Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 20, 2021

1. Who We Are

Thank you for choosing to be a part of our community at Really Nice Blog (“Really Nice Blog”, “we”, “us”, “our”). When you visit our website www.reallyniceblog.com (“Website”) and more generally, use any of our services (“Services”, which include the Website), we may collect your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously and therefore, in this Privacy Policy we seek to explain to you what information we collect, how it is used and what rights you have in relation to it.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and review it frequently as we may update it. If there are any terms in this Privacy Policy that you do not agree with, please discontinue use of our Services immediately.

This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected through our Services (including the Website) as well as any related services, sales, marketing and events.

2. What Personal Data We May Collect

2.1. Personal Information You Disclose to Us

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our product and Services, when you participate in activities on the Website (such as by posting comments, entering competitions, contests or giveaways) or otherwise when you contact us.

The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Website, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

Personal Information Provided by You. We may collect names, surnames, email addresses, usernames, contact preferences, information required in the Comments form and/or Contact Us form, when you contact us by email and any other information you choose to provide.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information. Please be aware that information you post may be viewed or captured by anyone who visits the Website, therefore you should avoid posting sensitive or personal data that you would not want to be available to the public.

2.2. Automatically Collected Information

We may automatically collect certain information when you visit, use or navigate the Website. This information may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Website and other technical information. We may also collect information through cookies, web beacons and similar technologies. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Website, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

The information we may collect includes:

• Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Website and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type and settings and information about your activity in the Website (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports that are sometimes called “crash dumps” and hardware settings).
• Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet or other device you use to access the Website. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system and system configuration information.
• Location Data. We collect location data such as information about your device’s location, which can be either precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Website. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location based on your IP address. You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location setting on your device. Note however, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.
• Embedded Content from Other Websites and Links to Other Websites. Articles on this Website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, 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. Linked websites may have their own privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review. We are not responsible for the content, usage terms, privacy policies, or any other aspects of websites that we do not own or control.
• Cookies. We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to access or store information. Specific information how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy.
• Gravatar. 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: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

3. How We May Use Your Data

We use personal information collected via our Website for a variety of business purposes described below. Your personal information is processed for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate business interests, in order to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or compliance with our legal obligations. The specific processing grounds we rely on are indicated next to each purpose listed below.

We may use the information we collect or receive:

• To provide customer support to you. We may use your personal information to respond to requests, questions, and comments, and provide other types of customer support.
• To send administrative information to you. We may use your personal information to send you product, service and new feature information and/or information about changes to our terms, conditions and policies, e.g. such as when you sign up to receive our email newsletters.
• For various marketing and communication purposes. We may use your information to serve advertising, content and offers to you based on your interests and online activities, from us or third parties, as well as to communicate about and administer your participation in events, programs, contests, and other offers or promotions.
• For various business purposes. We may use your information for various business purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, developing new features for the Website, and to evaluate and improve our Website, business, products, marketing and your experience.
• To protect our Services. We may use your information as part of our efforts to keep our Website safe and secure (e.g. for fraud monitoring and prevention).
• To enforce our terms, conditions and policies for business purposes, to comply with legal and regulatory requirements or in connection with our contract.
• To respond to legal requests and prevent harm. If we receive a subpoena or other legal request, we may need to inspect the data we hold to determine how to respond.

4. Who We May Share Your Data With

We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal basis:

• Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.
• Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests.
• Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.
• Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).
• Vital Interests: We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding potential violations or our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.

More specifically, we may need to process your data or share your personal information in the following situations:

• Vendors, Consultants and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require such information to do that work (e.g. payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, maintenance, customer service and marketing efforts). We may allow selected third parties to use tracking technology on the Website, which will enable them to collect data on our behalf about how you interact with our Website over time. This information may be used to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, pages or features, and better understand online activity. Unless described in this Privacy Policy, we do not share, sell, rent or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes.

5. Our Third-Party Service Providers

We only share and disclose your information with the following third parties. We have categorized each party so that you may easily understand the purpose of our data collection and processing practices.

5.1. Web and Mobile Analytics

Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics to record information about the pages a user has seen, for example the URL of the page, time of day, device used, etc. The information that we collect is anonymized and sent to Google Analytics for analysis. Google Analytics mainly uses first-party cookies to report on visitor interactions on this website. Users may disable cookies or delete any individual cookie. In addition, Google Analytics supports an optional browser add-on that – once installed and enabled – disables measurement by Google Analytics for any site a user visits. Note that this add-on only disables Google Analytics measurement.

Google Analytics also collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to provide and protect the security of the service, and to give website owners a sense of which country, state, or city in the world their users come from (also known as “IP geolocation”). See this page for Google Analytics security and usage of data: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

5.2. Content Optimization

Google Search Console. We use Google Search Console to monitor, maintain, and troubleshoot our Website’s presence in Google Search results. This third-party service provider helps us understand and improve how Google sees our Website. See this page for Google Search Console privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

6. How Long We Retain Your Data

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting or other legal requirements). When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information. Analytics data is retained indefinitely.

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our Website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

7. Transfer of Your Data

We may transfer, store and process your information in countries other than your own. If you are accessing our Website, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored and processed by us in our facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information. It means that this information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. Comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. We will take all necessary measures to protect your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.

8. How We Keep Your Data Safe

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security, and improperly collect, access, steal or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Website is at your own risk. You should only access the Website within a secure environment.

9. Minors’ Privacy

This Website is not designed or intended for use by children, and we do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using this Website and our Services, you represent that you are at least 18 years of age or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Website. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at [email protected].

10. Your Privacy Rights

In some regions (e.g. European Economic Area and UK), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; and (iv) if applicable, to data portability. To make such a request, please use the contact details provided in section 13 below.

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. 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.

Cookies and similar technologies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Website.

11. CCPA Privacy Policy Notice

If you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information. This California Consumer Act Privacy Policy Notice (“CCPA Notice”) applies to “Consumers” as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). For the purpose of this CCPA Notice, personal information applies to “Personal Information” as defined by the CCPA (also referred to herein as “PI”).

California law indicates that organizations should disclose whether certain categories of information are collected, “sold” or transferred for an organization’s “business purpose” (as those terms are defined under California law). You can find a list of the categories of information that we collect and share in sections 2, 3 and 4 of this Privacy Policy. Please note that because this list is comprehensive it may refer to types of information that we share about people other than yourself. In addition, we may collect, use and disclose your PI as required or permitted by applicable law, or as directed by you, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

If you would like more information concerning the categories of personal information (if any) we share with third parties or affiliates for those parties to use for direct marketing please submit a written request to us using the information in section 13 below. We do not discriminate against California residents who exercise any of their rights described in this Privacy Policy.

We do not knowingly “sell” personal information that we collect from you, in accordance with the definition of “sell” in the CCPA, and will treat personal information we collect from you as subject to a do not sell request. There is not yet a consensus as to whether third-party cookies and tracking devices associated with our Services may constitute a “sale” of your PI as defined by the CCPA. You can exercise control over browser-based cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser. We also list cookies and provide access to their privacy information and, if available, opt-out programs in our Cookie Policy.

We may offer opportunities to participate in giveaways, contests, or other similar promotional campaigns (collectively “Programs”). When you sign up for a Program we typically ask you to provide your name and contact information (such as email address). Because a Program may involve the collection of personal information, it might be interpreted as a “financial incentive” program under California law. The value of your personal information to us is related to the value of the free or discounted products or services, or other benefits that you obtain or that are provided as part of the applicable Program. This value is based on the expense related to offering those products, services, and benefits to Program participants.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Policy at any time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy is indicated by the “Last Updated” date at the top of the Privacy Policy. All changes are effective immediately upon posting. Please review this Privacy Policy frequently to stay updated on changes that may affect you. Your continued use of this Website and Services signifies your continuing consent to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

13. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by emailing at [email protected].