Privacy Policy – Disclosure – Comment Policy

Our website address is: https://growingupfrench.com and the following information relates to this website.

The policies mentioned hereunder are valid as of May 2020.

COMMENT POLICY

Comments are welcomed and encouraged on this site, but there are some cases where comments will be edited or deleted :

• Comments deemed to be spam or solely promotional in nature,
• Comments including profanity,
• Comments containing language or concepts that could be deemed offensive,
• Comments that attack an individual directly,
• Comments that harass other posters will be deleted. Please be respectful toward other contributors.
• Anonymous comments.

The owner of this blog reserves the right to edit or delete any comments submitted to the blog without notice. This comment policy is subject to change at any time. If you have any questions on this comment policy, please let us know at admin@growingupfrench.com or through the contact form here.

DISCLOSURE POLICY

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me, Aurélie.

For questions about this blog, please contact me (aurelie@growingupfrench.com).

The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own.

Any advice I give is based on my own personal experience and/or research. I would never give advice that I would not take.

I do accept guest posts and do not assume responsibility for any advice or opinions they may give. For questions concerning this blog, please contact me at aurelie@growingupfrench.com.

This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.

The FTC requires all US bloggers to disclose how they earn income on their sites, although I am not located in the US, I agree to abide by those requirements :

1. The content of this blog is a source of income for me and therefore may be used to promote products, services, or other businesses.
2. I participate in affiliate programs though various companies including, but not limited to, Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. These programs are designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. In other words, if you click on something on my site, I get paid a small percentage of the sale at no additional cost to you. 
3. Please rest assured that I will never endorse a product, that might be mentioned in one of my articles, that I would not use myself and approve. I will only choose to promote products/services/businesses that I have, in fact, used and that I feel will be beneficial to you, the reader.
4. Products provided to me by my advertising partners for my review are given to us free of charge with no cost to ourselves. This does not ensure a positive review of the product in any way.
5. Affiliated products/services/businesses within the content of this blog will be advertised as such.
6. I use third-party advertising companies, such as Google AdSense, to serve ads when you visit our Web site.

You can trust this site. I will always give my genuine opinion about a product or service whether or not I am partnering with the service provider and/or receiving payment to do so. I value accuracy and fairness and I would never compromise the truth at the expense of my integrity.

PRIVACY POLICY

Your privacy is valued and always protected. This privacy policy outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected by my blog and how it is used.

This website (growingupfrench.com) does neither share or sell personal information with third parties nor do I store any information about your visit to this blog other than to analyze and optimize your content and reading experience through the use of cookies. 

Cookies may be used in 3rd party advertising, but this blog and its owner do not see and have access to this information.

You can turn off the use of cookies at anytime by changing your specific browser settings. We respect your right to turn off tracking in your settings but please be aware that some features of this site may not continue to work properly or you may not have access to features on this site.

The following link is provided to help you make any changes you may choose : Activate do not track on Google Chrome.

We are not responsible for republished content from this blog on other blogs or websites without our permission.

This policy applies to information we collect:

• On this website.
• In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this website.
• When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.

The following articles are a more in-depth overview of the information here-above mentioned.

Log Files

Like many other Web sites, my site makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Plug-ins

We use different plug-ins for a more user-friendly experience on our site. Here are a few extracts from the plug-ins’ privacy policies :

We use Google Analytics to track social shares made at our website. Google automatically collect and store certain information in their server logs which includes device event information such as crashes, system activity, hardware settings, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and referral URL, cookies that may uniquely identify your browser or your Google Account, in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

We embed a Facebook widget to allow you to see number of likes/shares/recommends and “like/share/recommend” our webpages. This widget may collect your IP address, your web browser User Agent, store and retrieve cookies on your browser, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the widget, including correlating your Facebook account with whatever action you take within the widget (such as “liking/sharing/recommending” our webpage), if you are logged in to Facebook. For more information about how this data may be used, please see Facebook’s data privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update

We use a Twitter Tweet widget at our website. As a result, our website makes requests to Twitter’s servers for you to be able to tweet our webpages using your Twitter account. These requests make your IP address visible to Twitter, who may use it in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://twitter.com/en/privacy#update

We use Pinterest Save widget at our website to allow you to pin images to Pinterest from our webpages. These requests may track your IP address in accordance with their data privacy policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy

Third-Party Use of Personal Information – Email

Growingupfrench.com may provide personal information to an applicable third party in order to provide services. Growing Up French uses the services of Flodesk for delivery of email updates. Flodesk’s use of your personal information is subject to Flodesk’s Privacy Policy.

Opt In / Opt Out Policy

GrowingUpFrench.com will not sell, distribute, or reveal users’ email addresses or other personal information without their consent. You can decline to submit personal information at any time.

If you decline, we may not be able to continue to provide service to you. You may request deletion of your personal information by sending an email to admin@growingupfrench.com, but in some cases, we may be required to keep your information by law. In such a case, it would no longer be active and would be kept separately in an archive.

Children Under the Age of 13

The Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years old. If you are under 13 years old, do not use or provide any information on the Website or on or through any of its features/register on the Website, make any purchases through the Website, use any of the interactive or public comment features of the Website or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child younger than 13 years of age, please contact us at admin@growingupfrench.com.

Data Security  

We have implemented measures designed to secure information provided on this Website by you from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, this website works in conjunction with other third party sites and services and is not responsible or liable for breaches that occur on any third party site, program or cloud storage provider.

California Residents Privacy Rights

California Civil Code Section § 1798.83 permits users of our Website that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to admin@growingupfrench.com