Last edited on June 15, 2023
Ahh, privacy policies. Don’t you just love them? I promise you won’t be able to put this one down. It’s a real page-turner.
Willow Snug (“Website,” “I,” or “me”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy governs your access to and use of www.willowsnug.com, including any content, functionality and services offered on or through www.willowsnug.com (the “Website”).
When accessing my Website, I will learn certain information about you, both automatically and through voluntary actions you may take, during your visit. This policy applies to information I collect on my Website and in email.
Please read the Privacy Policy carefully to get a clear understanding of what information I collect and why, what I will do with that information, and who I will share that information with. By using my Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by the Privacy Policy. If you do not want to agree to the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website.
children under the age of thirteen
My Website is not intended for children under thirteen years of age. No one under age thirteen may provide any information to or on my Website. I do not knowingly collect personal information from children under thirteen. If you are under thirteen, do not use or provide any information on this Website or on or through any of its features/register on the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website or provide any information about yourself to me, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use.
If I learn I have collected or received personal information from a child under thirteen without verification of parental consent, I will delete that information. If you believe I might have any information from or about a child under thirteen, please contact me at grace.batronis@willowsnug.com.
information i collect about you
When you access my Website, I will learn certain information about you during your visit.
information you provide to me
My Website provides various places for users to provide information. I collect information that users provide by filling out forms on my Website, communicating with me via contact forms, responding to surveys, search queries on my search feature, and providing comments or other feedback.
I use information you provide to me to deliver the requested service, to improve my overall performance, and to provide you with offers, promotions, and information.
information i collect through automatic data collection technology
As you navigate through my Website, I may use automatic data collection technologies including Google Analytics to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. This will generally include information about your location, your traffic pattern through my website, and any communications between your computer and my Website. Among other things, I will collect data about the type of computer you use, your Internet connection, your IP address, your operating system, and your browser type.
The information I collect automatically is used for statistical data and will not include personal information. I use this data to improve my Website and my service offerings. To the extent that you voluntarily provide personal information to me, my systems will associate the automatically collected information with your personal information.
use of cookies and pixels
Similar to other commercial websites, my Website utilizes a standard technology called “cookies” and server logs to collect information about how my site is used. Information gathered through cookies and server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at my site, and the websites visited just before and just after my own, as well as your IP address.
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies. Each website can send its own cookie to your browser if your browser’s preferences allow it, but (to protect your privacy) your browser only permits a website to access the cookies it has already sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites.
I reserve the right to use technological equivalents of cookies, including social media pixels. These pixels allow social media sites to track visitors to outside websites so as to tailor advertising messages users see while visiting that social media website. I reserve the right to use these pixels in compliance with the policies of the various social media sites.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since each browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
third party use of cookies
Some content or applications, including advertisements, on my Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use my website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
I do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
*(Note: as of right now, I am not using any Google AdSense Advertising on Willow Snug, but I put all of this in here so I won’t have to change the privacy policy if or when I add AdSense.)
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
*I use Google AdSense Advertising on my website.
*Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on my site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to my users based on previous visits to my site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
*I, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to my website.
Opting out:
Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
third-party links
Occasionally, at my discretion, I may include or offer third-party products or services on my website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. I therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, I seek to protect the integrity of my site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
how and why i collect information
I collect your information in order to record and support your participation in the activities you select. If you register to comment, sign up for my newsletter and blog post updates, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, and/or use certain other site features, I collect your information. I use this information to track your preferences, to keep you informed about the services you have selected to receive and any related services, and/or to administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature. As a visitor to this Website, you can engage in most activities without providing any personal information. It is only when you seek to comment and/or to register for services that you are required to provide information.
If you are outside the European Union and opt to subscribe to my newsletter and blog updates, you will automatically be enrolled to receive my newsletter and blog post updates. If you do not wish to receive my newsletter and blog updates, you can unsubscribe anytime. I include an “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every email I send. If you ever have trouble unsubscribing, you can send an email to grace.batronis@willowsnug.com requesting to unsubscribe from future emails.
If you are in the European Union and opt to subscribe to my newsletter and blog updates, you will only be enrolled to receive my newsletter and blog post updates if you affirmatively consent to it. If you do not wish to receive my newsletter and blog post updates, you can unsubscribe anytime. I include an “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of every email I send. If you ever have trouble unsubscribing, you can send an email to grace.batronis@willowsnug.com requesting to unsubscribe from future emails.
how do i use the information that you provide to me?
I use personal information for purposes of presenting my Website and its contents to you, providing you with information, providing you with offers for products and services, providing you with information about your subscriptions, administering my business activities, providing service to readers, and making available other items and services to readers and prospective readers.
From time-to-time, I may use the information you provide to me to make you offers to purchase products and services provided by third parties in exchange for a commission to be paid to me by such third parties. Should you opt to take part in such promotions, the third parties will receive your information.
From time-to-time, I may use the information you provide to me to display advertisements to you that are tailored to your personal characteristics, interests, and activities.
disclosure of your information
As a general rule, I do not sell, rent, lease or otherwise transfer any personal information collected whether automatically or through your voluntary action.
I may disclose your personal information to my subsidiaries, affiliates, and service providers for the purpose of providing my services to you.
I may disclose your personal information to a third party, including a lawyer or collection agency, when necessary to enforce my terms of service or any other agreement between you and I.
I may disclose information when legally compelled to do so, in other words, when I, in good faith, believe that the law requires it or for the protection of my legal rights or when compelled by a court or other governmental entity to do so.
how do i protect your information and secure information transmissions?
I employ commercially reasonable methods to ensure the security of the information you provide to me and the information I collect automatically. This includes using standard security protocols and working only with reputable third-party vendors.
Email is not recognized as a secure medium of communication. For this reason, I request that you do not send private information to me by email. However, doing so is allowed, but at your own risk.
I may use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of my site, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.
For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, I use software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage.
email information
If you choose to correspond with me through email, I may retain the content of your email messages together with your email address and my responses. I provide the same protections for these electronic communications that I employ in the maintenance of information received online and in mail. This also applies when you register for my website or sign up through any of my forms using your email address. For further information see the email policies below.
email policies
I am committed to keeping your email address confidential. I do not sell, rent, or lease my subscription lists to third parties, and will not disclose your email address to any third parties except as allowed in the section titled Disclosure of Your Information.
I will maintain the information you send via email in accordance with applicable federal law.
In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, all emails sent from my organization will clearly state who the email is from and provide clear information on how to contact the sender. In addition, all email messages will also contain concise information on how to remove yourself from my mailing list so that you receive no further email communication from me.
My emails provide users the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from me by reading the unsubscribe instructions located at the bottom of any email they receive from me at anytime.
Users who no longer wish to receive my newsletter and blog post updates may opt-out of receiving these communications by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the email.
how does my site handle do not track signals?
I probably don’t honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place. I don’t honor them because:
I cannot understand how to use them, so I don’t know if they’re actually working. Sorry.
It’s also important to note that I allow third-party behavioral tracking, or at least I think I do. It’s kind of hard to figure out.
california online privacy protection act
According to CalOPPA, I agree to the following:
• Users can visit my site anonymously.
• Once this Privacy Policy is created, I will add a link to it on my home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering my Website.
• My Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes on my Privacy Policy page.
You can change your personal information by emailing me.
fair information practice
In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices I will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
I will notify you via email
• Within 7 business days
I will notify the users via in-site notification
• Within 7 business days
I also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
visitors’ GDPR rights
I will retain any information you choose to provide to me until: (a) you ask me to delete your information, (b) I decide to cease using my existing data providers, or (c) I decide that the value in retaining the data is outweighed by the cost of retaining it.
If you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain information and have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. Those rights include:
You have the right to request access to your data that I store and the rights to either rectify or erase your personal data.
You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.
You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data.
You have the right to withdraw your consent of my processing your information by requesting to be erased from my system at any time.
You can do all this by contacting me through my email: grace.batronis@willowsnug.com.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.
If you are not within the European Union, you are entitled to zero information and have certain rights to suck itttttt.
policy changes
It is my policy to post any changes I make to my Privacy Policy on this page. If I make material changes to how I treat my users’ personal information, I will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account and/or through a notice on my Website home page. The date the Privacy Policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring I have an up-to-date, active, and deliverable email address for you, and for periodically visiting my Website and this Privacy Policy to check for any changes.
contact me
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact me at grace.batronis@willowsnug.com.
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