Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://adaptablearms.com. Our owner is Patrick L. Bruce Jr and he can be contacted by email at adaptablearms@gmail.com or by phone at 207-613-6884. 

We follow regulations from the ATF and other governing bodies pertaining to:

  • Range Maintenance
  • Firearm Sales
  • Ammunition Sales
  • Firearm Component Sales
  • Prohibited Shooters
  • As well as recommended training practices from our certifying bodies including the NRA, American Safety and Health Institute, American Red Cross and others.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

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.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should 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.

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.

Analytics

Who we share your data with

We do not share your data with anyone outside of Adaptable Arms and our contracted instructors/staff so that they are prepared to assist with your visit. The information collected includes the following:

  • The date and time of your visit.
  • The information you provided to book your course, which may include name, address, email, phone, etc…
  • Whether or not you have prepaid for your course

We do not ever automatically collect information like your name, address, e-mail address, or phone number. Be aware that in order to complete some services you may need to provide personal information. Supplying this information is voluntary. We do not use or place spyware on your computer.

E-mail

E-mail sent to adaptablearms.com and may be stored for a time. This will allow us to respond to the request, forward it to the appropriate staff member, or to provide valuable feedback to help improve the website/services. Please be aware that under Maine law, e-mail addresses are public records and as such are subject to inspection by the public.

Online Forms

Any information you supply during the completion of an online form will be considered voluntary. This information will be treated the same as any provided in person during a visit to Adaptable Arms. 

Subscribers

Class participants and visitors will be offered the ability to join our mailing lists (virtual and snail mail).  These records are confidential. They will only be released with subscriber’s written permission.

Public Disclosure

Unless specifically protected under federal or state law, any information provided may be inspected by the public or disclosed. Please refer to 1 MRSA Chapter 13 for more information on public records and under what circumstances it is released.

Incorrect Information

If you find something that is out of date or wrong please contact the webmaster at our email adaptablearms@gmail.com. Do not include any sensitive data, such as your personal information, when you contact us to correct data inaccuracies. The secure transfer of this type of information will be arranged later if necessary.

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 (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

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.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How we protect your data

We use processing systems that encrypt financial information to help prevent fraud.

What data breach procedures we have in place

If we realize there is a data breach, we will notify all contacts.

What third parties we receive data from

We may receive third party data from companies that we partner with who are recommending our services. This could include companies who choose to sign up employees for training, government bodies who sign up employees for training, etc…

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

None