What Information Do We Colect & How Do We Use It?

Comments/Feedback

When you leave comments on the site we collect and display the data shown in the comments form. Any information collected as in created names and/or e-mails are for the purposes of replying to commentary only. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) is provided to the Gravatar service to see, if you are using that service.

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.

Please note that any comments or feedback left online are available to the public to view and/or can be moderated or deleted for material deemed as inappropriate or derogatory by Salt Sparingly.

Any comments and feedback left on Salt Sparingly can be requested to be erased. However, this is not a guarantee. This request does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Any and all comments/feedback are used as evidence if needed for legality or law enforcement purposes.

E-mail Newsletters & Subscriptions & Promotions

All information collected for Salt Sparingly e-mail newsletters/subscription uses Mail Chimp. To review their privacy policy please visit by clicking the following link to Mailchimp.

For any privacy requests or to ask privacy-related questions please refer to MailChimp.

Information obtained and volunteered to Salt Sparingly for this purpose is used for the purpose for which it was provided. You may opt out from future newsletters/subscriptions/promotions by simply e-mail www.saltsparingly@outlook.com to unsubscribe.

Analytical Information

Salt Sparingly does use Google Analytics and JetPack and other tracking apps to collect demographic and advertising information. Salt Sparingly may share this information for business sponserships and/or partnerships.

If any users wishes to opt out from sharing analytical data to Google Analytics, please visit Google’s Analytics Opt out Page.

If any concerns please review Google’s Privacy Policy.

Consent

By viewing and accessing Salt Sparingly’s website, you accept our Privacy Policy and Disclaimer and Terms of Use. You also acknowledge you are of 18 years of age and/or have parental permissions to access Salt Sparingly. We do not knowingly collect e-mails or analytical data of minors.

Please note with each visit to Salt Sparingly’s website, you are consenting to the information noted above in ‘what information we collect’ ,and this privacy policy applies to all users of Salt Sparingly. If you are under the age of 18 years, then please do not provided us with any personal information.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

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.

Advertisements

Display ad’s may appear when visiting Salt Sparingly. The advertisements display content and are not targeted to any Salt Sparingly user. These ad’s may use cookies, but do not collect personal identifiable data.

Third Party Links

Salt Sparingly may contain links to third party websites and/or resources. Third party websites will have separate and individual privacy policies. We have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of any linked sites. However, we always hope to maintain appropriate third party affiliations and welcome any feedback concerning any third party links.

Affiliate Program Participation

We may engage in affiliate marketing by embedded tracking links. Tracking links are used when you click on an affiliate partnership link. Only then will an affiliate marketing a cookie be placed onto your browser. The purpose of the cookie is to track any sales for the purpose of commissions.

Salt Sparingly is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. The designed advertising will provide our site with the ability to earn advertising fees through advertisements and links to Amazon.com. Periodically, we will input customized links provided by Amazon for website referrals. Similar to third party links listed above, Amazon affiliate partnership may use cookies to track visits for the sole purpose of sale commissions.

How Long We Retain Your Data

We retain your data as long as needed for any e-mail, online commentary; or administrative, legal, or security purposes.

You can request at any time to have public comments deleted from Salt Sparingly. However this request is simply a request and not a guarantee.

If you have signed up for the e-mail subscriptions, you may e-mail saltsparingly@outlook.com to have your e-mail taken off the subscription list. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you if such was shared with Salt Sparingly. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments are check with an automated spam detection service. Please visit JetPacks Privacy Policy to view more information on your data and their coordinating policies. Information shared and/or transferred with JetPack is in accordance to their Privacy Policy, Automattic Privacy Notice, and Terms of Service.

Sensitive/ Personal Information

Please do not submit any personal information to Salt Sparingly. Personal information such as your social security number, political affiliations/ opinions, religious denomination, ethnicity/race, health information, banking information, criminal background, or any information regarding one’s professional career. Information shared with us will fall under this privacy policy, thus considered volunteered and furthermore deleted.

We do not collect personal Information described in California Customer Records Statute: signature, social security number, passport number, driver’s license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information.

A name shared with Salt Sparingly is used solely for the purpose of which it is shared. Any feedback left for public usage is considered an user acknowledgment and agreement to display their information for the public to see. If you wish to have that information deleted, then please contact Salt Sparingly, however, public there is no guarantee of deletion for public commentary/feedback.

Privacy Policy Updates

Salt Sparingly Privacy Policies are subject to updates from time to time. We may add or revise policies depending on new technologies and/or services. By using this site, you are consenting to the use of information you provided voluntarily and that which is obtained through third party services and/or links.