DISCLOSURE + PRIVACY POLICY
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this website, A Wonderful Thought.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?
Information You Voluntarily Submit to the Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to A Wonderful Thought by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, submitting a contact form, or purchasing a product.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access A Wonderful Thought. For example, when you use A Wonderful Thought, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed A Wonderful Thought. We may also collect information about actions you take when using A Wonderful Thought, such as links clicked.
Cookies: Like many sites, we use “cookies” to collect information. Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer’s hard drive. This information is used to analyze content performance and enhance your reading experience. This information is not stored on A Wonderful Thought. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of A Wonderful Thought.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain A Wonderful Thought;
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on A Wonderful Thought;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, A Wonderful Thought may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of A Wonderful Thought. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on A Wonderful Thought. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
Mail Chimp – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.
Paypal – this service is used to pay for purchases you make on A Wonderful Thought. We do not store any credit card information on A Wonderful Thought. All payment information is taken care of by Paypal. Please refer to Paypal’s privacy policy for further information.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in A Wonderful Thought’s sole discretion.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through A Wonderful Thought to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
If you leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. Your email address will never be available publicly. At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit A Wonderful Thought, which may use cookies, as noted above. This website currently uses Mediavine to run advertisements.
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.
Affiliate Program Participation
A Wonderful Thought may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
A Wonderful Thought is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, A Wonderful Thought will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
Sponsorships
A Wonderful Thought may sometimes be compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Many of you come here for guidance, tutorials or to learn something new and we want to take the experience one step further by offering you the links to get the products you need to recreate crafts or home decor seen on A Wonderful Thought. Therefore, we take the responsibility as an affiliate very seriously and promise to recommend a product or brand that we use and/or approve.
Reviews
We believe in honesty and integrity; therefore, we will always give our personal opinion whether or not it shows a product or company in a favorable light. A Wonderful Thought will only endorse companies, products and services that we believe, based on our own experiences, are worthy of endorsement. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely our 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.
Newsletters
On A Wonderful Thought, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows A Wonderful Thought to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at [email protected] to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to [email protected].
Amend – You may contact us at [email protected] to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to [email protected].
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to A Wonderful Thought. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that A Wonderful Thought has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at [email protected] and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us at [email protected] for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
Last updated: May 24, 2018.
COPYRIGHT POLICY
All designs, templates, and downloads on A Wonderful Thought are for personal use only. You may not resell or distribute our downloads commercially. You may not resell any finished projects, as they are considered our designs, and therefore are for personal use only. You are more than welcome to share our content on your website or blog using these guidelines:
1) If you would like to feature a project shown on this website, you may use ONE image provided credit is given to A Wonderful Thought and you include a visible link back to the original post. Step-by-step or long instructional photos may not be used without written permission. Email [email protected] to ask for permission.
2) You may not share any downloadable templates.
3) Do not alter our photos in any way. Do not remove the awonderfulthought.com watermark from any photos.
4) Use of written content is strictly prohibited.
5) Do not submit our photos to websites such as craftgawker or weddinggawker, or any other similar sites.
6) When including a repost of my project onto any of your social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, please add a tag back in your description to my Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
7) This permission can be revoked upon written notice from me at any time. If you are a non-blogger and wish to use the work contained on this website in a manner other than expressed here or have any questions, please contact me at [email protected].
*Unless otherwise stated, all images, text or other content posted on this website are owned by A Wonderful Thought.
PRINTABLE DISCLOSURE
All printables found on A Wonderful Thought are for Personal Use Only unless otherwise stated. The fonts used within these printables have their own set of rules outside of awonderfulthought.com. Please see the authors licensing for more info on their use.
You May:
- Save the files to your computer and print off copies, as needed, for your family.
You May Not:
- Upload or directly link to any of our PDF or JPEG downloads to your site to distribute and share as your own.
- Do not Alter or Sell any of our files.
- Use our resources to make a profit in any way.
DISCLAIMER
A Wonderful Thought is a personal blog written and edited by myself, Kimberly, and my husband, Mr. Wonderful. Unless otherwise stated, all photos are taken by ourselves. For questions about this website, please contact us at [email protected]. Any tutorials published on this website are always tested in our own home, by ourselves. What we write about and share is the whole truth, usually with photos included. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE if you attempt one of our projects and it doesn’t turn out like you expected, this includes recipes. We present our methods to the best of our ability. If you don’t agree with our method(s), please don’t attempt the project. We share what works for us. It may not necessarily work for you.
While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information displayed on this website, A Wonderful Thought makes no guarantee as to the procedures & information contained here. The publisher will not be liable for direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages in connection with or arising from the use of the information displayed on this website. A Wonderful Thought is not intended to substitute for the advice of a professional.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
Through the use of A Wonderful Thought, you are hereby accepting the terms and conditions stipulated within the aforementioned Privacy Policy Agreement. If you are not in agreement with these terms and conditions, then you should refrain from further use of this website. In addition, your continued use of this website following the posting of any updates or changes to my terms and conditions shall mean that you are in agreement and acceptance of such changes.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us at [email protected] for questions related to these policies.
Last updated: May 24, 2018.
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