PRIVACY POLICY
Thank you for visiting our website!
Your use of the website of ‘Papertree Haven’ accessed on ‘https://papertreehaven.com/’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘website’ or ‘we’ or ‘us’ as per the context) shall be subject to the following privacy policy (hereinafter referred to as “Privacy Policy”). By visiting and/or using our website, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
We value 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. Hence, we strongly recommend you to read this privacy policy and understand our approach towards the use of your personal data. This statement is only applicable to this website.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Information you voluntarily submit to the website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name, email address etc. which, you may voluntarily submit to the website by the actions including, but not limited to, subscribing to our e-mail/ newsletter, leaving a comment for an article/blog, asking a query regarding an article/blog and/or share your views, feedback or suggestions with us.
Information collected by other sources (if and when applicable): We may receive information about you from other sources like third-party accounts which may include, without limitation, social media services and/or Google accounts. If you choose to link any of such third-party accounts (including, but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest) to your user profile, then we will receive your name, email address and profile picture associated with that account.
Automatically-Collected Information: Certain information about you and the device, with which you access the website, is collected by the website. For example, when you use the Website, we/our host servers may log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the website, such as links clicked.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED:
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate, analyze and maintain the website;
- To identify you as a subscriber of the website, and customize the website for your account;
- To update you with the recently uploaded articles or blogs (only if you subscribe).
- 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 questions or suggestions;
- To provide you with user support;
- To protect, investigate, and prevent against unauthorized or illegal activity.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
With your consent: We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Logging in with third party accounts (if and when applicable): If you choose to link any of your third party accounts (including social media accounts) as mentioned above (under the heading ‘Information collected by other sources’), we may share your information, with that third party. In such cases, the use of shared information by the concerned third party will be governed by the privacy policy of the respective third party and your third-party account settings as well. If you do not want your information to be shared in this manner, please do not link your third-party account to the website.
Third-party service providers: The website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the website. The information collected by the third-party service provider may include, but not limited to, hashed data, click stream information, browser type, time and date, information about your interactions with advertisements and other content. Your information collected by the third-party service provider may be combined with the data collected across other websites, online services and other linked or associated devices. These third parties may use your information to improve their own services in accordance with their own privacy policies.
The website may use, without limitation, the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – This service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
Mailchimp – This service is used for the 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 on their privacy policy.
Amazon Affiliate – Papertree Haven 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 linking to amazon.com and affiliated sites. Some links on this blog are affiliate links and I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you if you make a purchase through those links.
Third-Party Advertising – This Site is affiliated with Infolinks for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Infolinks will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Infolinks’ data usage, click here: https://www.infolinks.com/privacy-policy/
You can use NAI-approved Opt-Out mechanism for Interest-Based Advertising here.
As per the requirement of law or As Necessary to Protect Our Users and Services: We may share your information as we believe is necessary or appropriate to protect, enforce, or defend the legal rights, privacy, safety, or property of a person related to the website or to comply with the applicable law or legal process, including responding to the requests from public and government authorities.
During corporate restructuring or other similar transactions: 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 the website to the 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.
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.
PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
To subscribe to the website, you need to enter your name and your email address. Your email address will never be available publicly. If you subscribe to the website or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible.
If you choose to link any of your third-party accounts to the website, then users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time you should submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes, without limitation, your postal address, telephone number, your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
COOKIE POLICY, PIXELS AND TRACKING
Cookies are typically small text files which contain a small amount of information that is downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. When you visit the website again or visit the partner website which recognizes that cookie, your device is able to communicate with our website and the website can read the information held in that cookie.
We use Cookies that help you in customized browsing of our websites and to save you time by not having to re-enter your details/preferences each time you visit. Cookies allow us to provide you with information and show you content relevant to you. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the website.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies in your browser settings. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to reject cookies if you prefer. You may find more help about managing cookies in your browser: Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Safari. This may prevent you from having a complete website experience by affecting access to some of the links, services or features. Information collected by cookies and web beacons is not personally identifiable.
Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt-out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)
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 the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at archana@papertreehaven.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
IN CASE OF EXTERNAL BREACH
In present times, even the most secure systems have been breached by external hackers involving but not limited to virus, trojan, spyware, ransoware etc. While we shall take all measures to keep your data safe and secure, we shall not be held liable in case of breach by external hackers or the like
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 archana@papertreehaven.com to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to archana@papertreehaven.com.
Amend – You may contact us at archana@papertreehaven.com 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 archana@papertreehaven.com.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
If you are entitled to rights under specific provisions or subject to specific provisions, such as but not limited to General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), or the like, and exercise those rights/provisions specifically, you can contact us at archana@papertreehaven.com.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us at archana@papertreehaven.com for questions or comments related to this Privacy Policy.
Last updated: 11/15/2021
