Who we are
Our website address is: https://diybystyle.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 with spam detection (don’t think spam is limited to email inboxes).
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.
Reminder – any personally identifiable information you directly disclose through your public comments may be collected and used by others.
COMMENTS Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images into your comments with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
OPT-IN forms
To gain access to the resources provided in the Style Library (consisting of checklists, workbooks, diagrams, etc. for personal use with topics discussed on this website), a password is required to access the page content. By supplying this website with your email, you will receive an initial email with the password. By checking the ‘subscribe’ box, you may also receive follow-up emails when new resources are posted to the library (typically twice a month) or for additional resource opportunities available in the on-line shop. If you do not opt to “subscribe” you will not receive any additional emails from this opt-in form.
ANALYTICS
We may use demographic information such as comment interests to improve topics discussed in future posts.
Like many other Web sites, https://diybystyle.com makes use of log files. These files merely log visitors to the site – usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
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.
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. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these websites for more detailed information on their privacy practices.
If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites. http://www.privacypolicyonline.com/what-are-cookies
https://diybystyle.com has no access to or control over these cookies, tracking, or monitoring that are used by other websites.
Our Advertising Partners
Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include …….
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on https://diybystyle.com.
Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site’s visitors based upon their visit to https://diybystyle.com 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 at the following URL – http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
While each advertising partner has their own Privacy Policy for their site, an updated and hyperlinked resource is maintained here: www.privacypolicyonline.com/privacy-policies. You may consult this listing to find the privacy policy for each of the advertising partners of https://diybystyle.com.
These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on https://diybystyle.com and which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by our site’s third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on the site.
https://diybystyle.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. https://diybystyle.com’s privacy policy does not apply to such other advertisers or web sites.
We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
https://diybystyle.com does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that https://diybystyle.com has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately (using the Contact Me page) and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records. s
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.
on-line shop users
We do not store credit card details, nor do we share financial details with any third parties. All payments made on the website will be processed by a third-party credit card processors, PayPal, and Square which encrypts all payment transactions. All such transactions will be governed by their privacy policies at: https://www.paypal.com/in/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full and https://squareup.com/us/en/legal/general/privacy
Additional privacy information
This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to this website and regarding information shared and/or collected there. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
By using this website, you hereby consent to the privacy policy and agree to its terms. This Privacy Policy was last updated on: Wednesday, May 8th, 2019. Should I update, amend or make any changes to the privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.
disclaimer
If you require any more information or have any questions about the site’s disclaimer, please feel free to contact me by email at diybystyle.com. Disclaimers for https://diybystyle.com:
While I love expressing my thoughts/opinions and helping others on their DIY efforts, this blog DOES accept forms of cash advertising and sponsorships as forms of compensation. Sponsored posts will be clearly marked as being paid content. However, all content and editing are done only by yours truly – Linda Wibbenmeyer – so views and opinions expressed on this blog are mine.
All the information on this website is published in good faith and for general information purpose only. https://diybystyle.com does not make any warranties about the completeness, reliability and accuracy of this information. Any action you take upon the information you find on this website (https://diybystyle.com), is strictly at your own risk. https://diybystyle.com will not be liable for any losses and/or damages in connection with the use of our website.
From the website, you can visit other websites by following hyperlinks to such external sites. I have no control over the content and nature of these sites. These links to other websites do not imply a recommendation for all the content found on these sites. Site owners and content may change without notice and may occur before I have the opportunity to remove a link which may have gone ‘bad’.
Please also be aware that when you leave the website, other sites may have different privacy policies and terms which are beyond our control. Please be sure to check the Privacy Policies of these sites as well as their “Terms of Use” before engaging in any business or uploading any information.
copyright
If you love my content enough to share – great! However, all images and text on this site or documents within the Style Library are property of DIY by Style, LLC. Sharing of Style Library documents must be done via a link to the Style Library page. All shared images must include a direct and visible link back to the appropriate place on DIY by Style without removing watermarks or otherwise editing photos without my expressed written permission. Images may not be used in a print publication without my expressed written permission. Pin away!