Disclosure Statement
This is a personal website created, written, and edited by me. For questions, please contact me. The information posted in this website should not take place of a formal evaluation or treatment plan or serve as a medical diagnosis. It is the reader’s responsibility to check with a child’s medical providers to assure activities are appropriate as well as providing direct supervision during all activities for optimal safety.
This website may accept forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.
This website abides by word of mouth marketing standards. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this website. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.
I may be compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though I may receive compensation for my posts or advertisements, I give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this website are purely my own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
This website does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
AFFILIATE LINKS
This website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links on the website. If you click on any affiliate link on this website, a cookie may be placed on your browser to track any sales for the purposes of commission.
As part of these affiliations, this website will post customized links, provided by affiliates, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
AMAZON AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE
I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Copyright Statement
This website is a personal website written and edited by the author (me). Information on this website may be copied for personal use only. No part of this website may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the author’s prior written permission. For questions about this website or requests to use its content, please contact info@kidsandlifeot.com.
Privacy Statement
This website does not share personal information about website visitors with any third party sites or companies. Information collected about your visit to this website is used for the sole purpose of analysis of demographics and content performance through the use of “cookies.” You can turn off the use of cookies any time in your browser’s setting. This policy is subject to change without notice.
TYPE OF INFORMATION COLLECTED
VOLUNTARY INFORMATION
This includes information you voluntarily submit to this website. Information such as your name, email address, etc. This information may be submitted via comments, newsletter/opt-in subscriptions, or contact form messaging.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
COMMENTS
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
THIRD PARTY INFORMATION
If you are utilizing third-party software through this website, this information may transfer to us for fulfillment of action.
AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTED INFORMATION
This website automatically collects certain information about you and the device with which you access. For example, when you use this website, it will log anonymous data like, but not limited to, IP address, operating system, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, dates/times you accessed the website, and usage duration. This website may also collect information about actions you take when using the website, such as links clicked.
HOW PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED
Personally information can be collected in a number of ways including but not limited to: direct entry (when subscribing, commenting, entering giveaways, or sending communication), automatic entry while navigating site, or through third party sources when utilize services associated with the website.
HOW YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION MAY BE USED BY THIS WEBSITE
The personal information obtained may be used in the following ways: website operations and improvements, providing subscription services/freebies as requested, promotional information like newsletters (every newsletter has unsubscribe option if desired), administrative communications (confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, security alerts, etc.), communication responses, website usage tracking, to protect/investigate/deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your personal information may be disclosed to the following recipients: third party service providers (as noted under “third party information”, to maintain, operate, and improve website; as well as other recipients that we are authorized or required by law to do so.
STORAGE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Data will be processed in the USA (this website is based in the USA). This is done based on your consent to this policy. In order to protect your information, care is taken where possible to work with service providers who we believe maintain an acceptable standard of data security compliance.
Like many other websites, this website makes use of log files. These files merely logs visitors to the site, which is usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’s analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. Please note: IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
COOKIES
This website may log information using cookies, also known as browser cookies or tracking cookies, which are small, often encrypted text files, stored on your browser by the website. This website may use session cookies (which expire when you close your browser), along with persistent cookies (which stay on your browser until deleted). These are used to provide you with a more personalized experience on the website.
When visiting this website, information that is recorded remains generally anonymous and does not reveal your identity. This information may include your: IP address, internet service provider, date/time of website list, length of session, pages accessed, number of times you access the website within a time period, image viewing and associated image information, referring websites, computer operating system, and browser type.
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
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NEWSLETTER TRACKING
When you subscribe to our newsletter through this website, we may use embedded information to track the success of each newsletter sent. Therefore, we may see when you open an email and what links you clicked on. This is done in an effort to better customize newsletters to you in the future. This information will not be re-routed to third parties.
SPONSORED CONTENT
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
Information Use of Third Party Service Providers
This website may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information. Additionally, this website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of this website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies. Please note that this website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. It stores your anonymous data, relevant to measuring this website’s performance and usage, in a cookie. Please note the “cookies” section within this privacy policy to determine what information is disclosed.
GOOGLE ADSENSE
Google Adsense is a program run by Google that allows publishers in the Google Network of content sites to serve automatic text, image, video, or interactive media advertisements that are targeted to site content and audience based on your particular inputed information and behavior on the site. Google Adsense uses cookies to improve advertising; (Please note the “cookies” section for additional information). Some advertisement types are setup such that they target advertising based on what’s relevant to a user, improve reporting on campaign performance, and avoid showing ads the user has already seen, all in an effort to improve your user experience.
MAILERLITE
MailerLite is an email marketing software, automation and service that is used by this website for all newsletters. This service provider passes information directly from this website to the MailerLite database and nothing is stored in our database as a result. We do have access to all the personal information collected through this website by logging in to our account in the MailerLite website. Personal information collected through MailerLite are used solely for the purpose of promotional marketing, such as newsletters.
PLUGINS AND/OR WIDGETS
This website uses plugins and/or widgets to maintain and operate this website; and give you the best user experience. These plugins on this website may pass data, including personal information, to external servers to process, such as Jetpack by WordPress.com. This plugin list may change from time to time but all information may be obtained by user request (please contact: info@kidsandlifeot.com).
We use Pinterest Save widget at our website to allow you to pin images to Pinterest from our webpages. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy.
We embed a Facebook widget to allow you to see number of likes/shares/recommends and “like/share/recommend” our webpages. This widget may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the widget, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the widget (such as “liking/sharing/recommending” our webpage), if you are logged in to Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update.
Except when required by law, Kids and Life will not sell, distribute, or reveal any of your personal information without your consent; however, Kids and Life may disclose or transfer personal information collected through this website to third party service providers who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
PRIVACY POLICIES OF THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS
Please consult specific third-party service providers for a detailed privacy policy as well as opt-in/out information and instructions. This website’s privacy policy is separate from that of third parties and can not control the activities of other advertisers or websites.
Sensitive Personal Information
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to this website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
Kids and Life does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that this website has in its database the personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately at info@kidsandlifeot.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
PERSONAL INFORMATION RETENTION
Kids and Life retains your personal information for as long as is necessary to provide the services to you, and to comply with our legal obligations. If you no longer want us to use your personal information, you can request that we erase your personal information at any time.
Please note that if you request the erasure of your personal information we will retain information from deleted accounts as necessary for our legitimate business interests, to comply with the law, enforce the terms of service and take other actions permitted by law. The information we retain will be handled in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY ONLY
This privacy policy applies only to your online activities and is valid for visitors to our website and regarding information shared and/or collected there. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
Rights Related to your Personal Information
OPT-OUT
You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at info@kidsandlifeot.com to be removed from our mailing list at any time.
ACCESS
You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to info@kidsandlifeot.com.
AMEND
You may contact us at info@kidsandlifeot.com to amend or update your personal information.
FORGET
In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to info@kidsandlifeot.com.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
CONSENT
By using my website, you hereby consent to my privacy policy and agree to its terms. If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at info@kidsandlifeot.com.
This Privacy Policy was last updated on: April 25, 2020. Should I update, amend or make any changes to my privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.