This policy is valid from August 2010.
The Pauper’s Castle reserves the right to update our policy at any time. The new policy will take effect immediately. Your continued use of the website and/or acceptance of our email communications following the posting of changes to this privacy policy will constitute your acceptance of any and all changes.
ThePaupersCastle.com is a personal blog written and edited by me. For questions, please contact Kellie (thepauperscastle[at]live.com). I reserve the right to change the focus of my blog, shut it down, sell it, or change the terms of use at my discretion at any time.
By reading this blog, you acknowledge that you are doing so of your own free will. You are taking and following the information provided to you at your own risk. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF THE USE OF THE SITE. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY KIND INCURRED AS A RESULT OF RELIANCE ON ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED ON THE SITE.
The information I provide on my blog is from my own experience. All opinions are my own. You are reading and following my advice at your own risk. Please always use safety precautions when performing a DIY project. Make sure you are using proper protective gear, safety glasses, gloves, respirator mask, etc. when completing any DIY project. Performing a DIY project IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. Always read and follow the manufacturer’s directions for the products and tools you use.
I am the legal copyright holder of the material and pictures posted on my blog unless otherwise noted. I want you to share and/or copy my ideas, but if you do, I require that you credit me, The Pauper’s Castle, by linking back or referencing the project(s) or photo(s) you use. Watermarks shall not be removed. Please feel free to share images. You may pin images on Pinterest, share through FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, or any other form of social media so long as you link to my site, and credit me, The Pauper’s Castle. You may not publish, copy, or reprint my content without my permission.
The Pauper’s Castle will never sell, share, trade, or rent your information to others without your permission.
This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.
The compensation received may influence the advertising content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.
I will not be held liable for the actions of my advertisers, sponsors, or anyone that comments on my blog [ThePaupersCastle.com]. This site may contain (or you may be sent through the site) links to other websites or content belonging to or originating from third parties—links to websites and features in banners or other advertising. External links are not monitored, investigated, or checked for accuracy, validity, reliability, availability, or completeness. WE DO NOT WARRANT, ENDORSE, GUARANTEE, OR ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION OFFERED BY THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES LINKED THROUGH THE SITE, BANNERS OR OTHER ADVERTISING. WE WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ANY TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND A THIRD-PARTY PROVIDER OF PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. If you purchase a product via a link from my blog, you must take action with that company to resolve any issues, not me or the blog [ThePaupersCastle.com].
The owner(s) of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner of this blog receives compensation for my posts or advertisements, I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
Reach for the Magic Destinations does not compensate me for space on my site. I am an independent contractor of Reach for the Magic Destinations. I am paid by the vendor when a client books a vacation with me, through Reach for the Magic Destinations. As part of the vacation planning process with Reach for the Magic Destinations, some of your information will need to be provided to a vendor as part of the booking process. Basic information, such as email, address, phone number, etc. is collected during the initial planning process and that information remains with the agency I am contracted with [Reach for the Magic Destinations] in our client database. If you move forward and book your vacation through me, with Reach for the Magic Destinations, we will only share your information with the vendors that need that information as part of your vacation planning.
Personal information will be used to provide you with the travel information you have requested; to provide you with your travel notifications including travel documents, invoices, and options that may interest to you; to communicate to you; to respond to your questions; to notify you about special offers, and to resolve any possible issues. Should you decide not to book your vacation with through me, with Reach for the Magic Destinations, we may save your name and basic contact information in our database.
Summit Paint Centers does not compensate me for space on my site. I am related to a partner with the company. I do purchase paint and supplies through them at a discounted rate because of my relationship.
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.
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.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
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
Subscriptions: recipients can unsubscribe at any time. We collect your name and email address for use by The Pauper’s Castle only. We use MailChimp. You must confirm your subscription and can opt out at any time. I respect the privacy of my readers and will never sell your contact information to another company or put you on a spam list. I am not responsible for the privacy practices of my advertisers or blog commenters.
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 tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
I use Google Analytics. Google Analytics tracks Website usage and provides information about referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured.
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.