Effective Date: September 13, 2022
Golden Channel Publishing Privacy Statement
[Genohistory.com is the main website of Golden Channel Publishing. The Beyond Kin Project operates with the support of GCP. Both operate under its privacy policy.]
From Donna Cox Baker, owner of Golden Channel Publishing
As owner of Golden Channel Publishing (“GCP”), I value my relationship with you and place the highest importance on respecting and protecting your privacy. I want you to feel comfortable and confident when using my products and services and entrusting your private information to me. This privacy statement applies to all products, tools, and publications of the GCP.
Protecting your Information:
I exercise due diligence to protect your personal information from loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration by using industry-recognized security safeguards that comply with the Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI) and the Secure Socket Layer Certificate (SSL).
Please note that my due diligence is not a 100% guarantee of your information’s security, if such a promise could be possible. You use this site at your own reasoned risk.
Data Storage:
- GCP websites reside on Bluehost servers. See Bluehost’s Privacy Policy for information on its commitment to and policies surrounding data protection.
Data Security
- GCP cannot guarantee you complete safety of your data transmitted via the Internet. SSL certification for the domains I manage enables the transmission of encrypted data into and out of GCP sites. I am cautious in the selection of partners but do not control them. While my sites are as secure as I can reasonably make them, you use the site at your own risk.
Information GCP Collects:
- To aid in your experience with GCP, I collect the personal information you provide, such as your name, shipping/billing address, e-mail, and phone number when you interact to purchase or use my products.
- I collect email addresses through MailerLite in order to notify customers and potential customers of opportunities to consider new products and to become aware of events or news that could be of interest. The email address will not be shared outside GCP. MailerLite tracks your basic reaction to emails I send—whether you open them and whether you click on them to take action. It uses your IP Address to determine unique users. This assists me in refining emails for the most effective and efficient uses. GCP does not share personally identifiable information with other organizations, except as a part of necessary software partnerships, as described here. All emails sent through MailerLite include a link through which the recipient may unsubscribe, receiving no future marketing email. An individual email might be sent to someone who has unsubscribed, if a purchase transaction is being completed and clarification is required.
- The GCP store operates in cooperation with WooCommerce and Paypal, which are both committed to privacy, PCI compliance, and the GDPR. See WooCommerce’s Privacy Policy and the PayPal Privacy Policy. The GCP does not process or store bank or credit card information outside of the protected frameworks established by these organizations.
- The 90-60 Census Worksheet product in the GCP store is designed to work with a Google Sheet and features created with Google Apps Script. See Google Privacy & Terms for more information about its use of and protection of data. GCP is not responsible for changes to the GCP product resulting from discontinued services, new rules, or other Google decisions that render previously working features unworkable.
- I use Google Analytics to analyze customer interactions with my GCP sites. GCP’s analytics tools collect information about your system as it interacts with us such as your Internet Protocol address, referral information, and browser information. This assists me in knowing how many unique visitors I have to pages, the geographic locations of my customers, so I know where I am most effective, and the preferred browsing environments, to aid in decisions about alterations to GCP sites. It helps me to combat spam and other internet abuses. On some GCP pages, I offer advertisements of products on other sites, such as Amazon.com, and the advertiser will mark your referral from GCP. GCP does not extract personally identifiable information from Google Analytics.
- I collect user feedback, community discussions, chats, and other interactions, such as surveys.
- GCP makes use of third-party applications to perform a number of useful tasks in the development, maintenance, and upkeep of its sites and data. I do not sell your information to third-party sites, but some of the technologies may require information sharing to a limited degree. Some may use cookies to activate essential and helpful functions. GCP’s SSL certificate makes available to you the list of active cookies on its pages at any given time. You have the right to deactivate cookies, which might limit some GCP site’s functions on your browser. This Privacy Policy covers use of cookies or any other embedded tracking placed by GCP specifically and not by the third-party companies. The third-party companies operate under their own privacy policies.
Uses:
- I do not sell or rent your personal information to anyone for promotional or marketing purposes.
- I do not share your personal information with anyone outside of GCP for their promotional or marketing use without your consent.
- I use your personal or financial information to provide you with information and services you request, to give you a customized interactive experience, and to tell you about other products and services.
- I summarize information about you and also combine that information with that of others in a way that does not identify you personally, in order to understand how our products are used, to deliver products and services most efficiently, and to help us develop new products and services.
- I may use service companies to help provide you products and services, who are not authorized to use your information for their own purposes.
Personal Data Publicly Provided:
- Any personal information provided by site visitors in posts, comments, surveys, “liking” posts, or any other method by which information is displayed publicly is the responsibility of the person entering the information and not of GCP. Do not use these features of the site or its social media components if you want to keep your information private. If someone other than the user has posted personally identifiable information about the user, notify the Data Protection Officer.
Policy Archive
Earlier versions of the privacy policies of GCP, its predecessors, and affiliates are available at:
- GCP Privacy Policy from Origin to 5/25/2018
- Golden Channel Publishing Privacy Notice from April 4, 2020, to September 4, 2021
- Privacy Policy–Golden Channel Publishing from September 4, 2021, to September 12, 2022
- The Beyond Kin Project Privacy Policy from Origin to 5/25/2018
- The Golden Egg Genealogist Privacy Policy from Origin to 5/25/2018
Data Protection Officer:
Donna Cox Baker
234 Drennen Drive
Anniston, AL 36205
donna.baker@genohistory.com
