This privacy policy explains how Vicki Walsh (owner of Passionate Baker) and this website (passionatebaker.com) uses and protects any information that you give while using passionatebaker.com
If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at passionatebaker.blog@gmail.com.
The privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy outlines the type of personal information that is received and collected by Passionate Baker and how it is used and shared.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?
Passionate Baker collects as little information as possible from users looking to post comments. We will collect a name, personal website, and e-mail address. This information is used solely for the purposes of updating users on approval and responses to the comments they leave.
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain Passionate Baker;
- To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize Passionate Baker for your account;
- 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.
COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS
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 Passionate Baker.
We use cookies on the website to track visitor behavior. 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.
If you would like to find out more about cookies you can visit http://www.aboutcookies.org.
Types of Cookies Used:
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.
Retargeting Ads –From time to time, Passionate Baker 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.
Google Analytics – We use Google Analytics to understand how the website is being used in order to improve the user experience. User data is anonymous and IP addresses are automatically made anonymous by google analytics as it is implemented on Passionate Baker.
Google Remarketing — Google uses these cookies to show relevant adverts to users who have previously visited our website, as they browse other websites. You can opt-out from Google’s remarketing program, by changing your Google Ad Settings.
Facebook – Cookies and pixels are used to understand and deliver ads and make them more relevant to you. We may also use a cookie to learn whether someone who saw an ad on Facebook later visited our website.
Affiliate Marketing – Passionate Baker 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.
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. At the bottom of every newsletter will be an easy way to opt-out.
WITH WHOM INFORMATION IS SHARED
None of your contact information (name, email address, website) will be shared with third parties. Passionate Baker may use your e-mail address in the future to contact you regarding the site if you have opted in to received communication however, an opt-out will always be provided. Your name and website may be displayed on the site if you post a comment on a blog post.
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 passionatebaker.blog@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 passionatebaker.blog@gmail.com.
Amend – You may contact us at passionatebaker.blog@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 passionatebaker.blog@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. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us at passionatebaker.blog@gmail.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
**privacy policy last updated May 22, 2020