Living.Pretty.Happy focuses on helping & encouraging you to live life happier, so, we absolutely don’t want to do anything that will make you unhappy! We thoroughly respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it as we would our own. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform personally identifiable information which may be collected and how it may be used.
Living.Pretty.Happy found at http://livingprettyhappy.com (“Website”) is governed by the following policy (“Privacy Policy”). This statement only applies to this Website.
This website is hosted by Lyrical Host
WHAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED AND HOW IS IT USED?
Information you voluntarily submit to the Website.
We may collect personal information such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment or submitting a contact form.
When you leave a comment, WordPress stores your gravatar name, IP Address, comment, and email address. Therefore, leaving a comment is considered a clear affirmative, specific, and unambiguous action as defined by the GDPR giving us consent to store this information, and permission to contact you in the future by email.
For further information on how WordPress stores and uses your data please read their Privacy Notice for Visitors to Users’ WordPress sites
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HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, notices, updates on policies or security alerts
- To respond to your comments or enquiries
- To provide you with user support
- To protect, investigate and deter against unauthorised or illegal activity
In a nutshell, this website saves information about a person who follows or comments on this website in order to provide this service to them and email them updates about this website
If you are not happy with any aspect of how the data is collected and used, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues. However, we would be really grateful if you would contact us first via the contact page if you do have a complaint so that we can try to resolve it for you.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent.
However, if you sign-up to our newsletter the information you provide will be shared with our processing partners Mailchimp, based in Georgia, USA. You can access MailChimp’s privacy policy here
Again, as this website is hosted by Lyrical Host it is important to familiarise yourself with their privacy policy available here.
Third-party links
This website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave this website, you are encouraged to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, I may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising and other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include visitor numbers, page views and click-throughs.
PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
If you choose to follow Living.Pretty.Happy or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. Your email address will never be available publicly – unless you state it within a comment you voluntarily leave on the website. At your option, you may also add a profile description, avatar and a link to your website. Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information. Any information you voluntarily leave as a comment on this website is viewable by the general public.
COOKIES
Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics or Social Media platforms such as Facebook & Twitter.
Cookies are used to ensure normal website functions. Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website by using a corresponding internet browser setting and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies can be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in internet browsers, not all Website functions may be entirely usable.
Please refer to the Automattic Cookie Policy for further information relating to Cookies used on this site. You can also access MailChimp’s Cookie Policy here.
We use Google Analytics to measure traffic on our website. Google has their own Privacy Policy which you can review here. If you’d like to opt-out of tracking by Google Analytics, visit the Google Analytics opt-out page.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads
The Website may engage in third-party advertising efforts to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website which may use cookies, as noted above. This website currently participates in the WordAds scheme.
Affiliate Links
Please note that some posts include affiliate links. Read below to understand what this means:
What is affiliate marketing?
Affiliate marketing is a marketing arrangement, between a business and an individual(s), by which the business pays a commission to the owner of an external website for traffic or sales generated from their referrals, which include affiliate links. Affiliate refers to a person participating in this form of marketing, who share such links.
What is an affiliate link?
An affiliate link is a custom URL that contains the affiliate’s ID or username. In affiliate programs, advertisers use affiliate links to record the traffic that is sent to the advertiser’s website. This action is all part of an affiliate program. If a purchase has been made through the affiliate link, then the affiliate stands to earn a commission for it.
Notice of affiliate participation
This blog is a participant in the following affiliate programs: Trunki & Cheap Flights Global (via webgains.com) The Body Shop, Mindful Chef, John Lewis & Partners, Bloom & Wild Flowers UK, Gousto, Friction Free Shaving, Marks & Spencers, The Book Depository, Lookfantastic UK, By Sarah London, Not on the Highstreet & Lastminute.com, LSW Mindcards, Hersey & Son (via Awin.com), L’Occitane & Feel Unique UK (via https://rakutenmarketing.com/en-uk/channels/affiliate/) Scentered (via affiliatefuture.co.uk) & OYL’E via (https://www.oylelondon.com/). Amazon via (https://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk/) All affiliate advertising programs are designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to the company websites.
Please note – only the website you buy from sees your personal information relating to the sale – Living.Pretty.Happy doesn’t have access to this information.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Subscribers are able to unfollow at any time – the link for this is included in the footer of the follow emails you receive.
At any time you can contact us via the contact page on the website in order to:
Opt-out – opt-out of future email communications
Access – access the personal information we have about you
Amend – amend or update your personal information
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes or when required by law.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. If you select to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us via the contact page with any questions related to this Privacy Policy.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may amend this policy in future without necessarily notifying our subscribers. If you are concerned about any future changes, please check this page from time to time.
This page was last updated on 29th July 2020
