This Talk Ain't Cheap!

A Personal Blog

Privacy Policy

I know this is tedious to read and you probably won’t do it, but for legal reasons (and the EU requiring it), here it goes…

This Talk Ain’t Cheap is a personal blog, written and edited by me, Carolyn West. I am committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of all visitors to this website. I am not in the business of selling, renting, or trading email lists with any other company or business for any reason. That’s just not my way of doing things. I know this privacy policy is extensive, but hey, it’s better that you’re informed, right? So sit down, get comfy, and learn when and why I collect your personal information, how I use it, and the limited conditions under which I may disclose it to others and how I keep it secure.

Log Files

Like many other Web sites, This Talk Ain’t Cheap makes use of log files. These files merely log visitors to the site – usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. Seriously, I have no idea where you are from.

Milk & Cookies (or actually, just cookies)

This website collects cookies. Let me elaborate.

Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you.

Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

We use cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based upon visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

The types of cookies we use are:

Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Non-essential Cookies. We use the following non-essential cookies:

  • Google – as a third party vendor, Google uses cookies to serve ads on This Talk Ain’t Cheap. Their use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site’s visitors based upon their visit to this site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL –http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html
  • Amazon – as a third-party ad servers or ad network, Amazon uses technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on This Talk Ain’t Cheap and which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by our site’s third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on the site. This Talk Ain’t Cheap has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers. For more information on Amazon’s policy, click here.

If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.

Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

To provide website visitors the ability to prevent their data from being used by Google Analytics, we have developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on for the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js).

If you want to opt-out, download and install the add-on for your web browser. The Google Analytics opt-out add-on is designed to be compatible with Chrome, Internet Explorer 11, Safari, Firefox, and Opera. In order to function, the opt-out add-on must be able to load and execute properly on your browser. For Internet Explorer, 3rd-party cookies must be enabled. Learn more about the opt-out and how to properly install the browser add-on here.

Mailing Lists

As part of your sign-up for our newsletter, we collect personal information such as your name and email address. We use that information so we can tell you about stuff you’ve asked us to tell you about… new blog posts, information about this website, etc. That’s it. I never sell my list or share it with anyone. Ever.

I use a third-party provider, MailChimp, to deliver emails and the newsletter. Statistics are gathered around who opened the email and if you clicked anything inside. These are standard technologies to help monitor and improve our e-newsletter. For more information, please see MailChimp’s privacy notice.  You can unsubscribe to general mailings at any time of the day or night by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails or by emailing me at temysmom(at)gmail(dot)com.

Access to your personal information

You are entitled to view, amend, or delete any personal information that I have for you. Just email me at temysmom(at)gmail(dot)com and I will make sure all your information is removed.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites. What Are Cookies?

Children’s Information

We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. We encourage parents and guardians to spend time online with their children to observe, participate in and/or monitor and guide their online activity. This Talk Ain’t Cheap does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that This Talk Ain’t Cheap has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This privacy policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website and regarding information shared and/or collected there. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.

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Update

This Privacy Policy was last updated on: Wednesday, May 23th, 2018.
Should we update, amend or make any changes to our privacy policy, those changes will be posted here.