While He Was Napping (found at https://whilehewasnapping.com/ and further referred to as ‘Website’) is governed by the following privacy policy (‘Privacy Policy’).
Your privacy is respected here at While He Was Napping and we are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information may be collected 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 the Website: This Website 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, requesting content to be delivered to your email inbox, or submitting a contact form.
Automatically-Collected Information: This Website automatically collects certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website are all logged. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Cookies: Your information may be logged using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. This Webiste 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.
Demographics Information: This Website is committed to ensuring that content is valuable and useful. To help identify this, Google analytics demographics and interest reporting features are active on this website. While this data is not personally identifiable, this Website is committed to complete openness and honesty. Data regarding gender, age and interests of Website visitors is collected and used to adapt and create content to better reflect your needs. Although this information is collected through your Google ad settings, it is not provided in a personally-identifiable format. You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads using the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the 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 the 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 when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, the Website may use 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.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites, demographic information and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
MediaVine Display Ads – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as demographics and user actions to advertisers in order to serve up relevant display ads on this site. This information impacts which ads you see on this Website. *See further information related directly to MediaVine’s use of information below in the advertising section.*
Facebook Pixel – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as demographic information and user actions on the Website when users have used a Facebook advertisement to navigate to the Website. This information is used to measure ad conversions or retarget advertisements on Facebook.
ThriveLeads – this service is used to collect email addresses and shares the information with ActiveCampaign (listed below). This facilitates our delivery of email communications, such as newsletters or exclusive content. Your name and email address is stored for this purpose. Please refer to ThriveLeads’ Privacy Policy for further information.
ActiveCampaign – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to ActiveCampaign’s privacy policy for further information.
Wordfence – this service tracks your IP address and website usage. It is used to prevent unauthorized access to, spamming of or other illegal hacking activity to the Website. Please refer to Wordfence’s privacy policy for further information.
Yoast SEO – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as search terms. This information is used to keep both past and future content relevant and useful to you. No personally identifiable information is gathered or stored. Please refer to Yoast SEO’s privacy policy for further information.
Your personal information is not shared with any third-party applications not listed above. This list may be amended from time to time at the Website’s sole discretion.
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 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
If you leave a comment on the Website, certain information may be publicly visible, such as your name. Other personal information will not be visible, including your email address. At your option, you may add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.
Users may see your username, avatar, profile description and website information. Never submit personal information such as social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. The Website will never request such information.
COOKIES
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner 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 the 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.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies, as noted above. Further information on how the current third-party ad company – MediaVine – uses your information is included below, at the end of this page.
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.
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.
While He Was Napping 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, the 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.
While He Was Napping is a participant in Apple’s Affiliate Program, an advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to iTunes and The App Store. As part of the Apple Affiliate Program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Apple, to track referrals to iTunes and The App Store. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commissions on these sales.
While He Was Napping is a member of Ultimate Bundles Affiliate Program, which is a program designed to provide sites a means to earn commission on Ultimate Bundle product sales referred by the program participant. As a member of this affiliate program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Ultimate Bundles, to track the referrals to their website. This program uses cookies to track visits for the purpose of assigning and tracking commissions on these sales.
Newsletters
On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. The Website also offers exclusive content, only available via email. All email communications 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 and content on the Website to the interests of the user. This behavior will never be passed on to third parties.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links that are present in every one of our emails. These links are at the bottom of the email. You may also notify krista@whilehewasnapping.com that you wish to be removed from our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to krista@whilehewasnapping.com.
Amend – You may contact us at krista@whilehewasnapping.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 krista@whilehewasnapping.com.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. The Website will never request sensitive information – if you any such requests, please inform us by email at krista@whilehewasnapping.com. This sensitive information includes your social security 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
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 krista@whilehewasnapping.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
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.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact us at krista@whilehewasnapping.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
Last updated: April 6, 2023.
