WHO WE ARE
holisticfoodie.com maintains this Site to provide general information to our visitors. All use of this Site is subject to the following terms and conditions. By accessing and browsing this Site, you agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
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/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
CONTACT FORMS
Name and email address only is collected when a user submits a form via the contact form. Information submitted is never used for marketing purposes.
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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
ANALYTICS
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. Users can completely block Google Analytics tracking by using Google’s opt-out browser add-on.
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. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. 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.
WHERE WE SEND YOUR DATA
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, please contact Holistic Foodie at jaclyn@holisticfoodie.com.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
WHAT THIRD PARTIES WE RECEIVE DATA FROM
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information. Additionally, this Website uses third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies, and you are encouraged to visit those websites for additional information. This Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
ConvertKit – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications.
WHAT PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AND WHY WE COLLECT IT
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 the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
Information We Collect from Others: We may receive information about you from other sources. For example, if you use a third-party software through the site, they may transfer information to us for fulfillment.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will 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.
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. 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.
RETARGETING ADS
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
SPONSORED CONTENT TRACKING PIXELS
This Website may engage in sponsored campaigns with various influencer networks, brands, and agencies. All sponsored content is duly disclosed. From time to time, these sponsored campaigns utilize tracking pixels (aka web beacons), which may contain cookies to collect data regarding usage and audience. This information is collected by the sponsoring company to track the results of the campaign. No personally identifiable information collected by the Website is used in conjunction with these tracking pixels.
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.
Amazon Affiliate Partner
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
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.
NEWSLETTERS
On the Website, 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 Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behaviour will not be passed on to third parties.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATIONOpt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at jaclyn@holisticfoodie.com to be removed from our mailing list.
TERMS OF USE
ADVICE DISCLAIMER
Holistic Foodie is the personal blog of Jaclyn Irwin. All blog posts are based on my personal opinion, and all content is of my own creation, unless I state otherwise. I am not a trained chef, baker, dietician or medical expert. I am a Certified Nutritional Practitioner, otherwise known as a Holistic Nutritionist. Holistic Foodie offers personal experiences and opinions and, as such, will not be held liable for any loss or damages arising from the use of this Website.
SPONSORED POSTS
From time to time, this Website may publish sponsored content. This will clearly be stated in the opening of the post. Please be advised that anything I endorse on this blog, even if it is paired with an affiliate link, I am endorsing because I truly think the product is great, it is one that I use, and I want to pass on the information to you. I’ll never endorse products that I don’t personally use. I am not paid to write one way or another, and I choose which products I endorse. Buying products through these links allows for me to maintain and grow Holistic Foodie, and I greatly appreciate your support.Sometimes some pretty great companies reach out to work together and either compensate me for my time or provide me with free material. I will never endorse a product that I don’t fully stand behind and I will always share with you when a post is sponsored. All opinions are 100% my own.
COPYRIGHT AND ATTRIBUTION
All images and content on Holistic Foodie are COPYRIGHT PROTECTED.
Unauthorized use or reproduction of the text and/or photographs on Holistic Foodie is prohibited, unless consent is provided. This means that the text of blog posts and recipes may not be copied and pasted and republished elsewhere. If you would like to share a recipe, do so by providing a link directly back to the recipe post on Holistic Foodie. One photograph may be shared by providing credit to Holistic Foodie at holisticfoodie.com and by linking directly to the recipe post on Holistic Foodie.
COMMENT POLICY
Holistic Foodie appreciates comments and feedback from readers, but please note that this Website reserves the right to delete comments that are negative, inappropriate or identified as spam. Any comments posted on Holistic Foodie may be used as promotional material on this Website or on Holistic Foodie’s social media channels. Any comments readers leave on this Website are public and may be read, collected or used by anyone. Your name, website (if applicable) and date/time of comment will be displayed. Your email address will not be displayed. If you have a gravatar associated with your email address it may be displayed when you leave a comment on this Website. Readers accept these conditions when providing personal information and posting comments on this Website.
GIVEAWAY POLICY
From time to time, this Website may host giveaways. These events may be self-sponsored by this Website or may be sponsored by another individual, website or business. These giveaways will also require entrants to provide a certain level of personal information such as name, email address and location. This is captured in order to determine entrants’ eligibility to win the giveaway, and contact them in the event they are the winner.
ACCEPTANCE OF TERMS
This Privacy Policy and Terms of Use may be amended periodically. Please refer to this page for updates. By using this Website, you signify your acceptance of the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. If you do not agree with the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, please do not use this Website. Your continued use of this Website following the posting of changes to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, please contact Holistic Foodie at jaclyn@holisticfoodie.com.