Disclosure / Privacy Policy / Terms & Conditions for www.lifeisjustducky.com

My goal here at Lifeisjustducky.com is to provide you with helpful tips, tools, and tutorials for gardening, cooking, and basic homesteading. A lot of time and effort goes into this blog and as such, I feel it is permissible to be compensated. I accept advertising and participate in various affiliate programs that provide income.

At www.lifeisjustducky.com the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy outlines the type of personal information that is received and collected by www.lifeisjustducky.com and how it is used. This website and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older. If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at mary@lifeisjustducky.com.

Affiliate Marketing

This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions, or other forms of compensation. I participate in affiliate marketing programs where I receive a small commission when products are purchased through links on my blog. I appreciate it when you click on those links because they help support me so I can keep writing Life Is Just Ducky. I also may from time to time be compensated for providing my opinion on products, services, websites, and various other topics. Even though the owner of this blog receives compensation for these posts or advertisements, I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the blogger’s own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party in question.

Third Party Websites

On Lifeisjustducky.com you will find a lot of links to other sites over which I have no control, nor do I have control over the privacy policies of those sites. Users may find advertising or other content on our site that link to the sites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, or other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for their practices. Those sites will have their own terms and policies.

Cookies, Log Files, Web Beacons, Doubleclick Dart Cookie

There may be third party advertisers and companies which utilize cookies to provide advertisements that would most interest you. I have no control over said cookies. This is not unique to my site but is common across the internet. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. Cookies are used by most websites to tailor content and marketing messages to better suit your needs. If you prefer not to allow the use of cookies, you can change the configuration of your browser to warn you when you receive a cookie or automatically reject them. If they do so, note that some parts of this Site may not function properly. If you would like to find out more about cookies you can visit http://www.aboutcookies.org. To learn about Google Adsense dart cookies please go to http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html.

This privacy policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Display Ads

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

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 All About 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 National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Personal Identification Information

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, subscribe to the newsletter, and in connection with other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on our Site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, their name, and email address. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personal identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.

How We Use Collected Information

  • To improve our Site. We continually strive to improve what we offer based on the information we receive from you
  • To process transactions. If you order something from us we will use that information to provide that service to you. We do not share this information with anyone else except to the extent necessary to provide that service.
  • To send emails. We will only send you emails you request, respond to your inquiries or questions, or give updates about product or service information, etc. If at anytime the User would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, You may do so by pressing the unsubscribe at the bottom of the email.
  • We do not sell your personal information.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

Lifeisjustducky.com has the right to change this privacy policy at any time. I’ll post those changes on this page.

EU Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.lifeisjustducky.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

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.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

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 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.

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

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.

Terms & Conditions For Everyone

We will always attempt to provide the best and most accurate information possible here at www.Lifeisjustducky.com, but you are responsible for your own actions. I am not a doctor and the statements on this blog have not been evaluated by the FDA. Any products mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. We will not be held liable for anything that happens from the use of the information here.

Your Acceptance Of These Terms

By using this Site, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use this Site. Your continued use of the Site will be deemed your acceptance of these policies.

This document was last updated June11, 2020