Love & Homemaking found at https://loveandhomemaking.com/ is governed by the following privacy policy.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it.
This Privacy Policy explains how information about our site visitors and our customers is collected, used, and disclosed by Love & Homemaking (collectively, “Love & Homemaking,” “loveandhomemaking.com”, “Website”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) when you use our website. “You” refers to you, as a user of our website.
This Privacy Policy also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personally identifiable information and how you can access and update this information.
This statement only applies to this Website.
By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time and all updates will be posted on this page. We encourage you to periodically check back and review this policy so that you always will know what information we collect, how we use it, and with whom we share it.
What Information We Collect
Information You Voluntarily Provide to Us: We collect information that you provide to us directly on this website. For example, we collect the information you provide when you fill out a form, leave a comment or download a digital product. Such Personally Identifiable Information may include your name, email address, and any other requested information which you choose to provide. Love & Homemaking makes every reasonable effort to maintain GDPR-compliance in our internal marketing operations.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how you use our website to improve our blog and provide you with a better experience.
Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources. For example, if you use third-party software through the website, they may transfer information to us for fulfillment.
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.
How Your Information May be Used
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website;
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on the Website;
- To process payment for purchases you make through the Website; or,
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
Third-Party Use of Personal Information
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – This service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. For more information please refer to Google’s privacy policy.
Mailerlite – this service is used for the delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Mailerlite’s privacy policy for further information.
One Signal – this service is used to send you push notifications through your web browser, should you choose. Please refer to One Signal’s privacy policy for further information.
Payment Processing via Paypal – this service is used to serve our e-commerce platform. At no time is your banking information passed to the Website. We receive only information used for order fulfillment.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time at this Website’s sole discretion.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
Anonymous Data
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
Publicly Visible Information
If you create a user profile on the Website or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible.
Cookies
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
Newsletters
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
Your Rights Related to Your Personal Information
You have the right to opt-out of any further contact from us by following the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each email. You may also change your contact preferences by contacting us at catia@loveandhomemaking.com.
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us atcatia@loveandhomemaking.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request tocatia@loveandhomemaking.com.
Amend – You may contact us atcatia@loveandhomemaking.com to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request tocatia@loveandhomemaking.com.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
Links to Other Websites
This website may provide links to third-party websites which are not under the control of myself or of loveandhomemaking.com. I have no control over the nature, content, and availability of those websites. The inclusion of a link does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
This Privacy Policy only applies to information collected by us through Love & Homemaking. Once you leave our website, you are no longer governed by our Privacy Policy. This means that this Privacy Policy does not apply to your use of a third-party website accessed by clicking a link on our website. We encourage our users to read the privacy statements of other websites before proceeding to use them.
Children’s Policy
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at catia@loveandhomemaking.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Sensitive Personal Information
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
Additionally, information is only kept on-site indefinitely, as most information originates from the blog comments, of this Website.
Contact Information
At any time, please contact us at catia@loveandhomemaking.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
Last updated: October 20 2021