Who we are
Carlotaswebblog (“we,” “us,” “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it.
This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to information we collect when you visit our website https://carlotaswebblog.com (the “Website”), as well as to information collected via our social media and to other information we may collect when you use our services. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what Personal Information we may collect and how it may be used.
“Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household. Personal Information does not include publicly available information that is made available from federal, state, or local government records.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
1. Information You Provide Us
When you visit our Website, you may be required or permitted to share information with us or our service providers through various methods, including but not limited to:
When You Use Our Website: Our Website offers certain features that may ask you to provide Personal Information including but not limited to your name, email address, and phone number. For example, if you request one of our free resources, you will be asked to provide your name and email address. You may also submit Personal Information by leaving a comment on a blogpost or submitting a contact form.
Email Newsletters: If you choose to provide us your email address, we may send you email communications from time to time to share updates about our resources, events, courses, and other details that may interest you. You can opt-out of receiving email communications from us by following the instructions and unsubscribe links contained in any communication we send to you.
Surveys and Contests: From time-to-time, we offer promotions, giveaways, contests, surveys and the like on our Website. Your participation in these activities is completely voluntary. If you decide to participate, however, you may be required to provide Personal Information, such as your name, email address, and physical address.
The information we collect in connection with these activities will be used to notify winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
Social Media: You may provide Personal Information to us through the use of our social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter). Please remember that any information you post will become publicly available. [You may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile. If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile, we will receive your name, email address, and profile picture associated with your account. The Website utilizes the WordPress commenting system, so if you choose to comment on a Website post, your profile picture will appear. We may use your Personal Information to locate you via social media for marketing purposes.
Use of Other Services: Our Website offers certain services, such as enrolling in courses and making online purchases, which may require you to share Personal Information, including but not limited to your name, email address, and credit card information. We may use third-party service providers to offer these services to you. Each third-party service provider’s use of your Personal Information is dictated by its respective privacy policy. We encourage you to review those privacy policies. For more information about our third-party service providers, please see the below section “Third-Party Use of Personal Information.”
2. Automatically Collected Information
We may automatically collect certain activity and usage information about when you use our Website, such as your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, operating system type, browser type, referring URL, pages you view, and links you click on our Website, the dates/times when you access the Website, and other activity data. We collect this information in order to improve our Website and help us remember you and your preferences when you revisit the Website. We may use several technologies to help collect this information as discussed below in “Cookies and Related Technologies.”
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 anonymized 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
Carlotaswebblog collects information only when you fill out an information request form or when you contact us by email.
Carlotaswebblog will never use your personal information for purposes other than those described in this privacy policy without first obtaining your consent.
However, Carlotaswebblog reserves the right to disclose information concerning users of its site in the following situations: to comply with a law or regulation, to ensure its defence in the event of a legal proceeding or to protect its rights or those of its site users.
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. If 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.
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, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
In addition to the purposes for collecting your Personal Information described above, we may use the information we collect to comply with laws and for our legitimate business interests. Our purposes for collecting and using this information include:
- To operate, maintain, and improve the Website and your experience with it;
- As described to you when collecting your Personal Information;
- To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;
- For our everyday business purposes, such as to respond to your comments or inquiries, process your transactions relating to the services we provide you, manage records, send you administrative communications, and administer and provide services to you;
- For our marketing purposes, including to improve and customize our Website for you and to understand how our Website is used;
- To provide, support, personalize, and develop our Website and services;
- Complying with legal, ethical, or regulatory obligations, including disclosures designed to eliminate potential risks to you or others;
- Detecting, preventing, investigating, or providing notice of fraud, unlawful or criminal activity; or responding law enforcement requests; and
- Enforcing our Terms of Use and other agreements.
How long we retain your 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 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.
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 are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
From time to time, we may track visits to the pages, links on our websites, and create and use other forms of anonymous information (aggregate or deidentified information that does not identify you as an individual). 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.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. 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.
Carlotaswebblog 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, the Website 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 Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis 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 the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
Additional information
LINKS
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects Personal Information.
INFORMATION PROTECTION
This site has reasonable security measures in place to help protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information under our control. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
We do not knowingly collect any Personal Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that the Website has received the Personal Information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us as described at the end of this Privacy Policy.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us at info@carlotaswebblog.com or questions related to this Privacy Policy.