This Privacy Policy applies to users worldwide. Below is an explanation of how we collect information for discvr.blog (“Site”) and the purposes for which we use it.
This updated Privacy Policy goes into effect on August 25, 2019.
Account information
- Personal contact details: Your personal contact details (including name, home or mobile number, and email address) as requested when you subscribe to the email newsletter. This information gets stored in Mailer Lite, a third-party email service used to distribute newsletters.
Information we obtain through cookies and similar tools
- Site visitors: When someone visits discvr.blog, we use third-party services (e.g. Google Analytics) to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behavior patterns. We do this to track statistics like the number of unique visitors to parts of the site and how the visitors were referred to the site. There is no attempt to reveal your identity to Google, nor will this site make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting the site.
- Cookies: Like many sites, we use cookies from affiliates and other technologies like Facebook pixel tags to help us identify and track visitors, and usage. Cookies are small pieces of data stored locally on your hard drive.
- Payment information: This site uses Paypal to collect donations and other contributions. The standard billing information you use on Paypal is stored on Paypal’s servers.
Advertisers
- We, and our advertising partners Google Adsense, Teads, and WordPress Jetpack Ads use cookies (more details here) to collect personal information and serve you with advertisements that we believe are relevant to you and your interests. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies but you can stop accepting cookies or set up a prompt that asks you to accept a cookie from the websites you visit.
Google Adsense
- Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to discvr.blog or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users of discvr.blog based on the user’s visit to discvr.blog and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings.
Your rights
We care about your data. You have all the rights to the information collected on this site, including the personal data we collected from you and at your request will delete any personal information collected on this site. Please email discovrblog@gmail.com should you want to do so.
Affiliates
Please note that discvr.blog has partnered with some of the merchants mentioned on this blog. discvr.blog may take an affiliate fee if readers choose to use the links located on the blog which also generates sales for the said merchant. discvr.blog also monetizes the site through WordPress and Google Adsense advertisements. You are not obligated to click on any banner ad or links nor buy any products that are shown.
Per FTC guidelines, discvr.blog may be paid by companies mentioned through affiliates and advertisers. Keep in mind that this blog cannot dictate the prices and products that fluctuate on 3rd party sites nor can this website be responsible for the privacy policies and practices operated by other sites. It is highly encouraged that you read the legal information on any external website you’re hyperlinked to.
This site participates in various affiliate programs, most notably Sharesale and Amazon.
Official Amazon statement: discvr.blog participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
This means that as an Amazon Associate I (Wells Baum/Discvr.blog) earn from qualifying purchases.
Contact Me
If you have any questions or concerns about the advertisements, affiliates, or sponsorship, or ads on this blog, please reach out to me at the following email address.
Email: discovrblog@gmail.com