Privacy Policy - Lime Thyme

Updated 1/24/2022

This privacy policy explains how Viola Gomes, owner of this Website (limethyme.com) uses and protects any information that you give while using limethyme.com. Here at Lime Thyme, we strive to provide meaningful content that we think will be valuable to you, our readers. We also believe in transparency, which is why you’ll find all the details about what information we collect, how compensation works for the Website, and other Terms of Use that apply to you. By accessing and browsing this Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. In the event of any violation of these Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, or any applicable laws, we intend to fully cooperate with any law enforcement officials or agencies in the investigation of such violations. This policy may change without notice. You should periodically check this page to stay up to date with the latest policy. While these practices may be changed, any changes will be posted and changes will only apply to activities and information on a going forward, rather than a retroactive basis. You are encouraged to review the privacy policy whenever you visit the site to make sure that you understand how any personal information you provide will be used.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

To personalize your experience: your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs.
To improve our website: we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature.
To send periodic emails.
The email address you provide may be used to send you information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

We collect information from you when you subscribe to a newsletter, fill out a form, enter information on our site, write a comment or simply browse the site.

We may collect personal information from you that you’ve voluntarily submitted to us, such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to this website when signing up for newsletters or submitting a comment or submitting an inquiry via our contact form.

We may also collect anonymous information such as your IP address. Anonymous information consists of non-personally-identifiable data. For example, when you use our website, we can log your IP address, the device you are using, operating system, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, time spent on our site, when you came to our site. We may also collect information on actions you take while visiting our website, such as what links or buttons you clicked on.

Do we use cookies?

Yes. Cookies are files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computers hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information

We use cookies to keep track of advertisements and compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction, such as browser type & operating system, tracking the number of visitors to this site, and a visitor’s demographics, so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

Cookies also help us to understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved user-experience.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies through your browser settings. Look at your browser’s Help Menu to modify your cookies.

You have the option of subscribing to our newsletter. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel embedded in emails allows an analysis of the success of our email marketing campaign. These tracking pixels allow us to see when you opened the email, if you opened the email, and what links you clicked in the email. This also allows the website to adapt future newsletter content to the interest of the user. This behavior is strictly confidential and will not be passed onto third parties.

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

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting is in use on this website. Collected aggregate data (such as age, gender and interests) is used to guide content in order to better serve visitors. It may also be cited in media kits and referenced in discussion with potential partnerships.

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. If you’d rather not have any cookies at all, be sure to arrange this yourself within your browser settings. As a service, we provide you the hyperlinks to every browser we know: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Edge, Opera, Safari (iOS), Safari (macOS).

Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, including our website. Some features of this website may cease to be available to you.

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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Social media

We use social media channels to provide community info. Mainly YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. In order to see our social media on these channels, you have to accept their privacy policy. These channels collect a lot of your personal data on their behalf. Note that we are not responsible for such services. These channels do not return personal data to us.

Rights to your information

Email Addresses

We may collect your email address, but only if you voluntarily provide it to us. This may occur, for example, if you sign up to receive an email newsletter, leave a comment, or enter a promotion. We will use your email address for the purposes for which you provided it to us.

Opt-out: you may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe link in all our emails. You may also email us at [email protected] to be removed from our mailing list at any time.

Your email address may also be shared with the technology provider we use in connection with the purposes for which you provided it. For example, we use Mailchimp to deliver our email newsletters. Information provided is transferred to Mailchimp for processing in accordance to their Privacy Policy.

If you are a resident of a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), please refer to the section below entitled “Additional Rights of EEA Residents.”

Comments and account data

As you use the Site, we collect other data that you provide voluntarily. For example, if you leave a comment, the Site will record your name as provided. You are welcome to use a nick-name instead, if you would rather not have your name published in conjunction with the comment. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

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.

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.

We may also collect information about you through other voluntary methods, including research surveys. We may use your personally-identifying information for a variety of our internal business purposes, such as creating a better user experience for the Site, diagnosing and troubleshooting malfunctions on the Site, better understanding how the Site is used, and making personalized recommendations to you.

If you are a resident of a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), please refer to the section below entitled “Additional Rights of EEA Residents.”

Additional rights of EEA (european economic area) residents

If you are a resident of a country in the EEA, you have the rights, among others, to: access your personal data, ensure the accuracy of your personal data, the right to have us delete your personal data, the right to restrict further processing of your personal data, and the right to complain to a supervisory authority in your country of residence in the event that data is misused

You’re entitled to ask us to edit your details, delete them completely, or restrict their usage. You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us addressed to the following: [email protected]

Sharing of data for legal reasons

Lime Thyme may access, preserve and share Subscriber information with companies, organizations, governmental entities or individuals outside of Lime Thyme if we believe, in good faith, that the law requires us to do so. This may include, but is not limited to, responding to subpoenas, court orders or other legal processes (such as law enforcement requests). Lime Thyme may access, preserve and share Subscriber information as necessary to: establish or exercise Lime Thyme’s legal rights or defend against any legal claim including threatened claims involving Lime Thyme based on the anonymity of a domain name; investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected fraud or other illegal activities; prevent death or serious physical harm to any person; or investigate violations of Lime Thyme’s Terms of Service.

Affiliate programs

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has guidelines regarding endorsements and testimonials to protect you from misleading advertising that’s been paid for by a company. Because Lime Thyme is an income source and does occasionally include endorsements and testimonials, it’s important to disclose the following:

This blog is a source of income and may be used to promote products, services, or other businesses.
I only share and promote products/services/businesses that I have actually used and that believe could be beneficial to you.
Affiliate links are used in some posts where I make a small percentage of each sale. This is one way I make money from blogging. It does not result in additional charges or cost you anything extra.
Mentions of related products/services/businesses within the content of my blog may or may not be noted as an affiliate in every reference.

Lime Thyme 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 linking to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate Lime Thyme earns from qualifying purchases and can post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their websites. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.

On occasion, Lime Thyme will participate in other non-specified affiliate programs, which have the capability to track the referrals to their websites and utilize cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.

Copyright

Viola does not allow for her original pictures, recipes, or writing to be reproduced anywhere without written consent except for sharing on social media platforms (like Facebook and Instagram) and only if the share (1) contains a link back to the appropriate page on LimeThyme.com and (2) does NOT contain recipe ingredients or instructions.

If you have an interest in posting one of my photos, text from my post or my recipes on another site, you must first obtain written consent. However, we love being included in roundups, so please do not hesitate to email [email protected] if you’re interested in using one of our recipes!

If my recipe inspired you to make your own version, please reference my recipe and provide a link to it in your post. I would love for you to share if one of my recipes has inspired you, but if you do that I expect proper credit be sent back to me. Some of my favorite recipes are inspired by other blogs, but I am always thorough in referencing them to show my love. Thanks for doing the same.

Changes to the privacy policy

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy will always be posted on the Site, with the “Effective Date” posted at the top of the Policy. We may revise and update this Privacy Policy if our practices change, as technology changes, or as we add new services or change existing ones. If we make any material changes to our Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, or we are going to use any personal information in a manner that is materially different from that stated in our Privacy Policy at the time we collected such information, we will give you a reasonable opportunity to consent to the change. If you do not consent, your personal information will be used as agreed to under the terms of the privacy policy in effect at the time we obtained that information. By using our Site or services after the Effective Date, you are deemed to consent to our then-current privacy policy. We will use information previously obtained in accordance with the Privacy Policy in effect when the information was obtained from you.

Contact Us Regarding This Policy

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the practices described herein, you may contact us at [email protected].