This page contains Good Vibes Spreader Privacy Policy.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.goodvibesspreader.com (Good Vibes Spreader).
We are based in the UK, and follow the GDPR laws related to collecting, storing, and analysing personal data.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the 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.
Contact forms
Good Vibes Spreader uses Mailchimp to provide you with newsletter. Please refer to Mailchimp’s Privacy Policy for full details of how they manage the data provided through the contact form on Good Vibes Spreader.
In a nutshell, Mailchimp collects information that comprises your email address (so that the newsletter can be sent to you), and also data on whether an email has been opened, and if any links have been clicked on. Mailchimp also collects data on IP address, browser type and other similar technical data.
We also have a Contact Form in place, which you can access via Contact Us page. This form has fields for your name and email address, and the message that you wish to send to us. These are the details that will be collected to process your message.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Should you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Here are the types of cookies that are used on Good Vibes Spreader.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These are cookies that are necessary for the website to work. You can opt out or switch them off, but then some parts of the site you’re viewing may not work.
The necessary cookies help with e.g. navigation on the page or access to secure areas of the page.
Functionality and Performance Cookies
These cookies relate to various preferences, such as the language you view websites in, the place in the world you are in. You can manage these preferences in your browser’s settings.
Statistics Cookies
Just like many other sites, Good Vibes Spreader is keen to know how its users and readers use the website.
We use Google Analytics to collect various data on the usage of this website. All of these cookies are aggregated, which means the data is anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you accessed our website, which part of the world you were in, and what form of a device you used. Without these cookies, some parts of the website may not function properly.
Marketing Cookies
We use marketing cookies to provide a more tailored experience to our users.
These refer to the advertisements that pop up at the top of the pages, as well as the use of Pinterest, Instagram, Facebook, and Bloglovin.
We also use affiliation schemes to offer you some additional services. You will see these adverts on the right hand side of the pages. Clicking on these adverts will send data to the advertiser, such as which website you clicked it from, your location (IP), and if you’ve made a purchase.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site 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. This may include tracking your interaction with the embedded content, if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to learn more about users who view and use Good Vibes Spreader website. The data collected for Google Analytics is aggregated, which means it is anonymous.
Google Analytics use data to find out more about users interactions. They use first party cookies to do that.
Google Analytics also collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to provide and protect the security of the service, and to give website owners a sense of which country, state, or city in the world their users come from (also known as “IP geolocation”).
For more information, please visit Google Analytics’ site on Safeguarding data.
Who we share your data with
Please be assured that we at Good Vibes Spreader do not sell, rent or lease your data to anyone.
The data you provide by accessing Good Vibes Spreader, or by singing up to our newsletter via Mailchimp, or by following the site using one of the methods (WordPress, Instagram, Bloglovin, Pinterest) is shared with the relevant vendors.
We also share the data with persons or entities with whom you consent to have your Personal Data shared.
Additionally, we share the data with third parties in order to prevent damage to our property (tangible and intangible), and for safety reasons.
Additionally, the data is shared with third parties as we believe necessary or appropriate, in any manner permitted under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence. This is done to: comply with legal process; and to respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and government authorities outside your country of residence. We do this also to protect our operations; protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or others.
Doing all of the above actions allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Google Analytics data is retained for 26 months. Contact forms and comments cookies are held for one year. We will retain your Personal Data for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless the law requires a longer retention period.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we have to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
When you sign up to our newsletter via Mailchimp, you have the option to unsubscribe from it, and to request your details are thus removed.
Most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of Interest Based Advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://www.youronlinechoices.com.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
And third parties have access to your data as noted in this Good Vibes Spreader privacy policy.
Your contact information
Your contact information, should you have shared it with us, is stored securely and protected with the help of SSL certificate. That’s why you see a small lock by the URL of Good Vibes Spreader.
Additional information
How we protect your data
We use reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards to protect personal data. We do this to protect it from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, taking into account the nature of the Personal Data and risks involved in processing that information.
An anti-virus protects the computer we use to manage the website. Additionally, we use an anti-spam software to manage malicious entries, and keep all the plugins we use up to date.
You should see a small lock by the URL of Good Vibes Spreader, which indicates we use SSL to protect the site and its users.
What data breach procedures we have in place
We use Jetpack and WordFence, reputable and reliable tools, which alert us to any anomalies, changes to files, or threats that may potentially affect any webpage. This gives us the possibility to keep on top of any threats or updates that we need to act on.
What third parties we receive data from
We don’t receive any data from third parties.
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
We don’t use any automated decision making and/or profiling with the user data that has been collected in ways described above
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Good Vibes Spreader may change this Privacy Policy at any time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy is indicated by the “Last Updated” date at the top of the Privacy Policy. All changes are effective immediately upon posting. Please review this Privacy Policy frequently to stay updated on changes that may affect you. If you continue using this website, you show that you agree with this Privacy Policy.