www.dottingthemap.com the website takes privacy and your data very seriously. We are governed by the following privacy policy and take honest measures to make sure any information is secure.
Our visitor’s privacy is very important to us and we have committed to protecting and respecting it.
We have created this privacy policy with the intent to inform you of what information we collect as well as how it will be used. This is only applicable to our website.
What information is collected when you visit www.dottingthemap.com and how it will be used:
- Voluntarily submitted information:
- If you leave a comment, or sign up for our newsletter, or apply to a giveaway, ask a question from the contact form, we may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address
- Information Collected from Third-Parties: We It is possible that at times we may receive information about you from other sources. This is likely if you use a third-party software through the site, they may transfer information to us for fulfillment.
- Automatically-Collected Information: There are certain instances where we would automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. This is common when you use use the Website, we will track your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed www.dottingthemap.com. This will also track and collect certain actions you take on our website including the links you click.
- Cookies: We track information about your time on our website using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by www.dottingthemap.com. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website;
- To provide you with user support;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
- To track and measure advertising on the Website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
This is not typical but we may share your information with third parties only when we have been authorized to do so.
Also, www.dottingthemap.com may continually use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is in accordance to their own respective privacy policies. www.dottingthemap.com currently uses the following third-party service providers:
- Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
- Mailchimp – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications.
- Facebook – we use a Facebook pixel to help us better understand our audience and to provide you with additional information or services that may be of interest to you at a later date. In addition, this service could be used for targeted marketing on Facebook or across Facebook ad network partners.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time by our sole discretion as we grow.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected from www.dottingthemap.com to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
If you create a user profile on the Website or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible.
COOKIES
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads
We often use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit www.dottingthemap.com, which may use cookies. No personal information is collected by these third party ads or shared.
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, www.dottingthemap.com may engage in retargeting efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market www.dottingthemap.com. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to www.dottingthemap.com.
Sponsored Content Tracking Pixels
This Website may engage in sponsored campaigns with various influencer networks, brands, and agencies. All sponsored content is duly disclosed in accordance with the FTC’s requirements. From time to time, these sponsored campaigns utilize tracking pixels (aka web beacons), which may contain cookies to collect data regarding usage and audience. This information is collected by the sponsoring company to track the results of the campaign. No personally identifiable information collected by www.dottingthemap.com is used in conjunction with these tracking pixels.
Affiliate Program Participation
The One of our primary forms of income is by the use of affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding specific tracking links into www.dottingthemap.com that we believe will be of interest to our readers. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions that way they know who to pay for sales.
www.dottingthemap.com 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 links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, we will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
Newsletters
On the www.dottingthemap.com website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for occasional advertising purposes. All newsletters sent can contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows tracking of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows www.dottingthemap.com to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties without consent.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out– If you choose to opt-out of future email communications you can do so by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at editor@dottingthemap.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access– You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to editor@dottingthemap.com.
Amend– You may contact us at editor@dottingthemap.com to amend or update your personal information.
Forget– In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to editor@dottingthemap.com.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Please do not submit sensitive personal information to www.dottingthemap.com. We do not collect data about social security numbers, race, religions or any preferences. If you do elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
www.dottingthemap.com does not intentionally collect any personal or identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that www.dottingthemap.com has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us directly at editor@dottingthemap.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us at editor@dottingthemap.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
