SusanSalenger.com Privacy Policy

We understand how important the privacy of personal information is to our users. This Privacy Policy will tell you what information we collect about you and about your use of this site and its services. It will explain the choices you have about how your personal information is used and how we protect that information. We urge you to read this Privacy Policy carefully.

If you do not want us to collect, use or disclose information about you and your use of the services as described in this Privacy Policy, then you should not use the services. By using the site, you must agree to the Terms of Use, which is the contract between us and users of the site.  By accepting the Terms of Use, you confirm that you have read and understand this Privacy Policy and the [link to paragraph below entitled Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies] and you acknowledge that we will store, use and otherwise process your information in the United States where we are located.

Information Collected About You

Our site stores your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Even if you do not register with or provide any personal information to this site, we collect information about your use of the site. We may also acquire information about our users from external sources.

When you use the site, we collect information as follows:

Registration

While you may use some of the site without registering, certain services do require that you register for them to function properly. If you choose to register or update an existing account with the site, you may be required to, or choose to, provide certain personal information, such as your name, address, telephone number, gender, email address and age/date of birth, and a username and password to access your account. You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the personal information that you submit to the site.

Email Newsletters

At registration and at various times as you use the site, you will be given the option of providing us with personal information in order to receive informational/promotional newsletters via email from us [and/or directly from third parties. From time to time we may offer users of third party websites the opportunity to subscribe to our newsletters through those websites. If you elect to subscribe to one of our newsletters on a third party website, the operator of that website will provide us with the personal information you have provided in connection with the subscription request, which we may use in accordance with this Privacy Policy as though you had provided it directly to us. ]

[Email a Friend

If you use our Email a Friend service to tell a friend about a feature on a our site or a newsletter, we will ask you for your name, your email address and your friend's email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site using your name and email address as the "from" email address. We do not use your friend's email information for any other purpose. We will only use the information you provide to send the requested email to your friend.

If you believe that one of your contacts has provided us with your personal information and you would like to request that it be removed from our database, please use the Contact Us link provided at the bottom of our site.]

Emails You Send to Us

This Privacy Policy does not apply to information, content, business information, ideas, concepts or inventions that you send to us by email. If you want to keep content or business information, ideas, concepts or inventions private or proprietary, do not send them in an email to us.

Services and Device Information

When you access and use the site, we automatically collect and store in our server logs information from your browser or mobile device such as your IP address or unique device identifier, browser information (including referring URL), your preferences and settings, cookies and information about the content you have viewed and actions taken (e.g., search queries, ad engagement, clicks and the associated dates and times). We may do this using third parties which perform these services for us on our behalf.

Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We and our partners use cookies to collect information about your use of the site. “Cookies” are small data files assigned to your browser when you visit our site which enable recognition of your browser and collect and store information about your use of the site, as described above. In addition to cookies, we and our partners use other tracking technologies that collect information about your use of the site, including mobile identifiers and "web beacons" which are small graphic files (sometimes called “clear GIFs” or “web pixels”) embedded in a web page or email typically used to monitor activity and send relevant information back to a home server (which can belong to the host site, a network advertiser or some other third party). The information collected by such tracking technologies may be combined with other information that our partners have access to, including your name, email address and physical address, so that we can send you materials, either electronically or by direct mail, that may be of interest to you. 

How Information Collected About You Is Used

Information about your use of the site may be used for the following purposes:

  • to provide, improve and create new services,

  • to respond to your inquiries and to send you administrative communications about the site,

  • to obtain your feedback about the site,

  • to send you secure electronic messages and personalized emails pertaining to your interests as inferred from your use of the site,

  • to statistically analyze trends and user behavior and activity including how frequently areas of the site are visited and used,

  • to detect and defend against fraud and other threats to the site and our users,

  • to identify issues with the site,

  • to conduct research and measurement activities, including those described below, and

  • to administer your account.

In addition, we may use personal information about you for other purposes that are disclosed to you at the time we collect the information and/or with your consent.

We may combine your personal information and other information collected about your use of the site, and also supplement with information from external sources for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. This information from other sources may include age, gender, demographic, geographic, personal interests, product purchase activity or other information. We may report aggregate information, which is not able to be identified back to an individual user of the site, to our current or prospective advertisers and other business partners.

Sharing Your Information

 

Companies and Contractors that Work with Us

We work with third party companies and contractors that help us provide the site, including those that provide services relating to technology, data analysis, research, email management and deployment, advertising and marketing and/or content. Our contractors sometimes have limited access to your information in the course of providing products or services to us. We contractually require that our contractors not use or disclose your information for any purpose other than providing the limited service or function for us.

Third Party Advertisers and Third Party Websites

We may share information that we have about you, such as a cookie ID or IP address, with third party advertising service providers who may use this information, on our behalf, to help us deliver advertising on the site as well as on third party websites, such as when we link you to Amazon.com to facilitate your purchase of a book from us.

Certain content, services and advertisements offered to you through the site are served on, or contain links to, websites hosted and operated by a company other than us ("Third Party Websites"). We do not share your personal information with these Third Party Websites without your consent, but you should be aware that any information you disclose to these Third Party Websites once you access these Third Party Websites is not subject to this Privacy Policy. We do not endorse and are not responsible for the privacy practices of these Third Party Websites. You should review the privacy policy posted on the Third Party Website to understand how that Third Party Website collects and uses your information. We make an effort to make it obvious to you when you leave our site and enter a Third Party Website, either by requiring you to click on a link or by notifying you on the site before you visit the third party site.

We may also include social widgets on the site which enable you to interact with the associated social media services, e.g., to share an article. These widgets may collect browsing data which may be received by the third party that provided the widget, and are controlled by these third parties. You may be able to manage your privacy preferences directly with the applicable social network platform.

Compliance with Law, Regulation, and Law Enforcement Requests

To cooperate with government and law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply with law, we may release personal information to third parties: (1) to comply with legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order; (2) when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request; or (3) in special cases, such as in response to a physical threat to you or others, to protect property or defend or assert legal rights. In addition, we may disclose personal information as described below.

How Your Information is Secured and Retained

We take reasonable security measures to protect the security of your personal information. Despite our efforts to protect your personal information, there is always some risk that an unauthorized third party may find a way around our security systems or that transmissions of your information over the Internet may be intercepted.

The security of your personal information is important to us. 

We will retain your personal information as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. At any time you can remove your personal information or instruct us to remove it, but you should be aware that it is not technologically possible to remove each and every record of the information you have provided to us from our servers. See “Your Choices and Rights” below for more information on how you can update or remove your personal information. We will also retain your personal information as necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

Your Choices and Rights

Updating/Removing Your Personal Information

If you do not want your personal information used by us as provided in this Privacy Policy, you should not use the sites.  You can correct, update or review personal information you have previously submitted by contacting us using the contact information listed below or through the Contact Us link provided at the bottom of our site.

If you have registered and desire to delete any of your registration information you have provided to us from our systems please contact us using the contact information listed below in the “Contacting Us About Your Personal Information or Privacy” section or through the Contact Us link provided at the bottom of our site. Upon your request, we will delete your registration information from our active databases and where feasible from our back-up media. You should be aware that it is not technologically possible to remove each and every record of the information you have provided to the site from our servers.

When you sign up to receive email communications for any of our services or at any time, you can choose to opt out of receiving additional  email communications.

Most browser software can be set to reject Cookies. Most browsers offer instructions on how to reset the browser to reject Cookies in the "Help" or “Settings” or “Preferences” section of your browser’s toolbar.  

California Residents

If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information.

Children

We are committed to protecting the privacy of children. The site is not designed or intended to attract children under the age of 13. The site does not collect personal information from any person we actually know is under the age of 13.

Contacting Us About Your Personal Information or Privacy

Please send us an email by using the Contact Us link at the bottom of our site if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the personal information we maintain about you. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.

You can also contact us at:

SusanSalenger.com
Attn: Privacy

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change or modify this Privacy Policy and any of our services at any time and any changes will be effective upon being posted unless we advise otherwise.  By continuing to use the site after changes are made to this Privacy Policy, you agree to such changes.  We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy for the latest information on our privacy practices. If you do not accept the terms of this Privacy Policy, we ask that you do not register with us and that you do not use the site. Please exit the site immediately if you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Last updated on January 12, 2022