Your Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this notice explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available on our homepage and at every point where personally identifiable information may be requested.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.maryse.net.
Advertising
This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement/
Maryse 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 linking to amazon.com. To learn more about Amazon’s privacy policy, click here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html
Google Adsense and the DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third party advertisement vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. The use of DART cookies by Google enables them to serve adverts to visitors that are based on their visits to this website as well as other sites on the internet. To opt out of the DART cookies you may visit the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following url https://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html Tracking of users through the DART cookie mechanisms are subject to Google’s own privacy policies. Other Third Party ad servers or ad networks may also use cookies to track users activities on this website to measure advertisement effectiveness and other reasons that will be provided in their own privacy policies, Maryse’s Book Blog has no access or control over these cookies that may be used by third party advertisers.
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
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 visit our login page, 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.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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.
Collection of Personal Information
When visiting Maryse’s Book Blog, the IP address used to access the site will be logged along with the dates and times of access. This information is purely used to analyze trends, administer the site, track users movement and gather broad demographic information for internal use. Most importantly, any recorded IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Links to third party Websites
We have included links on this site for your use and reference. We are not responsible for the privacy policies on these websites. You should be aware that the privacy policies of these sites may differ from our own.
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 your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Google Analytics
This Privacy Policy describes how [Emeadia, Inc d.b.a. Maryse’s Book Blog] (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares information obtained through the use of Google Analytics on our website.
1. Information Collected by Google Analytics:
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC (“Google”), to collect and analyze information about the usage of our website. Google Analytics collects various types of data, including but not limited to:
- Device Information: such as the type of device used to access our website, operating system, and browser type.
- Internet Protocol (IP) Address: which is anonymized and used for geolocation purposes.
- Usage Information: such as the pages visited, time spent on each page, and interactions with the website.
2. How We Use Google Analytics Data:
The information collected through Google Analytics is used to analyze and improve the performance, content, and user experience of our website. We may use the aggregated and anonymized data to make informed decisions about our website’s design, content, and functionality.
3. Google Analytics Cookies:
Google Analytics uses cookies, which are small text files placed on your device, to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information. These cookies are used to track and monitor your engagement with our website.
4. Opting Out of Google Analytics:
You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. This tool is available for most popular browsers and allows you to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics.
5. Third-Party Disclosure:
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to third parties. However, aggregated and anonymized data collected through Google Analytics may be shared with third parties for analytical purposes.
6. Data Retention:
We retain the data collected through Google Analytics for a period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
7. Updates to this Privacy Policy:
We reserve the right to update and make changes to this Privacy Policy. Any modifications will be reflected on this page, and the effective date will be updated accordingly.
8. Contact Information:
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of Google Analytics or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].
Effective Date: [February 23, 2024]