This policy pertains to all users and visitors to our website, melissaschlies.com. You may reach us at melissa@melissaschlies.com.

This page is to inform all website visitors of our policy regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information. If you choose to use this website, you agree to the collection and use of information that is described in this policy. Any and all information is collected for the purpose of providing and improving the services we offer. We will not use or distribute your information with anyone outside of the way it is described in this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information We Collect & How We use it:

When a visitor leaves a comment on a blog post, they have the opportunity to share their name, e-mail, and website. If they comment, this data will be retained, and used later to approve any further comments by the user, automatically. Further, data will be collected by the anti-spam program, Akismet. To know what information they collect, and how they use it, please see Akismet’s Privacy Policy (https://automattic.com/privacy-notice/).

On our website, a visitor has the option of subscribing to Melissa’s email list, by sharing their name and email address. This information is solely used to send emails pertaining to the workings and program offerings of melissaschlies.com. Any further yet limited data information that is collected during this process, is collected by our email service provider, Mail Chimp. To understand what they collect and why, please see Mail Chimp’s Privacy Policy pertaining to “contacts” (https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/#contacts).

If a visitor wishes to contact us at melissaschlies.com, and chooses to use our contact page,  they will be asked to share their name and email address. This information will be solely used and retained to respond to their inquiry, and nothing more.

Use of Cookies

We use “cookies” on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve their access to our site and identify repeat visitors. When a visitor leaves a comment on our site, they will have the option to save their name, email, and website on our site, through cookies. This is to enable them to comment more easily in the future, and it is solely for their convenience.

Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Melissaschlies.com, with the drawback that certain features of Melissaschlies.com may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Finally, to better understand and serve those visiting our site, we use Google Analytics for traffic monitoring. To better understand what information they may collect, please see Google Analytics’ Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy).

Links to Other Sites

From time to time, blog posts on this site will share links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these other sites. We encourage users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.

Security

We value your trust in using our site and in providing us your Personal Information, and we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Children’s Privacy

Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy as technology changes and new ways to better serve you, emerge. We advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

For further information, please contact us at melissa@melissaschlies.com