Privacy Policy
Tranquility consider the privacy of the visitors to be extremely important. This privacy policy document describes in on how the user data is used, stored, and protected on the website Tranquility or https://watermia.org.
Tranquility is the personal lifestyle blog and website of Amber S. (“I”, “me”, “myself”). The term “you” refers to any users, visitors or viewers of my website. All content, photos and graphics on this website are ©Amber S. unless otherwise stated. All views expressed are my own.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments, the data shown in the comments form is collected, along with 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.
Contact forms
Any data collected in contact forms is used for responding to the request only and will be deleted as soon as any queries are dealt with. This website currently uses the Contact Form 7 plugin along with Google reCAPTCHA to catch spam.
Use of Cookies
This website uses cookies to better the users experience while visiting the website. Where applicable this website uses a cookie control system allowing the user on their first visit to the website to allow or disallow the use of cookies on their computer / device. This complies with recent legislation requirements for websites to obtain explicit consent from users before leaving behind or reading files such as cookies on a user’s computer / device.
Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computer’s hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.
Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website on to their computers hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browsers security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors.
This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to better understand how they use it. This software is provided by Google Analytics which uses cookies to track visitor usage. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive in order to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but will not store, save or collect personal information. You can read Google’s privacy policy here for further information [ http://www.google.com/privacy.html ].
Other cookies may be stored to your computer’s hard drive by external vendors when this website uses referral programs, sponsored links or adverts. Such cookies are used for conversion and referral tracking and typically expire after 30 days, though some may take longer. No personal information is stored, saved or collected.
External Links
Links on this website
This website contains links to external websites which are not covered by this privacy policy. These websites may have their own privacy policies and it is your responsibility to check these.
Social media
Users should be aware that we will never request personal information via social media, and should use these platforms carefully in respect of that. This website may use social sharing buttons which link directly to different social media platforms to share content from this website. Users do so at their own discretion and should check the terms and policies of the social media platforms in question before doing so.
Website Visitor Tracking
This website uses tracking software to monitor users in order to better understand how you interactive with the website, and in turn this information will help us to create a better experience for you. We use Google Analytics and WordPress Stats for visitor tracking.
SPAM Protection
This website has a number of SPAM protection defenses in place to prevent unwanted traffic, comments and messages. We use Akismet Anti-Spam on our commenting system, and Google reCAPTCHA on our contact forms.
Google Adsense
Some of the ads may be served by Google. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to Users based on their visit to our Site and other sites on the Internet. DART uses “non personally identifiable information” and does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, etc. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
Advertising Partners
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include:
- Google Adsense
- Amazon Affiliation
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on watermia.org and which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by our site’s third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on the site.
This website has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Third Party Privacy Policies
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. This website’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
Affiliate Programs
This website is affiliated with the following programs. Some posts or even pages in this website may contain affiliate links that result in me receiving compensation when you a) click the link, b) make a purchase, c) sign up for an account or service. These are at no additional cost to you. The following are the current programs that this website is affiliated with: Amazon Affiliation.
Data Breach
If the security of this website is breached and your personal information is comprised, we will inform you within 72 hours.
Consent
By using this website you are consenting to our terms and conditions and this privacy policy. We reserve the right to change the privacy policy of this website at any time, and you agree that it is your responsibility to review this policy regularly in case of changes.
If you have any questions regarding to the Privacy Policy of this website, please contact me at hello@watermia.org