Boone Craft Blog (“I”, “we” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy informs you how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you (the visitor/ viewer/user of the website) visit BooneCraftBlog.com (the “Website”).
Personal data we collect
Automatically Collected Data: When you visit the Website, we automatically collect certain information about you and your device, including Log Data that collects information about your web browser, IP address, internet service provider, dates/times you accessed the Website, and what website/search terms referred you to the Website. We also use Google Analytics, which collects data about your IP address and how you interact with the Website.
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form. When you leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources. You may link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile. If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile, we will receive your name, email address, and profile picture associated with that account.
Cookies
The Website may use cookies to log information. Cookies are small data files stored on your browser that include an anonymous unique identifier. We may use session cookies that are discarded when you close your browser, and we may use persistent cookies that remain on your browser until deleted.
If you leave a comment on the Website, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.
We may use cookies for various purposes, such as improving and personalizing your experience on the Website, saving your preferences and settings for future use, presenting ads based on your personal interests, checking our website analytics, affiliate marketing, and posting comments on our website. You have the option to turn off cookies by going to the corresponding setting of your browser and deny the setting of cookies. You may also delete any already existing cookies in your browser. If you choose to turn off cookies, you may not be able to view all features and content of the Website.
Web beacons and Pixels
Third parties may also use web beacons, which are also known as clear GIFs, web bugs, or pixel tags to collect general information about your use of the Website. They may be used in addition to cookies to monitor how the visitor interacts with the Website, and they are commonly used to monitor traffic to the Website. This information may be relevant to third parties such as the ad networks on the Website to tailor the advertising based on your behavior and interests.
Anonymous Data
We may use anonymous data, which does not identify you personally 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 leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. To leave a comment, you must choose a username and input your email address for profile confirmation. Your email address will never be available publicly. At your discretion, 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. If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images 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 identify you as a user of the Website, and personalize the Website experience for you;
- To send you communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, updates on policies, or security alerts, as well as promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To respond to your comments or questions;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on the Website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
Third-Party Use of Personal Information
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
We may include, offer, or advertise third party links, products, or services on the Website. Once you click on a third party link and leave the Website, you are no longer bound by our Privacy Policy. Please be advised that you may be subject to the privacy policy of the respective third party. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for your use of those websites or any products or services available there.
We do not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent except for the following circumstances:
The Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website, such as our website host, email marketing service provider, and other service providers 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. See Google’s privacy policy for more information.
Ninja Forms – this service processes form data submitted on the Website They do not collect or store personally identifiable information, or any information, from the Website’s forms. See Ninja Form’s privacy policy for more information.
Mailchimp – this service is used to administer our newsletter service and other email campaigns. If you are subscribed to receive emails from the Website, Mailchimp may collect contact information or other personal information about you such as your name, email address, address, or telephone number to carry out their service. See Mailchimp’s privacy policy for more information.
Gravatar – An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. See Gravatar’s privacy policy for more information.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be modified as needed at the Website’s sole discretion.
We may also share your personal information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant, or other lawful requests for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
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.
Advertising
At this time, the Website is not utilizing affiliate partnerships or third-party advertising companies, but this is subject to change.
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 sarah@boonecraftblog.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Amend – You may contact us at sarah@boonecraftblog.com to amend or update your personal information.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request in the form on the Personal Data Requests page.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to the Personal Data Requests page.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or when required by law.
Security
We care about keeping your personal information protected. We use password protection to guard against unauthorized access. Additionally, we use Secure Socket Layering (SSL) encryption, which is a technology that establishes an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browser remains private. However, no method of data transmission over the Internet is completely secure and we cannot guarantee your information will be 100 percent secure.
By using this website, you agree to hold us harmless for any security breach and for any unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties. You also agree that we cannot be held responsible for any disclosure of your information through our website without our knowledge and consent.
Children’s Information
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 18 in its database, please contact us immediately at sarah@boonecraftblog.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Privacy Policy Updates
This privacy policy is effective as of 7/25/2020. We may update and modify this privacy policy as needed to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any modifications to this privacy policy will be effective upon our publishing of the new terms, and your continued use of our website after the posting of any updates constitutes your acceptance of our modified privacy policy.
Contact Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.
