As the owner of this website (the “Site”), Howtommo.com, we understand that your privacy is extremely important. This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect from you through the Site and how we use and disclose that information.
Please read this privacy policy carefully. By accessing and using the Site, you agree that your use of our Site, and any dispute over privacy, is governed by this Privacy Policy. Because the Web is an evolving medium, we may need to change our Privacy Policy at some point in the future, in which case we will post the changes to this Privacy Policy on this website and update the Effective Date of the policy to reflect the date of the changes. By continuing to use the Site after we post any such changes, you accept the revised Privacy Policy.
OUR USE OF COOKIES
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent to a web browser by a web server and stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by the web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies the user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
We use cookies for the following purposes:
(1) Status – we use cookies to help us determine whether you are logged in to comment on our website;
(2) Personalization – we use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalize the website for you;
(3) Advertising – we use cookies to help us display advertisements that are relevant to you; and
(4) Analytics – we use cookies to help us analyze the use and performance of our website and services;
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary between browsers and between versions. However, you can get up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via the following links:
(a) https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);
(b) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);
(c) http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);
(d) https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies (Internet Explorer);
(e) https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); and
(f) https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge).
Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functionality of many websites, including our Site. Some features of the Site may cease to be available to you.
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and certain cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically collected information as “Device Information.”
In addition, when you sign up for our Newsletter, or fill out our Contact form, we collect certain information from you, including your name and email address. We refer to this information as “Contact Information.” When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking about both Device Information and Contact Information.
HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We use the Contact Information we collect to send you our Newsletter or other Howtommo.com communications about our website and to subscribe to your newsletter.
We use the Device Information we collect to help us improve and optimize our Website and Newsletter (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Website and Newsletter and to evaluate the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).
We use Device Information to provide you with targeted advertisements that we believe may be of interest to you.
SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We share your personal information with third parties to help us use your personal information. For example:
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics collects information about website usage using cookies. The information collected in relation to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://convertkit.com/privacy/
