Privacy Policy and Disclaimer
At Sam Lover, we prioritize the privacy of our users and are fully committed to safeguarding their personal information. This Privacy Policy clearly outlines the nature of the data collected by Sam Lover, its intended usage, and the measures taken to secure it. Sam Lover’s privacy policy and disclaimer were last updated and posted on 7th March, 2024. It governs the privacy and governing terms of our website, located at samlover.com.
By using our Services, you are agreeing to the collection, usage, and sharing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, we advise that you refrain from using our services.
Information We Collect
We collect limited personal information about you when you use our Services, except in the following conditions:
– Comments: If you leave a comment on one of our posts, you may choose to enter your name and email address along with the comment. This data is automatically stored by WordPress. However, we do not use this data or sell it to our partners and/or third parties.
– Ask Us Feature: When you utilize the “Ask Us” feature on Sam Lover, we may require you to enter your name and email address along with your question. This data is automatically stored by WordPress. We utilize this data to respond to your questions, but we do not sell it to our partners and/or third parties.
– Analytical Tools: We use Google Analytics and other similar tools to analyze the traffic on our website. These tools may collect information about your device and behavioral patterns while accessing our website. However, this information is aggregated and cannot be used to identify you individually.
– Third-party Advertising: We may use third-party advertising companies, such as Google Adsense, to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may collect information about your visits to our Services and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
– Cookies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience and for advertising purposes. You can opt out of the use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page or the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page.
– Push Notification Services: We utilize Feedify for push notification services for our users who subscribe to our blog. However, all the information collected by Feedify is governed by their own privacy policy.
– Social Media Share: Sassy Social Share Plugin do not track any user data. But if our plugin depends on any third party service, they might track user data. This can happen in following two ways:
- Embedded Widgets: Some of our plugins have features to integrate embedded widgets as is, from third party services (like Facebook Like, Facebook Recommend, Twitter Tweet official buttons). You can include relevant text in the privacy policy of your website as mentioned below.
- Third-party APIs/Connections: This plugins send request to third party APIs via website-visitor’s web browser to fetch information (like social shares, social comment count). This request made by web browser may include IP address, which can then be seen by the third-party that it’s being requested from. This API request doesn’t include any personal data of the website user other than the IP address. To make your users aware of this, you can include relevant snippets in your website’s privacy policy. (Here you can read more)
Children’s Privacy
Our Services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will take steps to delete such information.
Affiliate Links and Links to Other Websites
We may use affiliate links to provide access to products and services. Whenever you purchase a product using affiliate links from our website, we may earn a commission. Additionally, we sometimes link to third-party websites, and we recommend that you review their respective privacy policies.
Data Protection and Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure and have implemented suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. However, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted over the internet.
GDPR Compliance for European Territories
In compliance with European privacy laws, particularly the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Sam Lover provides specific additional rights for citizens of the European Territories. These rights include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Right to Information and Rectification: Citizens have the right to request information about whether and which personal data is processed by us, and the right to demand that personal data is rectified or amended if inaccurate.
- Right to Erasure: Under certain circumstances, citizens have the right to request that personal data should be deleted.
- Right to Restriction of Processing: Under certain circumstances, citizens have the right to demand that the processing of personal data should be restricted.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Citizens have the right to withdraw their consent to the processing and use of their data completely or partially at any time with future application.
- Right to Data Portability: Citizens have the right to obtain their personal data in a common, structured, and mechanically readable format.
- Contact Data Protection Officer: Citizens have the right to contact our data protection officer if they have any questions, comments, complaints, or requests in connection with our statement on data protection and the processing of their personal data.
- Right to Lodge a Complaint: Citizens have the right to complain to the responsible supervisory authority if they believe that the processing of their personal data is in violation of the legislation.
In addition to the above, we reference certain rights for European Territory citizens throughout this Privacy Policy. Pursuant to the GDPR, citizens from “European Territories” mean the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, the term “European Territories” shall continue to include the United Kingdom, even after the United Kingdom leaves the European Economic Area following Brexit.
Your California Privacy Rights
Sam Lover does not disclose your personal information to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes unless you affirmatively agree to such disclosures.
Editorial Policy
Sam Lover abides by a strict Editorial Policy for the content posted on our website. We do not provide paid positive reviews or coverage to any company, product, or service. While we strive for accuracy, we cannot guarantee that all information provided on our website is 100% accurate.
At Samlover.com, we believe in the importance of transparency to build trust with our visitors. We strive to provide clear and reliable information about the content published on our platform. Transparency is key to fostering a relationship of trust and understanding between us and our audience.
What We Provide:
Clear Dates and Bylines: Every article published on Samlover.com includes a clearly visible publication date and author byline. We believe in accountability and want our readers to know when the content was created and who wrote it.
Author Information: We provide detailed information about our authors, including their backgrounds, expertise, and credentials. We believe in showcasing the expertise behind our content to give our readers confidence in the information they’re consuming.
Publication Details: Alongside each article, you’ll find information about the publication and publisher. We want our readers to know where our content comes from and who is responsible for its creation.
Company Information: We (Samlover) are committed to providing information about our company and the network behind our content. Transparency about our organization helps establish credibility and trust with our audience.
Contact Us: We value feedback and engagement from our visitors. That’s why we make it easy for you to get in touch with us ([email protected]). Whether you have questions, suggestions, or concerns, we’re here to listen.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, and we encourage you to review it periodically. We will post any updates on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our information practices, you can contact us at [email protected].
