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Introduction
BOOKOFMEMORIES.COM, including mobile applications and related services (collectively the “Site”) is fully owned and operated by FrontRunner Professional, (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our”). Company takes your privacy seriously. We feel it is important that you fully understand the terms and conditions under which we use the information we gather from you through the use of our Site. Please read this Privacy Policy ("Policy") carefully to understand how we will use and protect your Personal Information. We will not share your Personal Information with anyone except as described in this Policy. Changes to this Policy will be announced on our Site, so please check back periodically. This Policy forms part of the Company’s TERMS AND CONDITIONS and is incorporated by reference to those Terms and Conditions.
This Policy outlines Company’s general policies and practices for protecting your private information on this Site. It covers why Company collects information, the types of information it gathers, how it uses such information, and the notice and choice affected individuals have regarding Company’s use of and their ability to correct their information. This Policy applies to all personal information received by Company whether in electronic, written, or verbal format.
Company reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time and will do so from time to time. Each modification shall be effective upon its posting to the Site. Your continued use of the Site following any such modification constitutes your acceptance of any change(s) to this Policy. It is therefore important that you review this Policy regularly. If you have any questions concerning this Policy please contact Company at support@frontrunner360.com.
1. Scope
This Policy covers the Site in part and as a whole. However, it does not apply to entities that Company does not own or control, including without limitation, Campaign, advertisers or developers of content. Company may include third-party links on the Site. These third-party sites are governed by their own privacy policies and NOT this Policy. Company therefore has no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these third-party sites. Please check the privacy policy of any third-party site you interact with on or off the Site.
2. General Policy Provisions
Definitions
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"Non-Personally Identifiable Information" refers to information that does not identify a specific individual by itself or in combination with other information. We gather certain information about you based upon what you view on our Site in several ways. This information is compiled and analyzed on both a personal and an aggregated basis. This information may include the Site’s Uniform Resource Locator ("URL") that you just came from, which URL you next go to, what browser you are using, and your Internet Protocol ("IP") address. A URL is the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web (‘Web”). An IP address is an identifier for a computer or device on a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol ("TCP/IP") network, such as the World Wide Web. Networks use the TCP/IP protocol to route information based on the IP address of the destination. In other words, an IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer whenever you are surfing the Web, allowing Web servers to locate and identify your computer. Computers require IP addresses in order for users to communicate on the Internet, browse and shop
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Data Integrity
Company shall only process Personal Information in a way that is compatible with and relevant to the purpose for which it was collected or has been authorized. To the extent necessary for those purposes, Company shall take reasonable steps to ensure that Personal Information is accurate, complete, current, and reliable for its intended use.
How to Access Your Information
Company offers you choices for the collection, use and sharing of Personal Information. You may notify Company of your preferences, or change any Personal Information, by emailing support@frontrunner360.com. Please be sure to provide complete account information so Company can identify you in its records.
You may also stop the delivery of future promotional e-mail from Company by responding directly to any email you receive with a request to remove you from the mailing list.
3.Reasons the Company Collects Personal Information
Company collects your Personal Information because it helps deliver a superior online experience, gives you convenient access to the Site for browsing, and allows key features of the Site to function properly. In order to better provide you with this superior level of customer service, our Site collects two types of information (referred to in this policy as "Personal Information") about our visitors: Personally Identifiable Information and Non-Personally Identifiable Information. In addition, your Personal Information helps Company keep you informed about the latest announcements, special offers, and events that you might like to hear about.
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Company may contract with third-party service providers to assist it in better understanding its Site Users. These service providers are not permitted to use the Non-Personally Identifiable Information collected on Company’s behalf except to help it conduct and improve its business.
When you access the Site from a computer, mobile phone, or other device, Company may collect Non-Personally Identifiable Information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about the user base as a whole. Company will not use the information collected to market directly to that person.
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Company will use the information it collects to provide, without limitation, services and features to you and facilitate payment for any Donations between Campaign Organizers and Donors and provide information to Campaign Organizers and Campaign beneficiaries. Company will also use the information to measure and improve the Site, and to provide you with customer support.
Company may contact you with new or updated products or services, designs, routes, surveys, or other related announcements from time to time. You may opt-out of all communications except essential updates. Company may include Content in the e-mails sent to you.
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Company may use the information collected to prevent potential illegal activities. Company may also use a variety of methods to detect and address anomalous activity and screen content to prevent abuse.
Company may use your information to serve you personalized advertising. Company does not share your information with advertisers without your consent. Company allows advertisers to choose the characteristics of Users who will see their advertisements. Company may use any of the Non-Personally Identifiable Information it has collected in any fashion to select the appropriate audience. Company will not tell the advertiser who you are as part of this process. When you interact with an advertisement there is a possibility that you may receive a cookie from the advertiser.
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Company shares your Personal Information with third parties when it believes you have permitted such sharing, that it is reasonably necessary to offer services, or when legally required to do so. Company will not share your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties in a way that it thinks violates your privacy. The following non-exhaustive list contains examples of how Company shares or could share your information:
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Certain information you provide to Company may be shared by using the Site’s search function. This allows other Users to locate your profile and it allows new Users to find people they know on the Site.
Company provides some public information to search engines. This information allows search engines to locate the Site. It also allows people to locate you on the Site using a major search engine. This does not mean all information you post on the Site may be accessed using a search engine.
There are also times when Company may make certain Personal Information about you available to strategic partners or third parties. These companies may help Company process information, render services to you, manage and enhance customer data, provide customer service, assess your interest in products and services, or conduct research or satisfaction surveys. Without such information being made available, it would be difficult for you to use Company's Site and services.
Company may also share Personal Information when it has a good faith belief it is necessary to prevent fraud or other illegal activity, to prevent imminent bodily harm, or to protect itself and you from people violating the Terms and Conditions of the Site. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, and courts or other government entities.
Company may disclose information pursuant to subpoenas, court orders, or other requests (including criminal and civil matters) if it has a good faith belief that the law requires such a response. This may include requests from jurisdictions outside of the United States if Company has a good faith belief that the response is required by law under the local laws in that jurisdiction, is applicable to users from that jurisdiction, and is consistent with generally accepted international standards.
Company may disclose analyzed data in the form of purchasing trends or statistical data. No Personally Identifiable Information will be attached to this disclosure.
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Company may be sold, sell or buy businesses or assets of businesses, or merge with another business. In such transactions, Personal Information generally is one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event that Company, a line of business of Company, or substantially all the assets of Company are transferred, Personal Information may well be one of the transferred assets. Company will make a reasonable effort to provide notice on the Site, and to notify you via e-mail to the most recent e-mail address that you have provided of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
9. Miscellaneous
Privacy of Children
YOU MUST BE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OR OLDER TO ACCESS THE SITE OR USE ITS SERVICES. IF YOU ARE UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ACCESS ANY OF COMPANY’S SERVICES FOR ANY REASON. DUE TO THE AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR USE OF COMPANY’S SITE AND SERVICES, NO INFORMATION OBTAINED BY COMPANY FALLS WITHIN THE CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT OF 1998 AND IS NOT MONITORED AS DOING SO.
Protecting children’s privacy is especially important to Company. Company does not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 13, but because some information is collected electronically, it can appear to be the Personal Information of someone over the age of 13, and will be treated as such by this Policy. If a child under 13 submits Personal Information and Company learns that Personal Information pertains to a child under 13, it will attempt to delete the information as soon as possible. It is Company’s policy to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and all other applicable laws. Therefore, Company restricts the Site and all other provided services to persons 18 years or older.
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Unless stated otherwise, Company’s current Policy applies to all information that Company has about you, your account, and access to the Site. By using the Site, you consent to this Policy and having your Personal Information and data transferred and processed as described.
Obituary
Obituary for Michael J. Driscoll
Michael embraced his Irish heritage with a profound love. Starting in 1991, Michael and Donna brought their young family to spend every summer on Bantry Bay, Ireland. They created a beautiful home while embracing the community and making life-long friendships. Michael became endeared to everyone. He loved to banter, joke and laugh with his neighbors. Rain or shine, Michael could always be found outside, hiking the mountains, taming the rugged land, or sailing the Ellie Rose with his family. Over the past 30 years he worked hard as the caretaker of the land his dad loved so much. He was overseeing the careful restoration of the traditional farmhouse built by his grandfather. It is a project he poured his heart into with much energy and with a commitment to preserving the original stone craftsmanship.
Throughout his life Michael loved running, challenging hikes in nature, long daily walks and New England skiing. He followed sports with great enthusiasm on both sides of the Atlantic. His enjoyment of sports threaded through good times with his wide circle of friends across many years. He relished attending many seasons of Friday night BC Eagle hockey games with his close-knit friends. He enthusiastically cheered his favorite Ireland teams in both rugby and soccer competitions. Michael was known for his insightful, incisive and colorful commentary on the players and the teams he knew so well.
Michael graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor's Degree in History; University of Massachusetts with a Masters Degree in Educational Administration; and Harvard University with a CAGS in Educational Leadership and Policy. Michael spent 37 years as an eighth grade Humanities teacher in the Cambridge Public Schools. As a teacher he modeled acceptance, tolerance, dignified discourse, respect and love for each other. He did everything with modesty and integrity. He won the hearts of his students, the respect of colleagues and the trust and admiration of parents. Michael demonstrated courage thirty-seven years ago when he fought and won a battle with leukemia. Michael’s legacy is that he modeled for us what is best in humankind and elevated the dignity of all. He was a true gentleman who set an example with deeds, not merely words. As a result, enthusiasm supplanted indifference, responsibility replaced evasiveness and excellence succeeded.
Michael is described by many as the thoughtful, patient, kind man who is dedicated to his family. He cherished fun times with his three grandchildren. His steadfast, easy- going nature, his loyalty and kindness, and his sparks of wit and wisdom anchored deep relationships in every aspect of his life. To his closest friends, Michael is a brother. We celebrate his life, treasure all our memories with him, and will greatly miss his light-heartedness, generous spirit, and infectious smile.
In lieu of flowers, remember as Michael did, go outside and play with your children/grandchildren, enjoy nature, or give a helping hand to a person in need.
Donations in Michael’s memory to a charity of your choice.
Before I begin, on behalf of the whole family, we want to thank all of you for being here with us and for the many kind words and deeds of comfort you’ve given us. We’d like to acknowledge friends who eased the burden of Dad’s journey during his last days. Joe Toomey came by on Christmas Day and heard the heartbreak of Dad’s illness, and he thankfully took on the task of sharing the news with Dad’s close circle of BC friends, and launched an avalanche of prayers, memories of good times, and positive vibes. Terry Bane is dad’s friend of 70 years, his oldest friend in the world. His shared memories and powerful words of encouragement touched Dad deeply and lifted his spirits during the dark moments. Tommy Healey took care of all of us with quick-visit checks and through cards and messages that kept up the banter that defined their friendship. And from across the pond in Ban try, Denis Griffin sent brilliant blasts of prayer and optimism that buoyed all of us up. Dad had a wide circle of strong, lifelong friendships from every aspect of his life. He cherished these. He loved you all.
My Dad loved to laugh. In almost any situation, he would balance his steadfast wisdom with a light-hearted sprinkle of humor, and with his bright eyes and broad smile, he would crack an exquisite, perfectly timed one-liner. This ability to spontaneously find a spark of joy in any moment came from a positive outlook on life that formed the very base of his character, and shone through no matter how seemingly catastrophic the circumstance. A few years ago, during a winter storm, a towering, 100 year old silver maple tree uprooted and crashed through the roof of our house in the middle of the night, landing in a bedroom. My Mom was away visiting her parents and my Dad, who was alone in the house, awoke to a police officer at the top of a ladder, rapping on his bedroom window and shouting - “Mr. Driscoll, are you OK?!!!” A few minutes later, Dad was outside with the officers, sharing a laugh. He was totally unruffled. Looking up at the enormous tree trunk with its branches protruding through the house he joked, ’Hey, we’ve got a great view of the stars now!’
My Dad’s ability to maintain perspective came from his firm grounding in what really mattered. This meant that he valued family most of all. He cherished his three sisters, Mary, Eileen, and Kate, who relied on him as an astute listener and constant source of wisdom, support and encouragement. Growing up as the only son and rooted in the Irish culture, he was the king in the family, and treated as such, especially by his mother. He spent carefree afternoons playing in the neighborhood with a tight group of boys and didn’t come home until the streetlights came on. Long summer days at his family’s beach house in Manomet were filled with swimming, fishing, board games, and Gellar’s ice cream. His sisters recall that he didn’t take things too seriously - he happily borrowed their car and returned it with a few dents, and had a convenient habit of kicking off his shoes when it was time to take the garbage out. Our grandmother adored Dad and he in turn adored her. In her old age, he happily kept her company, providing lots of laughter, bringing her to her appointments and doing her errands. He was available at the drop of a hat, even getting up at 2 in the morning on a weeknight in the middle of winter to go to her house to fix the furnace. Growing up in his lively, loving Irish family forged Dad’s deep commitment to his own family and inspired our gatherings filled with the same easy company, joy and laughter.
Dad’s sense of fun reached unparalleled heights during the Boston College era, when he lived with friends on Wade Street in what became known as ‘the Monkey House.’ Growing up, my brother, Michael, and I thought of the Monkey House with a sort of mythological status. Although we didn’t know exactly what happened there, it had clearly been the setting for plenty of memorable shenanigans. This was evident when ‘the Monkeys’ got together for dinner parties or visits, always breaking into raucous, uproarious laughter as they recounted old times. One of our favorite stories involved the Monkeys on vacation in Florida. While partying on a boat off the coast of Key Biscayne, they decided to visit the house where President Nixon happened to be staying. In a flash, the Coast Guard who announced they were boarding the boat swarmed them. In true Monkey fashion, they all jumped into the water. It went on for a bit till they finally sailed away chanting “All waters to the People!”
Throughout the chaos of the Monkey House, it’s said that Dad was the voice of reason. That didn’t stop Dad from fully participating in the wild escapades, but he always stepped back from the brink of disaster, perhaps because of his bedrock common sense, or it was just the luck of the Irish. Known for his firm handshake and ‘I got your back’ demeanor, he reveled in the fun while building lifelong friendships based on trust, respect, and mutual admiration. When my Mom first met him at Wade Street, she was drawn to this strong, not too silent man who had a shared sense of adventure, enjoyment of simple pleasures and appreciation for family. Here was a steady, grounded man, but with a mischievous twinkle in his eye and a boundless enthusiasm for life. Before long they had set off on a cross-country road trip in a VW Super Beetle equipped with a tent and a Coleman cooler to camp in the National Parks, hike down the Grand Canyon and explore the California coast. The openness to new experience, a shared sense of new possibilities, and an appreciation for the wider world formed the foundation for a vibrant marriage of 46 years. This led to an upbringing in a loving home that valued rich experiences over material possessions, and one that spanned two countries. My parents were inextricably bound by love, loyalty and the dreams that guided their lives and Dad was the compass that steered the course.
My Dad’s remarkable ability to balance light-hearted fun with wisdom and responsibility made him the ideal teacher - he treated his 8th grade students with empathy and respect, while earning their admiration through lunchtime basketball games, teaching them chess and clever pranks on his close friend and fellow teacher, Mr. Healey. Always sensitive to students’ needs, Dad found ways, big and small, to make students feel valued as individuals and ensure their experience in school was much more than making the grade. Dad once collected a number of broken wrist watches from his students and a few weeks later, came to school wearing all of them on his arm looking more like one of those street vendors in New York City. He commented to a puzzled teacher - “I took these to my jeweler to fix because the kids couldn’t use them.” In his generous spirit, Dad did big things for others with great love and no need for recognition.
The youthful playfulness that defined my Dad’s spirit as a teacher characterized his magical relationship with his grandchildren, Orla, Finlay, and Eliza. During summers together on Bantry Bay, the children delighted in Granddad’s company as he took them for rides on his yellow tractor, competed with them to catch crabs in the tidal pools, and lifted them up to feed carrots to the ponies. To my delight, Dad was a ‘baby whisperer,’ knowing just how to hold and comfort a newborn with his calm and loving manner. As a grandfather, he was full of surprises. When Orla recently said with recognition ‘I love this song!’ to Lady Gaga playing on the radio, I asked her ‘How do you know Lady Gaga?’ and she said, ‘Grandad!’
Watching my Dad as a grandfather, I loved reliving my own childhood memories of him during our many summers in Ireland where he dedicated his time and energy to helping his uncle Danny maintain the old family farm. He showed Michael and me how to rake and pitch the hay, and to stack the logs from the Monterey pines that had fallen in storms over the winter. I can remember all of us climbing up the rugged mountain through tangles of brambles and ferns, and taking turns bailing out the hand-dug well to clear the pipe that fed water to Danny’s house. On the farm, Danny would stubbornly insist that Dad did everything the old way, with no machines or electric tools, and Dad respected his wishes without question. This meant that when it was time for sheep shearing, Dad had to chase and catch each individual sheep, and then laboriously cut their wool with hand shears while arm wrestling them still. I remember him like a sportsman on the pitch, diving after a sheep, briefly containing it before it dragged him a few feet across the field, wriggled away, and scattered the rest of the herd in all directions. As Danny shouted at him about being an ‘eejit,’ Dad, never frustrated, would just throw his hands up and laugh. It took all summer to shear 12 sheep.
During summers in Ireland, Dad won the hearts of people up and down the peninsula. If he ran into someone he knew, he always had time for a chat- relishing the chance to discuss the latest antics of the goats that had jumped the fence, the scores of the latest match, or, of course, his most beloved topic of all - the weather. When driving back from town as a family, Michael and I would brace ourselves as soon as we turned up the narrow country lane that winds through the village of Gerahies. We knew that as soon as Dad spotted a neighbor walking their dog or tending their hedges, he would slow down the car, roll down the window and launch into another round of chat. ‘Dad!’ we would say, ‘It’s going to take forever to get home!’ We marveled at his remarkable ability to connect with people, and at the way faces would brighten when they saw him, knowing he would make them smile. Dad related easily and had the knack of instantly fitting right in. In conversation, he kept up with the quick Irish repartee of wit, jokes and ribbing, and he was loved for it. To friends and neighbors, Dad wasn’t the Yank from America. He was Mikey, one of them, coming home.
Dad, we love you beyond words and will miss you beyond measure. We will treasure your memory, and will aspire to approach every day life with youthful enthusiasm, as you did so effortlessly. Because of you, I have learned the true meaning of kindness and generosity, and will seek to make others feel seen and heard. Because of you- no matter what happens - I will strive to maintain perspective, and will hold true to the values of family and friendship, which you showed me to be the very essence of what is important in life. And most of all, Dad, because of you, I will always remember to laugh.
Kathryn Driscoll Jupp
Eulogy for her Dad ~ February 17, 2024
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Funeral Mass
Saturday, February 17th, 2024 | 10:00amSaint Agnes Church32 Medford StreetArlington, MA 02474Saturday, February 17th, 202410:00amRelatives and Friends will be able to view his Funeral Mass online, please visit:
https://cparl.org/
A celebration of life will follow the funeral mass at Tryst Restaurant, 689 Mass Ave., Arlington, MA 02476. Relatives and friends are welcome. -
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