Privacy Policy for Jen Ryland LLC
Updated on October 24, 2023
Your privacy is important to me. Here’s some information on what info I collect and why.
This Privacy Policy for Jen Ryland LLC describes how and why we might collect, store, use and otherwise process your information when you visit this website. By accessing this site, you accept our Privacy Policy and consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your information as described below.
What information do we collect?
Personal Information provided by you
This site collects and saves the name and email address you provide if you choose to leave a comment. That information is not used for any other purpose and never shared with anyone.
If, for any reason, you want a comment you made on this site to be edited or deleted, I’d be happy to do so. (For instance, if you put your last name by mistake and want it edited out.) Just contact me by emailing jen@jenryland.com.
Also please be aware that if you leave a comment on ANY WordPress blog, your IP address is recorded along with the comment. But there are ways to block websites from doing this, such as a VPN. I hope that WordPress will soon allow a way for site owners to opt out of this and when they do, I will do so.
Non-identifying Information that is automatically collected when you visit the site
Some information is automatically collected when you use the site. This information does not reveal your identity but may include device information such as your IP address, browser, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, country, information about how and when you use our site, and other technical information. This information is used for internal analytics and reporting purposes, so that we are able to provide content that is relevant to the widest variety of readers.
The above automatically collected information may be shared by those who provide services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information. These third parties may include ad networks, website hosting providers, and affiliate marketing programs.
Cookies
Cookies: like all blogs that allow you to log in, this site uses cookies.
Cookies are sent to a user’s browser and enable us to collect non-personal information about that user. Some cookies remain on your browser until you delete them, while other expire when you close the browser. You can delete cookies from your browser or set your browser to reject cookies.
The benefit of cookies to you is that blogs remember your information so you don’t have to type it in each time. You can find out more about how WordPress blogs use cookies here.
How we use personal information
Except as stated in this policy, we do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share your personal information with third parties without your consent. If you share information with us, such as your email address so that we may send you newsletters, we do not share that personal information with any other party except our ESP (email service provider).
Use of non-personal information
We use the non-personal information we collect to improve our services and customize the user experience. We aggregate this information to track trends and analyze use patterns on the site. This Privacy Policy does not limit our use or disclosure of non-personal information and we reserve the right to use and disclose non-personal information with our partners, advertisers, and other third parties at our discretion.
Your rights regarding the use of your personal information.
If you have provided personal information by leaving a comment on this site and would like that comment and the corresponding personal information removed and permanently deleted, we are happy to do so. Please contact Jen Ryland LLC at jen@jenryland.com.
Email subscriptions:
If you have requested to be on my email list and receive email from me, please be aware that I use MailerLite to send those emails. Their privacy policy is here. They require that I adhere to best practices for email marketing and you can unsubscribe at any time. Again, if you have any questions or issues, please email me!
Giveaway entries:
My full giveaway policy is here.
Personal information collected by Jen Ryland LLC from giveaway winners is used only for communication and shipping purposes and will never be sold, exchanged, transferred or given to any other person, company or entity for their use without your knowledge or consent. If a publisher is handling the mailing of a prize, I will always ask your premising before passing your information on to them.
Privacy for children
This website is not intended for children. As per the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998, I am prohibited from collecting personal info from children in the US age 12 and under. I am prohibited from collecting personal info from EU citizens age 15 and under. If you are a child or a parent of a child who believes this site has collected the information of a child, please contact me.
Information Collected by Other Products and Services
Like most bloggers, I use the products and services below as part of my blog. If I could find an opt-out and/or privacy policy for these services, I have linked to it below.
Some of these products and services collect personal information supplied by you. Others collect information through cookies. Please remember to regularly check your privacy settings on your browser and ALL social media accounts!
Mediavine – please see below:
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.
If you have any questions about this policy, please feel free to contact me at any time at jen@jenryland.com.