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privacy
notice |
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Summary: Walterbecker.com
is run by individuals who are fiercely
devoted to the privacy of our visitors
and subscribers. Details below.
All privacy policies described here are subject to change, most
likely to comply with what we view as the end user's reasonable
expectations of privacy, or to comply with any new laws -- such as the new
GDPR of 2018, sweeping and strict privacy legislation designed to protect all EU users. Any such changes that require action on your part will of course be detailed here. For example, an argument could be made that we -- all mailers--should ask subscribers to "resubscribe". But since our original double opt-in method already complied with the stricter standard, and the content or purpose of the Newsletter hasn't changed, nor has our Privacy Policy (except to add more detail), we argue that - hey, why bother people to say they want something they've said they want by saying that they want it -- twice? So for now, at least, no recommitment ceremony is planned. [a good general overview on the workings of a double opt-in is on this FAQ. It is from another website, but its description of the double opt-in procedure is applicable here, especially the sections Joining, Leaving, Changing Subscriptions,
and Delivery and Subscription Problems]
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• the
information we collect |
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The
information revealed about you when you
visit walterbecker.com depends on what
actions you take while you are here.
However, no personally identifying information—such
as your name, address or phone number—will
ever be captured unless you voluntarily
provide it (see (C) (D) and (E), below).
(A) Information
gathered from each visitor ["traffic"]: When
you browse walterbecker.com, our server
automatically collects and stores the
following information about you: |
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• The
name of the domain from which you
access the Internet—for example, "aol.com" if
you are connecting from an America
Online account. This information
does not include your actual AOL
account name
• The
date and time of your visit
• What
links you visit on our site
• The
Internet address of the website from
which you linked directly into our
website
• Your
current Internet IP address (this
is a numerical network address—not your
email address).
Our site does
not use cookies (a cookie is a small
data file that contains information
about your web connection).
(B) If you
visit our site just to browse: We
collect only the information itemized
in (A) above
(C) If you
send us email: We will obviously
obtain any additional information within
the email that you send us. This almost
always includes your full email address.
It may also include additional identifying
information—such
as your Company Name, your address,
your phone number—if you
have set your email preferences to
include them via a signature file,
a vcard, or Header Line information,
or if you have manually typed this
information in the body of your email
message. It's always a good idea to consider deleting this information from your outgoing email not pertaining to business.
(D) If you
visit our site and request that we
send you our newsletter: In
addition to the information itemized
in (A) above, we will collect your
email address if you sign up for our
email newsletter. We employ a strict "double
opt-in" confirmation procedure
for our Newsletter, and we never send
mailings to an address that has not
confirmed a subscription request.
A note on encloures,
documents, media files, attachments,
and catch-all addresses: This
website automatically rejects delivery
of unusually large email messages and of any email containing attachments
or enclosures of any kind (e.g., text
files or documents; media files such
as graphics, photos, sound files, signature
or inline graphics, etc.). These are
automatically deleted while still in
our server mail queue. In other words,
they are deleted before a human being
even receives them. Also, any email
sent to nonexistent addresses at this
domain are purged without server record
(otherwise known as "blackholed"). |
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• how
we use the information |
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• Information itemized
in (A) above [browsing visit only]: These
data are used to produce summary
descriptive statistics on the number
of visitors to different sections
of our site and certain basic characteristics
of those visitors (e.g., country
or domain of origin, times of peak
visits, etc.). These summaries are
commonly known as "traffic reports",
and they help webmasters monitor
the use of their site and the flow
of visits. These data are analyzed
and viewed in aggregate summary form
only, and do not include information
about individual or single website
visits or visitors.
• Information itemized
in (C) above [email you choose to
send us]: We collect and
retain any information needed to
act on your request or comment. In
addition, unless you explicitly request
otherwise, email sent to walterbecker.com
will be considered fair game for
posting online in its entirety (except
for email addresses: see "Policies," below).
You must tell us in the message itself
what other information, if any, you
wish withheld from possible online publication.Your email request is retained at the admin level of accessibility (that is, only our highest server admins) log enough to act on he informatio contained therein
After the issue(s) raised have been addressed, the original email is added to a folder of messages which should remain attached to the senders' email address .One example of the justification for this retention would be if it is discovered that a frequent visitor is stalking an employee - we may need to find all the emails sent from this email address over the last 5 years to document timing, content, etc. (note that even this use of "identifying information" can do nothing more than collect information on an email address, which still does not include any further information on the identity of the sender). We have arbitrarily decided that decided t hat 5 years is the period this information should be retained, after which time the entire message is deleted. Before deletion, these messages are kept in a folder with 2 additional layers ff security in addition to your baseline protection: an ..htaccess password and a java based obfuscation script applied to email addresses themselves.
Recall this only pertains to email you have decided to send to us, and only information you yourself
have included in the email to us.
• Information itemized
in (D) above [registration for the
newsletter]: Your email
address is used to send you your
requested newsletters. We employ
a strict "double opt-in" confirmation
procedure for our Newsletter, and
we never send mailings to an address
that has not confirmed a subscription
request
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• links
to other websites |
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Walterbecker.com
may contain links to other websites.
The privacy statement
you are reading now pertaons oly to walterbecker.com, its Newsletteronly to walterbecker.com, and its
Newsletter,
and that we are not responsible for the
privacy or newsletter policies and practices of other and tter policies and practices
of other websites.
As a general practice, we encourage you
to be aware when you are leaving walterbecker.com
and to read the privacy statement of
each website that you visit before deciding
if you wish to provide them with your
email address or personally identifiable
information. |
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• policies:
security and privacy |
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The information
we obtain will be used only for activities
of The Walter Becker Website; we do not
and will not rent, lease, sell, or otherwise
disclose any information to any person
or entity outside of walterbecker.com
and it's mailing service unless explicitly
stated otherwise or as compelled by law.
We take the protection of visitor
information extremely seriously. When
personal information is stored by the
website, it is in a secure location
and is accessible only totwo senior staff members. This site has appropriate physical,
electronic, and managerial procedures
in place to safeguard its data and
to help prevent unauthorized access,
maintain data security, correctly use
the information we collect online,
and protect against the loss, misuse
and alteration of the information under
our control. |
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• spam
not accepted or tolerated here |
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No email address —ours or others'—will
appear on walterbecker.com unless it
is obfuscated either with a script program
or by modifications in the text string.
We employ other methods to thwart email
harvesting programs and activities used
by spammers. We would appreciate it if
you would return the courtesy, and refrain
from posting any email address from walterbecker.com
unobscured anywhere online.
Any user, visitor,
browser, or subscriber who attempts to
misappropriate our newsletter subscription
list or other information on this site
for the purpose of sending unsolicited
email should be advised that we do record
and track such attempts. Safeguards are
in place that will cause any such attempt
to fail. The newsletter subscription
of any list member identified as party
to such an attempt will be immediately
and silently terminated, at minimum;
we may also take additional measures
by which we will register and express
our zero tolerance for such behavior.
Indeed, it is the
policy of walterbecker.com to fight spam
in any way available, including but not
limited to: Posting, forwarding and publicly
displaying the spam: sending copies to
any and all originating or relay postmasters
involved: sending copies to any and all
persons listed as administrative, technical,
and billing contact according to the
WHOIS database for the offending sender(s):
forwarding copies to upstream providers:
blocking individual known spammers and/or
entire offending domains. Fraudulent
or deceptive email will be forwarded
to the Federal Trade Commission and/or
other legitimate spam-fighting organizations
and services for investigation and possible
legal action. |
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• walterbecker.com.com |
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