Privacy Policy for The Charmed Studio Blog
This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by The Charmed Studio and how we use it.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.
This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in The Charmed Studio. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website. Our Privacy Policy was created with the help of the Free Privacy Policy Generator.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
Information we collect
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.
If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.
When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.
How we use your information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our website
- Improve, personalize, and expand our website
- Understand and analyze how you use our website
- Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
- Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
- Send you emails
- Find and prevent fraud
Log Files
The Charmed Studio follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, The Charmed Studio uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
- We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Online Shopping for Electronics, Books, DVDs & more and affiliated sites. Amazon employs cookies and some usage data if you purchase through Amazon affiliate links on this site.
For more general information on cookies, please read “What Are Cookies” from Cookie Consent.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the companies The Charmed Studio associates with.
- WordPress is a content management system that we use as our platform.
- Google Analytics is used for stat verification
- We provide AddToAny Share Buttons for you to share posts to your Facebook, Twitter, Google+, or other social media sites.
- A shopping basket/cart system via PayPal on our Writing Coaching for Artists with Thea page
- Subscriber information is stored on our email service provider’s website, Mailchimp.
- We are an Amazon.com affiliate. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
- We have a chat function service through use https://www.tawk.to.
- This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
Third-Party Privacy Policies
The Charmed Studio’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:
Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
The Charmed Studio uses a GDPR compliant double opt-in with GDPR specific permissions via Mailchimp.
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Children’s Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
The Charmed Studio does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Cookie-List In Detail:
Sl.No:Cookie NameDurationCategoryDescription
1 cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional1 year. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Functional”.
2 yt-remote-device-idnever. No description available.
3 yt-remote-connected-devicesneverOthersNo description available.
4 cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary1 year. Necessary. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”.
5 cookie law info-checkbox-performance1 year Necessary. This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Performance”.
6 cookie law info-checkbox-analytics1 year Necessary. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent WordPress Plugin. The cookie is used to remember the user consent for the cookies under the category “Analytics”.
7 cookie law info-checkbox-advertisement1 year Necessary. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Advertisement”.
8cookielawinfo-checkbox-others1 year Necessary. This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Others”.
9 YSCsessionAdvertisement.This cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos.
10 VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE5 months 27 days advertisement. This cookie is set by Youtube. Used to track the information of the embedded YouTube videos on a website.
11 test_cookie15 minutes Advertisement. This cookie is set by doubleclick.net. The purpose of the cookie is to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies.
12 IDE1 year 24 daysAdvertisementUsed by Google DoubleClick and stores information about how the user uses the website and any other advertisement before visiting the website. This is used to present users with ads that are relevant to them according to the user profile.
13_ga2 years Analytics. This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors.
14_gid1 day Analytics This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visted in an anonymous form.
15_gat_gtag_UA_110449814_11 minuteAnalytics This cookie is set by Google and is used to distinguish users.
16 CONSENT 16 years 5 months 6 days 9 hoursAnalyticsThese cookies are set via embedded youtube-videos. They register anonymous statistical data on for example how many times the video is displayed and what settings are used for playback.No sensitive data is collected unless you log in to your google account, in that case, your choices are linked with your account, for example if you click “like” on a video.
17 TawkConnectionTimesessionFunctional
This cookie is set by Tawk.to which is a live chat functionality. The cookie is used to remember users so that previous chats can be linked together to provide better and improved service.
18 sssessionFunctionalThis cookie is set by the provider Eventbrite. This cookie is used for the functionality of website chat-box function.