Privacy Policy for https://thethriftymindset.com/
The Thrifty Mindset is committed to preserving the confidentiality of your personal data. This privacy policy outlines the kind of information collected from you on thethriftymindset.com, hereafter referred to as the “website”, and how it is utilized. The term “you” is used to describe anyone who accesses, visits, or interacts with the website.
Your usage and visitation of the website implies your consent and agreement to this privacy policy. Any amendments to our Privacy Policy will be binding upon their posting, and your continued use of the website after any changes signifies your acceptance of these updates. If you do not consent to this Privacy Policy, please refrain from accessing or using the website.
CHILD SAFETY
We prioritize children’s privacy, where “child” denotes an individual under the age of 13. The website’s content and information are designed for individuals over the age of 18 residing in the United States. The website prohibits usage by children under the age of 13. Without prior parental or guardian approval, we do not intentionally gather, utilize, or reveal personal information from children under 13. Please reach out to us to delete any information believed to be collected from someone under the age of 13 without parental or guardian consent.
INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USAGE
As you use the website, you might share specific identifiable information such as your name, email address, phone number, physical address, avatar image, and credit card information when you make a purchase.
This data is gathered when you register on the site, make an order, subscribe to a newsletter, get in touch with us, use the site’s search feature, leave comments or any other feedback, fill out a form, use live chat, or share any other information on the website to communicate with us. We might also collect information you provide when you participate in any online surveys that we may conduct on our website.
We use your personal data to customize your experience, improve the website for enhanced service delivery, provide customer service support, efficiently process your requests or transactions, personalize advertisements for you, solicit reviews of services or products, send you offers and promotions, and follow up with you through correspondence (email, live chat, or phone).
We may also exchange this information for a commission with our partners and/or affiliates to provide you with offers and promotions at no extra cost.
Additionally, like most websites, we automatically collect certain information about you via Log Data and Google Analytics. Log Data gathers data about your computer’s Internet Protocol Address (“IP” address), browser information, Internet Service Provider’s information, your operating system, and your browser type. Google Analytics collects information about your location, browsing history, the pages you visit, the equipment you used to access the website, traffic patterns, and other general trends related to your use of the website.
We use this information to analyze website statistics relating to user behavior and interests, improve our website’s performance, enhance your use of the website, and refine our products and services offered to you.
COOKIE USAGE
Our website may use cookies to enhance your user experience. Cookies are small data files that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive while you view the website. We automatically collect some non-personally identifiable information including but not limited to your IP address, geographic location, language preference, date and time of visitors, similar to other websites.
When you comment on our website, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience, so you don’t have to enter your details again when you leave another comment.
If you have an account and log in to this website, 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.
Cookies might be used for various purposes including enhancing your browsing experience, examining our website analytics, preserving your preferences and settings for future use, delivering ads tailored to your preferences, affiliate marketing, and allowing comments on our website.
This data is collected to improve and understand your experience on our website. You have the option to disable cookies on your computer, but this may limit your ability to view all the features and content of this website.
USE OF WEB BEACONS AND PIXELS
Along with cookies, third parties may use web beacons (also known as clear GIFs, web bugs or pixel tags) to gather general information about your use of our website. These help monitor user activity and are used to record behavior data. This information may be valuable to third parties such as the ad networks we use on our website to provide advertising that aligns with your behavior and interests.
We may also use social media pixels to track and collect general information about your use in compliance with various social media sites (e.g., Facebook, Twitter) for promoting products, tracking conversions, remarketing, running targeted advertisements, and so forth.
Third parties like Facebook may use their cookies, web beacons, and other technologies to collect and receive information from our website for targeted advertising purposes. After visiting our website, you may see our ads on Facebook.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS AND USAGE
Our website may present or advertise third-party links, products, or services. Once you click on a third-party link and leave this website, you are no longer governed by our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
Embedded content (e.g., videos, images, advertisements, etc.) from other websites may be included in articles on our website. This content behaves as if you have visited the other website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Google Adsense advertising, as well as other third-party advertising, may be used on the website. Google, a third party, also uses cookies to provide ads on the website to enhance the user experience. You can opt out of Google by visiting their privacy policy.
We have no control over these third parties, and they have their privacy policies. We are not responsible for the activities and practices of these third parties. You should directly contact them and read their privacy policies for any questions. By using these third-party websites, you agree to do so at your own risk.
DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
As a general rule, we do not disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent except under the following circumstances:
We may disclose your information to our trusted third parties that collaborate with us, such as our website hosting partners, email marketing service provider, other service providers that assist in the operation of the website, and any other affiliates and subsidiaries we depend on to provide you the products and services offered here.
We may disclose your information to comply with state or federal regulations related to copyright infringement lawsuits or any other legal claims related to the website.
In the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, dissolution, or partial sale in the future, we may disclose your information to our successor and/or acquiring party. However, your personal information will be transferred to the acquiring party in line with this privacy policy.
GDPR VISITOR RIGHTS
For visitors within the European Union under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you are entitled to certain rights and information as listed below.
We will retain any information you provide to us until one of the following conditions is met:
You send a request to contact@thethriftymindset.com to delete the information. Note that such requests may result in your inability to access paid or free content previously provided to you. We decide to stop using our current data providers. The Company decides to cease business or discontinue the services. The data is no longer necessary to provide the service, is too expensive to maintain, or the Company finds it to be outdated.
You have the right to request access to the data we store and the ability to access your personal data.
You have the right to either correct or erase your personal data. You can verify the accuracy of your personal data and have it corrected or completely removed.
You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data. When you restrict the processing of your data, we can store your data but can’t process it further.
It is possible to object to the processing of your data under certain circumstances, such as direct marketing, profiling, scientific and historical research, statistical purposes, automated decision making and profiling, and tasks based on legitimate interests or the exercise of official authority in the public interest.
You have the right to data portability. You can request your personal data from us, receive it and transfer it to another controller.
You have the right to withdraw consent at any time. If you have provided consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you can withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.
In relation to the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority.
We require only the information that is reasonably necessary to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.
YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA CONSUMER PRIVACY ACT (CCPA COMPLIANCE)
If you are a resident of California, you are entitled to additional rights under California law and we ensure compliance with the CCPA. Here are your rights:
- You have the right to know whether your personal information is sold or disclosed to third parties.
- You have the right to refuse the sale of your personal information.
- You also have the right to access your personal information, which we will provide within 30 days of such a request.
- You have the right to know what personal information is collected from you and how it is used, as explained in this Privacy Policy.
- You have the right to have your personal information deleted.
- You have the right to equal service, price, and non-discrimination.
- You have the right to data portability and can request your personal information and use it for your own purposes.
PRIVACY POLICY UPDATES
This privacy policy is effective as of July 5, 2023, and will be updated and modified as necessary. You are responsible for visiting this page periodically to check for future updates to this policy. Any modifications to this privacy policy will be effective upon our publishing of the new terms, and your continued use of our website after the posting of any updates constitutes your acceptance of our modified privacy policy.
CONTACT
For any questions or comments regarding the privacy policy, please contact us at contact@thethriftymindset.com.