Disclosure - Collecting Adventures

COMMENT POLICY

Comments are always welcome on Collecting Adventures. We prefer to keep this a drama free zone. Just keep in mind that we are here to build each other up and encourage each other. So while suggestions and constructive criticism are welcome, please think about your comments and make sure it is something you yourself would like to hear/read.

We will edit or remove any comments that we deem inappropriate, offensive in anyway, or a distraction from the purpose of this site. Any individual who repeatedly violates the comment policy will have all future comments permanently blocked.

This comment policy is subject to change without notice.

AFFILIATE/SPONSORSHIP DISCLOSURE POLICY

Some of the links and banners on our website are affiliate links. This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, we will receive an affiliate commission. Regardless, we will only recommend products or services that we ourselves use and that we think will add value to you (our readers).

Collecting Adventures may accept forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

The compensation or sponsorship received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made on our website. That content, advertising space or post may not always be identified as paid or sponsored content.

We may be compensated to provide opinions on products, services, websites and various other topics. However, even though we may receive compensation, WE WILL ALWAYS give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. WE DO NOT compromise on our integrity.

The views and opinions expressed on Collecting Adventures are purely the authors unless otherwise noted. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

Our website does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.

AMAZON AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE POLICY

The Rambling Ramnaths (which is the owner of Collecting Adventures) 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

Amazon offers a small commission on products sold through their affiliates link. Each of your purchase through our Amazon Affiliate links support our cause at no additional cost to you.

Copyright POLICY

We do not allow republished content from this blog on other blogs or websites without our permission. We would however, allow for our content to be used as long as it is linked back to our site or ‘Collecting Adventures’ is given credit in the content.

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.

What personal information do we collect from the people that visit our blog?

When registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address or other details to help you with your experience.

When do we collect information?

We collect information from you when you subscribe to a newsletter, fill out a form or enter information on our site.

How do we use your information?

We may use the information we collect from you when you register, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

• To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.

• To send periodic emails regarding other products and services.

How do we protect your information?

We only provide articles and information. We never ask for credit card numbers.

We use regular Malware Scanning.

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

We implement a variety of security measures when a user enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.

All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.

Do we use ‘cookies’?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

We use cookies to:

• Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.

• Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

If you turn cookies off, It won’t affect the user’s experience .

Third-party disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information.

Third-party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

California Online Privacy Protection Act

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. – See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

Users can visit our site anonymously.

Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.

Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.

You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes:

• On our Privacy Policy Page

Can change your personal information:

• By emailing us

How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?

We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?

It’s also important to note that we do not allow third-party behavioral tracking.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.

Fair Information Practices

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

We will notify you via email

• Within 7 business days

We will notify the users via in-site notification

• Within 7 business days

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to:

• Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions

• Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.

To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:

• Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.

• Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.

• Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.

• Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.

• Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.

• Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.

This will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. Learn more about Mailchimp’s privacy practices here

Recap

We do not intentionally target people in the EU as readers of our blog, email list subscribers, or as affiliate customers. However, we are still taking the following steps to protect the privacy of all of our reader and customers. We will continue to do our absolute best to always consider the privacy of our valued readers and customers. We want you to know that we have Google Analytics installed. You can read more about it on their site to learn about what they collect. We offer mailing list options too. When you provide your name and email address to us for our email newsletter, we will add you to our list and you will occasionally be sent an email from us. You can opt out at any time by using the unsubscribe link on all of our emails. We have and never will sell our email list.

Occasionally we work with companies that have sponsored posts and content on our site. These companies may have their own tracking code that we add to each sponsored post. We also have affiliate links on our site. These links allow tracking of clicks on certain links and if you purchase something using these links we earn a commission at no cost to you.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the email below.

hello@collectingadventures.com

Last Edited on 11-23-2018