Date updated: July 22, 2024.
Who we are
Lady Out of Office, www.ladyoutofoffice.com, is owned by Lady Out of Office LLC, registered in New Jersey.
Lady Out of Office understands and respects the privacy of our users. This Policy summarizes the types of information we collect and record on this website and how we use it.
Please be sure to carefully read this Privacy Policy and ensure that you understand it.
If you do not agree to and accept our privacy policy, you must stop using our site.
By using our site, you certify that you are an adult, at least 18 years of age.
What personal data do we collect, and why do we collect it
The only personally-identifiable information collected on this website is gathered in our comment area and on specified sign up forms, where fields are provided so that you can provide your name and email address to leave a comment or receive a download, newsletter or other emails on updates, giveaways, or other offers. We collect this information so that we can respond to the comments or questions that you post.
Comments
By leaving a comment on this website, you voluntarily submit your personal data such as your name, email address and your comment.
- We collect the data shown in the comments/sign-up forms, the visitor’s IP address, and the browser user agent string to help detect spam.
- 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/.
To deliver downloads, newsletters or other emails on updates, giveaways, or other offers, our website uses Mailchimp to collect and store you name, email, and IP address.
You may opt out of the collection of your data by unsubscribing anytime. You may also contact them with their instructions on their privacy page [https://mailchimp.com/legal/].
Cookies
Cookies are small text files our site places on your computer or device when you visit certain parts of our site.
When you visit our website, we may assign one or more cookies to your computer to facilitate access, personalize your online experience, and record information about your visit.
We may also automatically collect information about your online activity on our website using a cookie, such as the web pages you visit, the links or advertisements you click on, and other actions you take while on our website.
The cookies do not store any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) about you.
Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser setting to decline cookies.
If you choose to decline cookies, please note that some of our website’s features and services may not function properly.
We also use cookies for purposes such as maintaining continuity during an online session, gathering data about the use of our site, monitoring online promotions, and anti-fraud and information security purposes.
We may allow third parties, advertising companies, and ad networks (“advertisers” to display advertisements on our website. Advertisers may use tracking technologies like cookies to collect information about users who view or interact with their advertisements.
Our website does not provide any PII to these Advertisers. However, they may collect information about where you, or others using your computer, saw and clicked on the advertisements they delivered and possibly associate this information with your subsequent visits to the advertised websites.
They also may combine this information with personal information they collect directly from you. The collection and use of that personal information is subject to the particular AAdvertiser’sprivacy policy.
Use of Cookies by third parties
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to record anonymous information such as posts and pages visited, the name of your internet service provider, the website that you used to link to our site, basic demographic information, the websites that you visit from our site, and your IP address. Google Analytics mainly uses first-party cookies to report on visitor interactions on this website.
This data is collected for statistical purposes to provide a better user experience.
Users may disable cookies or delete any individual cookie from your browser settings tab.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.).
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Links to other sites
Our website contains links to affiliates and other websites. Our site does not claim nor accept responsibility for other such websites’ privacy policies, practices, and procedures. Therefore, we encourage all users and visitors to be aware when they leave our website and to read each website’s privacy statements that collect personally identifiable information.
The Privacy above Policy Agreement applies only and solely to the information collected by our website.
Through affiliate links, identifying information may be carried over to an outside site to show that you visited that site from our site to ensure proper commissions are issued.
Lady Out of Office participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Information collected using Google Analytics is retained for 26 months.
Information submitted through forms, such as email or contact forms, is retained until the data subject chooses to unsubscribe or invokes their right under GDPR to be forgotten.
What rights do you have over your data?
If you 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 may request that we amend or update your personal information.
You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Similarly, if you have subscribed to our email list, you can unsubscribe anytime and request that all personal data be obtained.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
How to contact us
Should you have any questions or concerns regarding our site or this privacy policy, contact us at mariam@ladyoutofoffice dot com.
Changes to our privacy policy
We may change this privacy policy occasionally or as required by law. Any changes will be posted on our site, and you will be deemed to have accepted them on your first use of our site following the alterations. You should check this page regularly to ensure you are current.
