Privacy policy

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally identifiable information’ (PII) is being used online. Please read my privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how I collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information.

What personal information do I collect

When participating in a giveaway or registering for the newsletter on the site,you may be asked to enter your email address, blog website or other details

When do I collect information?

I collect information from you when you subscribe to a newsletter comment form or enter information on our site.

How do I use your information?

I may use the information to respond to a survey or marketing communication or to send periodic emails regarding your products and services.

How do I protect visitor information?

My website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.

I only provide articles and information, and we never ask for personal or private information

Do I use ‘cookies’?

I do not use cookies for tracking purposes

Third Party Disclosure

I do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.

However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third party links

Occasionally, at my discretion, I may include or offer third party products or services on the website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. Therefore I have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites.

Does our site allow third party behavioral tracking?
It’s also important to note that I allow third party behavioral tracking

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.

I do not specifically market to children under 13.

Fair Information Practices

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices I will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
I will notify the users via email
• Within 1 business day

I will notify the users via in site notification
• Within 1 business day

I also agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. .

CAN SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

I collect your email address in order to:
• Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred

To be accordance with CANSPAM I agree to the following:
• NOT use false, or misleading subjects or email addresses
• Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way
• Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters
• Monitor third party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
• Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly
• Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email