PRIVACY POLICY, DISCLOSURE POLICY, COPYRIGHT POLICY, AND DISCLAIMER
DISCLOSURE:
Our blog address is: https://MusicCatRF.com.
The blog Music Cat RF (“Blog”) is written and edited by me, Tom Parkin.
- This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, or other forms of compensation.
- This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. I believe in honesty of relationship, opinion and identity. The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.
- The owner of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though I may receive compensation for posts or advertisements, I always give my honest opinion on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my 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.
- This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
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 blog.
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 spam detection.
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/. If you use Gravatar, after approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
CONTACT FORMS
Our contact form is through Comment 7. Please refer to Comment 7’s Privacy Policy for further information.
SHOP PURCHASES
The Music Cat RF shop is through . Please refer to Privacy Policy for further information.
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.
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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Blog;
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. I try to limit the number of emails I send to one per week. On occasion, I might send two during a certain week if there’s a special sale or giveaway. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To send you administrative communications, such as confirmation emails and updates on policies;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on the blog;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
The Blog may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Blog. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
The Blog currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Blog usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Blog. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. Please refer to Google Analytics cookie usage for further information.
aWeber – 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 aWeber’s privacy policy for further information.
Social Warfare plugin is used for social media sharing.
This list may be amended from time to time in the Blog’s sole discretion.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Blog, which may use cookies, as noted above. (The ad network used on this Blog is Google Adsense). Please refer to Google Adsense’s Privacy Policy for further information. Some of the ads may be served by Google. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to Users based on their visit to our Site and other sites on the Internet. DART uses “non personally identifiable information” and does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, etc. You may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.htm
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website 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
NEWSLETTERS
On the Blog, 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 the Blog to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This information will not be passed on to third parties.
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.
WHERE WE SEND YOUR DATA
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe link at the bottom of my emails. You may also notify me via my contact page to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to my contact page
Amend – You may contact me via my contact page to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – 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. To do so, please submit a request to my contact page
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information, such as your social security number, to the Blog.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
The Blog does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Blog has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately via my contact page and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
COPYRIGHT POLICY:
Please use any of the ideas found on this blog with the following criterion:
- Use only one picture with a link to the original post if you are sharing this on a blog or site. You may use one watermarked picture of mine or the roundup collage or photo with text at the top of the post. You don’t have permission to use another blogger’s individual photo from this site. (I’ve obtained permission from the individual bloggers to use those photos on this site.)
- Please do not re-post an entire blog post or distribute printed out content without written permission from me.
- Contact me via my contact page for any other permissions.
DISCLAIMER:
- The owner and writer of this blog accepts no liability. Readers following instructions and suggestions made by the owner and writer are responsible for their own safety and the safety of minors in their care. All activities require adult supervision.
- Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, service provider, or party in question.
- All information contained within this site, MusicCatRF.com, and communications, including its emails, is for informational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any health problem – nor is it intended to replace the advice of a physician. No action should be taken solely on the contents of this website or its newsletter or community. Always consult your physician or qualified health professional on any matters regarding your health or on any opinions expressed within this website or its newsletter, emails, and/or community.
- The information provided within this website and its newsletter, emails, and community are believed to be accurate based on the best judgment of the author, but the reader is responsible for consulting with his or her own health professional on any matters raised within. The author does not assume any liability for the information contained within this website or its newsletter, emails, and community.
- Please see your physician before changing your diet, starting an exercise program, using product or equipment, or taking supplements of any kind.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact me via my contact page for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
Last updated: May 25, 2018.