Privacy Policy

This policy was last updated May 19, 2018.

Your privacy is important to Fizzy Party. The policy below outlines how your personal information is collected and how it is used when you use our website.

You agree to the terms of this policy when you use this website. This privacy policy may change from time to time. If any changes are made, then you will be notified by revising the date at the top of this policy.

About Fizzy Party
Founded in 2011 and based in the United States, Fizzy Party is an independently operated blog run by Tiffany Fox. This website is about helping you throw fun parties, facilitating and strengthening the bonds of female friendships through hosting mini parties and encouraging, inspiring, motivating and invigorating female owned and run small businesses and blogs.

How Information is Collected
Here is how your information is collected on Fizzy Party:

  • if you subscribe to the newsletter
  • if you leave a comment on the blog
  • if you purchase a product via the Fizzy Party store on etsy
  • through website cookies and log files
  • through Google Analytics

Newsletter
If you decide to join the newsletter via any of the many sign up forms located throughout this website, then your first name and email address are required. We require your email address in order to send you the emails and we require your first name so that my emails to you will include a friendly personalized note.

At the bottom of every email I send, you will find a link to unsubscribe. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. If you are having trouble unsubscribing or would like to be removed from the newsletter, then simply send me an email at Tiffany{dot}fizzyparty@gmail{dot}com asking to be removed.

I currently use Mailchimp as my email service provider (read their privacy policy here ( https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/ ). Your data is collected and then passed to them. Tags are used within Mailchimp to track your actions and page visits so that future emails can be better tailored to meet your needs.

Currently, I send a minimum of one email per week. However, I will occasionally email you about products and other promotions that may be relevant to your interests.

Your email and name are never sold or given away to a third party.

All emails you receive are CAN-SPAM compliant. At the bottom of every email, you will find information on how to contact the sender, as well as information on how to unsubscribe.


Blog Comments
Love something you read on my blog? Then leaving a comment is a great way to do that! I personally love hearing your feedback. If you choose to leave a comment on a blog post, then please be aware that the comment is then public and visible to anyone who reads the comment section. Your email address is never shared or disclosed, but your name and comment will be visible to others.

It is highly recommended that you avoid leaving detailed personal information in your comments.

I reserve the right to remove comments deemed as inappropriate, threatening, profane, or spammy without notice.



Cookies
Cookies store user-specific information into a log. I use the following cookies on Fizzy Party:



Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

Google Analytics
Fizzy Party uses Google Analytics to track website performance and user behavior. It provides information on pageviews, referral sources, and other valuable information that helps me adapt the content I write for this website. Google Analytics does capture anonymous data about location, age, gender, and interests, but I have no way to connect that information and specifically identify you. Google Analytics may also capture your IP address as you make your way around this website. User and event data is retained for 26 months and then is automatically deleted. You can read more about that here.



Social Media Privacy
Fizzy Party uses various social media platforms. Fizzy Party is not responsible for what you post on Fizzy Party's social media channels.

Affiliate Program Participation 

Fizzy Party may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into Fizzy Party.  If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions. 

Fizzy Party is a participant 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 links to Amazon.com.  As part of this Amazon associates program, Fizzy Party will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website.  This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales. 


Parental Consent
If you are under 16 years old, you must first have parental permission before using our website or entering personal information.


Final Notes on this Privacy Policy
You have the right to access your personal data and know how it is being processed. Hopefully, the policy above adequately explains how your data is used.

Personal information will not be transferred unless we are legally obligated to do so. If you would like your information to be removed from our systems, please contact Tiffany{dot}fizzyparty@gmail{dot}com. You can request to be removed at any time. At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to Fizzy Party. This includes your social security number, information regarding your race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this privacy policy.

Fizzy Party contains links to other websites. As such, Fizzy Party is not responsible for the privacy policies of other websites or the third party applications it uses.

If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please feel free to contact us at Tiffany{dot}fizzyparty@gmail{dot}com.


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