Last Updated: January 28, 2025
1. Who We Are
Welcome to Project MCT (“we,” “us,” or “our”). Our website address is: https://projectmct.com.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services. By accessing or using our site, you agree to the collection and use of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This is done to help with spam detection and site security.
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 (if provided via Gravatar) is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
3. Media
If you upload images to the website, 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.
4. Cookies
1. Comments
• 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 you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
2. Login Page
• 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.
3. Login Cookies
• 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.
4. Publishing Content
• If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data; it simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
For more general information about cookies and how to disable them, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
5. 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 directly.
These external websites may:
• Collect data about you.
• Use cookies.
• Embed additional third-party tracking.
• Monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit or interact with through embedded content.
6. Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email to help verify and secure the account recovery process.
Otherwise, we generally do not share your personal data with third parties, except in the following circumstances:
• Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our site operations (e.g., hosting, maintenance). These third parties have access to your personal data only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are contractually obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
• Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically rather than holding them in a moderation queue.
• User Profiles: For users that register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. 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.
8. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to:
1. Receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
2. 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.
To make such a request, please contact us at [email protected].
9. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. This helps us maintain the security and integrity of our site by reducing unwanted spam and malicious content.
10. Additional California & GDPR Notices (If Applicable)
• California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA): If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights regarding your personal data, such as the right to know and delete any personal information collected about you.
• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA) or UK, you may have additional rights regarding your data, such as the right to withdraw consent, data portability, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
If you believe either regulation applies to you, please contact us at [email protected] to learn more about how we handle your data.
11. How We Protect Your Data
We maintain commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and physical safeguards to protect your data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no security measure is perfect, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make material changes, we will provide notice (e.g., by posting an announcement on our website or sending an email) and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
• Email: [email protected]
• Address: Project MCT
1010 N Central Ave, Suite 209
Glendale, CA 91202