Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for The Burdin Bunch

Effective date: 7/18/2024

This Privacy Policy describes how The Burdin Bunch (www.theburdinbunch.com) collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you visit or make a purchase from our site.

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

What information do we collect?

We collect personal information from you when you subscribe to our newsletter, comment on our blog, or purchase products from our website. The types of information we collect include:

  • Name
  • Email address
  • Payment information (through our payment processor, Stripe)
  • Comments, feedback, and other information you provide

How do we use your information?

The information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

  • To personalize your experience on our site
  • To improve our website based on your feedback
  • To process transactions
  • To send periodic emails with updates, promotions, or other content related to The Burdin Bunch

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information. These measures include data encryption and secure hosting platforms.

Do we use cookies?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

We use cookies to help us understand and save your preferences for future visits and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. You have the option to disable cookies through your individual browser options. However, note that some services might not function properly without the aid of cookies.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device. They help the website remember information about your visit, which can make it easier for you to revisit the site and make the site more useful to you. For example, cookies can remember your preferences, such as login details, so you don’t have to enter them every time you visit.

How Cookies Are Used on Our Website:

  • Commenting: If you leave a comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you don’t have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
  • Login: If you have an account and log in to our site, we’ll set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and disappears when you close your browser.
  • Personalization and Ads: We use cookies to tailor your browsing experience and show ads that might be more relevant to your interests. These cookies help us manage our affiliate marketing efforts and ensure that our website runs effectively and remembers your preferences on future visits.

Managing Cookies:

You can view, manage, and delete cookies from your browser. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser’s settings to decline cookies if you prefer. Here’s how you can manage cookies on your device:

  1. Check your browser settings: Most browsers give you the option to see what cookies you have, delete them individually, or block cookies from specific or all sites.
  2. Disable cookies: If you choose to disable cookies, you might not be able to use certain features on our site that rely on cookies to function.

What Are Web Beacons and Pixels?

Web beacons and pixels are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that is used to track online movements of web users. Unlike cookies, which are stored on a user’s computer hard drive, web beacons are embedded invisibly on web pages.

Why We Use Web Beacons and Pixels:

  • We use these technologies to track the activities of our website visitors and email recipients, improve the performance of our website, and make our ads more relevant to you. They help us understand how users interact with our website and measure the effectiveness of our advertising and emails.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties except to trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.

Third-party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Use of Third-Party Service Providers

To facilitate our service, manage our website, and better serve your needs, The Burdin Bunch utilizes various third-party service providers:

  • Web Hosting and Management: Our website is hosted and managed on WordPress.org, with web hosting services provided by Dreamhost. These platforms help us ensure that our website is secure, accessible, and continuously operational.
  • Email Marketing: We use Mailerlite to manage email communications and marketing campaigns. Mailerlite helps us in sending out newsletters, promotional offers, and other communications to subscribers who have opted in.
  • Payment Processing: For processing payments, we use Stripe. Stripe handles all aspects of the payment process, ensuring secure and efficient transactions.
  • Social Media Platforms: We integrate various social media platforms into our website to allow for easier sharing and promotion of content. These platforms may collect data about how you interact with our content when you are logged into their services.

These third-party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information. We do not control these third-parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

Google AdSense and DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google, as a third party advertisement vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. The use of DART cookies by Google enables it to serve ads to visitors based on their visit to our site 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.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance

Our website, products, and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. If we discover that we have collected information from a child under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.

User-Generated Content

By posting content on our website, including comments and other forms of user-generated content (UGC), you grant The Burdin Bunch a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, and display such content throughout the world in any media for marketing or promotional purposes. If you submit content to our site, you agree that you have the right to do so and that the content does not infringe on any other party’s rights. For guest blog posts authored by Jesika of The Burdin Bunch, the content is owned by The Burdin Bunch and protected under copyright law.

API Text: User-submitted images may be transmitted to image compression servers in the United States and stored there for up to 30 days.

Easy IO Text: User-submitted images that are displayed on this site will be transmitted and stored on a global network of third-party servers (a CDN).

Social Media Integration

We actively share our blog posts, website content, user-generated content, and reviews across various social media channels. By interacting with our site through social media (by commenting, sharing, liking, etc.), you acknowledge that these interactions are also governed by the privacy policy of the respective social media platforms.

Affiliate and Sponsored Content

We engage in affiliate marketing and may include affiliate links on our website. When you click on an affiliate link, you are redirected to a third-party website where your data might be collected or cookies might be placed on your device. We receive commissions for purchases made through these links. We also feature sponsored content that is directly compensated by relevant businesses.

International Data Transfer

Personal information collected on our site may be stored and processed in any country where we engage service providers, and by using our site, you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside of your country of residence, which may have different data protection rules than your country.

Data Retention and Access

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to provide you with our services, or as required to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies. If you wish to request the deletion of your personal data, you can contact us at any time, and we will accommodate your request in accordance with applicable law.

Security Measures

We take the security of your personal data seriously and implement a variety of security measures including SSL encryption and secure server hosting to protect your information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Compliance

We comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). If you are a California resident, you have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • Right to Know: You have the right to request information about the categories of personal information we have collected about you, the sources from where it was collected, the business purpose for collecting your personal information, and the categories of third parties with whom we share personal information.
  • Right to Delete: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information that we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) Compliance

Enhancing the CCPA, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) provides additional rights and consumer protection for residents of California:

  • Right to Correct: You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal information held about you, considering the nature of the personal information and the purposes of the processing of your personal information.
  • Right to Restrict Sensitive Personal Information: You have the right to limit the use of your sensitive personal information to only those necessary to perform the services or provide the goods you request.
  • Right to Access Information About Automated Decision Making: You have the right to request information about the logic involved in automated decision-making processes that have a significant effect on you.

We do not sell personal information to third parties. Your personal information is only used to enhance your experience on our site and to manage our interactions with you as described in this privacy policy.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at theburdinbunch@gmail.com. We will respond to your request within 45 days of its receipt. If we require additional time, we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing.

GDPR Compliance

In compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we extend the following rights to all our users from the European Union:

  • Right to Access: You have the right to access your personal data that we hold and to ask how your personal data is used by us after it has been gathered. You can request a copy of your personal data in a machine-readable format.
  • Right to Rectification: If you believe that any personal data we are holding is incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to request that we correct or supplement such data.
  • Right to Erasure: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions, including your right to object to direct marketing.
  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: If you have given consent to the processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that was made prior to your withdrawal of consent.

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure, protected and handled in accordance with your rights and our legal obligations. For more information on how we handle user data or to exercise any of your rights, please contact us using the details provided under “Contact Information for Data Protection Officer”.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this privacy policy at any time. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make significant changes to this policy, we will notify you here, by email, or through a noticeable pop-up or banner on our website, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it.

Contact Information for Data Protection Officer

For any questions or concerns regarding our privacy policy or the handling of your personal data, please contact us at:

Email: theburdinbunch@gmail.com