Privacy Policy

Who we are

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at Meritt Rollins Brown, herein (“Company”, “we”, “us”, “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us at: admin@merittrollinsbrown.com. Our website address is: https://merittrollinsbrown.com.

When you visit our website https://merittrollinsbrown.com (the “Website”), and more generally, use any of our services (the “Services”, which include the Website), we appreciate that you are trusting us with your personal information. It is important for you to understand how we collect information, what information we collect, and what rights you have regarding the information you disclose to us. We take your privacy seriously. Read through the policies carefully. At any point you disagree with the terms in this privacy policy, discontinue use or our Services immediately.

What Information Do We Collect?

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, and when you participate in activities on our Website (such as by posting comments on our Website or within our groups) or otherwise when you contact us.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Website. It depends on the choices you make and the products and Services you use. The following information may be collected:

Personal Information Provide by You. We collect names; email addresses; payment processes; contact or authentication data; and other similar information.

All personal information you provide to us must be up-to-date and true, and you must notify us of any changes to any personal information.

Information may be collected when using our Website. This may include, but not limited to, device and usage information, such as your IP address (Internet Protocol), browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Website, and other technical information. This information is used for maintaining the security and operation of our Website, for our internal analytics, and reporting purposes. Log and usage data may be collected, as well as device data and location data. This may include: log and usage data that is service-related, diagnostic, usage and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Website; we collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Website; and we collect location data such as information about your device’s location.

Collecting your personal information via our Website is used for the purpose of our business. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on your legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations.

We use the information we collect from you to: send administrative information to you; emails; protect our Services; rules and regulations; enforce our terms, conditions, and policies for business and legal purposes; respond to legal requests; send you marketing and promotional communications when they arise. We do not use your information to be used for the purpose of any kind of marketing from third-party companies associated within this Website.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our Website, you are consenting your information so that we collect your personal data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Comments made within the website may be viewed by others. Comments made within third-party services and websites may be viewed by others – depend on that third-party services and websites privacy policy.

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.

The Website also collects your information for legal obligations when you comment or take part in future discussion forums within the Website or other groups affiliated with the Website, for vital interests, and for performance of a contract.

Third-Party Service Providers may obtain your personal information data who perform services for this Website. This includes: payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, and/or customer services.

As we grow this Website, services and terms and conditions are able to change at any given time without users consent.

Third Parties In Use:

  • Data Backup and Security
    • WordPress, Bluehost, Google Drive Backup
  • Invoice and Billing
    • Paid Membership Pro
    • Stripe
  • Web and Mobile Analytics
    • Google Analytics
    • Paid Membership Pro

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.

You may not upload or download images or content without owner, Meritt Rollins Brown, consent. You may not share or use media or content with anyone or any outside platform without owner, Meritt Rollins Brown, consent.

Cookies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You have the right to reject or accept cookies. If you reject cookies, this can affect certain features pertaining to the services of our Website.

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.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Any third-parties contained within our Services on the Website may be able to collect and analyze data from your personal information. Any plugin’s mentioned above may also collect and analyze data from your personal information. Our Services do not apply to third-party services or websites. If you proceed in using the third-party service(s) or website(s), you granting permission for them to access your personal information and data.

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.

We do not knowingly solicit personal information or data from anyone under the age of 21 years of age. We do not solicit any marketing to anyone under the age of 21 years. By proceeding with logging in and payment plans, and sending your personal information in, you represent that you are the age of 21 years or older. This is not intended for usage of persons 20 years and younger. If you are aware of any personal information or data has been collected from a minor (20 years or younger) please contact us at: admin@merittrollinsbrown.com.

California Residents: please visit the link below for more information about your privacy policy rights: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=1798.83.&lawCode=CIV

EU Members: please visit this link below to discover more information about your privacy policy rights: https://gdpr-info.eu/

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

We are not responsible for the practices employed by any outside websites and/or services linked to and/or from the Services. Your information and/or data analytics could be contained via outside third-parties and services. Use your own judgement when you use a link to go from the Services to another website and/or service, as our Privacy Policy does not apply to such third-party websites; interaction with the third-party websites used for our Services and Website contain their own privacy policies and regulations. We are not responsible for third-party websites who obtain your personal information for their own data collection and analytics; please interact at your own risk.

Have Questions?

If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy for this Website or any other inquiries regarding the Services provided on this Website, please email us at: admin@merittrollinsbrown.com

Meritt Rollins Brown

Knoxville, TN 37918

United States