DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please contact me here.
This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.
This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. I believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.
I may be compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though I may receive compensation for my posts or advertisements, I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
AFFILIATE LINKS
This website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links on the website. If you click on any affiliate link on this website, a cookie may be placed on your browser to track any sales for the purposes of commission.
As part of these affiliations, this website will post customized links, provided by affiliates, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
AMAZON AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE
I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. Information on this website may be copied for personal use only. No part of this website may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior written permission of me. For questions about this blog or requests to use its content, please contact lindsay (at) simplyseptember.com.
PRIVACY STATEMENT
This blog does not share personal information about blog visitors with any third party sites or companies. Information collected about your visit to this blog is used for the sole purpose of analysis of demographics and content performance through the use of “cookies.” You can turn off the use of cookies any time in your browser’s setting. This policy is subject to change without notice.
TYPE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
VOLUNTARY INFORMATION
This includes information you voluntarily submit to this website. Information such as your name, email address, etc. This information may be submitted via comments, newsletter/opt-in subscriptions, or contact form messaging.
THIRD PARTY INFORMATION
If you are utilizing third-party software through this website, this information may transfer to us for fulfillment of action.
AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION
This website automatically collects certain information about you and the device with which you access. For example, when you use this website, it will log anonymous data like, but not limited to, IP address, operating system, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, dates/times you accessed the website, and usage duration. This website may also collect information about actions you take when using the website, such as links clicked.
HOW PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED
Personally information can be collected in a number of ways including but not limited to: direct entry (when subscribing, commenting, entering giveaways, or sending communication), automatic entry while navigating site, or through third party sources when utilize services associate with the website.
HOW YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION MAY BE USED BY THIS WEBSITE
The personal information obtained may be used in the following ways: website operations and improvements, providing subscription services/freebies as requested, promotional information like newsletters (every newsletter has unsubscribe option if desired), administrative communications (confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, security alerts, etc.), communication responses, website usage tracking, to protect/investigate/deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your personal information may be disclosed to the following recipients: third party service providers (as noted under “third party information”, to maintain, operate, and improve website; as well as other recipients that we are authorized or required by law to do so.
STORAGE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Data will be processed in the USA (this website is based in the USA). This is done on a basis of your consent to this policy. In order to protect your information, care is taken where possible to work with service providers who we believe maintain an acceptable standard of data security compliance.
Like many other websites, this website makes use of log files. These files merely logs visitors to the site, which is usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’s analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. Please note: IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
COOKIES
This website may log information using cookies, also known as browser cookies or tracking cookies, which are small, often encrypted text files, stored on your browser by the website. This website may use session cookies (which expire when you close your browser), along with persistent cookies (which stay on your browser until deleted). These are used to provide you with a more personalized experience on the website.
When visiting this website, information that is recorded remains generally anonymous and does not reveal your identity. This information may include your: IP address, internet service provider, date/time of website list, length of session, pages accessed, number of times your access the website within a month time period, image viewing and associated image information, referring websites, computer operating system, and browser type.
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
MARKETING
NEWSLETTER TRACKING
When you subscribe to our newsletter through this website, tracking pixels may be sent with all the newsletters to track the success of each newsletter sent. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows analysis of the success of each newsletter campaign. Because of these tracking pixels, it may be seen when you open an email and what links you clicked on. This is done in an effort to better customize newsletters to you in the future. This information will not be re-routed to third parties.
SPONSORED CONTENT TRACKING PIXELS
This website may engage in sponsored campaigns with a paid or unpaid advertiser. Anonymous data may be collected on behalf of the advertiser we are working with. On various occasions, these sponsored contents utilize tracking pixels, which may contain cookies to collect data regarding usage and audience. This information is collected by the sponsoring company to track the results of the campaign. As stated above, these pixels may capture your IP address on behalf of the content sponsor. No personally identifiable information collected by this website is used in conjunction with these tracking pixels.
INFORMATION USE OF THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS
This website may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information. Additionally, this website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of this website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies. Please note that this website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. It stores your anonymous data, relevant to measuring this website’s performance and usage, in a cookie. Please note the “cookies” section within this privacy policy to determine what information is disclosed.
GOOGLE ADSENSE
Google Adsense is a program run by Google that allows publishers in the Google Network of content sites to serve automatic text, image, video, or interactive media advertisements that are targeted to site content and audience based on your particular inputed information and behavior on the site. Google Adsense uses cookies to improve advertising; (Please note the “cookies” section for additional information). Some advertisement types are setup such that they target advertising based on what’s relevant to a user, improve reporting on campaign performance, and avoid showing ads the user has already seen, all in an effort to improve your user experience.
MAILERLITE
MailerLite is an email marketing software, automation and service that is used by this website for all newsletters. This service provider passes information directly from this website to the MailerLite database and nothing is stored in our database as a result. We do have access to all the personal information collected through this website by logging in to our account in the MailerLite website. Personal information collected through MailerLite are used solely for the purpose of promotional marketing, such as newsletters.
PLUGINS AND/OR WIDGETS
This website uses plugins and/or widgets to maintain and operate this website; and give you the best user experience. These plugins on this website may pass data, including personal information, to external servers to process, such as Jetpack by WordPress.com. This plugin list may change from time to time but all information may be obtained by user request (please contact: lindsay@simplyseptember.com).
Except when required by law, Simply September will not sell, distribute, or reveal any of your personal information without your consent; however, Simply September may disclose or transfer personal information collected through this website to third party service providers 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.
PRIVACY POLICIES OF THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS
Please consult specific third-party service providers for a detailed privacy policy as well as opt-in/out information and instructions. This website’s privacy policy is separate from that of third parties and can not control the activities of other advertises or websites.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to this 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.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
Simply September does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that this website has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately at lindsay@simplyseptember.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
PERSONAL INFORMATION RETENTION
Simply September retains your personal information for as long as is necessary to provide the services to you, and to comply with our legal obligations. If you no longer want us to use your personal information, you can request that we erase your personal information at any time.
Please note that if you request the erasure of your personal information we will retain information from deleted accounts as necessary for our legitimate business interests, to comply with the law, enforce the terms of service and take other actions permitted by law. The information we retain will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY ONLY
This privacy policy applies only to your online activities and is valid for visitors to our website and regarding information shared and/or collected there. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
OPT-OUT
You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at lindsay@simplyseptember.com to be removed from our mailing list at any time.
ACCESS
You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to lindsay@simplyseptember.com.
AMEND
You may contact us at lindsay@simplyseptember.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 to lindsay@simplyseptember.com
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
CONSENT
By using my website, you hereby consent to my privacy policy and agree to its terms. If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at lindsay@simplyseptember.com.
MEDIAVINE PROGRAMMATIC ADVERTISING
The Website uses Mediavine to manage all third-party advertising on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website. The cookie may collect information relating to your use of the Website, information about your device such as the device’s IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at the Website via a link from a third-party site, the URL of the linking page.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site.
The Website may collect IP addresses and location information to serve personalized ads and pass it to Mediavine. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit https://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp. You may also visit https://optout.aboutads.info/#/ and https://optout.networkadvertising.org/# to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at https://www.aboutads.info/appchoices to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
Mediavine partners with the following data processors:
- Pubmatic. You may find Pubmatic’s privacy policy through this link. The data collected on the Website may be transferred to Pubmatic and its demand partners for interest-based advertising. Statistical information and other non-cookie technologies (such as eTags and web or browser cache) may be used by third parties on this Website. Browser settings that block cookies may have no effect on these technologies, but you may clear your cache to delete such trackers. Data collected from a particular browser or device may be used with another computer or device that is linked to the browser or device on which such data was collected.
- Criteo. You may find Criteo’s privacy policy through this link. The data collected on the Website may be transferred to Criteo and its demand partners for interest-based advertising. Criteo may collect, access, and use non-identifying data to improve the Criteo Technology and other Criteo products, programs, and/or services. This non-identifying data may include on-site user behavior and user/page content data, URLs, statistics, or internal search queries. The non-identifying data are collected through the ad call and stored with a Criteo cookie for a maximum period of 13 months.
- Pulsepoint. You may find Pulsepoint’s privacy policy through this link.
- LiveRamp. You may find LiveRamp’s privacy policy through this link. When you use the Website, we share information that we may collect from you, such as your email (in hashed, de-identified form), IP address or information about your browser or operating system, with LiveRamp Inc, and its group companies (‘LiveRamp’). LiveRamp may use a cookie on your browser and match your shared information to their on- and offline marketing databases and those of its advertising partners to create a link between your browser and information in those other databases. This link may be shared by our partners globally for the purpose of enabling interest-based content or advertising throughout your online experience (e.g. cross device, web, email, in-app, etc.) by third parties unaffiliated with our website. These third parties may in turn link further demographic or interest-based information to your browser. To opt out of LiveRamp’s targeted advertising, please go here: https://liveramp.com/opt_out/
- RhythmOne. You may view RhythmOne’s privacy policy through this link. RhythmOne uses cookies and similar tracking technologies (such as mobile device identifiers and digital fingerprinting) to provide its services. RhythmOne may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please visit the following webpage: https://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
- District M. You may find District M’s privacy policy through this link.
- YieldMo. You may find YieldMo’s privacy policy through this link. If you want to opt out of receiving interest based ads from Yieldmo or exercise your right under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, you may do so through this link.
- The Rubicon Project. You may find Rubicon’s privacy policy through this link. If you want to opt out of receiving interest based ads from Rubicon or exercise your right under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, you may do so through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page.
- Amazon Publisher Services. You may find Amazon Publisher Services’ privacy policy through this link.
- AppNexus. You may find the AppNexus privacy policy through this link.
- OpenX. You may find OpenX’s privacy policy through this link.
- Verizon Media formerly known as Oath. You may find Verizon Media’s privacy policy through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising.
- TripleLift. You may find TripleLift’s privacy policy through this link. To opt out of receiving interest-based advertising (including retargeting) from TripleLift’s services through the use of cookies in your current browser and for more information on what it means to opt-out, please go to www.triplelift.com/consumer-opt-out.
- Index Exchange. You may find Index Exchange’s privacy policy through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising.
- Sovrn. You may find Sovrn’s privacy policy through this link.
- GumGum. You may find GumGum’s privacy policy through this link. GumGum may (i) use place and use cookies on end users’ browsers or use web beacons to collect information about end users who visit such Publisher Websites and (ii) link such collected end user information to other end user information provided by third parties in order to deliver targeted Advertisements to such end users.
- Digital Remedy. You may find Digital Remedy’s privacy policy through this link.
- MediaGrid. You may find MediaGrid’s privacy policy through this link. MediaGrid may collect and store information about end-user interactions with this website through cookies, advertising IDS, pixels and server-to-server connections. MediaGrid was receive the following information: the page an End-User has requested and the referring/exit pages; Timestamp information (i.e., the date and time the End-User has visited the page); IP address; mobile device identifier; device model; device operating system; browser type; carrier; gender; age; geolocation (including GPS coordinates); clickstream data; cookie information; first-party identifiers’; and hashed email addresses; demographic and inferred interest information; and post-conversion data (from both online and offline behaviour). Some of this data is gathered from this website and others is gathered from advertisers. MediaGrid uses this data to provide its services. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising or review their privacy policy for more information.
- RevContent – You may find RevContent’s privacy policy through this link. RevContent may collect information about your browser or device, including browser type, IP Address, device type, user agent string, and operating system. RevContent also collects information about the websites you visit through their services, such as date and time of access and specific pages accessed and the content and ads you click on. You may opt-out of any personalization track by opting-out of RevContent’s data collection.
- Centro, Inc. – You may find Centro’s privacy policy through this link. You may find opt-out information for Centro’s services through the privacy policy link.
- 33Across, Inc. – You may find 33Across’s privacy policy through this link. To opt-out of personalized advertising, please visit https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1.
- Conversant. LLC – You may find Conversant’s privacy policy through this link. Conversant uses information that does not directly identify you, such as information about your browser type, time and date of visit, your browsing or transaction activity, the subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over, and a unique identifier (such as a cookie string, or a unique advertising identifier provided by your mobile device) during your visits to this and other websites and apps in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. Conversant may use technologies such as cookies and other tracking technologies to collect this information. To learn more about interest-based advertising, or to opt-out, you can visit www.youronlinechoices.eu or https://www.networkadvertising.org/.
UPDATE
This Privacy Policy was last updated on: Thursday, July 2, 2020 via disclosurepolicy.org.
Should I update, amend or make any changes to my privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.