Who we are
Our website address is: https://andtherewas.com. We are a specialized firm that focuses on digital design and transformation life design consulting, mentoring, and speaking engagements. As a 15+ years trusted “one-man” co-creative shop. AndThereWas, LLC is dedicated to helping individuals and organizations navigate the rapidly changing digital landscape and create meaningful transformations in their lives and businesses.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we 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 anonymized 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 here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving 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.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
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
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. AndThereWas, LLC may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.
Google Analytics (Google Search Console)
Google Analytics is a AndThereWas, LLC web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports AndThereWas, LLC website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Bing Webmaster Tools
Bing Webmaster Tools (previously the Bing Webmaster Center) is a free service as part of Microsoft’s Bing search engine which allows AndThereWas, LLC to add their websites to the Bing index crawler, see their site’s performance in Bing clicks, impressions, etc.
For more information on the privacy practices of Bing Webmaster Tools, please visit the Bing Webmaster Guidelines.
Disclosure of Data
DISCLOSURE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
Under certain circumstances, AndThereWas, LLC 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).
Legal Requirements
AndThereWas, LLC may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary:
- To comply with a legal obligation
- To protect and defend the rights or property of AndThereWas, LLC.
- To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.
- To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
- To protect against legal liability
SECURITY OF DATA
AndThereWas, LLC ensures the security and integrity of personal information through a variety of security measures which include physical, technical, and organizational measures. These integral elements are consistently reviewed and updated to ensure the security and protection of all personal information. These actions prevent loss, unauthorized access, disclosure, and use of personal information.
The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While AndThereWas, LLC strives to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, AndThereWas, LLC cannot guarantee its absolute security.
“DO NOT TRACK” SIGNALS
AndThereWas, LLC does not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform AndThereWas, LLC website that you do not want to be tracked.
You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your AndThereWas, LLC web browser.
Your Data Protection Rights Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
No Information Shared
AndThereWas, LLC does not release, sell, or distribute personal information to any third party, unless it is required to do so by law, during a merger or acquisition, or with consent from the individual for whom the personal information pertains.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. AndThereWas, LLC aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.
If you wish to be informed what Personal Data AndThereWas, LLC holds about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
- The right to access, update or to delete the information AndThereWas, LLC has on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
- The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
- The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
- The right of restriction. You have the right to request that AndThereWas, LLC restricts the processing of your personal information.
- The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information AndThereWas, LLC has on you in a structured, machine-readable, and commonly used format.
- The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where AndThereWas, LLC relied on your consent to process your personal information.
Please note that AndThereWas, LLC may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such
requests.
You have the right to complain to the Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).
Web Security
AndThereWas, LLC website is protected by the Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.2) encryption protocol and is secured to ensure users are browsing our websites in a secure manner. AndThereWas, LLC utilizes security measures consistent with current best practices to protect its website, email, and mailing lists. Although no transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, AndThereWas, LLC is committed to protecting all personal data and any information transmitted to us.
Furthermore, AndThereWas, LLC website also utilizes website security and monitoring services via a 3rd party vendor/ leader in web security. The website security products we use eliminate cyber threats keeping AndThereWas, LLC safe and secure.
3 rd Party Websites
AndThereWas, LLC bears no responsibility for the privacy policies and practices of websites that may be linked to an AndThereWas, LLC website or to companies that may provide additional resources or products or services. You should refer to those organizations’ specific privacy policies to learn how they collect, use, and disclose information.
AndThereWas, LLC may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Links to Other Sites
AndThereWas, LLC service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. AndThereWas, LLC strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. AndThereWas, LLC has no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Children’s Privacy
AndThereWas, LLC does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).
AndThereWas, LLC does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of eighteen. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If AndThereWas, LLC become aware that AndThereWas, LLC has collected Personal Data from children without verification of data at consent, AndThereWas, LLC takes steps to remove that information from its server.
Transmission of Information
Data collected and received by AndThereWas, LLC in connection with the delivery of assessments will be transmitted and stored in the United States with a third-party cloud-services provider (CSP) who adheres to associated GDPR regulations framework. The Internet is a global environment. By using our sites and sending information to us electronically, you consent to trans-border and international transmission of any personal information collected or processed through our sites.
Alteration of Personal Information
In the event an individual’s personal information needs to be updated, changed, transferred, or removed, they would be required to contact AndThereWas, LLC through the email for AndThereWas, LLC administration or by phone 1-800-000-0000.
Opting Out
Since most of the AndThereWas, LLC communication is conducted via email, you have the option to unsubscribe from any email correspondence, listings, and in doing so will no longer receive further email communications. AndThereWas, LLC also allows data subjects or respondents to opt-out of AndThereWas, LLC assessment site links at any time after they have initiated the assessment process. The assessment and corresponding information will remain active for a 24-hour period to allow for completion and once past the 24-hour deadline, any information entered will be deleted.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
AndThereWas, LLC reserves the right to amend its privacy policy. Updates to this policy will be made from time to time to reflect changes consistent with industry best practices, legislation, regulations, and the policies of AndThereWas, LLC. A notice will be posted on the AndThereWas, LLC web page (www.AndThereWas.com) whenever this policy is changed or updated.
AndThereWas, LLC may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. AndThereWas, LLC will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. AndThereWas, LLC will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact AndThereWas Administration.
- By email: support@andtherewas.com
- By visiting this page on our AndThereWas, LLC
- By website: https://andtherewas.com