This privacy policy sets out our privacy policies and practices regarding the personal data that we collect from our users at TheCookieWriter.com (the “Website”) and related services. Your use of and/or registration on any aspect of the Website will constitute your agreement to this privacy policy.
TheCookieWriter.com reserves the right to update this policy at any time.
Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us and we are thoroughly committed to protecting it. We will not sell any information you give to us with third parties. Ever.
If you have any questions about our privacy policy or if you would like to request permission outside the scope of this limited license, please contact us via our contact page.
Intellectual property license + relationship
Our websites, including all of the content on the site, is protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. All content – copy, images, videos, or other media – are hereby protected by intellectual copyright laws and belong to the owner of the Website. Anyone wishing to use anything they find here must contact the Website owner for permission before use, and receive expressed approval. Failure to receive approval and use of content may result in legal action against the user.
The owner of this Website respects the privacy of readers and provides the Website for entertainment purposes only and for the personal, non-commercial use of its readers. Readers are welcome to subscribe to the Website via RSS as well as receive newsletter updates. RSS as well as other related services that allow access to the Website are subject to privacy and data collection privacy policies that may differ from this privacy policy. You are responsible for reading, understanding and accepting such policies. Both use an opt-in sign-up process so in order to receive either of those you will need to enter a valid e-mail address, then confirm it via a subsequent e-mail message. To be removed from the RSS and newsletter delivery services, follow the unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each e-mail message or other instructions that you RSS aggregator or related services may provide.
Your Information
Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this Website, it will be used in accordance with this privacy statement. When you use this Website, the following information may be collected:
- Name and e-mail address
- Website URL
- Demographic information (such as IP addresses) or other information that does not permit the identification of individual persons
Demographic and technical information is gathered via Google Analytics to enhance the reader experience and ensure that continued operation of the Website. In addition, information that users voluntarily provide through the Website, such as comments or board posts will be collected and maintained on the Website.
This information may also be sent via email to the operator of the Website to be collected and stored.
Our servers, statistics-gathering software (i.e. Google Analytics), and WordPress may also automatically collect information about your computer when you visit the Website, including without limitation the type of browser software you use, the operating system you are running, the Website that referred you, and your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address. Your IP address is usually associated with the place from which you enter the Internet, like your Internet Service Provider, your company or your university.
Limited access to our database is also given to third parties that provide us with services, such as technical maintenance and assistance, but only for the purpose of and to the extent necessary to provide those services. These people are website designers and technicians. You expressly consent to the sharing of your personal information with our contractors or other service providers for the sole purpose of providing the services of the Website.
Sharing Your Information
In general, personal information submitted to us is used to either respond to a request you make or to aid us in serving you better. Your personal data will not be sold to a third party, except in the event of a sale, transfer, merger or acquisition (in whole or part) of the Website, in which case you hereby give the consent to your personal data transferred to the subsequent owner or controller of the Website. In addition, although we currently do not have a parent company, any subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under a common control (collectively, “Affiliates”), we may in the future. We may share some or all of your Personal Data with these Affiliates, in which case we will require our Affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy does not cover information collected elsewhere, including without limitation offline and on sites linked to from the Website. Once you have used these links to leave the Website, we do not have any control over that other Website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting other sites and you should exercise appropriate caution when visiting linked Websites.
We are thoroughly committed to protecting the privacy of your data. We use a variety of methods to help protect your personal information. Despite these measures, you should know that the risk associated with submitting your personal data will never be eliminated on the internet, and your personal data could be accessed through an unauthorized user or through an inadvertent disclosure.
You may request deletion of your personal data by us, but we may be required by law or otherwise to keep this information. In addition, while we may delete your personal information from our active servers, your personal information may remain in our archives or data backup systems maintained by us or our service providers.
Cookies (nom nom nom)
Most internet browsers contain “cookies”, which allows the Website to store certain data about your visit. When a reader leaves a comment, along with other identifying information, that information is stored so that on subsequent visits readers do not have to re-enter that information again. Sensitive information, like name, phone numbers, and addresses are not collected or stored unless users leave them on the Website itself. The owner of the Website does not advise readers to post sensitive information where it can be read by others.
“Click tracking” is also used, which gathers information where readers click on the Website. The Website owner does not track individual’s click patterns and the information is collected for the sole purpose of troubleshooting and/or gathering information about the user base as a whole, generally via Google Analytics.
Users of the Website have the ability to block or remove cookies by using the methods prescribed by their browsers (such as Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, and Chrome). Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using this Website, with the drawback that certain features of this Website may not function properly without the aid of cookies. You may also use a similar feature to delete any current cookies. Please refer to your browser’s Help area for assistance with enabling and disabling cookies.
Ads, Links or Affiliates Links
Ads on the Website may be delivered to users by advertising partners (such as Google, Amazon, MediaVine, brand partners), who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you and customize your experience.
You will occasionally find links and affiliate links that lead to external websites from which I draw a small commission. The prices are the same for you and all revenue incurred goes to supporting The Website maintenance and content.
We do not have control over cookies placed by advertisers here or at their site(s). This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by this Website and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. Please visit the privacy policies of those sites for further information.
Comments & Submissions by You, The User
You agree not to post anything that is defamatory, abusive, vulgar, offensive, unlawful, untrue or misleading or that infringes a third party’s rights. You agree that we have the right to use your posts and to remove any posts whatsoever, in our sole discretion.
The Website does not guarantee that it will monitor all postings, and cannot guarantee that material in violation of The Website’s policy will not be posted.
If you believe that information posted on or through the website has been used in a manner that constitutes copyright infringement, please contact us with a written notice that includes the following information:
- an electronic or physical signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
- identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed;
- a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the website;
- your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
- a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
- a statement by you, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.
You further agree not to use this site:
- to engage in any form of advertising, spamming or commercial solicitation;
- to violate any laws in your jurisdiction (including but not limited to copyright and privacy laws);
- to submit stories or comments linking to affiliate programs, multi-level marketing schemes, sites/blogs repurposing existing stories or off-topic content;
- to use any robot, spider, scraper or other automated means to access the site for any purpose without our express written permission;
- or take any action that imposes, or may impose in our sole discretion an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our infrastructure or interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the site.
When you leave a comment, your IP (internet protocol) address is recorded. For more information about IP addresses visit IP Address (Wikipedia). This information can be used to block or ban users from the Website. When you leave a comment on the Website, you do so with the knowledge that it can be edited or deleted at the discretion of the owner of the Website. Malicious or comments with false information are removed as soon as possible. Please use appropriate caution when divulging personal information in the comments as that information is visible and available to the public at large.
This Privacy Policy may be modified from time to time: the most recent revisions will appear on this page, so check back here frequently to be appraised of any changes. Any such update or modification will be effective immediately. Continued access and use of this Website by you will constitute your acceptance of any changes or revisions to the Privacy Policy.
CONTACT
At any time, please contact us via our contact page for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
Last Updated: May 18, 2018