Privacy Policy

Introduction

At Gratitude in the Chaos [https://gratitudeinthechaos.com ("Site")], the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us and we make the effort to reasonably protect your personal information. That being said, we cannot make any guarantees as to the complete privacy or security of your information since this is an internet-based platform. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected by Gratitude in the Chaos and how it is used. Gratitude in the Chaos reserves the right to change and/or update the privacy policy settings at any point in time. 

Age Compliance

If you are 13 years of age or younger, you are not allowed to use our site or services without prior parental permission.  If information is discovered to belong to an individual aged 13 or younger, that information will be deleted. Please contact us at: info@gratitudeinthechaos.com if you believe we might have any information from or about any individual age 13 or younger.  If in the future, Gratitude in the Chaos offers services that include financial transactions for services provided or through third-party applications, you must be of 18 years of age in order to participate in said services.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on this site (Gratitude in the Chaos), 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.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Gratitude in the Chaos does use cookies to store information about visitors preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize Web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

DoubleClick DART Cookie

We may choose Google, as a third party vendor which uses cookies, to serve ads on Gratitude in the Chaos.

  • Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visit to Gratitude in the Chaos and other sites on the Internet.
  • Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL - https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send the advertisements and links that appear on Gratitude in the Chaos directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

Gratitude in the Chaos has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. Gratitude in the Chaos's privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browser's respective websites.

E-mail Marketing

This website utilizes ConvertKit to manage e-mail subscriptions and collects subscribers' first names and e-mail addresses.  An "unsubscribe" option will be available on e-mails released by Gratitude in the Chaos should you choose to no longer participate in being subscribed to our e-mail notifications.

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.

Google Analytics and Google AdWords

This website utilizes Google Analytics to track website analytics and usage data. Google, Inc. ("Google") is the provider of this analytics tool and as such, usage data and website traffic is transmitted to and stored in the U.S. by Google. By choosing to use our site, you are consenting to the processing of data about you by Google.  If there any are questions or concerns regarding this, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy for any additional information. There is also a Google Analytics Opt-out browser add-on offered by Google if one does not wish to participate in above-mentioned analytics.

Google AdWords may be used at some point on this website (Gratitude in the Chaos) for remarketing purposes.

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 subscribe on our website, we also store the personal information they provide at the point of subscribing. All subscribers have the option to unsubscribe.  If you wish for your information to be deleted, please contact us at: info@gratitudeinthechaos.com.  Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

If you have subscribed to our e-mail notifications or left a comment, you can 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.  Please contact us at: info@gratitudeinthechaos.com with any such requests.

Log Files

Like many other Web sites, Gratitude in the Chaos makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user's movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Media

If you upload images to Gratitude in the Chaos, 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 Information

Please contact us at: info@gratitudeinthechaos.com if you have any additional questions or concerns.