Privacy Policy for Cara McKinnon

If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact me by email at cara@caramckinnon.com.

I consider the privacy of our visitors to be extremely important. This privacy policy document describes in detail the types of personal information is collected and recorded by http://www.caramckinnon.com and how I use it.

Newsletter Sign-ups and Blog Comments
At your election, you may provide your email address to subscribe to receive my newsletter and other emails. You may also provide your email address and name to contact me via a form on my website. You may provide personally identifiable information in order to post comments and as part of comments on the blog. You should be aware that anything you post and any information you disclose in blog comments will be available for others to see, via the internet, around the world.

If at any time you would like me to remove you from my database, please email me directly at cara@caramckinnon.com. You may unsubscribe from my mailing list by visiting MailChimp directly or by clicking on the unsubscribe link on any newsletter.

Please do not disclose to me the personally identifiable information of any other person without that person’s consent.

I will take reasonable technical precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your information. I will not provide your email address or any other information to any other person, other than (i) to MailChimp, Mailerlite, or another provider which assists me in sending newsletters and emails, or (ii) if required to be disclosed by law or in connection with any actual or threatened legal proceeding.

Log Files
Like many other Web sites, http://www.caramckinnon.com makes use of log files. These files merely logs visitors to the site – usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’s 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 and Web Beacons
http://www.caramckinnon.com does not use cookies.

DoubleClick DART Cookie

→ Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on http://www.caramckinnon.com.
→ Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site’s visitors based upon their visit to http://www.caramckinnon.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

Our Advertising Partners

Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include …….

• Google
• Amazon
• WordPress

While each of these advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their site, an updated and hyperlinked resource is maintained here: Privacy Policies. You may consult this listing to find the privacy policy for each of the advertising partners of http://www.caramckinnon.com.

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on http://www.caramckinnon.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.

http://www.caramckinnon.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Some of the links on caramckinnon.com are affiliate links. This means I may receive a small commission from the retailer if you make a purchase after clicking the link. There is no additional charge to you, and I receive no personally identifiable information about you from any affiliate.

Third Party Privacy Policies

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. http://www.caramckinnon.com’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites. You may find a comprehensive listing of these privacy policies and their links here: Privacy Policy Links.

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. What Are Cookies?

Children’s Information
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. http://www.caramckinnon.com does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that http://www.caramckinnon.com has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately (using the contact in the first paragraph) and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only
This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our 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.

Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.

Update
This Privacy Policy was last updated on: Friday, May 25th, 2018.
Should we update, amend or make any changes to our privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.