Here at Flowersandflowerthings.com, I recognize that privacy of your personal information is critical. Below is information on what types of information I receive and collect when you use and visit my site flowersandflowerthings.com, and how I safeguard your information.

Please note I never sell your personal information to third parties.

Personal Information I Collect

When you visit our site, we automatically collect some information about the device you are using, as well as information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, I collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site.

Analytics

As you use this Website, I use automatic data collection technology (Google Analytics) to collect certain information about your device, browsing actions, and patterns. This generally includes information about where you are, how you use our website and any communications between your computer and this site. Among other things, I will collect data about the type of computer you use, your Internet connection, your IP address, your operating system, and your browser type.

I collect this data for statistical purposes and I don’t collect personal information. The purpose of this data is to improve my Website and help me meet the intended purpose.

Contact forms

I also collect communication data that includes any communication that you send to me. This can be through the contact form on my website, through email, text, social media messaging, social media posting or any other communication that you send me. I may process this data for the purposes of communicating with you as well as for record keeping.

When you fill out a contact form on flowersandflowerthings.com I only collect the information you enter into the contact form.  If the form asks for your name, email address, or any other personal information, then that information is sent to me via email.  I only retain that information—including your email address—for as long as necessary to address your purpose in contacting me.

Comments 

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 agent string to help spam detection.

Please note that you are entitled to your own opinion, but be nice when airing it.

Data Retention 

I will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes I collected it for.

My Contact Information 

For questions regarding your data and how I use it, you can reach me at hello@flowersandflowerthings.com

Affiliate Disclaimer

Some of the posts on this site contain links which will allow you to purchase different products and services online. The products and services are provided by other merchants, and not by flowersandflowerthings.com. Some of the links that I post on my site are an affiliate, meaning that if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission.

Affiliate links do not affect the price of the products or services that you buy.

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.

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