(Last updated September 19, 2020.)
Who we are
At Passionate Portions, Inc., your privacy is of extreme importance. We deeply value your trust and confidence when you visit our website. You should know that we are not interested in or in the business of selling, renting, or trading our email lists with any other company or business for marketing purposes. That’s sketchy, and I don’t like shady business. In case you want to read more details on this, this Privacy Policy will outline the details and information of why and how we collect, use, and potentially may disclose it to others. If you’re up for some hefty reading, grab a cup of coffee and read on.
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.
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.
Contact forms
The information you provide through contact forms on this site will be used to respond to you directly and privately. We use the following plugins to collect contact information: Pirateforms, WPForms Lite, Ninja Forms and SiteOrigin. This information is then sent to us through our hosting provider and email services. The information is never sold.
Cookies
Cookies are used on this site. Cookies are pieces of information that web servers send to your web browser when you visit this site, including contact form information and data about your browsing history.
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.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Cookies are also collected through the service providers ConvertKit, Google Analytics, HelloBar, Google Search Console, Bluehost, JetPack, Facebook, NextMove Lite, and WooCommerce. These services may store your first and last name, email address, address, phone number, and payment information. This data serves to give you the best possibly experience on our site. Only the minimum necessary information is collected.
Links to other websites, products, or services
Our Website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
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.
Advertisements
Passionate Portions Inc. advertises on Facebook in an effort to help get our information, products, and services in front of those people who want help with their nutrition and wellness. This website uses Facebook Ads conversion tracking (AKA Facebook pixel). This is an analytical service provided by Facebook, Inc. that we use to help us know if our advertisements are working to attract the right audience instead of being a nuisance. Pixel is provided by Facebook, Inc. to connect actions performed on this website to data from the Facebook advertising network to calculate conversions on ads from Facebook, Instagram, and Audience Network.
Third parties, including Facebook, may use cookies, web beacons, or other storage technologies to collect or receive information from this website to analyze your purchase behavior on our site and elsewhere on the internet. This information is then used to provide measurement services and target ads.
You may opt-out of this collection and use of information for ad targeting by visiting http://www.aboutads.info/choices or https://datacloudoptout.oracle.com.
How to Control Cookies
In accordance with our Privacy Policy, you have the right to accept or reject cookies.
Strictly necessary cookies may not be rejected since they are essential to enable you to browse this site and use its features.
Should you reject cookies, you will still be able to use this site although certain features and functionalities may not be available to you and/or certain areas may be restricted.
In addition to what it is indicated within this policy, you can manage preferences for cookies directly from within your own browser and prevent – for example – third parties from installing cookies.
Through browser preferences, it is also possible to delete cookies installed in the past, including the cookies that may have saved the initial consent for the installation of cookies by this site.
You can find information about how to manage cookies in the most commonly used browsers (e.g. Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Internet Explorer) on the website of the browser of choice.
With regard to cookies installed by third parties, users can manage their preferences and withdrawal of their consent by clicking the related opt-out link (if provided), by using the means provided in the third party’s privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to help us run this website the best way possible, such as finding out how many people visit, when and where they visit from, and what they do on the site. When you visit www.passionateportions.com or www.alyssaashmore.com, Google Analytics will collect your standard internet login information and details about your visit patterns to form this data. This information does not identify you.
Mailing lists
We collect information for our mailing lists and newsletter. The information requested is kept to the minimum necessity. We collect this information to give you the resources you request through sign-up forms and opt-ins, to contact you if we need to provide or request additional information, and to check in occasionally to see if I can serve you any better. We would never rent, trade, or sell your email to another organization or business.
We use an outside provider, ConvertKit, to send our emails, freebies, and newsletters. ConvertKit obtains information such as emails opened and links clicked to help us monitor and improve our emails, offerings, and newsletters. For more information from ConvertKit, see their privacy notice. You may unsubscribe from any of these offerings at any time you wish by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails or by contacting Alyssa Ashmore directly at alyssa[at]alyssaashmore[dot]com.
Financial information
If you choose to make a purchase through passionateportions.com (also known as alyssaashmore.com), credit card information is collected and stored by PayPal and Stripe. You can visit the PayPal and Stripe website to review their Privacy Policy as well.
Your data
Who we share your data with
We will never use or share your personal information to send you spam or unrelated offers. (Remember, we don’t like shady business.) We may share your information with the companies we use to manage our checkout, credit card processing, analytical, and email systems.
We may transfer your information due to any reorganization, restructuring, merger, sale, or other transfer of assets. We reserve the right to transfer our information, including your personal information, provided that the receiving party agrees to respect your personal information in a manner that is consistent with our Privacy Policy.
On certain occasions, we may need to share your personal information in accordance with legal obligations.
Your data will be shared with the organizations and tools listed above in the cookie policy.
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. 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.
Additional information
How we protect your data
We use reasonable technical and administrative measures to protect your personal information against theft, loss, and unauthorized access, including the use of an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) security certificate, using a plugin to limit incorrect logins, and only working with reputable third party companies. Although we always do our best, no system is 100% secure, and therefore, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information and cannot assume liability for improper access to it.
What data breach procedures we have in place
If a data breach ever occurs, we will notify you via email as soon as possible, including what information may have been compromised, how we corrected the breach, and how to protect yourself moving forward.
What third parties we receive data from
If you make a purchase through any of the programs we are affiliates for, we will receive an email notification of the sale, which may include personal information about you, such as your name or email address. We keep this information private and will not share it with anyone.
Our contact information
If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact:
Alyssa Ashmore, MS, RDN, LD
alyssa[at]alyssaashmore[dot]com
