The use of ilovevegan.com is subject to the following Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies to all visitors and users of ilovevegan.com. By visiting and using ilovevegan.com, you agree to this Privacy Policy, without modification, and acknowledge reading it.
Overview
This privacy policy covers, but is not limited to, the information collected by our website, and how it is collected, used, and distributed.
The term "site" and "website" refers to ilovevegan.com. The terms "we", "us", "our", refers to I Love Vegan and ilovevegan.com. The terms "you", "your", and "user", refers to site visitors and users of our website.
Personal Identification Information
We may collect personal identification information from users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when users visit our site, subscribe to email updates from our site, or leave a comment/review on our site. Users may be asked for, as appropriate, name, email address. We will collect personal identification information from users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain site related activities.
If you have left a comment/review on our website, or subscribed to email updates, 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.
Email Addresses
We may collect your email address if you voluntarily provide it to us, for example, by leaving a comment/review or by subscribing to email updates. Your email address will only be used for the purpose for which you provided it: to send you emails informing you of new content or updates to our Site. You may opt of email communications by clicking the "unsubscribe" link/button in any email you receive from us. We may use your email address to contact you directly if you voluntarily provide it to us by leaving a comment/review on our site and have expressly requested that we use it to contact 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
If you believe that our processing of your personal information infringes data protection laws, you have a legal right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority responsible for data protection. You may do so in the EU member state of your residence, your place of work or the place of the alleged infringement.
You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us here: hello [at] ilovevegan.com
Non-Personal Identification Information
We may collect non-personal identification information about users whenever they interact with our site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about users means of connection to our site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilized and other similar information.
Cookies
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Authentication: We use cookies to identify you when you visit our website and as you navigate our website;
- Email: We use cookies to help us to send relevant emails to users who have subscribed to our email list;
- Advertising: We use cookies to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you; and
- Analysis: We use cookies to help us to analyze the use and performance of our website and services;
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.
Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of our site.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers this information via a cookie. Google uses your personal information such as your IP address in order to capture the reporting for the Website regarding the usage. For information regarding data collection by Google Analytics including how to opt out of data collection, please click here
Display Advertising
Ads appearing on our site are delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile non personal identification information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements. This privacy policy does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers. Display advertising is delivered by Mediavine.Mediavine Programmatic Advertising
For information regarding data collection by Mediavine ad partners including how to opt out of data collection, please click here
Sponsored Content Tracking Pixels
We may engage in sponsored campaigns with various influencer networks, brands, and agencies. All sponsored content is disclosed. Occasionally, these sponsored campaigns utilize cookies to collect data regarding usage and audience. This information is collected by the sponsoring company to track the results of the campaign. No personally identifiable information collected by the site is used in conjunction with these tracking pixels.
Security
We maintain security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, or disclosure. However, no exchange of data over the Internet can be guaranteed as 100% secure. While we make every effort to protect your personal information shared with us through our site, you acknowledge that the personal information you voluntarily share with us through this site could be accessed or tampered with by a third party. You agree that we are not responsible for any intercepted information shared through our site without our knowledge or permission. Additionally, you release us from any and all claims arising out of or related to the use of such intercepted information in any unauthorized manner.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
I Love Vegan has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage users to frequently check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy periodically and become aware of modifications.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this site, please contact us at: hello [at] ilovevegan.com
This document was last updated on March 17, 2023.