Who we are
Our website address is: https://nickmccashin.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
If we ever open our blog posts for comments we may collect some information from you to avoid spam. When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form or text box, 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
We capture only the data that you fill in and send to us so that we can contact you. You have the right to unsubscribe at anytime through your email or by emailing info{at}mccashinmedia.com
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
We use Google Analytics as our main analytics software but we also have our Facebook pixel installed to record conversions and activity on our website.
Who we share your data with
We do no sell or share your data with any other company. Our data protection officer is Nick McCashin. If you require further information please contact info{at}mccashinmedia.com
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. This is usually but not limited to Google tools invisible recaptcha.
Your contact information
We will ask you to fill in certain details in our opt in forms and contact forms. This is so we can contact you and have the right information that we can help you and not waste anyones time. If you become a client we keep your data safely on file so we can continue to contact you, via email mostly but occasionally it could be via the phone on online video call.
Additional information
How we protect your data
We keep your data secured in our CRM or email marketing account. We mostly use Mailchimp (see more here), and Keap.com or Infusionsoft (see more here). If you need any further information or want to contact our data protection officer please email Nick at info{at}mccashinmedia.com