What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Comments Continued.
If a visitor leaves a comment divulging personally identifiable information of themselves and or others’ information such as: full legal name, home address, work address, telephone number, etc. We have the right to take it down. More so, any comments containing hateful speech, defaming speech, racially targeted speech, fraud, acts of violence or inappropriate behavior will be taken down immediately. Thus, such an action result in consequently full, legal action to the individual or party delivering such comments and or remarks.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Embedded content from other websites: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Photos
Photos found on stylelikeshelby.com are copyright photos taken and belonging to Shelby of stylelikeshelby.com, purchased and licensed stock photos, embedded photos/videos from Instagram and or embedded photo/videos from Pinterest.
If you have a found a picture without the proper photo credits to the respective owner, please notify us and we will update the info under the photo to give credit.
Thus, if there is a photo of yourself on here which you do not give authority for us to use, please also notify us and we will happily remove it form our website.
Advertising
Display Ads
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website (stylelikeshelby.com), which may use cookies. No personally identifiable information is shared with the Website’s ad providers.
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Google Analytics, Pinterest, Facebook, Instagram or TikTok, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.
Sponsored Content Tracking Pixels
This Website may engage in sponsored campaigns with various influencer networks, brands, and agencies. All sponsored content is duly disclosed in accordance with the FTC’s requirements. From time to time, these sponsored campaigns utilize tracking pixels (aka web beacons), which may contain cookies to collect data regarding usage and audience. This information is collected by the sponsoring company to track the results of the campaign. No personally identifiable information collected by the Website is used in conjunction with these tracking pixels.
Affiliate Program Participation
The Website (stylelikeshelby.com) may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. 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.
stylelikeshelby.com 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, the Website 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.
Newsletters
On the Website (stylelikeshelby.com), you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. We do this in hopes to better serve our audience and website visitors with newsletters, product recommendations, helpful articles and digital based products. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties to use data collected for their own benefit.
Analytics
Who we share your data with:
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. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile they initially entered on the Website. 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.
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.
Where we send your data: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
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We do not share personal information with third-parties nor do I store information collected about your visit to stylelikeshelby.com for use other than 1. to analyze content performance through the use of cookies, which you can turn off at anytime by modifying your Internet browser’s settings and 2. when you sign up for a subscription, free digital product or email list.
We are not responsible for the privacy policies of other sites that I may link to.
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Please note that Style Like Shelby often receives samples and/or compensation for sponsored blog posts. If and when this occurs, it will be noted in the blog post. For information on how to become a sponsor or to work with Shelby of stylelikeshelby.com or to be featured in an artcile, please reach out on the contact page!
