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Privacy Policy and Disclaimers

Hereafter referred to as “Privacy Policy” or “policy”

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Effective Date:   January 1, 2020

Your privacy is important to us.  We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what information we may collect and how it may be used so that you can make choices about the way your information is collected and used. This policy only applies to this Website. 

The Southern Pearl Girl (i.e., Thesouthernpearlgirl.com) is a personal blog written and edited by me and is governed by the following Privacy Policy. Unless otherwise noted, I am the legal copyright holder of the material and pictures posted on this blog.

Thesouthernpearlgirl.com shares projects we’ve completed for personal and entertainment purposes only. All information and resources found on this website are based on our opinions and are not professional advice. If you choose to take on any project or make a lifestyle change, always consult with the appropriate professional (e.g., licensed general contractor, physician, finance professional). We are not professional contractors, doctors, cosmetologists, chefs, fitness leaders, nutritionists, or lawyers.  We do not recommend that you use power tools or any type of equipment without taking the appropriate protective measures, such as working with a licensed professional in the area needed. We also never recommend using homemade products, including foods or essential oils and associated products, without understanding potential reactions (e.g., allergies).

By reading this website and choosing to re-create any content on it, you acknowledge that you alone are responsible for your own actions and decisions and that TheSouthernPearlGirl,com is not and will not be responsible for any injuries, reactions or damages caused. In addition, should you choose to undertake projects within your skill level and not hire or consult the appropriate professionals you assume and are responsible for all risks and associated outcomes.

Unless otherwise noted, thesouthernpearlgirl.com is the legal copyright holder of the material and pictures posted on this blog.  All copyright laws apply.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?

  • Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address, but only if you voluntarily provide it to us. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.  If you have provided your email address to us, we will use it only for the purposes for which it is provided.  We will not share your email with any third parties.  If you are a resident of a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), we do not wish to receive your email address and will delete it if you have provided it inadvertently.
  • Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources. For example, if you use a third-party software through the site, they may transfer information to us for fulfillment.
  • 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.  Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
  • Other:  Some additional ways that data may be collected and stored is through the following but not limited to these methods.  Analytics & Traffic Log Solutions, Logging Tools & Plugins, Security Tools & Plugins, Other Forms & Purchases.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

  • To operate and maintain the Website;
  • To send you promotional information, such as newsletters and blog links. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
  • To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries;
  • To provide you with user support;
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website;
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against any unauthorized or illegal activity.

THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.

Additionally, the Website 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:

  • AdThrive: This service is used to manage our display advertisements. To provide personalized advertising options, AdThrive may track your IP address or location. This information is not stored on the Website.
  • 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. The information gathered to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website only.
    • Google Adsense and the DoubleClick DART Cookie:
      Google, as a third-party advertisement vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. The use of DART cookies by Google enables them to serve adverts to visitors that are based on their visits to this website as well as other sites on the internet.
      • To opt out of the DART cookies you may visit the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following url http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html. Tracking of users through the DART cookie mechanisms are subject to Google’s own privacy policies.
  • Influencer Networks: From time to time, as described herein, the Website may post sponsored content which contains tracking pixels for networks such as TapInfluence. These tracking pixels may capture information such as your IP address to evaluate the effectiveness of the marketing campaigns. This information is not stored on the Website.
  • Jetpack: This service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications.
  • Rafflecopter: We use this service for giveaways. If you do not want your information shared with Rafflecopter or the giveaway sponsor, do not enter your information into Rafflecopter.
  • Other Third-Party ad servers or ad networks may also use cookies to track users’ activities on this website to measure advertisement effectiveness and other reasons that will be provided in their own privacy policies.  Thesouthernpearlgirl.com has no access or control over these cookies that may be used by third party advertisers.

Links to third party Websites:  We have included links on this site for your use and reference. We are not responsible for the privacy policies on these websites. You should be aware that the privacy policies of these sites may differ from our own.

Notice Regarding Online Behavioral Advertising
We allow third party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit our Web site.  These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date, subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you.  These companies typically use a cookie or third-party web beacon to collect this information.  To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice visit the NAI athttp://www.networkadvertising.org.

This list may be amended from time to time in the Website’s sole discretion.

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.

ANONYMOUS DATA

From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION

If you create a user profile on the Website or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible.

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.

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept 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.  The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser and version to version.  However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

(a)https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);

(b)https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences(Firefox);

(c)http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);

(d)https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);

(e)https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and

(f)https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).

Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including our Site. Some features of the Site may cease to be available to you.

If you continue without changing your settings, you have agreed that you are happy to receive all cookies from this website.

In addition, by using this Site, you consent to the use of such cookies and the sharing of data captured by such cookies with our other third-party partners. You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting the applicable websites for each browser.  Please keep in mind that these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out will not be maintained.

ADVERTISING

This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog.

Occasionally we are compensated to provide our opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though we receive compensation for occasional posts or advertisements, we always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products.  The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely our 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.

This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest. 

Display Ads

This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMedia”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here: www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy

Retargeting Ads
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.

Sponsored Content Tracking Pixels
This Website may engage in sponsored campaigns with various influencer networks, brands, and agencies. All sponsored content is duly disclosed in accordance with the FTC’s requirements. From time to time, these sponsored campaigns utilize tracking pixels (aka web beacons), which may contain cookies to collect data regarding usage and audience. This information is collected by the sponsoring company to track the results of the campaign. No personally identifiable information collected by the Website is used in conjunction with these tracking pixels.

Affiliate Program Participation
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.  This means that we might make a small commission if you purchase items after clicking certain links on this website.  This commission is at no extra cost to you.  Affiliate links are disclosed before they appear in a post.

We currently use the following affiliate programs:

These are subject to change at any time and without notice.

We may also work with companies that run ads and collect certain non-personally identifiable information about you when you visit this website.  The company then uses this information to provide you with advertisements that are likely to be more interesting to you.  These companies typically us a cookie or a third-party web beacon to collect this information.  If you continue without changing your settings, you have elected to receive all cookies from this website. 

NEWSLETTERS AND EMAIL
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter or emails, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent 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.

RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

When visiting thesouthernpearlgirl.com, the IP address used to access the site will be logged along with the dates and times of access. This information is purely used to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movement and gather broad demographic information for internal use. Most importantly, any recorded IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information

OPT-OUT – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. Again, please keep in mind that these opt-out mechanisms themselves use cookies, and if you clear the cookies from your browser your opt-out may not be maintained.   You may also notify us at denise@thesouthernpearlgirl.com to be removed from our mailing list.  However, please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact me immediately at denise@thesouthernpearlgirl.com.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

SALE OF BUSINESS OR ASSETS

In the event that the Site or substantially all of its assets is sold or disposed of as a going concern, whether by merger, sale of assets or otherwise, or in the event of an insolvency, bankruptcy or receivership, the information we have collected about you may be one of the assets sold or merged in connection with that transaction.

CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

The Website.  We reserve the right to change or alter this Privacy Policy, at any time, at our discretion.  The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will be posted on the Site with the “Effective Date” posted. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, or we are going to use any personal information in a manner that is materially different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time we collected such information, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to consent to the change. If you do not consent, your personal information will be used as agreed to under the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time we obtained that information. By using our Site or services after the Effective Date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current privacy policy. We will use information previously obtained in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect when the information was obtained from you.

CONTACT INFORMATION

At any time, please contact me at denise@thesouthernpearlgirl.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy. Effective Date: 1/1/2020