Last updated: January 15, 2021
PRIVACY POLICY
At abouttosprout.com, the privacy of our visitors is extremely important to us. This privacy policy outlines the type of personal information that is received and collected by abouttosprout.com and how it is used.
Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
BLOG CONTENT POLICY
Recipes and photographs on my site should not be republished without explicit permission. If you would like to include an image in a roundup post, please email me for my explicit permission before republishing any images.
If I write a sponsored post, I will clearly state so at the beginning of the post. I will always be upfront in regarding any brand affiliation. Readers can be assured that I will only affiliate myself with brands that I align with and would benefit the readers of About to Sprout.
WHAT WE COLLECT
We may collect the following information:
- contact information including email address, first name, last name
- demographic information such as zip code, preferences, and interests
- other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
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.
WE MAY USE THE INFORMATION COLLECTED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
- To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;
- To send you promotional information (like newsletters)
- To send you communication e-mails (like confirmation e-mails, technical notes, updates on policies)
- To respond to your comments on posts
- We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests and improve our products and services.
THIRD PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Information may be shared with third parties if you authorize us to share your information.
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, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
MailerLite – 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 MailerLie Privacy Policy for further information.
PUBLICLY DISPLAYED INFORMATION
If you leave a comment on the website, certain information may be publicly visible. 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.
Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.
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.
AFFILIATE PROGRAM
This is my personal blog, written by me, Rylee Foer. I do occasionally accept sponsorship from brands I use, trust, and align with.
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link to an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
The owner of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites. We advise you to look at the privacy statement/policy of every site you visit.
YOUR CONSENT
By using our site, you agree to the terms in our privacy policy.
About to Sprout may change this policy by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
All words and images are the property of Rylee Foer, operating as About to Sprout and cannot be reposted without explicit permission.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact Rylee at contact (at) abouttosprout.com or visit us at https://www.abouttosprout.com/contact-me/