Privacy Policy of Jade A. Waters
We are committed to protecting your privacy. We will never use your information for any use beyond what is stated, the permissions you give us, or as required by law. Your information is collected and used in order to contact you regarding the services you have requested, to offer services to you, and/or to provide the services you have requested. This includes comments and subscriptions. Jadeawaters.com and poetry.jadeawaters.com may utilize trusted third party specialists to process and use your data on our behalf, in order to deliver content to you in a more efficient manner. If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, you can email us at jade@jadeawaters.com.
1. Information We Collect, and How it is Used
This policy applies to all information collected or submitted at jadeawaters.com or poetry.jadeawaters.com, as well as through the Jade A. Waters newsletter as provided by MailChimp. Jade A. Waters collects this information to send you her newsletter or blog posts, or to answer questions directly emailed to her.
a. IP Addresses and Server Logs
The websites of jadeawaters.com and poetry.jadeawaters.com record IP addresses and produce server logs. This information is used for the sole purpose of monitoring the volume of traffic on each site. This information is never used to track the activities of specific visitors on either site. IP addresses are stored by WordPress software when you comment.
b. Cookies
Jadeawaters.com and poetry.jadeawaters.com set cookies in order to enable certain user features.
c. Google Analytics
Both jadeawaters.com and poetry.jadeawaters.com use Google Analytics. The purpose of this service is to grow traffic, but all IP address information is kept anonymous. You can find out more about Google Analytics at the Google Analytics Privacy Policy page.
d. MailChimp
If you choose to sign up for the Jade A. Waters newsletter via MailChimp, we will store some of your information, which includes your email address, IP address, and certain information about the links you click within the emails sent to you on the MailChimp server. Neither we nor MailChimp will ever sell your email address or information, or share it with any other party, unless we are legally required to do so. Unless you contact MailChimp directly regarding your subscription to the newsletter, MailChimp will never contact you. Only Jade A. Waters and authorized MailChimp employees have access to the newsletter subscriber list. You are always free to unsubscribe from the Jade A. Waters newsletter. More information about the MailChimp privacy policy can be found here.
e. Email, Online Forms, and Comments
Readers subscribed to the jadeawaters.com or poetry.jadeawaters.com sites, or who complete any of the online forms on these websites, may be asked to supply personal data. If they choose to do so, this information is recorded and used for broad demographic information. This data will never be used for anything exceeding the reason stated and the permissions you grant us. To unsubscribe from all email or blog communications, please visit this contact page or email us at jade@jadeawaters.com.
We reserve the right to publish comments made on both jadeawaters.com and poetry.jadeawaters.com. This website requires an email address to comment, but we will never publish your email address, and you may use any email address to leave a comment. While the WordPress software records the IP address of your device when you comment, that IP address is never published and will be removed from our system if you request to have all of your data removed.
2. Data Security
Anyone providing personal information to jadeawaters.com and poetry.jadeawaters.com is given the opportunity to manage how this information is used. This includes opting out of any services and restricting the use of that information, which you can do by visiting the links in our newsletter and/or blog subscriber emails.
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3. Changes to this Policy
Jade A. Waters reserves the right to change this policy at any time. Although users will be notified accordingly when changes are made to this policy, as a user of this site, you are responsible for checking this page for changes. Your use of jadeawaters.com and/or poetry.jadeawaters.com constitutes agreement to this privacy policy.