Effective as of June 15, 2019

This Privacy Policy is reviewed and revised from time to time. You will want to revisit it regularly. Your use of this site, in any and all forms, constitutes an acceptance of this Privacy Policy.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://astheyearssipby.com

The privacy of visitors to As The Years Sip By is extremely important to us!

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

The personal data we collect is only information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you (for example, subscribing to our email list with your name, email address and website info). We will never use your information other than to respond to you regarding the reason you contacted us. At any time you may unsubscribe or opt out of any future contact from us via email at https://astheyearssipby.com/contact-2/

Who we share your data with

We will never sell or rent your personal information to anyone. Additionally, our blog does not share personal information nor do we store information about your visit to this blog other than to optimize your experience through the use of cookies.

Cookies

We use cookies on our site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. Cookies enable us to enhance and customize the user’s experience on our site.

Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiration date, unless deleted by the user before the expiration date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Usage of a cookie is ink no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.

You can manage cookies in your specific browsers preference settings. Information about blocking and deleting cookies is available via these links:

We may use third party advertisements on our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site which will also send these advertisers information including your IP address, your ISP, and the browser you used to visit our site. We have no access to or control over these cookies. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing Los Angeles real estate ads to to someone in Los Angeles, for example) or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads to someone who frequents cooking sites).

By using this site you consent to the use of such cookies and the sharing of data captured by such cookies with Google and other third parties.  You can view, delete or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com. 

Additionally, you can choose to opt out of third-party cookies. You can get more information at https://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.

Disabling cookies can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Googles privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Log Files

Like most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include you OP (internet protocol) address, ISP (internet service provider), the browser you used to visit our site (for example, Safari), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.

Links to other sites

This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

We are not responsible for the republishing of the content found on this blog on other websites or media without permission.

Disclosure/Affiliate

This blogs content may occasionally be used to promote products, services or other businesses. This content may provide a source of income for me. This blog participates in affiliate programs meaning we have chosen to be compensated through referral links. When you click through my referral link and make a purchase for a product or service based on my recommendation I will get a commission. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL COST TO YOU and I thank you very much for you supporting my blog!! I will always only promote items that I have used, have or would purchase, and truly believe will be beneficial to my readers and that I believe to be of the highest value. If a product is provided to me in exchange for a review, my review will always be honest and objective. My number one priority is my relationship with you and the trust between us and I would never do anything to jeopardize that.

We are part of the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. You can read more about Amazon Affiliates and their Operating Agreement here https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/help/operating/agreement.

Views expressed disclaimer

The views and opinions expressed on this website belong solely to the original authors and other contributors. These views and opinions do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of this blog.

No responsibility disclaimer

This site will not be held liable for damages arising from:

  • Any false, inaccurate or incomplete information on this blog
  • Damages arising from technical issues or the blog being temporarily unavailable
  • Damages arising from clicking on or relying on third-party links
  • General damages that may arise from using this blog

*Any and all access or use of our site and any site linked to our site (third-party website), is at the risk of the user and we are not liable in any manner whatsoever for any direct, indirect, or consequential damages arising out of the access, use or inability to use this site or any third-party website. You use all information at your own risk.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Contact information

For privacy-specific concerns please email kimberly@astheyearssipby.com