Privacy Policy

Last Updated July 25, 2024

Short Version:

We may use data transmitted by your browser to our servers, webhost, affiliate codes (such as but not limited to Amazon.com) and/or plug-ins or built-in WordPress features used by our site for the operation and maintenance of our site. If you provide your email address, website, and/or name for email newsletter subscription, or comment submission, or contact form submission, or have used the subscribe to WordPress updates through their follow features, or other similar use, you are agreeing you are doing so voluntarily. We will not share, sell, rent, swap, or otherwise distribute your name and/or email address to outside parties except as required or compelled by law or legal processes, or for use in maintaining and operating our site. Your non-personally identifiable tracking data may be used by our webhost, plug-ins, or other software used on or by our site for the running, maintenance, troubleshooting, and operations of our site. Your continued and future use of the Site is agreement and acceptance of this policy.

Email Subscription:

We currently use MailerLite for our newsletter delivery. Please see their site for their privacy policy. All our newsletter information and data collected for that purpose is stored on their secure servers. Every email we send through MailerLite contains profile update and unsubscribe links in the footer of the message. If you are still using the old WordPress follow system, you are bound and impacted by the privacy policy and terms of WordPress. To unsubscribe from the old system, follow the profile update links in any email sent through that system, or log in to your WordPress account and manually adjust your subscription that way. You also may receives system emails from our site based upon any services, memberships, products, or subscriptions you sign up for, purchase, or opt into.

Long Version:

Tymber Dalton / Lesli Richardson (“we” or “us” or “our) respects the privacy of our users (“user” or “you”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto (collectively, the “Site”). Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS THE SITE.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Revised” date of this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted.

Collection of Your Information

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

Personal Data

Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, website, and IP address, for use in sending out our newsletters, updates, or for when you post comments on our Site, or when you submit a contact form through our Site, or sign up for a membership or purchase a service, membership, or product, or sign up for a discussion forum, that you voluntarily give to us when you choose to participate in various Site-related activities. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, however your refusal to do so may prevent you from using certain features of the Site.

Derivative Data

Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.

Data From Surveys and Giveaways

Personal and other information you may provide when entering giveaways and/or responding to surveys or signing up for or purchasing any membership, product, or other service.

Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

Administer promotions and giveaways
Enable user-to-user communications
Respond to user-submitted contact forms
Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally or with third parties, such as our web host or software plug-ins that help manage and run the site.
Increase the efficiency and operation of the Site.
Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
Notify you of updates to the Site.
Offer new products, services, and/or recommendations to you.
Perform other business activities as needed.
Prevent fraudulent and/or protect against criminal activity committed through and/or against the Site.
Send you a newsletter.
Solicit support for the Site.
Communicate account or product or purchase information initiated by you by signing up for, purchasing, or otherwise opting in to services or memberships.
And other related uses to maintain, run, troubleshoot, update, and otherwise operate the site.

Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situation. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation. this includes exchanging information with other entities for fraud protection or other related entities.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery and subscription services, update delivery, product delivery, hosting services, and software plug-ins.

Interactions with Other Users

If you interact with other users of the Site, those users may see your name, profile photo, and descriptions of your activity, including liking posts, following blogs, or leaving comments. We are not responsible for any personal data your use of the Site automatically pulls from your previous submission to other web services or Sites, via common software such as (including but not limited to) WordPress accounts, Jetpack, social media accounts, or other related accounts.

Online Postings

When you post comments, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Site in perpetuity beyond the Site’s control, even if we remove your information from our Site.

Third-Party Advertisers

We may use third-party advertising companies and/or code to serve ads when you visit the Site. These companies may use information about your visits to the Site and other websites that are contained in web cookies or other tracking technology in order to provide advertisements about gods and services of interest to you. We are not responsible for any data you transmit or give to any third-part or third-party site once you leave our site via such links or ads or affiliate codes.

Other Third Parties

We may share your information with such third parties for marketing or usage analysis purposes, or site maintenance, operations, troubleshooting, newsletter/update deliveries, product and/or membership delivery and/or servicing, and/or diagnostics, as permitted by law.

Tracking Technologies, Cookies, and Web Beacons

We, or software plugins we use, may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and/or other tracking technologies on the Site to help customize the Site and improve your experience. By using this Site, you agree to to collection and use of such data.

Internet-Based Advertising

We may use third-party software and/or code to serve ads on the Site, implement email marketing campaigns, and manage other interactive marketing initiatives. This third-party software may use cookies or similar technology to help manage and optimize your experience with us. If you click through to those ads, we are not responsible once you leave our Site for any privacy policies or tracking policies implemented by those sites. We are also not responsible for any data you input or share with any such third-parties, such as but not limited to WordPress or Jetpack, when you create accounts with them that might get shared on our website via your account with them.

Third-Party Websites

The Site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including but not limited to advertisements and external services and/or sites that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the Site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information. Before visiting and providing any information to any third-party websites, you should inform yourself of the privacy policies and practices (if any) of the third party responsible for that website, and should take those steps necessary to, in your discretion, protect the privacy of your information. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other sites, services, or applications that may be linked to or from the Site.

Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

Policy for Children

We do not knowingly solicit information from, or market to children under the age of 18. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 18, please contact us using the contact information provided.

tl;dr – We do not and will not knowingly or willingly share your data with any outside parties not related to the actual functioning of this website and its services without being legally obligated or compelled to, or unless we have your prior permission. But anything you post on publicly-facing parts of this website might be accessible to anyone, and we can’t control that.