This Privacy Policy explains the manner in which Lauren Marie (https://www.itslaurenmarie.com), collects, uses, maintains, and discloses information collected from its users.

Personally Identifiable Information

Users can visit my site anonymously. However, when you subscribe to my mailing list or contact me through the contact me form, you will be asked to enter your name and email address. I collect personal identification information from visitors ONLY if they voluntarily submit such information. If this makes a visitor uncomfortable, they can refuse to supply personal identification information. However, this may prevent them from engaging in certain site related activities.

When visitors leave comments on the site I collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user to help spam detection.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

I may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with my site. Non-personal identification information may include statistical data such as pages visitors viewed, type of browser visitors are using, how long visitors stay, how visitors found my site, and other types of information.

Log Data

This site collects information that your browser sends whenever visitors visit it.

This Log Data may include information such as visitors’ Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of this site visited, the time and date of the visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

In addition, I may use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor, and analyze this data.

Web Browser Cookies

This site uses Cookies to identify the areas of the Website that are visited. A Cookie is a small piece of data stored on a visitor’s computer or mobile device by the web browser.

This information is not personally identifying and helps to improve the website’s performance.

Most web browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Internet Explorer) can be set to disable the use of Cookies. Through browser preferences, it is also possible to delete Cookies installed in the past, including the cookies that may have saved the initial consent for the installation of cookies by this Site. However, if visitors disable Cookies, they may not be able to access functionality on this website correctly.

Third-party Disclosure

The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

– Google Analytics uses cookies to improve the site’s performance and features usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. This third party tracking tool is designed to collect only Non-Personal Information about visitors’ use of this website.

– MailChimp to deliver email updates and newsletters. It stores your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications and ONLY when explicitly authorized to do so. Please refer to MailChimp’s privacy policy for further information.

These tools are created and managed by parties outside my control. As such, I am not responsible for what information is actually captured by such third parties or how such third parties use and protect that information. Please refer to the privacy policy of the services mentioned above for detailed information.

With regards to cookies installed by third parties, visitors can manage their preferences and withdrawal of their consent by clicking the related opt-out link (if provided), by using the means provided in the third party’s privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.

Why I Need Visitor Information and How I Use It

I collect and use visitor information for the following purposes:

– Ensure that content from my site is presented in the most effective manner for visitors.

– To analyze trends among the visitors to help improve the Website.

– To personalize visitor experience and allow me to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which visitors are most interested.

– To display content from external platforms.

– Interact with external social networks and platforms (Social media widgets and share bars).

– To respond to customer service requests.

– To send periodic emails about business news, updates, new products and services to visitors who have opted in. If visitors choose to have these emails sent, they will only receive these and nothing else. This site uses forms to collect contact information (including visitor name and email address). Personal Identification Information is managed through the third party tool MailChimp. Visitors can always opt-out of receipt of further email correspondence.

Data Retention

I retain personal identification information only if visitors have given consent for one or more specific purposes (through contact forms or opt-in forms) and only for as long as necessary to provide my services and as described in this Privacy Policy.

Rights Related To Your Personal Information

If visitors reside in certain territories, including the EU and the state of California, they have a number of rights in relation to their personal information. While some of these rights apply generally, certain rights apply only in certain limited cases. I describe these rights below:

– Know. They have the right to know what categories of information I have or am collecting from visitors, and what personal information I have collected or am collecting from visitors.

– Access. They may have the right to access and receive a copy of the personal information I hold about them by contacting me using the contact information below.

– Verify and seek rectification. They have the right to verify the accuracy of their data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.

– Change, restrict or delete. They may also have rights to change, restrict my use of, or delete their personal information. I will delete all the data stored in my databases and anything else associated with them upon request.

There are certain limited circumstances when the business does not have to comply and delete the information, such as to provide and complete the transaction for which purpose the information was collected in the first place, or to comply with a legal obligation.

– Withdraw their consent at any time. They have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their personal data.

– Object to processing of their data. They have the right to object to the processing of their data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent.

– Complain. If they reside in the EU and wish to raise a concern about my use of their information (and without prejudice to any other rights they may have), they have the right to do so with their local data protection authority.

– Under the CCPA, If they reside in the state of California, they have the right to request full disclosure if the business sells or transfers their personal information for a business purpose. They have the right to know what information specifically has been sold or transferred, to whom, and for what business purpose. And they have the right to request that a business that collected their personal information does not sell that information to anyone.

Request to exercise their rights can be submitted by them or someone legally authorized to act on their behalf by email to hi@itslaurenmarie.com.

This site does not sell personally identifiable information collected from readers and consumers. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information is provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Contact Information

For purposes of EU data protection law and CPPA, Lauren Hopkins is the data controller of your personal information.

If you have any questions, requests, or concerns; you may contact me here or email me at hi@itslaurenmarie.com.

Children’s Information

For purposes of COPPA and CPPA, this Website is intended for individuals who are 18 years of age or older.

By visiting and using the Site, visitors represent and warrant that they are of legal age and meet all of the foregoing eligibility requirements.

The Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age.

I do not specifically market to children under 13 years of age. I do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age.

If visitors are under 13 years of age, please do not use the Site or provide any information on the Site, including name, screen name, username, address, telephone number, email address, and payment details.

If a parent or a guardian believes that the Website has information of a child under the age of 13 in its database, please contact me immediately at hi@itslaurenmarie.com and I will use my best efforts to promptly remove such information from any records.

Changes To The Privacy Policy

Lauren Marie has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time and revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. I encourage visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how personal information is protected. Visitors acknowledge and agree that it is their responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

Last Updated: December 25, 2022