Privacy Policy

Effective: January 1, 2020. Last Updated: May 6, 2023

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1. Privacy Policy

At Paula Pins the Planet, we strongly believe in keeping your personal information secure and confidential. Our website found at http://paulapinstheplanet.com is governed by the following privacy policy (” Privacy Policy”), which describes what information we collect and how it is used and shared. This statement only applies to this website.

The website paulapinstheplanet.com (hereinafter referred to as the Website, “us”, “we” and “our”) is a business that interacts with individuals and other businesses.

This page explains our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Website and the choices you have associated with that data.

Your data is used to improve the Website. By using the Website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

2. What Information Do We Collect?

Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website
We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address when you voluntarily submit information to the website by leaving a comment, subscribing to our newsletter, or submitting a contact form.

Automatically-Collected Information
We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access this website. For example, when you use this website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using this website, such as links clicked.

Cookies
We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on this website.

3. How Your Information May Be Used

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

• To operate and maintain this website;
• To respond to your comments or inquiries;
• To send you promotional information, such as newsletters;
• To send you administrative communications, such as confirmation emails, updates on policies, or security alerts;
• To track and measure advertising on this website;
• To protect, investigate, and deter unauthorized or illegal activity.

Blog Comments / Publicly Visible Information
If you leave a comment on this website, certain information like your name (or alias) may be publicly visible. At your option, you may also add an avatar and/or a link to your website. Other users may see your username, avatar, and website information. Your email address will never be available publicly.

Newsletters
Should you choose to opt into our newsletter, we may use your email address in the future to contact you regarding the site. However, each email promotion will provide information on how to opt out of future mailing. Your email address and privacy will always be kept secure.

4. Third-Party Use of Information

We 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 the website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies, which can be found on their respective websites.

We currently use 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, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.

ConvertKit
This service is used for the delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for the purposes of delivering such communications.  Please refer to ConvertKit’s privacy policy for further information.

At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time at this website’s sole discretion.

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 this 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.

5. Cookies

This 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, and 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, Google AdSense, and Amazon.

Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by using a corresponding setting of their 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. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser. Please bear in mind that if you deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of this website may be entirely usable.

6. Affiliate Program Participation

We may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into this website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie may be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.

We are 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. We are also a participant in the Booking.com Affiliate Program, the World Nomads Partner Program, and the Airbnb Associate Program.

7. Newsletters

On our 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. This allows us to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.

8. Opting Out

If we choose to send out newsletter updates in the future and we have your email address on file, you may receive a copy of our newsletter. However, at the bottom of every newsletter, there will be an easy way to opt out.

You may opt out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at hello@paulapinstheplanet.com to be removed from our mailing list. We hate spam as much as you and have no intention of filling up your inbox with unwanted messages.

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

9. Security

The security of your personal information is important to us, and we strive to follow general commercial industry standards to protect your personal information submitted to us voluntarily and automatically. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

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.

10. Sensitive Personal Information

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to this website. This includes your social security number (or a social security number equivalent), 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, and we are not to be held liable for anything that may happen to it. If you leave a comment with any sensitive information, it will be visible to the public and can be misused by others not related to this website. Please keep this information private.

11. Children’s Information

We do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that this website has personally identifiable information about a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at hello@paulapinstheplanet.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this page, please contact us through the email: hello@paulapinstheplanet.com.

13. Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing 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.

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 All About 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. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

• IP Address
• Operating System type
• Operating System version
• Device Type
• Language of the website
• Web browser type
• Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

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 National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.