Privacy and Disclosure Policy
Devotionals For Moms found at https://www.devotionalsformoms.com/ (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website (Devotionals For Moms)
What kind of information do I collect from you and how do I use it?
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: Typically I will collect your name and email address after you provide it to me. For example, you might leave a comment on a post and your information is voluntarily submitted with that comment. You might subscribe to my newsletter, or you could submit your information via a contact form. Additionally, at some point in time in the future, you may have the ability to create a user profile, which would allow you to create a username and password. In this instance, I would store the username, but your password will not be visible in my blog records.
Automatically-Collected Information: Devotionals For Moms automatically collects certain information about you and the device with which you access the site. For example, when you use Devotionals For Moms, your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed Devotionals For Moms will be logged. I will also collect information about actions you take while browsing Devotionals For Moms, such as links clicked.
Cookies: I may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. There are two kinds of cookies that I will use that will give you an experience which is more tailored to you personally. Session cookies expire when you close your browser and persistent cookies typically stay on your browser until you delete them.
How will I use your information?
These are some of the ways I will use the information I collect from you:
- To operate and maintain Devotionals For Moms;
- To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;
- To send you information as a subscriber like newsletters, promotional offers, and other types of communications. Every time I send you an email you will have the ability to unsubscribe just by clicking the unsubscribe link.
- To send you administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
- To answer your questions and respond to any comments or inquiries you might make;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on Devotionals For Moms;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
Personal Information Shared With Third Parties
I may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize me to share your information.
Additionally, the Devotionals For Moms could use third-party service providers to help run various aspects of the Devotionals For Moms website. The use of your personal information is dictated by each service’s respective privacy policies.
At this time, Devotionals For Moms uses the following Third Party providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Devotionals For Moms usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Devotionals For Moms. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
ConvertKit/Seva – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. As stated above, Devotionals For Moms stores your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to ConvertKit’s privacy policy for further information.
Leadpages– this service is used to send you free resources or paid products after you have signed up to receive them or have purchased them. Please refer to Leadpages Privacy Policy for further information.
Thrive Cart is the service used to deliver your products.
Currently, these are the only third-party applications your information is shared with. This list may be amended from time to time at Devotionals For Moms’ discretion.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent, However, I may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Devotionals For Moms 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.
ANONYMOUS DATA
Occasionally, I 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. To create a user profile, you must choose a username and password and input your email address for profile confirmation. Your email address will never be available publicly. At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.
You may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and Google Account.
Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.
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.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above.
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
Devotionals For Moms is 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 links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
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.
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 sunshinewhispers1@gmail.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to devotionalsformoms@gmail.com.
Amend – You may contact us at devotionalsformoms@gmail.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 devotionalsformoms@gmail.com.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
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.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
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 devotionalsformoms@gmail.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us at devotionalsformoms@gmail.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
Last updated: July 28, 2018.
Copyright Stuff
- I would be honored for you to use any ideas found on this blog.
- If you are sharing content on your blog or site, you may use one picture with a link to the original post.
- Please do not reprint the entire blog post or distribute free/printable content, without obtaining permission from the original author.
- Contact me (Sara) at devotionalsformoms@gmail.com to obtain permission.
These policies are in effect as of 27 July 2018.