At lumnahacres.com, the privacy of our visitors is extremely important to us.  This privacy policy document gives an overview of the types of personal information received and collected by lumnahacres.com and how it is used.  By using lumnahacres.com, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy policy, which may be modified from time to time by us.  lumnahacres.com may contain third-party links to other websites which are not governed by this policy.  

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Information You Voluntary Submit to the Website – We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address.  For example, you may voluntarily submit information to lumnahacres.com by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter or submitting a contact form.

When visitors leave comments on lumnahacres.com we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitors’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.  An anonymized string created from your email address may be provide to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it.  Please refer to the Gravatar service privacy policy for further information.  After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Automatically-Collected Information – We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access lumnahacres.com.  For example, when you use lumnahacres.com, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed lumnahacres.com.  We may also collect information about actions you take when using lumnahacres.com, such as links clicked.

Cookies

lumnahacres.com uses cookies to store visitors preferences, record user-specific information on what page users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitor’s browser type or other information that the visitor sends.  Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.

Users may, at anytime, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies.  Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at anytime via an Internet browser or other software programs.  This is possible in all popular Internet browsers.  However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in the internet browser, not all functions of lumnahacres.com may be entirely usable.

Advertising 

Display Ads – We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit lumnahacres.com, which may use cookies.

Retargeting Ads – From time to time lumnahacres.com may engage in remarking efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website.  These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.

Affiliate Program Participation – Many of the links on lumnahacres.com are affiliate links. This means that a special tracking code is used and that Lumnah Acres may make a small commission on the sale of an item if you purchase through one of these links.  The price of the item is the same for you whether it is an affiliate link or not, and using affiliate links helps us to maintain this website and support our homestead.

In some cases, we may also use a link and provide a discount code for an item.  In these cases, Lumnah Acres may still earn an affiliate commission and the price may actually be LESS for you by using this link or tracking code.

Lumnah Acres is 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 links to Amazon.com.  As part of this Amazon Associates program, lumnahacres.com will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website.  This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.

Newsletters

On lumnahacres.com you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes.  All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels.  The pixel is embedded in email and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns.  Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click.  Also, this allows us to adapt the content of future newletters to the interest of the user.  This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.

Third-Party Use of Personal Information

lumnahacres.com may provide personal information to an applicable third party in order to provide services.  Currently, the Website uses the services of Mailchimp for delivery of email updates and newsletters.  Mailchimps use of your personal information is subject to Mailchimp’s privacy policy.  Please refer to Mailchimp’s privacy policy for further information.

Your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications.

Information that does not identify you personally may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Will We Share the Personal Information It Collects?

We will not sell, distribute, or reveal users’ email address or other personal information without their consent.  This does not include third-party partners, such as those listed above.

Rights Related To Your Personal Data

Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communication by following the unsubscribe links in our emails.  You make also notify us at info@lumnahacres.com to be removed from our mailing list.

Access – You may access personal information we have about you by submitting a request info@lumnahacres.com.

Amend – You may contact us at info@lumnahacres.com to amend or update your personal information.

Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data.  To do so, please submit a request to info@lumnahacres.com.

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

Sensitive Personal Information

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to lumnahacres.com.  This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to the Privacy Policy.

Children’s Information

We care about protecting the privacy of children.  lumnahacres.com does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. Children should always get permission from their Parents before sending any information about themselves (such as their names, email addresses, and phone numbers) over the Internet, to us or to anyone else.  If you’re under the age of 13, please do not provide us with any personally identifying information (such as your name, your email address or your phone number).  If you believe that your child has registered on our site or that we have collected information from your child, please contact us immediately at info@lumnahacres.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

External Websites

lumnahacres.com may provide links to other websites.  Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites.  We encourage you, when you leave this website, to read the privacy statement/policies of each and every website you visit, as this Privacy Policy applies solely to lumnahacres.com.

Copyright

No part of this publication shall be reproduced, transmitted, or sold in whole or in part in any form, without the prior written consent of the author.  All trademarks and registered trademarks appearing in are the property of their respective owners.  Any content on lumnahacres.com whether it be pictures or text, may not be republished or distributed, for financial gain or not, without written permission of the author.

Updates and Changes

We reserve the right, at anytime, to add to, change, update, or modify this Privacy Policy, simply by posting such change, update, or modification on lumnahacres.com and without any other notice to you.  Any such change, update, or modification will be effective immediately upon posting on lumnahacres.com.  It is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy from time to time to ensure that you continue to agree with all of its terms.

At anytime, please contact us at info@lumnahacres.com for question related to this Privacy Policy.

This policy was last updated on Nov 25, 2019