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The privacy of visitors to Ty’s Conscious Kitchen is respected and taken very seriously.

The latest update to our Privacy Policy information was posted on January 1 2020.  This document governs the privacy policy of our website and blog, Ty’s Conscious Kitchen (this site), along with the collection, use and disclosure of information.

Please read this policy before using, or submitting information to this site.  By using this site, you signify that you agree to this Privacy Policy.

Links to other websites

In some cases, Ty’s Conscious Kitchen.com may contain links to third party or other websites as a convenience to you.  In any event, please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those, or any other sites. If you have questions about how those websites collect and use data, you should carefully read those sites’ privacy policies.

You acknowledge that your use and access of these websites is solely at your own risk and that you accept responsibility to check the privacy policies of these websites to see how your personal information is treated.

Embedded content from other websites

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.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Information we collect

Ty’s Conscious Kitchen.com allows you to visit and browse without requiring any collection of personally identifiable information (PII). We may provide a ‘Contact Us’ form which may contain your PII. Your information is not shared or sold, and is only used by this site to provide a communication vehicle between its visitors and owners.

Ty’s Conscious Kitchen.com uses MailChimp, a third-party service, to manage its email list. The opt-in form for the newsletter may contain your personally identifiable information (PII). This information is only accessed by MailChimp as our service provider and Ty’s Conscious Kitchen.com as their client, and is not sold or shared. You may opt out of the email list at anytime via the unsubscribe button of the newsletter. For more information about MailChimp, and their privacy policies, you may visit MailChimp’s privacy policy page.

We collect and store in server logs non-personally identifiable information, including but not limited to browser type, IP address, operating system, the date and time of visits, the pages visited on the site, time spent viewing the site, and return visits to the site. We also use Google Analytics, a service that records non-personally identifiable data such as browser type, operating system, the date and time of a visit, where visitors came from, the pages visited on this website, the time spent viewing site, where visitors went when they left the site, and return visits to the site.

We aggregate this non-personally identifiable data to better understand how visitors use our site, and to help manage, maintain, and report on use of our website. We store IP addresses for fraud detection and prevention purposes.

We may share this non-personally identifiable data with third parties for the limited purpose of reporting on use of our website, or to comply with applicable law. We also may share this data with our service providers. We do not rent, sell or share any non-personally identifiable data collected on this website with third parties for marketing purposes.

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.

Cookies

We use cookies on this website. Cookies are small text files created by a web server, delivered through a web browser, and stored on your computer. They provide a means for websites that you visit to keep track of online patterns and preferences, as well as to identify return visitors. Cookies make the personalization of your web experiences possible, so that you do not need to re-enter your information each time you visit a website.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, 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.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Third-party vendors and ad networks that use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to Ty’s Conscious Kitchen include Google, Amazon & Commission Junction and Chitika. You may visit those respective websites to learn more about their privacy policies and opt out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising or alternatively, visit aboutads.info to opt out.

We also serve cookies to help us anonymously track web traffic, as described above.

Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. The DoubleClick cookie is used by Google in the ads served on the websites of its partners, such as websites displaying AdSense ads or participating in Google certified ad networks. When users visit a partner’s website and either view or click on an ad, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser.

Google’s use of the DoubleClick DART cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to our sites and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick DART cookie by visiting Ad Settings as well as the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following link: http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads

You have the ability to manage the use of cookies on your computer using controls in your browser. To learn more about how to manage cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org

Web beacons

We may also use a technology called, web beacons, to collect general information about your use of our Website and your use of special promotions or newsletters. The information we collect by Web Beacons allows us to statistically monitor the number of people that open our emails. Our Web Beacons are not used to track your activity outside of our Website. We do not link non personal information (NPI) from Web Beacons to PII without your permission.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Automatic information

We automatically receive information from your web browser or mobile device. This information includes the name of the website from which you entered our Website. This information also includes the IP address of your computer/proxy server that you use to access the Internet, your Internet Website provider name, web browser type, type of mobile device, and computer operating system. We use all of this information to analyze trends among our Users to help improve our Website.

We collect information about you during the checkout process on our store.

What we collect and store

While you visit our site, we’ll track:

  • Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed
  • Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping
  • Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!

We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.

When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:

  • Send you information about your account and order
  • Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
  • Process payments and prevent fraud
  • Set up your account for our store
  • Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
  • Improve our store offerings
  • Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them

If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.

We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. This includes your name, email address and billing and shipping addresses.

We will also store comments or reviews, if you choose to leave them.

Who on our team has access

Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:

  • Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and
  • Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information.

Our team members have access to this information to help fulfill orders, process refunds and support you.

What we share with others

We share information with third parties who help us provide our orders and store services to you; for example —

Payments

We accept payments through Stripe and PayPal. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to these third parties, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.

Please see the Stripe Privacy Policy or  PayPal Privacy Policy for more details.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices and services. If we make material changes in the way we collect, use, or share your personal information, such changes will be posted in an updated version of this Privacy Policy. Please revisit this site periodically to view the current version of our Privacy Policy.

Your choices

You may choose:

  • Not to provide personal information, although that may result in your inability to obtain certain products or services;
  • To opt-out from receiving some or all promotional e-mails or newsletters from us by sending an e-mail to the contact address listed in the promotional e-mail;
  • To delete or decline cookies by changing your browser settings, although if you do so, some of the features or services of our website may not function properly; and
  • To review and update your personal information by contacting us or, if you have an online account on our website, by logging into that account.

Security

We take appropriate physical, electronic, and other security measures to help safeguard personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure.

Disclosure Statement

At times links used by Ty’s Conscious Kitchen within posts or * aStore may earn a small commission through recommendation or product sales. By law (FTC), I must disclose this.

Many of these products or services appear due to my personal use or those I feel comfortable recommending.

These options help to support the time I devote to providing free content on this website and other platforms.  If you appreciate the great content and help that I provide kindly consider helping me out in this way if you can, and remember, it doesn’t cost you a thing

Sponsored posts with any gifted items will always be fully disclosed.  Thanks for your support.

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