The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to identify the types of data PrettiSymple.com collects and how it may be used. We respect your privacy and take appropriate safeguards to protect it. This statement applies only to this website.
We will never sell, trade, or distribute your personal information without your consent, except when required by law. This does not include third parties that assist in operating this site; in this instance, your information is kept confidential.
What information is collected?
Voluntarily submitted data
Personal information such as your name or email address may be collected when you submit a contact form, sign up for a newsletter, or leave a comment. This is also true when you create a user profile. Your username is stored, but your password is not visible in our records. 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 you do not have to fill in your details when you leave another comment.
Information collected from others
We may collect your information from other sources if you link your Google, Instagram, or Facebook account to your profile. We could receive your name, email, and profile picture associated with the linked account.
Cookies
This website uses cookies to customize your experience while you navigate through the website. Session cookies expire when you close the browser, while persistent cookies stay until deleted. Third-party cookies help us analyze and understand how you use this website. You may opt out of these cookies but that may affect your browsing experience.
How the information is used
Some of the ways your data is used may include:
- To operate, maintain, and improve this website;
- To create, personalize, and maintain your account on the site;
- To respond to your comments and inquiries,
- To provide user support and improve customer service,
- To provide promotional information, which you may opt out of at any time;
- To protect, investigate, and deter illegal or unauthorized activity;
- To track and measure advertising on this site,
- To aid in spam detection.
Third-party usage
PrettiSymple.com may share your information with third parties when explicitly authorized by you. We use third-party service providers, each with their own privacy policies that govern how they use your information. We may use the following providers to improve our service to you:
Google Analytics and Google Adsense track site usage. May capture your IP address. For more information, please read “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps” at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
Constant Contact or Mail Chimp ~ to deliver email newsletters and updates. requires a name and email address.
This list may be amended as needed at the sole discretion of the site administrator.
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 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.
Ads & Affiliate Programs
We may use third-party advertising companies to provide content and advertisements on the site. Typically, cookies are used to personalize the types of ads you see.
PrettiSymple.com actively engages in affiliate marketing through embedded links on the website. These affiliate links use cookies to track sales for commission purposes, at no additional cost to you. We only share products we believe in, whether they have an affiliate program or not. We only endorse products we know and love!
Publicly Visible Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on our website, 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). If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, Google account, or similar account type, other users may see your username, avatar, website information, or profile description.