Privacy Policy 

 

Thank you for choosing to be part of our community at A Mom Explores - www.emilymkrause.com (Hereafter, “Website”, “Site”, “Company”, “we”, “us,” “our”). Protecting your personal information is of utmost importance to us. If after going through this Privacy Policy agreement you still have questions, comments or concerns, please contact us at emilymaureen13@gmail.com. 

When you visit and use (register, answer surveys, fill out a form, contact us through a form) our website and services, this means you trust us with your personal information. This privacy policy lays out how we use your information that gets collected from your use of our website and services, and what rights you have in relation to it. 

If you disagree with any terms in this privacy policy, please discontinue your use of our Sites and services. 

This privacy policy applies to all the information collected through your use of our website and services, and other third-party tools. By using our Website and/or services, or by clicking “Agree” or “Accept” to the Terms of Use when this option is explicitly made available to you, you acknowledge, accept and agree to be bound by the Privacy Policy terms and abide by it.  

1.  WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal Information You Disclose to Us

During your visit and use of our Website and services, we collect certain data that you yourself provide us with if you fill out opt-in forms, contact forms, surveys, purchase products and/or services, enter your information for giveaways and/or competitions. 

The personal information that you provide us can be your name, email address, location, your occupation. Moreover, if you’re purchasing products, then you’re also providing us with payment and address information (however, the payment information does not get stored in our system because everything gets processed through payment processors. Therefore, should you have any questions about payment activities and/or information, contact the specific payment processor directly. 

Outside of the European Union (“EU”)

If you’re outside of EU and enter your information to receive a freebie, make a purchase, respond to survey, register for a free training, participate to a webinar, then we will automatically enroll you to receive our newsletter and updates. 

If you don’t wish to receive any communications from us, you can opt out by clicking on the unsubscribe link located on the bottom of the emails. 

In the European Union

If you are in the EU and opt to receive a freebie or participate to a free training, register for a webinar, live event, or purchase a product, your email address will not be added to the email list to receive our newsletter and updates unless you affirmatively consent to it

If you change your mind at any point, and don’t want to receive electronic communication, simply unsubscribe. 

If you have trouble unsubscribing by clicking the link on the bottom of the email, simply email us at emilymaureen13@gmail.com and request to be unsubscribed from future emails. 

Information Collected Through Third Party Sources

During the time you visit and use our Site, certain limited data is collected from public databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and analytics sources. 

The type of data collected about you from other sources are your location, your computer system, which pages you’ve visited on our Site, how long you spend on each page, your IP address, country, and possibly even social media profiles and referrals.   

    2. HOW DO WE USE THE COLLECTED INFORMATION ON YOU?

Information Collected From You 

We use the information we collect from you personally to send you targeted marketing and promotional communications. If you at any time indicated an interest in a particular field related to our Site, then we, and/or our third party marketing partners may use this relevant information to send you additional communication regarding similar products/services. 

If you don’t want to receive any marketing and/or promotional communication, you can opt-out at any time by either UNSUBSCRIBING from the particular list or topic, or from all the emails coming from us by clicking on the unsubscribe button located at the bottom of every email you receive.  

Information Collected From Third-Party Apps and Tools

Any information collected from third party tools is used for statistical and analytical purposes and for evaluating and making improvements to our Site. This automatically collected information will not include personal information data. This website currently uses the following third-party apps and tools:

  • 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.

  • Google Adsense - this service is used to manage our display advertisements. To provide personalized advertising options, Adsense may use your IP address or location. This information is not stored on the Website.

  • Affiliate Networks - the Website participates in affiliate marketing, which is described more fully below. When you make a purchase using an affiliate link, the third-party from which you make the purchase may transfer information regarding the sale back to us. This will depend on the individual company’s privacy policies. Currently, we host affiliate links from the following providers:

    • Amazon Associate Program

    • Awin

    • ShareASale

    • ShopStyle

    • MUTU System

    • Booking.com 

  • MailChimp - the Website uses MailChimp Forms to collect your personal information for transmission to the Website or for subscribing to our newsletter. MailChimp Forms stores any personal information on our server and it is not shared with third parties, other than as it is detailed herein.

     3. WILL WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH ANYONE?

We respect your privacy and the value of your information. We do not share, disclose, sell, lease or rent your information to anyone or any third party without your express consent. 

Only in limited circumstances will necessary information be shared with third parties. Here are the situations for sharing your information:

1.   You gave us express consent to do so

2.   You entered into a contract for recurring payments-for this reason your information will be process on as needed basis to hold up the agreement

3.   Performance of a Contract-if you are obligated to pay or do something, and you don’t, we reserve the right to share necessary information with third party company, such as collection agency, or attorney 

4.   Mandated by Law-if legal proceedings initiated, and there is a subpoena (long shot, but better prepared than surprised). 

4.  WE MAY USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

We may use cookies and other tracking technologies, such as pixels to collect data on advertisements, website use and information retention. 

You can read more about this in our Cookie Policy. Know that by agreeing to our Privacy Policy, you’re also agreeing to the Cookie Policy.  

     5. EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS & POLICIES 

If you decide to contact us through email, we reserve the right to retain the content of your email messages along with your email address and our responses. 

Your privacy is important to us, therefore, your email address will never be shared, sold, leased to any third party members. 

In compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, any and all communications sent from our Company or Website will clearly state who the email is from, why’s it’s for, and will have a clear method for contacting the sender. 

Furthermore, should you not wish to receive any more emails, you can click on the “Unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of the email.  

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.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments regarding our Privacy Policy, please feel free to reach out to us: 

Emily Krause

amomexplores@gmail.com

 

 

Effective as of January 5, 2019