PRIVACY POLICY

At www.frenchbluecottage.com, your privacy is very important. This privacy policy outlines the types of personal information I may collect and how it is used.

Except when required by law, I will not sell, rent, lease, or share your email addresses or other personal information without your consent.

 

INFORMATION THAT I MIGHT COLLECT:

Like most websites, www.frenchbluecottage.com collects non-personally-identifying information that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, internet protocol (IP) addresses, internet service provider, and the date and time of each visitor request. The purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how visitors use the www.frenchbluecottage.com website.

INFORMATION YOU VOLUNTARILY SUBMIT TO WWW.FRENCHBLUECOTTAGE.COM:

I may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the website by leaving a comment, subscribing to my blog posts or newsletter, signing up to receive free materials, or submitting a contact form. In each case, The French Blue Cottage collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with The French Blue Cottage. Visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the understanding that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

 

COOKIES:

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. The French Blue Cottage uses cookies to help identify and track visitors, their usage of The French Blue Cottage website, and their website access preferences. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics.

Visitors may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies by www.frenchbluecottage.com, by using their individual browser options. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser. However, if visitors deactivate the setting of cookies, not all functions of www.frenchbluecottage.com may function properly without the aid of such cookies.

Ads appearing on www.frenchbluecottage.com may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by The French Blue Cottage and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

 

HOW I MIGHT USE YOUR INFORMATION:

To operate and maintain www.frenchbluecottage.com,

To send you blog posts and newsletters,

To respond to your comments or questions or to offer user support,

To send administrative emails, and/or

To track and measure advertising on the www.frenchbluecottage.com.

 

THIRD PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS:

Additionally, the The French Blue Cottage may use some third-party service providers. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

The French Blue Cottage currently uses the following third-party service providers:

Google Analytics – this service tracks website usage on www.frenchbluecottage.com and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured.

Thrive Leads – this service is used for the collection of your name and email address for the delivery of email blog posts and newsletters.

Mailerlite – I use MailerLite to manage my email marketing subscriber list and to send emails to my subscribers. MailerLite is a third-party provider, which may process your data using industry standard technologies to help me monitor and improve my newsletter.

MailerLite’s privacy policy is available at https://www.mailerlite.com/privacy-policy.

 

AFFILIATE PROGRAMS:

“We are a participant 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 program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.

PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION

If you leave a comment on www.frenchbluecottage.com, certain information may be publicly visible.

 

YOUR RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in my emails. You may also notify me at carrie@frenchbluecottage.com to be removed from my mailing list.

You may contact me at carrie@frenchbluecottage.com to amend or update your personal information.

PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES

Although most changes are likely to be minor, The French Blue Cottage may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and at The French Blue Cottage’s sole discretion. Visitors’ continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute their acceptance of such change.

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please feel free to contact me by email at carrie@frenchbluecottage.com.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on May 24, 2018.