Disclosure and Privacy Policy
Below you will find the disclosure and privacy policies for this website: Simply Low Cal.
If you believe any of this information to be incorrect or conflicting then please let us know.
This information is freely given and openly recorded.
Thank you,
Kate
DISCLOSURE POLICY
- This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions about this blog, please email me at [email protected].
- This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.
- This blog abides by word of mouth marketing standards. We 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 the owner of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ 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.
This policy is valid from 16 July 2019
PRIVACY POLICY
This privacy policy sets out how Simply Low Cal uses and protects any information that you give while using our website Simply low Cal (www.simplylowcal.com)
Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Simply Low Cal may change this policy by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 5th May 2019.
We, at Simply Low Cal 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.
What information do we collect and how is it used?
Information You Voluntarily Submit to Simply Low Cal website:
We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to Simply Low Cal website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, commenting on a post or submitting an enquire using our contact form.
Automatically-Collected Information:
We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access Simply Low Cal website.
For example, when you use Simply Low Cal website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed Simply Low Cal website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using Simply Low Cal website, such as links clicked.
Cookies:
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computers hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We may log information using cookies. 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 Simply Low Cal website.
Simply Low Cal website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by Simply Low Cal website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
How your information may be used.
- We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain Simply Low Cal website.
- 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 track and measure advertising on Simply Low Cal website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
Third-Party use of Personal Information
We may share your information with third parties ONLY when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, Simply Low Cal website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of Simply Low Cal website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
Simply Low Cal website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on Simply Low Cal 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 the purposes of delivering such communications.
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 Simply Low Cal website’s sole discretion.
Except when directly required by law, we will never sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through Simply Low Cal website 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
When you comment on a post or article on Simply Low Cal website, your name will appear with that comment. Your email address will NEVER be visible to others. Ensure you put your email in the email field and your name in the name field.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads
We may use advertising service vendors to help present advertisements on the website, one of which is Google. These vendors may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to serve you advertisements tailored to interests you have shown by browsing on this and other sites you have visited, to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before and to avoid sending you duplicate advertisements. In doing so, these vendors may collect non-personal data such as your browser type, your operating system, Web pages visited, time of visits, content viewed, ads viewed, and other clickstream data. The use of cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies by these advertising service vendors is subject to their own privacy policies, not ours, and Service Provider disclaims all liability in connection therewith. For more information about this practice and to understand your opt-out choices, please click here: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.
Affiliate Program Participation
Simply Low Cal website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into Simply Low Cal 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.
Simply Low Cal 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, Simply Low Cal website 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.
Newsletters
On Simply Low Cal website, you have a choice to subscribe to our newsletter. This newsletter is sent out to promote new posts, new products and keep you up to date on Simply Low Cal activity. This newsletter can 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 us at Simply Low Cal to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Rights Related to your Personal Information
- Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in every email we send out. You can find this at the bottom of the email. You may also email us to be removed from our mailing list.
- Access – You may access the personal information we have about you emailing to submit a request.
- Amend – You may email us 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 by email.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
Sensitive Personal Information
At NO time will Simply Low Cal collect sensitive personal information. You should NEVER submit sensitive personal information anywhere on Simply Low Cal website. This includes your social security number, passport 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
Simply Low Cal website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that Simply Low Cal website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please email us immediately and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please email us for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
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.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising
For information regarding data collection by Mediavine ad partners including how to opt out of data collection, please click here.
DISCLAIMERS
All content provided on this Website is for information purposes only. The owner of this Website makes no representations as to the accuracy or completeness of any information on this site or found by following any link on this site. The owner will not be liable for any errors or omissions in this information nor for the availability of this information. The owner will not be liable for any losses, injuries, or damages from the display or use of this information. We are not responsible for the republishing of the content found on this Website on other web sites or media without our permission. All opinions are those of the author alone.
ADVERTISING
Any paid advertising included on the Website should not be taken as an endorsement for any product advertised.
PAID PRODUCT REVIEWS
We may accept payment in exchange for providing an opinion on a product, service, website or other topic. Any such reviews only contain our honest opinion. Any implied imbalance of positive reviews against negative reviews is indicative only of our choice of which products, services, etc to accept for review. All opinions expressed on this blog are our own. Other reviews may appear for which compensation has not been received but an indication will always be given in the post whether payment has been received or not.
NUTRITIONAL AND ALLERGY INFORMATION
This website does not purport to have any formal dietitian or nutritional training. Any indication of nutritional information or suitability for those with specific dietary requirements given in a post should be taken as guidance only.
ALLERGY INFORMATION
Basic information is given for each recipe in relation to whether it is gluten-free, egg-free, dairy-free or nut-free. Suggestions may also be provided for how a recipe may be adapted to exclude each of these allergens. This information is provided for guidance only and should not be relied upon.
Furthermore, a comprehensive list of allergens is not provided for each recipe and the exclusion of reference to a particular allergen does not preclude its inclusion in the recipe. In particular, ingredients can differ from shop to shop, region to region and country to country and each ingredient should always be checked on an individual basis.
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
Nutritional information is provided for each recipe underneath the main recipe card. The information provided is for guidance only. The nutritional make up of ingredients may differ from product to product, brand to brand and especially country to country. The exact quantities of each ingredient will likely vary due to human variance. No reliance on the information provided should therefore be made.
In addition, none of the advice given on this website is to be considered as medical advice. Please do not make any changes to your lifestyle or diet without discussing it with your doctor.
FOOD & PERSONAL SAFETY
This website cannot accept any liability for any food or physical safety issues arising from advice given. This includes, but is not limited to; any illness, disease or death incurred following preparation or consumption of any recipes or feasts, any physical injuries incurred during the planning, preparation or consumption of the recipes or feasts and any issues arising at an event or feast.
This website can also not accept any liability for any damage incurred to any property or possessions as a result of the advice given.
Common sense is advised to be applied at all times.