Ink Chic

Privacy Policy

Hello lovelies! This is Morgan Morris over at http://op6.614.myftpupload.com. I want to be as open and honest with you here on this site as I can. One of the ways I want to do that is by letting you know how your personal information is being used. My top priority on this site is to respect the privacy of your personal information, and described below, I go into detail about what information is collected from you and how it is used. 

By visiting and using this website, you accept and agree to be bound by this privacy policy. Your continued use of the website after posting of any changes to the Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes and updates. You must not access or use the website if you do not wish to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

What Personal Information We Collect & How It Is Used

In addition to the itemized lists below of what personal information this website uses, Ink Chic also automatically collects certain information about you through Log Data and Google Analytics. Log Data is information about your computer’s Internet Protocol Address, which is your “IP” address, browser information, Internet Service Provider’s information, your operating system, and your browser type. Similarly, Google Analytics collects certain information about your location, browsing history, the pages you visit, equipment you used to access the website, traffic patterns, and other general patterns related to your use of the website. This information is used to analyze our website statistics related to specific user behavior and interests, improve our performance and your use of the website, and to further enhance our products and services offered to you.

Name and email address, for newsletters sent via MailChimp.

When you sign-up for my newsletter on Ink Chic, you give your consent to receive periodic newsletters from me relevant to the content you see on the website. The content of these emails may include an insight into what posts I am working on, facts I have recently learned about, and some opportunities to receive freebies.

Name and email address, when any of the contact forms are used.

If you use any of my contact forms on Ink Chic to send a message, your name and email address will be stored and further used to send you replies. Other than to respond to your inquiry made via the contact forms, these pieces of information are not used for any further purposes.

Name and email address, when a comment is left on any blog post.

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. 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. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Each comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name and email address in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. If you wish for the cookies to be erased at any point in time, please contact our email: [email protected]. These cookies will last for one year.

Social media profiles and accounts, when you share a blog post or you follow Ink Chic on social media.

Social media accounts and sharing options are available on this website. Social media sites (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and so forth) can track your personal information. Should you choose to interact with us on social media, please note that you will be voluntarily disclosing that personal information. This information is no longer private. It becomes public information and can be collected and used by others. We have no control over and take no responsibility for the use, storage or dissemination of such publicly disclosed personal information by you.
Any such interactions via comments and social media with us do not subject us to any kind of liability related to misuse of your information by others.

USE OF COOKIES

The website may use cookies to facilitate your use of the website. Cookies are files with small amounts of data including an anonymous unique identifier that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive when you are viewing the website. Just like other websites, we automatically collect some non-personally identifiable information including, but not limited to, your IP address, geographic location, language preference, date, and time of visitors. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.
Examples of Cookies we use:

  • Session cookies. We use session cookies to operate our service.
  • Preference cookies. We use preference cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
  • Security cookies. We use security cookies for security purposes.

Additionally, Ink Chic takes part in various affiliate marketing. All affiliated companies and services use cookies to generate and track affiliate sales.

THIRD PARTY LINKS AND USE

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 this website, you are no longer bound by our Privacy Policy.
Articles on this website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, advertisements, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behave 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged into that website.
We may use Google AdSense advertising along with any other third-party advertising on the website. Google is a third party that also uses cookies to serve ads on the website for the purpose of providing a positive user experience. You can opt out of Google by visiting their privacy policy.
We have no control over these third-party companies, and they have their own privacy policies, nor are we responsible for the activities and practices of these third parties. You should contact them directly and read their privacy policies for any questions.

WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE DATA WE COLLECT

We process and have access to the data we collect from you; however, we use third parties to assist us with the processing of your personal data including the following third party:

This website is made with WordPress.org. If you wish to know how they handle visitor data, please check out their privacy policy here: https://wordpress.org/about/privacy.

EMAIL MARKETING

You have the option of opting in or unsubscribing from our email list. By subscribing and opting in, you agree to receive newsletters, updates, messages, promotional materials and any other content related to this website. When you send an email, your email message along with your email address and responses are saved for communication purposes with you. This information is kept confidential and we do not share, sell or trade your email information with third parties except as otherwise stated in this privacy policy.

OPT OUT

We will not spam or send misleading information. Should you wish to no longer receive communication from us, you have the option of unsubscribing by clicking “unsubscribe” in the bottom of the email we send to you or by contacting us.

As for third party websites, please contact them directly to unsubscribe and/or opt out from their communications.

LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA UNDER GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), the legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

We may process your Personal Data because:

  • We need to perform a contract with you.
  • You have given us permission to do so.
  • The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights.
  • To comply with the law.

YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS UNDER GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. We aim to take responsible steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal data. We require only the information that is reasonably necessary to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.

If you wish to be informed of what personal data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of your Personal Data directly within your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact us to assist you.
  • The right of rectification.You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • The right to object.You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
  • The right of restriction.You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
  • The right to data portability.You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
  • The right to withdraw consent.You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your personal data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority in the European Economic Area (EEA).

RETENTION OF DATA

Personal data may be retained for as short as a period of one year or as long as an indefinite period of time. If you are concerned about data retention, and wish to make sure you want your information removed, please reach out to us via [email protected].

TRANSFER OF DATA

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside of the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the United States and process it there.

Your consent to the privacy policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

OTHER SERVICES THAT MAY TRACK YOUR DATA

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our service. This data is shared with other google services. Google may use the collected data to personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having your activity on the service available to google analytics by installing the google analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the google analytics JavaScript from sharing information with google analytics about your activity when you visit the site.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the google privacy terms webpage: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.

Facebook

Facebook’s re-marketing service is provided by Facebook Inc. This service provides online advertising based on your activity on other websites and apps off of Facebook. You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950. To opt-out from facebook’s interest-based ads follow these instructions from facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217

Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principals for Online Behavioral Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the digital advertising alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European interactive digital advertising alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings.

For more information on the privacy practices of facebook, please visit facebook’s data policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

SECURITY

The security of your personal information is important to us, and we strive to follow generally 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 with absolute certainty the 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.

PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES

This privacy policy is effective as of 02/20/2020 and may be updated and modified from time to time. You are responsible for visiting this page periodically to check for future updates to this policy. 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

For any questions or comments regarding the privacy policy, please contact us by email at: [email protected].

Morgan Morris