Privacy Policy
Who we are
This site is owned and operated by Liv Brywood. Our website address is: https://www.livbrywood.com.
Summary
Like most website operators, LivBrywood.com collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how visitors use the website. From time to time, we may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
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We also collect potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on the website. We only disclose logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.
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LivBrywood.com does not currently share or sell any personal information to third parties, nor does it plan to sell or share any personal information in the future.
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Removing Your E-mail Address
If you have previously provided us with your e-mail address and later decide that you do not want us to have it, please follow the instructions to unsubscribe contained at the end of your e-mail message from us. We will try to accommodate your request, but cannot promise that it will happen immediately.
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Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
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Contact forms
If you visit our site to submit information, such as mailing list signups, on our pages, we collect and store the name and email address you used to sign up to any of our newsletter mailing lists. You may unsubscribe from these mailing lists at any time by clicking the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of these newsletters.
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We do not share or sell any personal information gathered through mailing list signups.
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Cookies
Cookies are electronic tags that most major websites place on your computer in the process of sending your computer a file, such as a Web page. We use them in a limited fashion as well. In essence, a cookie is a unique bit of computer code that is placed on your computer the first time you visit our site. It tells us simply when a computer that has previously visited our site returns, and it identifies your computer’s browser and operating system to help us make the best connection. In no event does the cookie we place on your computer tell us anything about your visits to other websites or your use of the Internet in any other way.
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If you would prefer not to receive any cookies, most browsers can be set to refuse cookies or to alert you when one is being sent. It is possible, however, that some portions of this site may not function properly if the cookies are disabled.
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Links to Other Sites
Our site contains links to other sites that are not under our control, even though they may use the LivBrywood.com name or logo on their site through an agreement with us. Such other sites do not necessarily follow our privacy policies, and may place their own cookies on your computer. This practice is standard on the Web, and we do not control cookies placed on your computer by third parties whose advertising or links appear on our site.
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Facebook Conversion Tracking Pixel
LivBrywood.com may from time to time use Facebook Advertising, Facebook Pixel Re-Marketing, and communications. This tool allows LivBrywood.com to understand and deliver ads and make them more relevant to you. The collected data remains anonymous and LivBrywood.com cannot see the personal data of any individual user.
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However, the collected data is saved and processed by Facebook. Facebook may be able to connect the data with your Facebook account and use the data for their own advertising purposes (in accordance with Facebook’s Data Use Policy found under: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).
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Facebook has ultimate control of the information gathered through Facebook Advertising, Facebook Pixel Re-Marketing, and communications. You can opt-out of Facebook’s use of cookies and Facebook Pixel Re-Marketing through settings on your Facebook Account.
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Analytics
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Who we share your data with
LivBrywood.com will not obtain personally-identifying information about you when you visit our site, unless you choose to provide such information to us. We will not sell, share, or otherwise transfer information to unaffiliated third parties without the approval of the user at the time of collection.
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How long we retain your data
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.
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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.
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What rights you have over your data
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.
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Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
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Additional information
When accessing our website, LivBrywood.com will learn certain information about you during your visit. How we will handle information we learn about you depends upon what you do when visiting our site.
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If you visit our site to read or submit information on our pages, we collect and store only the following information about you via cookies, Google Analytics, and sign-up forms:
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– The date, time and general location at which you access this site
– The pages you visit on this site
– The name of the domain from which you access this site
– The Internet address of the website you used to link directly to this site
– The name and email address you used to sign up to any of our authors’ newsletter lists
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If you identify yourself by sending us an e-mail containing personal information, then the information collected will be solely used to respond to your message.
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The information collected is for statistical purposes. LivBrywood.com may use software programs to create summary statistics, which are used for such purposes as assessing the number of visitors to the different sections of our site, what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas.
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If you would like to opt out of any information being collected from you from LivBrywood.com, please immediately close all pages of this website and never return.
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Security of Private Information
We would like to be able to tell you that the information you provide us is absolutely safe. Unfortunately, computer security breaches make it impossible for anyone to be confident. The most we can tell you is that we take reasonable steps to protect the information you provide us from theft, alteration or unauthorized inspection. In addition, in rare instances, we will disclose private information to necessary parties to protect our site or other visitors.
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Changes To This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy is effective as of January 2021 and will remain in effect except with respect to any changes in its provisions in the future, which will be in effect immediately after being posted on this page. We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website.
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Updated: January 2021