Privacy Policy for Embracing the Unexpected | Maree Dee

This privacy policy provides you with details on how we collect, use, share, protect, and process your personal data through your use of our site at Embracing the Unexpected | Maree Dee. Plus your rights to the information we collect.

We may revise and update our privacy policy at any time.  Your continued use of Embracing the Unexpected website means you accept the privacy policy and any changes made.

Who We Are

Our Website name is Embracing the Unexpected and Maree Dee.

Our website address is https://www.embracingtheunexpected.com. and http://www.mareedee.com

Email address:  Maree.dee@embracingtheunexpected.com

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It

We collect the information you provide to us. This data might be your e-mail address, name, gender, age, hometown, website, IP address, phone number, etc. It is the information needed to provide you with either a product, newsletter, request feedback, notify you of new products communicate with you, or to add you to our mailing list. We save this information. You may be providing this information from a few different places associated with this website like social networks:  (Instagram, Facebook, closed Facebook groups, direct email, telephone, messaging, etc.)

Comments

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 series 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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to our website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the site can download and extract any location data from pictures on the website.

Contact forms

When visitors contact us through the contact form any information you leave (Name, Email, Message) is retained indefinitely for customer service purposes.  We maintain this so we can respond to you from the contact form. This information will not be used for marketing purposes.

Cookies

We may automatically collect date from you as you use our website.

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. Saving is for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and will be discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies continue for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Upon logging out of your account, the login cookies will be deleted.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and indicates merely the post ID of the item you just edited. It expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other site.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content. Those sites may have different privacy policies.

Social Media Widgets

Our website has social media features such as Facebook like buttons, sharing, etc. If you submit personal information to those sites, they will have their own privacy policy.

Analytics

Who We Share Your Data With

We use third-party processors as needed to serve the needs of Embracing the Unexpected | Maree Dee. Third-parties may include administration of our website, entering into a contract with you, communication with you, taking orders or delivering goods and services, marketing, protecting the security of our site, etc.

Third-Party Processing

We may disclose with third-party who assist us with a variety of tasks like payment processing, hosting, email delivery, and customer services. This website collects and stores information via MailChimp. Visitor comments go through an automated spam detection service – Akismet.

By Law

If required by law, your data will be shared. This sharing could be in response to a legal process including a subpoena, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others.

Others

When you participate in comments, online postings, chats, etc. with other users, they may have access to some of your data, including your name, profile picture, and information you share.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are kept indefinitely.  Retention is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

Request Information

You have the right to request knowledge on what information we hold on you and what third parties we use.

Delete Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to have all of your personal data deleted. However, this deletion does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. We have no control over third parties.

You have the right to change your consent at any time to how we use your information. The option to opt-out of receiving future correspondence from us by checking the appropriate box when registering or communicating with us. You may also do this by contacting Maree.dee@embracingtheunexpected.com

Change Information

You have the right to change any information we have on you. We want to keep your information up to date. Please email us at Maree.dee@embracingtheunexpected to change your information. You can also update your information by clicking preferences at the bottom of all emails sent through Mail Chimp. We want to reflect your data accurately.

Choice/Opt-Out

You may “opt-out” of receiving Embracing the Unexpected emails, updates, newsletters, products at any time. EU residents must consent to be added to the email list.

Processing Data

You have the right at any time to object to processing and the portability of your data.

Complaint

You have the right to voice a complaint with supervisory authorities.

How We Protect Your Data

We are taking all reasonable steps to protect your data from being lost, used altered, disclosed, or accessed without authorization. We allow access to your personal data to employees and others who have a business need to know such data. It will all be under our direction, and they must keep it confidential.

Should there be a breach, you will be notified. However, we will do everything we can to prevent security breaches and to assist authorities should one occur.

Additional information

California Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

We have taken the necessary steps to comply with the California Online Privacy Protection Act. We will not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent except as noted above.

Children

We do not intend to collect information from anyone under the age of 18 knowingly. We recommend you be 18 years or older to access or use our website or related products. By providing information to us, you warrant that you are 18 years or older.

EU Residents

No EU residents will remain on the email list after May 25th, 2018 or be added without consent. It is not a requirement to opt into the email list to receive any bonuses.

Changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time. You are responsible for keeping up to date on our privacy policy. We will update it here.

 Your continued use of Embracing the Unexpected | Maree Dee website, social media outlets, email, etc.  mean you accept the privacy policy and any changes made.

Privacy Policy updated July 16, 2019