Disclosure Policy
Many of my posts contain affiliate links. If you click on an affiliate link and buy something, I may receive a very small commission. It does NOT result in additional charges to you or cost you anything extra. Mentions of associated products/services/businesses within the content of my blog may or may not be noted as an affiliate in every reference. The affiliate money I earn per month helps pay the fees to keep this site up and running. Thanks so much for your support!
Personal Views
All opinions given in my blog are my own. All DIY advice given is just my suggestion & based on personal experience. I am not qualified by trade in any form of DIY and cannot be held accountable for any advice deemed as counterfactual. I am not responsible for any damage, harm, personal injury or loss of earnings encountered when choosing to follow any advice given by me within any of my blog posts featured on katehollidayinteriors.com. If you are not satisfied with any product that I recommend via this website, please contact the product manufacturer with your complaint.
katehollidayinteriors.com takes the privacy of it’s visitors very seriously. This document outlines the types of information that is received from visitors and how it is used.
Kate Grout is the Data Controller of this website and can be contacted via Katehollidayinteriors@gmail.com. Katehollidayinteriors.com (“Website”) is governed by the following Privacy Policy.
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. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
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.
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. 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 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:
- 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. For more information please see the article ‘How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps”, (located at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/
- Convertkit – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Further information can be found in Convertkit’s privacy policy.
- WordPress.com – If you are a WordPress.com user and logged into WordPress.com when commenting on a post at this site, WordPress may track your visit to this site and keep a record of your comment as per their own cookie and privacy policy.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. 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.
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.
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.
ADVERTISING
Display
Ads
We may use third-party advertising
companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which
may use cookies. No personally identifiable information is shared with the
Website’s ad providers.
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.
Katehollidayinteriors.com is a participant in the Skimlinks Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to their individual sites. As part of this Skimlimks program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Skimlinks, to track the referrals to their respective partner websites. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales. Please see their privacy policy for more information. The website also participates in the Awin program, which operates in a similar manner.
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.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at katehollidayinteriors@gmail.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to Katehollidayinteriors@gmail.com.
Amend – You may contact us at Katehollidainteriors@gmail.com to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to Katehollidayinteriors@gmail.com.
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 or National Insurance 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 us immediately at Katehollidayinteriors@gmail.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us at Katehollidayinteriors@gmail.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
Last updated: December 8th, 2022.
