Introduction
‘Colors and Tips’(‘we’) is a personal blog found at www.colorsandtips.com (“Website”). The Website is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). At Colors and Tips, we respect the privacy of our users(‘user’) and are committed to protecting your privacy at all times.
The purpose of this privacy policy is to provide information on how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. Please read this privacy policy carefully which relates solely to this Website. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason.
What Information Do We Collect and How Is it Used?
We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address when you leave a comment on a post and subscribe to our newsletter.
Cookies: We may log information using cookies. Cookies are small data files stored on your browser by Invited Mums which aim to provide you with a more personalized experience on our website.
How Your Information May be Used
We may use information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website;
- To send you as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on the Website;
Third-Party Use of Personal Information
We will not share your information with third parties unless you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
The 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.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers[1] :
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.
Mail Chimp – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.
One Signal – this service is used to send you push notifications through your web browser, should you choose. Please refer to One Signal’s privacy policy for further information.
Sumo -this service is used to collect email addresses to be used for sending updates and information. Please refer to Sumo’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 in the Website’s sole discretion.
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. 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 http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website.
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 behaviour 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 ola@colorsandtips.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to ola@colorandtips.com
Amend – You may contact us at ola@colorandtips.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 ola@colorandtips.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.
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 ola@colorandtips.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Contact Information
For questions relating to this privacy policy, please write to ola@colorandtips.com