Who we are
We are International Historical Research Associates (IHRA), a World War II history publisher.
Our website address is https://irandpcorp.com.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Billing information
When you buy a print or book from us, you provide personal and payment information that is required to process the transaction and your payment, such as your name, credit card information and contact information (address, phone number and email address).
Contact forms
When you contact us, our form requires a name and email address.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
When you have cookies enabled in your browser, we track your visit through Statcounter analytics.
Statcounter is an online service which helps us to understand our visitors; for example, how visitors find our website, how long they spend on our site, which web pages they are most interested in etc. We use Statcounter because better understanding how visitors are interacting with our website helps us to improve the content, design and functionality of our site. This allows us to offer a better online experience to our visitors.
Statcounter uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on visitors and visitor activity on our website. This data includes:
- Time and date of visit (this can help us to identify and plan for busy periods on our website)
- IP address (this is a numerical label assigned to a device by an Internet Service Provider to enable the device to access the internet)
- Browser and Operating System (this can help us to make sure that our website functions correctly in the browsers/operating systems used to access our site)
- Device Information e.g. device type and screen size (this can help us to make sure that our website functions correctly in the devices used to access our site)
- Referring Data e.g. a search engine link (this can help us to understand which search engines are helping visitors to find our website)
Furthermore, when you visit our website a Statcounter cookie (called “is_unique”) may be placed in your browser. This cookie is used only to determine whether you are a first-time or returning visitor and to estimate unique visits to the site.
You can learn more about cookies from StatCounter and set your browser to refuse same by clicking here.
Who we share your data with
Our data sharing is limited to analytics via Statcounter, our website firewall through Wordfence, order processing with WooCommerce and PayPal, our payment gateway.
How long we retain your data
Your visitor tracking data is kept on Statcounter for 8 days. Due to our business being research-oriented, messages sent from our contact form may be held indefinitely. A request to be put on an email list for a future book release will keep your name and email address in our records until that book is released. Data from orders processed through our website is retained for two years.
What rights you have over your data
You can 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 do not sell your information. Your data is protected by firewalls, secure passwords and a secure network. We are not responsible for protecting data you consent to share with our payment provider.
How to contact us
Any questions, concerns or requests please contact us.