Our Privacy Policy was last updated and posted on May 8, 2018. It governs the privacy terms of our Website, located at https://www.crumbblog.com.
Your Privacy
Crumb: A Food Blog follows all legal requirements to protect your privacy. Our Privacy Policy is a legal statement that explains the information we may collect from you, how we may share that information, and how you can limit our sharing of your information. Terms that are capitalized within our Privacy Policy have meanings as described in the Definitions section below.
Definitions
"Non Personal Information" is information that is not personally identifiable to you and that we automatically collect when you access our Website with a web browser. It may also include publicly available information that is shared between you and others.
"Personally Identifiable Information" is non-public information that is personally identifiable to you and obtained in order for us to provide you within our Website. Personally Identifiable Information may include information such as your name, email address, and other related information that you provide to us or that we obtain about you.
Information We Collect
Generally, you control the amount and type of information you provide to us when using our Website.
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. This information is collected when you voluntarily leave a comment or subscribe to a newsletter.
Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources. The Website utilizes the native WordPress commenting system, so if you choose to comment on a Website post, your Gravatar profile picture will appear if you have set one up.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We 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 on the Website.
How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we receive from you in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website;
- To send you promotional information you've subscribed to, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To track and measure advertising on the Website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
Sharing Information with Affiliates and Other Third Parties
We do not sell, rent, or otherwise provide your Personally Identifiable Information to third parties without your consent.
We 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:
- 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.
- 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.
This list may be amended from time to time at the Website’s sole discretion.
Data Aggregation
We retain the right to collect and use any Non-Personal Information collected from your use of our Website and aggregate such data for internal analytics that improve our Website and Service. At no time is your Personally Identifiable Information included in such data aggregations.
Legally Required Releases of Information
We may be legally required to disclose your Personally Identifiable Information, if such disclosure is (a) required by subpoena, law, or other legal process; (b) necessary to assist law enforcement officials or government enforcement agencies; (c) necessary to investigate violations of or otherwise enforce our Legal Terms; (d) necessary to protect us from legal action or claims from third parties including you and/or other Members; and/or (e) necessary to protect the legal rights, personal/real property, or personal safety of https://www.crumbblog.com, our Users, employees, and affiliates.
Use of 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.
You may, at any time, change your browser settings to permanently disable cookies, and/or can also choose to delete any cookies that have already been set using your browser or a software program. However, permanent deactivation of cookies may impact some of the functions of our Website.
Advertising on This Website
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.
Newsletters
You can opt in to receive our email newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. Newsletters 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 behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
Requests Regarding Personal Information
You may request the following actions be taken in regards to the personal information we've collected from you:
- Opt-out: You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. Alternatively, you may contact us at [email protected] to request to be unsubscribed.
- Access: You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to [email protected].
- Amend: You may contact us at [email protected] to amend or update your personal information.
- Remove: In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to [email protected].
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or when required by law.
Links to Other Websites
Our Website may contain links to other websites that are not under our direct control. We have no control of or responsibility for linked websites and provide these links solely for the convenience and information of our visitors. You should check the privacy policies, if any, of those individual websites to see how the operators of those third-party websites will utilize your personal information.
Privacy Policy Updates
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, at our sole discretion and without notice. You should review this Privacy Policy frequently to check for changes to our policy.
Any changes we make to our Privacy Policy are effective as of this Last Updated date provided at the beginning of the Policy and replace any prior Privacy Policies. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Questions About Our Privacy Practices or This Privacy Policy
If you have any questions about our Privacy Practices or this Policy, please contact us at crumbblog (at) gmail (dot) com.