For your protection, we may only implement requests with respect to the personal data associated with the particular email address that you use to send us your request, and we may need to verify your identity before implementing your request. I will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practical and in any event, within one month of your request. Please note that I may need to retain certain information for IRS record keeping purposes and/or to complete any transactions that you began prior to requesting such change or deletion.
You can request that I erase all of your personal data that is stored on our servers. This does not include any data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Please use the Contact Louis Hatchett page on our website to make your request.
How Do We Protect Your Data?
The personal data collected on this Site is stored on a separate secure server with strict password encryption. All data is under the direct supervision of the Data Protection Officer.
Data Breach Protection and Procedures.
Security for this Site and all data is monitored 24/7 by dedicated software and stored on encrypted secure servers. Daily notifications are reported to the Data Protection Officer on the condition and status of all data and any attempts to breach or destroy the security of this Site and our database servers.
Security of Your Personal Data.
I seek to use reasonable organizational, technical and administrative measures to protect your personal data within my organization. Unfortunately, no transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with me and this Site is no longer secure (for example, if you feel that the security of any account you might have with this Site has been compromised), please immediately notify me of the problem by using the private contact form on the Contact Louis Hatchett page on this website.
USING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
I may use the personal data you provide me as follows:
Automated Decision Making and Profiling.
I do not use your personal data for the purposes of automated decision-making. However, I may be required to do so in the future in order to fulfill obligations imposed by law, in which case I will inform you of any such processing and provide you with an opportunity to object and/or decline in an update to this privacy policy.
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We may share your personal data as follows:
Our Third Party Service Providers.
We may share your personal data with our third party service providers who provide services such as data analysis, payment processing, email delivery and other similar services.
This Site may contain affiliate links to third party websites and features. This Policy does not cover the privacy practices of such third parties. These third parties have their own privacy policies and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for their websites, features or policies. Please read their privacy policies before you submit any data to them.
Third party affiliate websites may include, but not limited to the following retailers:
Amazon.com
Other third party websites may provide specific functions and features:
ADVERTISING
I may directly sell advertising space on this Site to specific third-party companies that provide products and/or services that of interest to the general audience of this Site visitors. I do not share your personal data with any of these companies.
Not all banner ads are third-party ads. Some banner ads are for my personal featured products or for popular products available on affiliate websites. You can identify a third-party paid advertisement by the word, “Advertisement” above, below or embedded into the image banner of the ad. If you click on an ad banner, a new browser tab or window will open and you will be redirected to the page or website of the source provider of the ad. Third-party websites have different privacy polices so I recommend that you read their privacy policy before you make a purchase or share your personal data with their website.
Currently I do not use third-party companies to serve targeted ads on this Site. However, in the future I may use other companies to serve third-party advertisements (i.e, Google Adsense), when you visit and use this Site. These companies may collect and use click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over during your visits to this Site and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of interest to you. These companies typically use tracking technologies to collect this information. The tracking technologies used by third-party advertisers are subject to their own privacy policies.
If and when I do use third-party companies, I will update this Privacy Policy and include the identification of these companies, the specific information they are using and collecting and how you can opt-out from viewing the ads. A notice on this Site will appear if and when I update this Privacy Policy with critical information that directly effects your personal privacy.
COMPLAINTS
I am committed to resolve any complaints about the collection or use of your personal data. If you would like to make a complaint regarding this Privacy and Cookie Policy, or our practices in relation to your personal data, please contact me using my private contact form on this Site. I will reply to your complaint as soon as I can and in any event, within 30 days. I hope to resolve any complaint brought to my attention, however if you feel that your complaint has not been adequately resolved, you reserve the right to contact your local data protection supervisory authority.
CONTACT INFORMATION
I welcome your comments or questions about this Privacy and Cookie Policy and this Site. Please use my private contact form on the Contact Louis Hatchett page in the Support Menu. You may also contact me personally in writing to: Louis Hatchett, 1238 Taransay, Henderson, KY 42420 USA.
COOKIES POLICY
What Are Cookies?
I may collect information using “cookies.” Cookies are small data files stored on the hard drive of your computer or mobile device when you visit any website. I may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your computer or mobile device until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on this Site.
I use two broad categories of cookies: (1) first party cookies, served directly by the Content Management System (CMS) used on this Site to manage and publish our Content. The CMS uploads a cookie to your computer or mobile device, which is used only by the CMS to recognize your computer or mobile device when you revisit this Site; and (2) third-party cookies, which are served by service providers on this Site, and can be used by such service providers to recognize your computer or mobile device when you visit their website.
I use cookies on our website to personalize content, enable the proper operation of a shopping cart, to secure the Registered Membership Program, to provide a safer experience, tailor and measure our internal ads, and collect anonymous visitor statistics using Google Analytics.
IMPORTANT: If you click a link to Amazon.com or any other third-party website, the website you visit will require that you allow them to add cookies to your browser. Cookies allow you to use a membership portal, view a product catalog, watch videos, download digital files and purchase any products or services. This is how commerce and the exchange of ideas works on the internet.
Commonsense will tell you that if you want to communicate privately with someone, you are required to share your personal data. If you are purchasing any products or services you are required to share your financial information. The use of impersonal cookies, that collects anonymous data about your device and your actions, is also important to deliver a quality experience, provide high level of security and data protection and to complete your transaction. The real issue is, can you trust the owner(s) of any website to use and protect your personal data with absolute confidentiality, integrity and maximum security? I personal go way beyond what is required by U.S. and EU laws to protect your personal privacy.
You can get more information about Cookies, how they are used on all websites and how to disable Cookies in your browser, by visiting: https://cookiesandyou.com/.
Cookies Used on This Site
This Site uses the following types of cookies for the purposes set out below:
| Type of Cookie | Purpose |
| Essential Cookies | Essential cookies are essential to provide you with services available through this Site and to enable you to use some of its features. For example, they allow you to log in to secure areas of this Site and help the content of the pages you request load quickly and function properly. Without these cookies, the services that you have asked for cannot be provided, and I only use these cookies to provide you with those services. |
| Functionality Cookies |
Functionality cookies allow this Site to remember choices you make when you use this Site, such as remembering your login details. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you visit this Site. |
| Analytics and Performance Cookies |
Analytical and Performance cookies are used to collect information about traffic to this Site and how users use this Site. The information gathered does not identify any individual visitor. It includes the number of visitors to this Site, the websites that referred them to this Site, the pages they visited on this Site, what time of day they visited this Site, whether they have visited this Site before, and other similar information. I may use this information to help operate this Site more efficiently, to gather broad demographic information and to monitor the level of activity on this Site. I may use Google Analytics for this purpose. Google Analytics uses its own cookies. It is only used to improve how this Site works. You can find out more information about Google Analytics cookies at: https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies. You can find out more about how Google protects your data here: www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html. You can prevent the use of Google Analytics relating to your use of this Site by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via this link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB. |
| Targeted and Advertising Cookies |
Advertising cookies track your browsing habits to enable us to show advertising which is more likely to be of interest to you. These cookies use information about your browsing history to group you with other users who have similar interests. Based on that information, and with my permission, third party advertisers can place cookies to enable them to show adverts which I think will be relevant to your interests while you are on third party websites. You can disable cookies which remember your browsing habits and target advertising at you by visiting https://www.youronlinechoices.com. If you choose to remove targeted or advertising cookies, you will still see adverts but they may not be relevant to you. Even if you do choose to remove cookies by the companies listed at the above link, not all companies that serve online behavioral advertising are included in this list, and so you may still receive some cookies and tailored adverts from companies that are not listed. |
| Social Media Cookies |
Social Media cookies are used when you share information on this Site using a social media sharing button or “like” button, and when you link your social media account, or engage with our content on or through a social networking website such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+. The social network will record that you have done this. |
Current Cookies Used on This Website.
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Disabling Cookies.
You can typically remove or reject cookies via your browser settings. In order to do this, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the “settings,” “help” “tools” or “edit” facility).
Many browsers are set to accept cookies until you change your settings. If you do not accept our cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of this Site. For example, WordPress may not be able to recognize your computer or mobile device and you may need to log in every time you visit this Site. In addition, the shopping cart on this Site will not be able to store items added to your cart and allow you to move from page to page. In other words, your ability to purchase products in our catalog will be limited.
Click Here to Learn More About Cookies and How to Disable Them in Your Browser.
UPDATES AND CHANGES.
I may be required to make changes to the legal documents and policies on this Site. If you are a subscriber to my email newsletter, you will receive a notification that changes have been made and you are required to approve or decline those changes. Otherwise it is the visitor’s responsibility to read, approve or decline these policies by clicking a link to our legal documents on this Site.
LIABILITY DISCLAIMER.
Louis Hatchett and the Company’s agents, employees and representatives shall not be liable for a failure or delay to fulfill its obligations for contracted services where the failure or delay is the result from any cause beyond the Company’s reasonable control; including technical failures, natural disasters, blockages, embargoes, riots, acts of violence, curfews, COVID lockdowns, hacker attacks, terrorist acts, war, electrical grid failure, internet failure, phone and email service failure, government regulations, legislation, orders of government, earthquakes and natural disasters, or any other force outside the Company’s control.
IMPLIED PERMISSION AND AGREEMENT.
When you visit this Site and view any article, watch a video, submit personal data on any form; purchase a product or editorial service, including but not limited to, subscribing to my email newsletter; your action confirms and signifies that you agree with all of the above statements, conditions and terms contained in this Privacy and Cookie Policy, the Terms of Use Agreement and my Refund Policy available on this Site.
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