WHAT INFORMATION DO I COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?
Information You Voluntarily Submit to Being Buttons: I may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to Being Buttons by leaving a comment or subscribing to posts.
Information I Collect from Others: I may receive information about you from other sources. You may link other accounts to your user profile, for example WordPress. If you choose to link other accounts to your user profile, I will receive your name, email address and profile picture associated with that account.
Automatically-Collected Information: I automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access Being Buttons. For example, when you use my blog I will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. I may also collect information about actions you take such as links clicked.
Cookies: I may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by my site. I 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. These could also be used for targeted advertising on platforms such as Facebook.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
I may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain Being Buttons
- To send you my most recent posts – you must have signed up for this and every email will have an unsubscribe option
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts
- To respond to your comments or inquiries
- To provide you with user support
- To track and measure advertising
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Being Buttons 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.
Being Buttons currently uses 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.
Except when required by law, I will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent.
ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, I may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
If you create a user profile on Being Buttons or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. To create a user profile, you must choose a username and password and input your email address for profile confirmation. Your email address will never be available publicly. At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.
You may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and Google Account.
Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.
COOKIES
Being Buttons uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, 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 Being Buttons may be entirely usable.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Being Buttons may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave my site, you should note that I do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, I cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
ADVERTISING
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, I may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market Being Buttons. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to Being Buttons.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in my emails. You may also notify me at beingbuttons@gmail.com to be removed from my mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information I have about you by submitting a request to beingbuttons@gmail.com
Amend – You may contact me at beingbuttons@gmail.com to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that I erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to beingbuttons@gmail.com. Please note that Google Analytics data held will be automatically deleted after 14 months.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact me at beingbuttons@gmail.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
Last updated: 11 May 2018
