Privacy Policy
The Reggie MacDonald Digital Archive respects the privacy of people who visit the website, contact us, or contribute information and material to the archive.
This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected through mereggie.com, why it is collected, and how it may be used.
Information You Choose to Provide
You may provide personal information when you contact the archive, submit a story or correction, contribute photographs or documents, or otherwise communicate with us.
This information may include:
- your name;
- your email address;
- information about how you knew Reggie;
- stories, memories, corrections or other information you submit;
- photographs, documents or other uploaded files;
- information you provide about the source or copyright status of submitted material;
- your preferences about being identified or acknowledged as a contributor; and
- any other information you choose to include in your communication.
Please avoid submitting sensitive personal information about yourself or other people unless it is relevant to the material you are contributing.
How Submitted Information Is Used
Information submitted to the archive may be used to:
- review and evaluate material for possible inclusion in the archive;
- preserve historical information connected with Reggie’s life;
- verify or clarify information already published;
- contact you about your submission if you have given us permission to do so;
- determine the source, provenance or copyright status of submitted material;
- record your preferences regarding identification and acknowledgment; and
- maintain and improve the archive.
Submitting material does not guarantee that it will be published.
Your Name and Privacy
People who contribute information to the archive do not have to be publicly identified.
Unless you tell us otherwise, information and recollections you submit will be treated as anonymous for purposes of public attribution.
The Help Tell the Story form allows contributors to indicate whether they would like to remain private, be identified by name, or be contacted before a decision is made about identification.
Contributors may also separately choose whether their name may appear on the archive’s Contributors list.
We will not intentionally publish your email address through the Contributors list or as attribution for a submission.
Photographs, Documents and Other Contributions
Material submitted to the archive may be retained for historical and archival review even if it is not immediately published.
If you submit photographs, documents or other files, we may retain information you provide about where the material came from, who created it, and its possible copyright status.
Submission of material does not transfer copyright to the Reggie MacDonald Digital Archive. Copyright and reuse are addressed separately in our Copyright & Reuse policy.
Contact Forms
The website uses forms to allow visitors to contact us and contribute material.
Information submitted through these forms may be stored within the website’s administrative system and may also be sent by email to the person maintaining the archive.
We use this information to respond to messages and administer submissions to the archive.
Financial Contributions
The archive may provide visitors with an optional way to make financial contributions toward its ongoing costs.
Financial contribution options have not yet been implemented.
When a payment service is selected, this Privacy Policy will be updated to identify the service and explain how payment-related information is handled.
The Reggie MacDonald Digital Archive does not intend to collect or store credit-card or banking information directly on this website. Payment information should instead be processed by the selected payment provider.
Website and Technical Information
Like most websites, mereggie.com and its hosting or security systems may automatically record limited technical information when the site is accessed.
This can include information such as an IP address, browser or device information, requested pages, dates and times of access, and information needed for website security, performance and troubleshooting.
This information is not intended to identify ordinary visitors personally and is used primarily to operate, secure and maintain the website.
Cookies
The website may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for WordPress, website functionality, security, performance or other features of the site.
Additional services or plugins may also use cookies.
As the website’s final plugin and analytics configuration is completed, this section will be reviewed and updated to reflect the technologies actually in use.
Analytics
We may use website analytics to understand how people find and use the archive—for example, which pages are visited most often and how visitors navigate through the site.
If an analytics service is implemented, this Privacy Policy will be updated where necessary to identify the service and describe its use.
We do not intend to sell visitor information or build advertising profiles from information submitted to the archive.
Links to Other Websites
The archive may contain links to other websites, news sources, historical resources or services.
Those websites operate independently and may have their own privacy practices. This Privacy Policy applies only to the Reggie MacDonald Digital Archive.
How Long Information Is Kept
Because this is a historical archive, information and material intentionally contributed for archival purposes may be retained for an extended period.
Routine contact messages and administrative information may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to the communication, maintain appropriate records, administer the archive or address legal and copyright matters.
Protecting Information
Reasonable measures are taken to protect information submitted to the archive from unauthorized access, loss or misuse.
No website, email system or method of electronic storage can guarantee absolute security, however, and contributors should consider this when deciding what personal information to submit.
Names and Personal Information in the Archive
The archive contains historical writings, documents, photographs and recollections created over many years. Some of this material may identify people who were part of Reggie’s life.
We try to balance the preservation of an accurate historical record with respect for the privacy of the people mentioned in it.
If you find your name or personal information in the archive and would prefer not to be identified, please contact us. Please include the specific page or pages where the information appears so that we can locate and review it.
Where appropriate, we may remove a name, replace it with a more general description, or otherwise redact identifying information while preserving the historical meaning of the material.
Requests will be considered individually, taking into account the nature of the information, its historical context, its source, and whether it is already part of the public record.
Requests Concerning Historical or Official Records
The archive includes historical records and documents from a variety of sources, including material connected with courts, law enforcement agencies and other public institutions.
If an individual, organization or public body has concerns about a document or image published in the archive, please contact us and identify the specific material and the reason for the request.
We will review such requests individually. Where appropriate, material may be corrected, redacted, restricted or removed. A request for removal does not necessarily mean that material will be removed if its publication is lawful and it forms a legitimate part of the historical record.
The archive will comply with applicable court orders, publication bans and other legal requirements.
Requests and Corrections
If you have submitted personal information and would like to ask about it, correct it, update your identification preference, or request that we review whether it should continue to be retained or published, please Contact Us.
Requests will be considered in light of the nature of the material, the purpose for which it was submitted, applicable legal requirements and the archive’s historical preservation responsibilities.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
The archive will continue to evolve, and this policy may be updated as new features or services are introduced.
The current version of the Privacy Policy will be published on this page.
Contact
Questions or concerns about privacy and the handling of information submitted to the Reggie MacDonald Digital Archive can be sent through our Contact Us page.