Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 19, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service. It informs You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal Data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

Words with initial capital letters have meanings defined under the following conditions. These definitions apply whether they appear in singular or plural form.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service (if applicable, e.g., through Disqus).
  • Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with Us, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest, or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to technologies that enable computer systems to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as learning, problem-solving, or decision-making, which may be used as described in this policy.
  • Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us", or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Eugene Harold Johnson, 281 E 153rd St Apt 2D, Bronx, NY 10451.
  • Cookies are small files placed on Your Device by a website, containing details of Your browsing history on that website among their uses.
  • Country refers to: United States.
  • Data Controller, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
  • Device means any device that can access the Service, such as a computer, cellphone, or digital tablet.
  • Disqus refers to the third-party commenting platform used on Our Website.
  • Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) refers to the third-party business data and analytics company, links to whose services (like DUNS lookup) may be provided on Our Website.
  • PayPal refers to the third-party payment processing service that may be linked from Our Website.
  • Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. For GDPR purposes, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity. For CCPA/CPRA purposes, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.
  • Service refers to the Website.
  • Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes data on behalf of the Company or provides services integrated with or linked from Our Website. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company or whose services are used to facilitate the Service, provide the Service on Our behalf, perform services related to the Service (like payment processing or commenting), assist Us in analyzing how the Service is used (like Google Analytics), or provide related external resources (such as Squarespace, Disqus, PayPal, D&B, Google services, social media platforms, and content platforms), as further detailed in the "Links to Other Websites" section. For GDPR purposes, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.
  • Squarespace refers to the platform on which Our Website is hosted and built. Squarespace collects and processes data according to its own Privacy Policy.
  • State refers to: New York.
  • Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or social network website through which a User might log in or create an account to use certain features of the Service (such as logging into Disqus via Google, Facebook, or Twitter), or to platforms We link to (such as Facebook, Instagram, X.com, LinkedIn, TikTok, Pinterest, Tumblr, etc.).
  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (e.g., the duration of a page visit, IP address).
  • Website refers to Eugene Harold Johnson, accessible from https://www.eugeneharoldjohnson.com/
  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service. Under GDPR, You can be referred to as the Data Subject. Under CCPA/CPRA, You can be referred to as the Consumer.

Note: References throughout this policy to "third-party services," "Service Providers," "linked platforms," or similar terms generally encompass the services detailed in the "Links to Other Websites" section, unless the context specifically limits the reference.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Any other information You voluntarily provide (e.g., through contact forms)
  • Information provided when commenting via Disqus
  • Information provided to PayPal when making a transaction initiated via a link from Our Service
  • Information provided to any third-party sites (like D&B, social media platforms, content sites) when using links from Our Service (governed by their policies, see Links to Other Websites)
  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service via a mobile device, We may collect information automatically, including the type of mobile device, its unique ID, IP address, operating system, mobile Internet browser type, and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service.

Information from Third-Party Social Media Services and Disqus

Our Website utilizes Disqus to enable users to leave comments on certain pages. To leave a comment, You may need to log into Disqus.

Disqus allows You to log in directly or potentially through other Third-party Social Media Services (such as Google, Facebook, Twitter). If You choose to log into Disqus, You are providing information directly to Disqus.

Any Personal Data You provide to Disqus, either directly or through linking a Third-Party Social Media Service account, including information associated with Your profile (like Your name, email address, comments, activities), is collected and processed by Disqus according to its own privacy practices.

We strongly recommend You review the Disqus Privacy Policy to understand how they handle Your data. You can find it here: https://disqus.com/privacy-policy/

We may receive some information from Disqus related to Your comments (e.g., the comment content, display name) to display them on Our Website, but the primary data collection and account management are handled by Disqus.

Additionally, as detailed in the "Links to Other Websites" section, We provide links to various other Third-party Social Media Services and platforms.

Information Provided to Payment Processors like PayPal

If You initiate a transaction (e.g., a purchase, a donation) through a link on Our Website that directs You to PayPal, You will provide Your payment information directly to PayPal. We do not collect or store Your full payment card details or PayPal account information.

Any Personal Data You provide to PayPal for transaction purposes (such as Your name, billing address, shipping address, payment details) is collected and processed by PayPal according to its own privacy policy.

We strongly recommend You review the PayPal Privacy Policy. You can typically find it here: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full

We may receive confirmation of the transaction and necessary details (like Your name, email, shipping address if applicable) from PayPal to fulfill Your order or acknowledge Your donation, but not Your sensitive payment details.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons, tags, scripts) to track activity on Our Service, store certain information, and improve and analyze Our Service. Our use of these technologies includes:

  • Cookies or Browser Cookies: Small files placed on Your Device. You can set Your browser to refuse Cookies or alert You when Cookies are being sent. However, refusing Cookies may prevent You from using some parts of our Service, including potentially impacting integrated or linked third-party functionality (like Disqus, PayPal, D&B, or the various platforms listed in the "Links to Other Websites" section). Our Service may use Cookies unless You've adjusted Your browser setting to refuse them.
  • Web Beacons: Small electronic files (clear gifs, pixel tags, single-pixel gifs) in sections of our Service and emails that allow Us, for example, to count users who visited pages or opened an email, and for website statistics (e.g., tracking section popularity, verifying system integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" (remain on Your Device offline) or "Session" (deleted when You close Your browser). We use both types:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies (Session): Administered by Us. Essential for providing services available through the Website and enabling features like user authentication and preventing fraudulent use. Without them, requested services cannot be provided.
  • Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies (Persistent): Administered by Us. Identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
  • Functionality Cookies (Persistent): Administered by Us. Remember choices You make (e.g., login details, language preference) to provide a more personal experience and avoid re-entering preferences.
  • Analytics and Performance Cookies (Persistent/Session): Administered by Us or Third-Party Service Providers (like Squarespace Analytics or Google Analytics). Help us understand how the Service is used, track performance, and improve the Website.
  • Third-Party Cookies: Integrated Service Providers (like Disqus, PayPal) or linked external sites (like D&B, Google services, Meta platforms, X.com, TikTok, Twitch, Pinterest, SoundCloud, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Flickr, etc.) may place their own cookies on Your device when you interact with their features or visit their sites via our links. These cookies enable functionality, manage sessions, and potentially support analytics or advertising, subject to their own policies.

For more information about the cookies we use and your choices, please refer to the cookie management tool provided on Our Website (e.g., a consent banner) and/or Your browser settings. Our platform provider, Squarespace, also uses cookies necessary for platform functionality. You can learn more in the Squarespace Cookie Policy. Please also review the cookie policies of the third-party services mentioned in this policy or linked from Our Website.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service: Including monitoring its usage, ensuring its functionality, displaying comments provided via Disqus, facilitating transactions via PayPal links, and providing links to external resources (like D&B, social media, content platforms).
  • To manage Your Account: To manage Your registration as a user (if applicable, e.g., via Disqus for commenting).
  • For the performance of a contract: For purchase contracts (potentially processed via PayPal) or any other contract with Us through the Service.
  • To contact You: Via email, phone, SMS, or other electronic means (e.g., push notifications) regarding updates, informative communications related to functionalities, products, or services (including transaction confirmations), and security updates.
  • To provide You with news, special offers, and general information about goods, services, and events similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
  • To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
  • For business transfers: To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
  • Regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI): We do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools directly on this Website to automatically collect or process Personal Data from visitors (e.g., through AI-powered chatbots analyzing interactions in real-time or AI-driven analytics processing user behavior directly on the site). However, content displayed on the Website may have been created, edited, or refined with the assistance of AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot) used offline by the Company. This use is for content generation or modification purposes and does not involve the processing of visitor Personal Data by these AI tools via the Website. Furthermore, the underlying website platform (Squarespace) or integrated/linked third-party services (including but not limited to Disqus, PayPal, D&B, Google services, social/content platforms) may utilize AI in accordance with their own privacy policies. Users should refer to the respective policies of Squarespace and any relevant third parties for information on their potential use of AI.
  • For other purposes: Such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: To monitor and analyze Service use (e.g., Google Analytics), perform website hosting (Squarespace), provide commenting functionality (Disqus), process payments (PayPal), provide support, or contact You. Note that when you click links to external services (like D&B, social media platforms, etc.), you interact directly with them and share data according to their policies, not Ours.
  • For business transfers: As described above.
  • With Affiliates: Requiring them to honor this Privacy Policy.
  • With business partners: To offer specific products, services, or promotions (only with appropriate consent where required).
  • With other users: If You share information or interact in public areas (e.g., comments via Disqus), it may be viewed by all users and publicly distributed. Interactions via Third-Party Social Media Services linked to Disqus are subject to their policies.
  • With Your consent: For any other purpose.

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR)

If GDPR applies to Your data, Our legal basis for collecting and using the Personal Data described depends on the data and context:

  • Consent: Where You have given clear consent for Us to process Your Personal Data for a specific purpose (e.g., subscribing to a newsletter). Note that interacting with integrated or linked third-party services (like Disqus, PayPal, D&B, social media platforms, etc.) is primarily based on Your consent and agreement with their respective terms and policies.
  • Contract Performance: Where processing is necessary for a contract You are party to (e.g., fulfilling a purchase processed via PayPal) or to take steps at Your request before entering into a contract.
  • Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for Our legitimate interests (e.g., improving the Service, displaying comments, providing helpful links to relevant external resources, marketing, security), provided these interests are not overridden by Your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.
  • Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary for Us to comply with the law.

We will clearly indicate the applicable legal basis where required.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy (e.g., providing the Service, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements). We retain data as required to comply with legal obligations (e.g., tax, accounting laws). Data provided via integrated or linked third-party services (e.g., Disqus, PayPal, D&B, social media platforms) is retained according to their respective policies.

Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when needed to strengthen security, improve Service functionality, or comply with legal obligations requiring longer retention.

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and potentially other locations where processing parties are located (including Service Providers like Squarespace, Disqus, PayPal, and linked services like D&B or social media platforms, whose infrastructure may be global). This means information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers outside Your state, province, or country, where data protection laws may differ.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy, followed by submitting information (including commenting via Disqus, initiating a transaction via PayPal, or clicking external links like those to D&B or social media profiles), represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take reasonably necessary steps to ensure Your data is treated securely and per this Privacy Policy. No Personal Data transfer will occur to an organization or country lacking adequate controls for data and personal information security, although data transfers by third parties (like Squarespace, Disqus, PayPal, D&B, social media platforms, etc.) are governed by their own policies.

Your Data Protection Rights

You have rights regarding Your Personal Data. Depending on Your location and applicable laws (like GDPR or CCPA/CPRA), these may include:

  • The right to access / know: Request copies of Your Personal Data We hold and information about its processing. (For data held by third parties like Disqus, PayPal, D&B, or the platforms listed in "Links to Other Websites", you would need to contact them directly).
  • The right to rectification: Request correction of inaccurate Personal Data We hold. (For data held by the third parties mentioned above, contact them).
  • The right to erasure / deletion: Request deletion of Your Personal Data We hold, subject to certain legal exceptions. (For data held by the third parties mentioned above, contact them).
  • The right to restrict processing: Request restriction of how We process Your Personal Data in certain circumstances.
  • The right to object to processing: Object to Our processing of Your Personal Data based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
  • The right to data portability: Request transfer of Your Personal Data We hold to You or another organization in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format (where processing is based on consent or contract and automated).
  • The right to non-discrimination: You will not be discriminated against for exercising Your privacy rights.
  • The right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, You can withdraw it at any time (withdrawal doesn't affect lawfulness of prior processing).

How to Exercise Your Rights: To exercise these rights regarding data held directly by Us, please contact Us using the details below. For rights concerning data processed and held primarily by third parties mentioned in this policy or linked from Our site (e.g., your account information, comments, transaction history, data submitted via their site), you should contact those services directly through their platforms or support channels. We may need to verify Your identity before responding to Your request concerning data We hold. We will respond within the timeframes required by applicable law.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court, government agency).

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing related to the Service
  • Protect the personal safety of Service Users or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us. We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect it, including administrative, technical, and physical safeguards. However, remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While We aim to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security. Security related to integrated or linked third-party services (like Disqus, PayPal, D&B, social media platforms, etc.) is managed according to their security practices.

Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

Service Providers We use or link to have access to Your Personal Data only to perform tasks on Our behalf, provide integrated services, or offer external resources. They are obligated not to disclose or use it for other purposes (unless required by their own legal obligations or policies, as with the third parties listed below and in the "Links to Other Websites" section). They process information according to their Privacy Policies.

Website Hosting and Platform

  • Squarespace: Our website is hosted on Squarespace. Squarespace provides the platform, infrastructure, and certain integrated tools (like basic analytics). Squarespace collects data related to website performance and security. You can view their policy here: https://www.squarespace.com/privacy

Commenting Platform

  • Disqus: We use Disqus to provide commenting functionality. Disqus collects data when you register, log in, or comment, potentially including profile information, comments, IP address, and usage data, and may use cookies. Data collection and use by Disqus are governed by their Privacy Policy: https://disqus.com/privacy-policy/

Payment Processing

  • PayPal: If you initiate transactions via links on our site, PayPal processes your payment. PayPal collects transaction details, payment information, and related personal data according to their Privacy Policy: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full

External Linked Services

  • Dun & Bradstreet (D&B): We may provide links to D&B services, such as their DUNS Number lookup tool (`https://www.dnb.com/duns-number/lookup.html`). When you use these links, you leave Our Website and interact directly with D&B. Any data you provide to D&B is governed by their data practices and privacy policy, available here: https://www.dnb.com/en-us/why-dnb/data-transparency.html
  • Social Media and Content Platforms: We provide links to various third-party social media and content platforms where We may have profiles or share content. Clicking these links directs you to the respective platform, governed by its own privacy policy. See the "Links to Other Websites" section for a more detailed list and links to their policies.

Analytics

We use Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

  • Squarespace Analytics: Our hosting provider, Squarespace, provides built-in analytics features subject to their privacy policy.
  • Google Analytics: We may also use Google Analytics to track and report website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data may be 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. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Usage, Performance and Miscellaneous

We may use third-party Service Providers for other functionalities.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 (or a higher age if required by local law, e.g., 16 in some GDPR contexts). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under this age. If You are a parent or guardian and aware Your child provided Us with Personal Data (including via integrated or linked third-party sites), please contact Us. If We learn We collected Personal Data from a child without verified parental consent, We take steps to remove it from Our direct control; data within third-party services would need to be addressed via those services.

If consent is Our legal basis for processing and Your country requires parental consent, We may require it before collecting and using that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service contains links to other websites that are not operated by Us. This includes links within comments, links to payment processors like PayPal, links to external resources like Dun & Bradstreet (`https://www.dnb.com/duns-number/lookup.html`), links to embedded content like Google Maps, and links to Our profiles or content on various third-party social media and content platforms.

If You click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. These third-party sites have their own privacy policies governing how they collect, use, and share your information.

We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Examples of third-party platforms We may link to include (but are not limited to), along with links to their typical privacy policies (please verify these links are current and correct):

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy periodically. We will notify You of changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will inform You via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service *before* the change becomes effective and update the "Last updated" date. If we hold your email address (e.g., from a transaction or account registration like Disqus), we may notify you directly via email; otherwise, please check the prominent notice on our Service and review this policy periodically.

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 or wish to exercise Your rights regarding data held directly by Us, You can contact us:

  • By email: EugeneHaroldJohnson@EugeneHaroldJohnson.com
  • By visiting this page on our website: https://www.eugeneharoldjohnson.com/
  • By phone number: +1 (917) 940-4768
  • By mail: 281 E 153rd St Apt 2D, Bronx, NY 10451

For inquiries related to data processed by the third-party services mentioned or linked in this policy, please contact those services directly.