Privacy Policy

Carrie Faith Taylor (“Carrie Faith”) operates several websites including carriefaith.com and memoir.blog. It is Carrie Faith’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Carrie Faith collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Carrie Faith’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Carrie Faith’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Carrie Faith may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

Carrie Faith also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on Carrie Faith’s blogs. Carrie Faith only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that blog commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Carrie Faith’s websites choose to interact with Carrie Faith in ways that require Carrie Faith to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Carrie Faith gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. In each case, Carrie Faith collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Carrie Faith. Carrie Faith does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Carrie Faith may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. Carrie Faith may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Carrie Faith does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Carrie Faith discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on Carrie Faith’s behalf or to provide services available at Carrie Faith’s websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using Carrie Faith’s websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. Carrie Faith will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Carrie Faith discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Carrie Faith believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Carrie Faith, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an Carrie Faith website and have supplied your email address, Carrie Faith may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with Carrie Faith and our products. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. Carrie Faith takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Carrie Faith uses cookies to help Carrie Faith identify and track visitors, their usage of Carrie Faith website, and their website access preferences. Carrie Faith visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Carrie Faith’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Carrie Faith’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If Carrie Faith, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that Carrie Faith goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Carrie Faith may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Carrie Faith and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Amazon Associates Program

Carrie Faith is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Google Analytics Advertising Features

Carrie Faith makes use of Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking through the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Carrie Faith may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Carrie Faith’s sole discretion. Carrie Faith encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

Creative Commons

This Privacy Policy is adapted from Automattic’s Privacy Policy as published on November 2, 2016 and is available under a Creative Commons Sharealike license.