Who we are

Hi, we’re Brindle and we make the best WordPress plugins for small business. Our website address is: https://mybrindle.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Payment Information

We do not store any payment information here at Brindle. However, payment info can be stored for later use (if you choose) and that info will be stored via PayPal or Stripe, depending on your payment choice. These 3rd party services retain their own sophisticated payment security procedures, though remain unrelated to this site. We in no way store, nor have access to, your payment info.

Google Calendar (Brindle Booking)

Brindle Booking’s integration of the Google Calendar API requires the collection of certain information in order for users to add appointments to their calendars. Data collected includes the time and date of the appointment being booked, name, email, of each user adding the appointment to their respective Google Calendars, and potentially the address where the appointment is being held. This includes the ability to see, edit, share and permanently delete Google Calendar entries in order for Brindle Booking to work as expected. Infomration is shared between users booking the appointment in addition to the site’s admin or staff member’s in order to sync calendar’s for those who are involved in an appointment, and any of this information needed to book the appointment will be stored on the calendar’s of each party involved in shared bookings. We at Brindle Booking will never store or share your information, and hold no responsibility with what information is shared by individuals involved in the bookings. By agreeing to the use of the Google Calendar functionality, you agree to these terms. For more information, please review the oAuth consent screen here:

Zoom Meeting Data (Brindle Booking)

Brindle Booking includes a feature to automatically generate a Zoom meeting link for all parties involved in an appointment booking. This portion of the plugin uses a custom “Zoom App” which temporarily stores basic data about each Zoom meetings that are created in order to generate the link. All Zoom data is protected on our secure server via transport layer security (TLS) 1.3. No personal data is ever collected by Zoom, or Brindle LLC., and the data stored is simply time-stamp based info on the meeting. Likewise, the application itself has no access to this storage, nor the basic data that is stored.

Comments / Reviews

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

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.

Cookies

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

We do not share your data unless permitted. If permitted, your email will only be included on our email list, but not otherwise shared with any parties. We will never sell your data, and it is always 100% safe and secure with us.

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, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. You will be able see, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except your username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information, but other users cannot.

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.

How we protect your data

This website is 100% secure via an SSL certificate, virtual private server (VPN) and multiple firewalls.

What data breach procedures we have in place

Other than legal actions taken against offending parties, we do not require data breach procedures due to the nature of our site being one that does not retain sensitive information. All payment data is not stored locally, but through PayPal or Stripe, both of which have their own protection systems.