LAST UPDATED 10/01/2020
Thank you for choosing to be part of my community! I am committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or my practices with regards to your personal information, please contact me at amylynnbuttchin@gmail.com.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless otherwise noted, all references to Amy Lynn Sattler include amylynnbuttchin.com (the “Website“). The Amy Lynn Sattler website is a Blog site. By using the Amy Lynn Sattler website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
I collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to me when you express an interest in obtaining information about me or my products and services, when you participate in activities on the Website (such as by posting comments on my public blog posts, subscribing to my newsletter or entering competitions, contests or giveaways) or otherwise when you contact me.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Website, I collect the data shown in the comments form (name and email address) and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable or personally sensitive data through the Website’s public comment boards, this information may be collected and used by others.
The Amy Lynn Sattler website does not make use of profile pictures with your comments.
Media
If you upload images to the Amy Lynn Sattler 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 the Website 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.
Use of your Information
I use the information I collect or receive via the Amy Lynn Sattler website:
- To protect my Services. I may use your information as part of my efforts to keep the Website safe and secure (for example, for fraud monitoring and prevention).
- To send you marketing and promotional communications. I and/or my third-party marketing partners may use the personal information you send to me for my marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. For example, when expressing an interest in obtaining information about me or the Website, subscribing to marketing or otherwise contacting me, I will collect personal information from you. You can opt-out of my marketing emails at any time.
- Deliver targeted advertising to you. I may use your information to develop and display personalized content and advertising (and work with third parties who do so) tailored to your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
- For other business purposes. I may use your information for other business purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of my promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve the Website, products, marketing and your experience. I may use and store this information in aggregated and anonymized form so that it is not associated with individual end users and does not include personal information. I will not use identifiable personal information without your consent.
Sharing your Information with Third Parties
I may need to process or share your personal information based on the following:
- Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
- Consent: I may process your data if you have given me specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
- Vendors, Consultants and Other Third-Party Service Providers. I may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for me or on my behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service and marketing efforts. I may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on the Website, which will enable them to collect data on my behalf about how you interact with the Website over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, pages or features, and better understand online activity. Unless described in this notice, I do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.
- Third-Party Advertisers. I may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit or use the Website. These companies may use information about your visits to the Website and other websites that are contained in web cookies and other tracking technologies in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
- Legal Obligations: I may disclose your information where I am legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
- Vital Interests: I may disclose your information where I believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of my policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which I am involved.
Who do I Share your Information with?
I share and disclose your information with the following third parties. I have categorized each party so that you may easily understand the purpose of my data collection and processing practices. If I have processed your data based on your consent and you wish to revoke your consent, please contact me at amylynnbuttchin@gmail.com.
- Advertising, Direct Marketing, and Lead Generation
Google AdSense
- Affiliate Marketing Programs
Amazon Affiliation
- Communicate and Chat with Users
MailChimp
- Content Optimization
Google Fonts, Instagram embed and YouTube video embed
- Web and Mobile Analytics
Google Analytics
Tracking
I may keep track of the pages and websites my visitors visit within the Amy Lynn Sattler website in order to determine which of my services is the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within the Website to visitors whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.
Automatically Collected Information
This information can include: your IP Address, browser type, access times and referring website addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Website.
Use of Cookies
The Amy Lynn Sattler website may use cookies to help you personalize your online experience.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Amy Lynn Sattler services or websites you visit.
Links
The Amy Lynn Sattler website contains links and advertisements to other websites. Please be aware that I am not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other websites. I encourage my visitors to be aware when they leave my website and to read the privacy statements of any other website that collects personally identifiable information.
Security of your Personal Information
The Amy Lynn Sattler website has implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information processed. However, despite my safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so I cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat my security, and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although I will do my best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from the Website is at your own risk. You should only access the Website within a secure environment.
Children Under Thirteen
I do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of thirteen. If you are under the age of thirteen, you must ask your parent or guardian for permission to use the Amy Lynn Sattler website.
How Long I Retain your Information
If you leave a comment on the Website, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so I can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
What Rights you have Over your Information
If you have left comments or signed up for my newsletter, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data I hold about you, including any data you have provided to me. You can also request that I erase any personal data I hold about you. This does not include any data I am obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information please contact me at amylynnbuttchin@gmail.com.
Changes to this Notice
I may update this privacy notice from time to time to stay compliant with relevant laws. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If I make material changes to this privacy notice, I may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. I encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how I am protecting your information.
Contact
If you have questions or comments about this notice, please email me at amylynnbuttchin@gmail.com.