Our website address is: https://www.playtivities.com (PLAYTIVITIES ). The website is owned and founded by Birute Efe in 2013, Pennsylvania, USA. We value your privacy and understand that your privacy is of critical importance.
Thus, we have this Privacy Policy that describes what information we collect from you via the website and how we use and disclose such information.
This privacy policy may change from time to time. The most recent version will always be posted on the site, with the effective date posted at the top of the policy. By using this website, you agree to the terms of this policy.
HOW INFORMATION IS COLLECTED
Here is how your information is collected on PLAYTIVITIES:
- if you subscribe to the newsletter
- if you leave a comment on the blog
- If you purchase a product
- through website cookies and log files
- through Google Analytics
- through WordPress and WordPress plugins
WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT
NEWSLETTER
If you choose to join our newsletter via any of the signup forms located throughout this website or on social media, then your first name and email address are required. We require your email address in order to send you the emails and we require your first name so our emails can include a personalized note.
At the bottom of every email we send, you will find a link to unsubscribe. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. You have the right to have your data deleted or forgotten. If you are having trouble unsubscribing or would like to be removed from the newsletter, then simply send an email to birute@playtivities.com asking to be removed.
We use ConvertKit as our email service provider (read their privacy policy here). Your data is collected and then passed to them. Tags are used within ConvertKit to track your actions and page visits so that future emails can be better tailored to meet your needs.
We send a minimum of 1–2 emails per week. However, we will occasionally email you about products and other special promotions that may be relevant to your interests.
Your email address and name are never sold, traded, or given away to a third party.
All emails you receive are CAN-SPAM compliant. At the bottom of every email, you will find information on how to contact the sender, as well as information on how to unsubscribe.
BLOG COMMENTS
We love when you’re engaged in PLAYTIVITIES content! Leaving a comment is a great way to let us know what you think! We enjoy hearing your feedback. If you choose to leave a comment on a blog post, please be aware that your comment is public and visible to anyone who reads the comment section. Your email address is never shared or disclosed, but your name and comment will be visible to others.
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.
We highly recommended that you avoid leaving personal information in your comments.
PLAYTIVITIES reserves the right to remove comments deemed as inappropriate, threatening, profane, or spammy without notice.
BUYING A PRODUCT
If you choose to buy one of our products, you’ll be asked to leave an email as well as choose the payment option you want to finalise your purchase with. All of this data is collected and passed to our 3rd party safe-buying service provider Gumroad. In other words, Your payment details never get stored anywhere when you buy on Gumroad.“We don't see your credit card information, we just see a token that represents your credit card†(to see their detailed privacy policy click here).
COOKIES
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent†cookies or “session†cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
We use cookies for the following purposes on PLAYTIVITIES:
- Authentication: we use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website
- Personalization: we use cookies to store information about your preferences and to personalize the website for you
- Security: we use cookies as an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, including preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and to protect our websites and services generally
- Advertising: we use cookies to help us display advertisements that will be relevant to you
- Analysis: we use cookies to help us analyze the use and performance of our website and services
We use the following cookies on PLAYTIVITIES:
- Ad Thrive (for advertising): read their privacy policy
- Amazon (for advertising): read their privacy policy
- Facebook Pixel (for Facebook ad targeting): read how the pixel works
- Google Analytics (for tracking website traffic and user behavior): read how their cookies work
- ConvertKit (for email tracking): read their privacy policy
- LeadPages (for creating custom landing pages): read their privacy policy
- Social Warfare (for social media sharing): read their privacy policy
LOG FILES
We also collect and use the data contained in log files. In other words, while visiting our website, certain information is automatically logged about how you are using it. The information in log files includes your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Google Chrome or Safari), the time you visited our site, and which pages you visited throughout our site. These logs enable us to prevent users who breach our terms and conditions by refusing communications from their IP addresses to our Sites.
If you are concerned that we have blocked in error an ip address that you use to access our Site, please email us at birute@playtivities.com
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
To analyze the use of our website we use Google Analytics. This 3rd party tool gathers information about our website by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can, however, obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:
- Chrome
- Firefox
- Opera
- Internet Explorer
- Safari
- Edge
Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including PLAYTIVITIES. Some features of the site may cease to be available to you.
WORDPRESS AND WORDPRESS PLUGINS
PLAYTIVITIES was built using WordPress (view their privacy policy), an open-source website creation tool. WordPress plugins like Yoast help our site run smoothly, but only collect website data; not personal data. Read more about Yoast’s privacy policy.
ADVERTISEMENTS ON PLAYTIVITIES
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMediaâ€) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here: www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy
AFFILIATE LINKS
We sometimes use affiliate links to recommend products.
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.
SOCIAL MEDIA PRIVACY
PLAYTIVITIES uses various social media platforms, however, PAYTIVITIES is not responsible for what you post on our social media channels.
PARENTAL CONSENT
If you are under 18 years of age, you must have parental consent before using our website or entering personal information.
CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT COMPLIANCE
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act). We do not intentionally collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products, and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years of age or older.
FINAL NOTES ON THIS PRIVACY POLICY
You have the right to access your personal data and know how it is being processed. Hopefully, the policy above adequately explains how your data is used.
Personal information will not be transferred unless we are legally obligated to do so. If you would like your information removed from our systems, please contact birute@playtivities.com. You may request to be removed at any time.
PLAYTIVITIES contains links to other websites. As such, PLAYTIVITIES is not responsible for the privacy policies of other websites or the third party applications they use.
If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please feel free to contact us at birute@playtivities.com.