Terms of Use

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• Website refers to Right Fit Communications LLC, accessible from https://www.rightfitcomm.com/.

• Content: Right Fit Communications LLC provides content for general information purposes only. Information posted on the Right Fit Communications website may be changed without notice and is not guaranteed to be complete, correct, or up to date at the time you access the content. If you do not agree to these Terms, you should discontinue use of this website.

• Privacy: See our Privacy Policy for details on how we collect, store, and share user information.

• Age Restrictions: This website is not intended for users who are under the age of 13. In order to follow by email, you must be 13 years of age or older. By registering, you represent and warrant that you are 13 years of age or older. If children between the ages of 13 and 18 wish to use the website, they must be registered by their parent or guardian.

• Copyright: :The website and all logos, designs, text, graphics, information, data, and the selection and arrangement thereof are the property of Right Fit Communications LLC and are protected by Copyright. You are not allowed to copy, reproduce, republish, upload or post any of the content and pictures found on Right Fit Communications without written permission from the editor. For permission to use content from this website you can contact us by e-mail

• Removing Intellectual Property: Just as we ask that our intellectual property rights be respected, we also respect the rights of others. If you believe any content on this website violates your copyright, please contact us by e-mail, and we will remove the information promptly.

• Warranty: We do not guarantee, represent or warrant that your use of our website will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free. We do not warrant that the results that may be obtained from the use of our website will be accurate or reliable. You expressly agree that your use of, or inability to use, the website is at your sole risk. The service delivered to you through the website is provided ‘as is’ and ‘as available’ for your use, without any representation, warranties, or condition of any kind.

• Limitation of Liability:The Right Fit Communications LLC editor shall not have any liability for any injury, loss, claim, or any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or damages under any theory of liability arising out of, or relating to, these Terms or your use of the Right Fit Communications website.

• Indemnification: You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold Right Fit Communications LLC and our editor harmless from any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, actions, judgments, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) brought by a third party arising out of a breach of any of these Terms or the document it incorporates by reference.

• Termination: You are free to stop using this website at any time. We also reserve the right to suspend or end the Services at any time at our discretion and without notice.

• Changes to these Terms: In the event of future updates to our website, we may have to change the terms of this agreement. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the last updated date at the top of this document. We encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to these terms. If you disagree with our changes, then you should stop using the Right Fit Communications LLC website. Your continued use of this website will be subject to the new Terms.

• Contact: If you have questions about these Terms and Conditions, you can contact us by email.

Privacy Policy

A special thank you to Automattic for sharing their policies publicly for others to utilize.

What This Policy Covers

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected when you use:
• https://www.rightfitcomm.com/

Throughout this Privacy Policy, the above website will be referred to as “Service.” The Right Fit Communications LLC Author will be referred to as “We”, “Us” or “Our.” Below it will be explained how your data is collected, used, and shared.

Information We Collect

We only collect information about you if we have a reason to do so — for example, to provide our Service and to communicate with you if you have followed the Service by email or WordPress username.

Information You Provide to Us

• Basic account information An email address is required to follow by email and receive our newsletter and updates about new content being posted.

Information We Collect Automatically

• Usage Data: Usage data may include information such as your device’s 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.
• Location Info:We may determine the approximate location of your device from your IP address. We collect and use this information to, for example, calculate how many people visit our Services from certain geographic regions.
• Information from cookies & other technologies: A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Pixel tags (also called web beacons) are small blocks of code placed on websites and emails. Automattic (those responsible for wordpress.org) uses cookies and other technologies like pixel tags to help identify and track visitors, usage, to deliver targeted ads, and to access preferences for WordPress.com (where this blog is hosted). For more information about the use of cookies and other technologies for tracking, including how you can control the use of cookies, please see Automattic’s Cookie Policy.

How and Why We Use Information

• Purposes for Using Information
• To customize the user experience.
• To communicate with you (newsletters, updates).

Legal Bases (GDPR)

A note here for those in the European Union about our legal grounds for processing information about you under EU data protection laws, which is that our use of your information is based on the grounds that: (1) The use is necessary in order to fulfill our commitments to you under the applicable terms of service or other agreements with — for example, in order to send you updates when you sign up by email or follow with your WordPress account; or
(2) The use is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation; or
(3) The use is necessary in order to protect your vital interests or those of another person; or
(4) We have a legitimate interest in using your information — for example, to provide and update our Service; to improve our Service so that we can offer you an even better user experience; to safeguard our Service; to communicate with you; to measure, gauge, and improve the effectiveness of our content; and to understand our user retention and attrition; or
(5) You have given us your consent — for example before we place certain cookies on your device and access and analyze them later on, as described in Automattic’s (those responsible for wordpress.org) Cookie Policy.

Sharing Information

As a reminder, this Service only collects email addresses. Simply put, we don’t share your information outside of two very limited circumstances, and with appropriate safeguards on your privacy:
• Third-party vendors: : We may share information about you with third-party vendors who need the information in order to provide their services to the Right Fit Communications website. This currently includes those that help us understand and enhance our Services (like analytics providers). We require vendors to agree to privacy commitments in order to share information with them. These analytics providers may set tracking technologies (like cookies) to collect information about your use of our Services and across other websites and online services. These technologies allow these third parties to recognize your device to compile information about you or others who use your device. Please note this Privacy Policy only covers the collection of information by the Right Fit Communications website and does not cover the collection of information by any third-party providers. More specific information about this data collection, can be accessed through Google’s (those responsible for Google Analytics) Privacy Policy..
• Legal and regulatory requirements: We may disclose information about you in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental requests.
• Aggregated or de-identified information: We may share information that has been aggregated or de-identified so that it can no longer reasonably be used to identify you. For instance, we may publish aggregate statistics about the use of our Service.

We do not sell data.

Information Shared Publicly

Information that you choose to make public will be disclosed publicly on this Service. That means information like comments and your “Likes” are all available for others to see on this Service. By posting a comment or liking a post, you are giving this Service consent to share your e-mail address or Username.

How Long Information is Kept

We generally discard information about you when it’s no longer needed for the purposes for which we collect and use it. For example, if you unsubscribe or unfollow, we will no longer have a record of your data.

Security

While no online service is 100% secure, we work very hard to protect information about you against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction, and take reasonable measures to do so.

Opt-out of Communications

When it comes to information about you and this Service, you may opt-out of receiving communications from us. At the bottom of every e-mail message you receive from the Service, there is a link you can click on to Unsubscribe. Just follow the instructions in those communications.

Your Rights

If you are located in certain parts of the world, including California and countries that fall under the scope of the European General Data Protection Regulation (aka the “GDPR”), you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, like the right to request access to or deletion of your data.

European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are located in a country that falls under the scope of the GDPR, data protection laws give you certain rights with respect to your personal data, subject to any exemptions provided by the law, including the rights to:

• • Request access to your personal data;
  • Request correction or deletion of your personal data;
  • Object to our use and processing of your personal data;
  • Request that we limit our use and processing of your personal data; and
  • Request portability of your personal data.

You also have the right to make a complaint to a government supervisory authority.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) requires us to provide California residents with information about the categories of personal data we collect, how we use it, and who we share it with. Below is a summary of the types of information we may have collected in the last 12 months:

• Identifiers (email address, device identifiers)
• Internet activity information (pages visited, time spent on the Service)
• Geolocation data (approximate region based on your IP address)
• Electronic or visual data (if submitted or interacted with)
• Inferences (such as engagement patterns)

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights under the CCPA:

• Right to Know: You may request details about the personal information we collect and how it is used.
• Right to Delete: You may request that we delete your personal information.
• Right to Opt-Out: You may opt-out of the sale of personal information (note: we do not sell personal data).
• Right to Non-Discrimination: You will not be treated differently for exercising your privacy rights.

Contacting Us About These Rights

You can access or delete your personal data using the Manage Subscriptions or Unsubscribe links included in any email we send.

If you are unable to remove your data or want to exercise additional privacy rights, please contact us by email. For your protection, we may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.

You may also designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. Written authorization may be required.

How to Reach Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us via email.

Privacy Policy Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When changes are made, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this document. Continued use of the Service after changes are posted indicates acceptance of the updated policy.

About Dr. Michael A. “Doc” Brown, Sr., Ph.D.

Dr. Michael A. “Doc” Brown, Sr. is the President of Right Fit Communications LLC. He is a seasoned public affairs professional serving government clients, a leadership and organizational development researcher, a college professor, and a published author.

With decades of experience, Dr. Brown has coached sports at multiple levels and has an extensive background in public administration and communication. He earned his Public Administration and Urban Policy degree in International Business from Old Dominion University (ODU) in 2011 and teaches public relations and communication courses at the Florida Institute of Technology.

Dr. Brown is also an Air Force retiree with more than 40 years of combined military and civilian service.