Who we are
Our website address is: https://www.thecheekygreenbean.com
If you have any concerns about this policy and you need to contact us, reach out at thecheekygreenbean@gmail.com
What kind of information we collect
We collect the following information from you:
- Personal information: This includes information that you provide to us directly, such as your name and email address
- Usage data: This includes information about how you use our website, such as the pages you visit, the links you click on, and the time you spend on each page.
- Device data: This includes information about the device you use to access our website, such as your IP address, browser type, and operating system.
Why we collect your information
We use your information for the following purposes:
- To provide you with access to our website and its features.
- To personalize your experience on our website.
- To send you marketing and promotional communications.
- To display relevant ads and personalise content.
- To analyze website traffic and improve our website.
- To comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
Here’s a breakdown of where and how we collect your data on our website.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on thecheekygreenbean.com we collect the data shown in the comments form – such as name and message – and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Contact Form
Through our Contact Form, we collect your Name, Email address and message sent to us. Contact Forms on our websites are managed by WPForms and Jetpack. See their policy pages here:
WPForms Privacy Policy Page
Jetpack Privacy Policy Page
Newsletter Sign-up Form
When visitors sign up for our Newsletter we retain email contact detail and their names if provided.
We use MailChimp as our Newsletter provider. You can find the MailChimp Privacy Policy here.
Third Parties
We use a variety of third-party services to help us operate our website and provide our services. These services include:
- Web hosting: We use a third-party web hosting provider to store our website files and make them accessible to visitors.
- Content delivery network (CDN): We use a third-party CDN to deliver our website content to visitors around the world with faster performance and reliability.
- Analytics: We use third-party analytics services to track website traffic and user behaviour. This information helps us to improve our website and make it more user-friendly.
- Marketing: We use third-party marketing services to send email newsletters and promotional communications to our subscribers.
- Payment processing: We use third-party payment processors to process credit cards and other online payments.
- Ads placement: We use third-party advertisement services to finance our website.
These third-party services may collect information about you, such as your IP address, browser type, and operating system. They may also collect information about how you use our website, such as the pages you visit and the links you click on.
We share your information with these third-party services only as necessary for them to provide their services to us. We require these third-party services to take appropriate measures to protect your information and to use it only for the purposes for which we share it with them.
If you have any questions about our use of third-party services, please contact us at thecheekygreenbean@gmail.com
Google Analytics, Google AdSense and Google Search Console
We use Google Analytics to track how much traffic and what kind of traffic our website receives, Google AdSense to earn a commission through our traffic and Google Search Console to track the Performance and keywords used to find our Website. Check Google Policies here. Google collects personal information, usage data and device data. Your data is saved in the server for 2 months.
CJ – Commission Junction LLC
It’s currently not active but we plan to use CJ.com to earn commissions in the future. Here you can find CJ Privacy Policy page.
Amazon Affiliate Programme
In relevant articles and pages of this website, you can find Affiliate links that come from the Amazon Affiliate Programme – Amazon Associates. Here you can find their Privacy Policy page. Visit our Disclaimer page to learn more about how and where we use affiliate links.
Cookies
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device by websites that you visit. They are used to store a variety of information, such as your preferences, website settings, and browsing history.
What types of cookies do we use?
We use two main types of cookies on this website:
- Session cookies: These cookies are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser. They are used to track your activity on the website during your current visit.
- Persistent cookies: These cookies remain on your computer or mobile device for a longer period of time, even after you close your browser. They are used to remember your preferences and settings for future visits to the website.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies for a variety of purposes, including:
- To improve your user experience: Cookies can be used to remember your preferences, such as your language and location so that you don’t have to enter them each time you visit the website.
- To personalize your content: Cookies can be used to track your browsing history and interests so that we can show you more relevant content and recommendations.
- To analyze website traffic: Cookies can be used to collect data about how visitors use our website, such as the pages they visit and the amount of time they spend on each page. This information helps us to improve the website and make it more user-friendly.
- To target advertising: Cookies can be used to show you more relevant ads based on your interests and browsing history.
How to manage cookies
You can manage your cookie settings in your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to disable cookies altogether, but this may prevent you from using some of the features on our website.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, codes etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who do we share your data with
Visitor comments on blog posts, pages and messages through our Contact Form may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We also may share your information with the following third parties:
- Service providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who help us to operate our website and provide our services.
- Business partners: We may share your information with third-party business partners who offer products and services that we believe may be of interest to you.
- Law enforcement and other government agencies: We may share your information with law enforcement and other government agencies if we are required to do so by law or if we believe that it is necessary to protect our rights, the rights of others, or the safety of the public.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment or contact us through the feedback form the comment/feedback and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments or communication automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. If you sign up to our Newsletter your data is stored until you decide to unsubscribe. If you unsubscribe, we will delete your data from our database.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on WordPress.org and have left comments, or feedback on our website or have subscribed to our Newsletter, you can:
- Request to receive a file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. Contact us at thecheekygreenbean@gmail.com
- You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
- You can opt out of receiving marketing and promotional communications from us by unsubscribing from our Newsletter. See the latest email sent by us for the Unsubscribe option.
Security
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, so we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your personal information.