Hello there lovely reader! I’m so glad that you’ve stumbled into my little corner of the internet. Hodge Podge Moments is part passion project and part income generator. It started out as a hobby blog, but I’ve recently moved towards blogging as a business. This means that I need to share a few things with you so that you know what to expect when you’re interacting here on the blog.
Disclosure
FTC Regulations state that I need to disclose when I’m using affiliate links. You will find these used throughout my blog posts and the individual posts always have an additional note at the top to remind you of these links.These links allow me to make a small commission from your purchase; however, they do not affect your buying experience at all.
“I, Pamela Hodges, am also 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.com.”
Privacy Policy
You will find instances on the blog where I ask for your email address. I do not share your email address with anyone else. I do not believe in spamming or selling your information to others. I use your email address as a way to communicate great finds, tips, and more via my weekly newsletter. You are able to opt out of these emails at anytime if you find that they no longer help you.
I am here to help you simplify and find ways to take the “busy” out of your everyday life. My goal is to help you find joy in the little moments of your day so that you can enjoy life and all that it has to offer. If you have any questions or concerns, you can always reach me at pam@hodgepodgemoments.com.
Additional Details about the Privacy of Your Information:
Who we are
Welcome to Hodge Podge Moments. This website and blog is written and maintained by Pamela Hodges. The website address is: http://www.hodgepodgemoments.com. You can reach us via email at pam@hodgepodgemoments.com
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
We collect namesand email addresses via contact forms on the website. We use MailerLite to collect this information. When you supply this information, you will be asked to confirm your subscription before we can send you any email. We use email addresses to send out updates and weekly newsletters to our subscribers.
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.
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.
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.
Analytics
We collect information about our visitors using Google Analytics. This data is anonymous and helps us determine who is visiting our site and how we can best help them with new content. The information that may be collected includes location, gender, age, etc.
Who we share your data with
We use a few outside sites to help us best maintain our site. Mailerlite is used to collect names and email addresses for our weekly newsletter. Thinkific is used to host our programs and products that we have available for purchase. Google Analytics is used to collect and analyze data about visitors to our site.
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.
In addition to this, we keep email addresses until you unsubscribe or become inactive as a reader for two months. There is an unsubscribe option included with every email and once you are unsubscribed, we remove your data from our files. We keep analytic data for up to a year and we keep purchase records for as long as you’re an active student in Thinkific or until you choose to unenroll.
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.
Your contact information
If you would like to learn more about our site or how we use your data, please contact Pamela Hodges at pam@hodgepodgemoments.com.
Additional information
How we protect your data
We guard your data and do not share it with anyone. Data is used for analytical and contact purposes only. We will not sell or trade your information with anyone. You can contact us at any time with concerns about your data or how it is being used by our site.
