At kaleforniakravings.com, the privacy of our visitors is extremely important to us. This privacy policy outlines the type of personal information that is received and collected by kaleforniakravings.com and how it 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.
Information Collected From Others
We may receive information about you from other sources. You may link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile. If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile, we will receive your name, email address and profile picture associated with that account.
Third Party Use of Personal Information
Information may be shared with third parties if you authorize us to share your information.
The Website currently uses the following third party service providers:
Google Analytics: A service used to track this website’s usage and provides information regarding statistical performance and user actions on the website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information will be captured.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
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 info (like newsletters); you have the option to opt-out
- To send you administrative communications (emails)
- To respond to your comments
- To provide you with technical support
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
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 protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
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.
Cookies
Cookies are small files that are stored in your computer when you visit some websites. Cookies are used by some websites to tailor their content and marketing to better suit your needs.
We use cookies on this website to track our user’s behavior. If you prefer to not allow the use of cookies, you can change the configuration of your browser to warn you when you receive a cookie or automatically reject them.
Rights To Your Personal Information
Opt-out: You may opt-out of future emails/subscriptions by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also reach out at caitmonson337@cox.net to be removed from the mailing list.
Access: You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to caitmonson337@cox.net.
Amend: You may contact us at caitmonson337@cox.net 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 caitmonson337@cox.net.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
Children’s Information
This 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 caitmonson337@cox.net and we will use do our best to immediately remove such information from our records.
Publicly Displayed 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. You can add a link to your website if you prefer as well.
Sensitive Information
You should never 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.
Affiliate Programs
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing which is done by embedding links into the website text. If clicked on, these links will take the user to a specific third party website and a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for the purpose of commisions.
Disclosure Policy
Kalefornia Kravings is a personal blog. I accept forms of payment through advertising, sponsorship and affiliate links. Any content on the blog that is paid or sponsored will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.
Kalefornia Kravings may be compensated to provide opinions on products, services, and other topics. Even though Kalefornia Kravings receives compensation for some posts or advertisements, I always give my honest opinions and experiences with products and services. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my 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.
Please contact caitmonson337@cox.net if you have any further questions.
