Living Kismet Privacy Policy
Effective Date: August 31, 2024
Living Kismet is governed by this privacy policy. This Privacy Policy outlines how Living Kismet (hereinafter referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, discloses, and protects your personal information when you visit and interact with our blog, Living Kismet (the “Website”).
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.
Information We Collect: We may collect the following types of information:
- Personal Information: Information that identifies you, such as your name, email address, and any other information you voluntarily provide through comments, contact forms, or subscriptions.
- Non-Personal Information: Information that does not identify you personally, such as your IP address, browser type, and website usage data.
How We Use Your Information We may use your information for the following purposes:
- To operate and maintain the Website;
- To improve our website and user experience.
- To respond to your inquiries and comments.
- To send you administrative emails, newsletters or promotional materials (with your consent).
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on the Website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
Information Sharing
We may share your personal information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website or conducting our business, but only to the extent necessary to perform their functions. We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.
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, 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.
Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure.
Cookies
We may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your website usage. 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 their Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
Display Ads
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above.
Publicly Visible Information
If you create a user profile on the Website or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. To create a user profile, you must choose a username and password and input your email address for profile confirmation. 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. You may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and Google Account. Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.
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 for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
Living Kismet is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and any other website that may be affiliated with Amazon Service LLC Associates Program. This does not under any circumstances affect the unbiasedness of the reviews or ratings provided by Living Kismet. Commissions are the same for all items and items are included based on performance only.
Amazon and its third-party ad network, can also utilize other technologies, including cookies, JavaScript and Web Beacons, to measure the effectiveness of ads and to personalize ads. Amazon and its third-party network does not obey to the privacy policy of Living Kismet. See the privacy policy of Amazon and its third party ad network for information regarding their privacy, including any information on how to opt-out of their practices.
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.
Newsletters
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, 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.
Sensitive Information Sharing
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 Privacy
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 us immediately here and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records..
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us here.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You may opt-out, access, or amend your personal information by contacting us here.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
