Privacy Policy for GirlCarnivore.com

This privacy policy sets out how GirlCarnovore uses and protects any information that you give while using https://girlcarnivore.com which explains the information and data this site collects, protects, and uses to the information gathered on https://girlcarnivore.com and any site associated with it.

At GirlCarnivore.com, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information is received and collected by GirlCarnivore.com and how it is used.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY, PLEASE DO NOT ACCESS THE SITE.

Girl Carnivore found at https://girlcarnivore.com/ (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”).

Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Girl Carnivore may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 11/15/2014.

WHAT WE COLLECT

We may collect the following information:

  • Information you voluntarily submit to the website: including personal information such as name and/or email address by leaving comments, opting in for additional content, submitting a contact form, or subscribing to our email newsletter.
  • Demographic information such as postcode, preferences, and interests
  • Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
  • Information from social links (Google, Facebook, Instagram and other sources): We may receive your name, email and profile information associated with the account. If we choose to use Facebook commenting systems, and you choose to comment, your profile information and picture will appear and be attached.
  • Automatically-collected information including but not limited to IP Address, operating system, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed within this site, date and time you accessed this site or links clicked within the site.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED

We may use the information to better understand and serve your needs collected in the following ways:

  • To operate and maintain the Website;
  • To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;
  • To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
  • To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries;
  • To provide you with user support;
  • To track and measure advertising on the Website;
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
  • We may use the information to improve our products and services.
  • From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.

THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.

Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage 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 by Google Analytics.

Mail Chimp – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications.  Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.

One Signal – this service is used to send you push notifications through your web browser, should you choose.  Please refer to One Signal’s privacy policy for further information.

At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the Website’s sole discretion.

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties 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.

ANONYMOUS DATA

From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION

If you create a user profile on the Website or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible.  To create a user profile, you must choose a username and password and input your email address for profile confirmation.  Your email address will never be available publicly.  At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.

You may also choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and Google Account.

Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.

COOKIES:

GirlCarnivore.com does use cookies to store information about visitors preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize Web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website. These files help us analyze our traffic. They are responsive to each individual and can better tailor your online experience. We use traffic log cookies to track our page usage and analyze traffic to bring you better content. By enabling the use of cookies we are able to better monitor which pages on GirlCarnivore.com are useful and which are not. Cookies in no way give us access to your personal computer or information other than what it is being used to collect. You have the right to accept or decline cookies. Web browsers commonly accept cookies but under the settings of each browser, you are able to change the settings to your preferences.

DoubleClick DART Cookie
.:: Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on GirlCarnivore.com.
.:: Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to GirlCarnivore.com and other sites on the Internet.
.:: Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – https://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html

Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include ….
Google Adsense
Amazon
Mediavine

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on GirlCarnivore.com send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

GirlCarnivore.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

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. GirlCarnivore.com’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or websites.

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.

ADVERTISING & AFFILIATE MARKETING

Some of our advertisers occasionally serve you cookies as well. We do not have control over cookies placed by advertisers. We may use advertising service vendors to help present advertisements on the website, one of which is https://www.mediavine.com. These vendors may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to serve you advertisements tailored to interests you have shown by browsing on this and other sites you have visited, to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before and to avoid sending you duplicate advertisements. In doing so, these vendors may collect non-personal data such as your browser type, your operating system, Web pages visited, time of visits, content viewed, ads viewed, and other clickstream data. The use of cookies, web beacons or similar technologies by these advertising service vendors is subject to their own privacy policies, not ours, and Service Provider disclaims all liability in connection therewith. For more information on Mediavine’s privacy policy, please check their site:  Mediavine Privacy Policy

The Website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links onto GirlCarnivore.com. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.

GirlCarnivore is 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 links to Amazon.com.  As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commissions on these sales.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.0)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit Opt Out – NAI: Network Advertising Initiative. You may also visit https://optout.aboutads.info/#/ and https://optout.networkadvertising.org/# to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at YourAdChoices.com | AppChoices to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please click here for information on Mediavine Parners.

LINKING TO OTHER WEBSITES 

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

  • whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
  • if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting us.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties, which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

Opt-Out

For information about opting out of Gourmet Ads and ad serving partners, please visit Gourmetads.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us.

Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to info@passthesushi.com.

Amend – You may contact us at info@passthesushi.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@passthesushi.com.

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

Facebook: Opt-out of Facebook remarketing here

Google: Opt-out of Google remarketing here

You may choose at any time to opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at info@passthesushi.com to be removed from our mailing list.

At no time will GirlCarnivore.com request sensitive personal information including 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.

LOG FILES

Like many other Web sites, GirlCarnivore.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

CHILDREN AND MINOR INFORMATION 

The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at info@passthesushi.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

CONTACT INFORMATION

At any time, please contact us at info@passthesushi.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.

Fine Print: 

All photographs appearing on GirlCarnivore.com are copyright Girl Carnivore and should not be redistributed without my consent, credit given to GirlCarnivore.com and a link back to Girl Carnivore. All photographs are taken by me otherwise stated in the post. I shoot with a Nikon 610.

Disclaimer: 

Girl Carnivore sometimes receives products to review and/or giveaway. I will always disclose when these products have been given and that it is a sponsored post.

Reviews/Giveaways/Sponsored Posts: 
I am happy to post reviews and giveaways of products if your company is interested in providing me with item/s. I  will write a post within a month unless otherwise noted, about the product. However, if I feel the product did not meet expectations or is not a good fit with my readers, I make no guarantees to post about it and will let the company know. I will always contact a company before posting a negative review.  Other than that, I do enjoy providing fun honest reviews of products when I can so let me know if you have something that you think would fit.