SocMedSean.com Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 06/02/2020
I Respect Your Privacy
Your privacy is important to me. To help you understand that, I’m providing this notice explaining my data collection and usage practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available in the footer of every page on my site at https://www.socmedsean.com.
Information Collected
This notice applies to all information collected or submitted on my site. You should note that some of our third party service providers (including the third party service providers listed below) collect data from you when you order our products, submit payment information, and make other requests. This information may include:
- Names
- E-mail address
This information is collected and stored by our third party service provider’s through one or more links to or plugins contained on our Website, as well as through their own websites and web applications.
Information Stored
In order to engage with you and provide access to my content, we partner with a variety of third-party service providers who may collect the information noted above, as well as additional information. These partners include:
Mailchimp Email Marketing
We partner with Mailchimp to provide RSS feed signup and email notification of new posts. All of our email communication have an unsubscribe link if you choose to opt-out.
Onesignal Browser Notifications
We partner with OneSignal to send browser notifications of new content to those who choose to allow them. To opt-out of these communications, simply choose not to accept them when asked by your browser. If you wish to usubscribe from the notifications, consult the settings page for your specific browser to disable the browser notifications for this site.
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 Mediavine Partners.
Your Use of This Site
Using this Web site, you signify your agreement to the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy and our third party service providers’ use of your data. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not disclose any personally identifiable information though this Web site. This policy may be modified from time to time, and changes will be communicated promptly on this page. Please contact me for more information on this policy.
How I Use Information
I’ll use your e-mail address to answer questions you send to us and to send you updates when I post new content, when you voluntarily sign up to receive updates. Your email address will not used for any other purpose and will not be shared with outside parties, unless you provide it to them separately.
You can register with my website if you would like to receive new content updates. Information you submit on my website will not be used for this purpose unless you fill out the registration form, and this information will not be used for any other purpose.
Finally, I never use or share the personally identifiable information provided to me online in ways unrelated to the ones described above without also providing you an opportunity to opt out or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses. In any event, I only keep personally identifiable information for as long as it serves the purpose the data was collected for.
You should note that by providing personally identifiable information to receive updates from the company, to ask questions, to purchase products, or to become a part of our newsletter, you are providing information through one or more internet connections that may not be secure, and are consenting to the storage of your information on one or more servers or databases that may not be maintained by me.
By using SocMedSean.com, you are also consenting to the transfer of your data to or within the United States and to third party service providers and acknowledge that you understand the risks of these transfers
You may withdraw this consent at any time by sending a request via my contact form and submitting your desire to withdraw your consent to use your data.
My Commitment to Data Security
To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, I have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information collected online. However, you should understand that, despite our efforts, no security can be guaranteed as impenetrable and that safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where I have given you or you have chosen a password for access to certain parts of the Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential.
Our Commitment to Children’s Privacy and California Privacy Rights
Protecting the privacy of the very young is especially important. For that reason, I never collect or maintain information at our website from those I actually know are under 13, and no part of our website is structured to attract anyone under 13.
California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of this Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send a request using my contact form.
How to Access, Correct, or Delete Your Information
You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect online and maintain by completing my contact form. To protect your privacy and security, I will take reasonable steps to verify your identity before granting access or making corrections. I use this procedure to better safeguard your information. You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information by sending us a request that credibly shows error. If you desire to delete any personally identifiable information stored on our servers, please use the contact form to submit that request.
Unsubscribing from Communications
You can unsubscribe from my marketing communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located on the bottom of any of my emails.
How to Contact Me
Should you have other questions or concerns about these privacy policies, please send an requests via my contact form.