Please read this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service carefully before using this Web site.
Auntie Awesome is committed to protecting the privacy of both our visitors.
Information that we collect and how we use it
Auntie Awesome may collect your name and email address. For example, you may subscribe to receive email updates from the blog on the Site by submitting your email address. You also may submit comments to the blog on the Site or through the contact mechanism on the Site. Auntie Awesome does not encourage the submission of any personal information in these comments or through the contact mechanism other than what may be expressly required (e.g., name and email address). Information you disclose in the comments becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your information in a submission.
Web servers may automatically capture information from visitors to the Site, including the name of the domain and host from which you access the internet, the internet address of the Site from which you enter the Site, the pages you visit on the Site and the amount of time you spend on the Site. This visitor information may be used to improve the Site.
Disclosure of information
Auntie Awesome will not voluntarily share your name and email provided via the Site to any third party, except:
– With third parties that we hire to perform services for us (these third parties are not authorized to keep or use your personal information for any other purpose),
– To comply with legal requirements imposed by law, regulation, warrant, subpoena, summons, court order, or by a regulator or law enforcement agency or personnel or
– In connection with a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, acquisition, dissolution or similar event.
Visitor information described above under “Information that we collect and how we use it” may be provided to third parties as described below under “Cookies“ and “Web Beacons.”
Your choices and access
Auntie Awesome wants to keep your name and email address accurate. You can correct or update your name or email address that you have provided. Corrections can be submitted through the site or by emailing Auntie Awesome. You may reach Auntie Awesome via email at heather [at] auntieawesome (dot) com.
The Site may allow you to choose to receive or stop receiving communications from us. You can prevent further use of your name or email address by sending a note You may reach Auntie Awesome via email at heather [at] auntieawesome (dot) com.
Links to other Web sites
Auntie Awesome does not endorse and is not responsible for the information practices or privacy policies of any other Web sites that may be linked to or from the Site. If you decide to access any other Web site that may be linked to or from the Site, you should consult that Web site’s privacy policy.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that the Site can place on your computer’s hard drive. When you visit the Site, a cookie may be placed on your computer for customizing and enhancing your experience on the Site. Your name and email address are not shared in this cookie. Auntie Awesome uses a cookie that collects anonymous traffic data. You can set your Web browser to block cookies, but doing so may affect your ability to access certain features of the Site.
Web Beacons
Web beacons are small bits of code embedded in Web pages or in emails. Web beacons may be used to deliver or communicate with cookies, to count users who have visited a Web page and to understand usage patterns. Web beacons also may be included in emails to learn if messages have been opened, acted on or forwarded. You can disable the ability of Web beacons to capture information in this manner by blocking cookies as described above under “Cookies.”
Security
Auntie Awesome takes reasonable steps to protect personal information from loss and misuse. Please keep in mind that no Internet transmission is 100% secure. Some email sent to or from the Site may not be secure. Please consider this when sending information to Auntie Awesome by email.
Children’s Privacy
The Site is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. Auntie Awesome will not knowingly collect personal information from them. If Auntie Awesome discovers that a child has provided personal information, Auntie Awesome will use reasonable efforts to delete this information. If you have reason to believe that Auntie Awesome has accidentally received personal information from a child under the age of 13, please immediately submit details via email to heather [at] auntieawesome (dot) com
Changes to this Privacy Policy
Auntie Awesome may modify, alter or update this Privacy Policy at any time. Auntie Awesome will not provide individual notice to you of changes to this Privacy Policy, but when updates will be reflected in the date at the bottom of this section.
Last updated on November 19, 2017