Privacy Policy

Effective as of  7th July 2023

This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect from you via the Site and how we use and disclose such information.

About Us

As the owner of this website (Livhuwani.com, referred to as the “Site”), understand that your privacy is of critical importance. This page informs you of our Privacy Policy regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

The website automatically uses Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (https) so that your data is secured. If you have any questions about the policy below, feel free to contact me at hello@livhuwani.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

While using our Site, I may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personal identifiable information will only include your email address (to leave a comment or sign up for my newsletter and recipe updates) and first and last name (this is optional). Below is detailed information about what we collect and how we use 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 anonymised 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.

Email Addresses

We may collect your email address, but only if you voluntarily provide it to us. This may occur, for example, if you sign up to receive an email newsletter, leave a comment, or enter a competition or giveaways. We will use your email address for the purposes for which you provided it to us. You may opt out of any email communications at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” button in the email ( usually located at the bottom of the email).

For instance, if you sign up for our notifications via email, you will receive notification of new blog posts, special updates, and occasional news regarding the site or services that we may offer which we believe may be of interest to you.

Your email address may also be shared with the technology provider we use in connection with the purposes for which you provided it. For instance, we use Mailerlite to deliver our email newsletters. Information provided is transferred to mailerlite platform for processing in accordance with their Privacy Policy and Terms.

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.

Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

Like many sites,  we use “cookies” to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.

Contact forms

We use the contact Genesis E news extended plugin for you to be able to submit queries and contact information. The information you submit will be used for intended purposes only. We have implemented reCAPTCHA to protect our site from spam and abuse, this subject to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

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

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to our viewer’s needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Cookies used by Google Analytics in particular is really important for us to understand our visitors on the site. We use it to measure traffic at different times and places in the world. More information can be found on the google website:

From: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

Links to other websites 

Our website may contain adverts, sponsored and affiliate links on some pages such as Amazon or other media such as Youtube. These are typically served through our advertising partners; Google Adsense, and Amazon Affiliates, or are self-served through our own means.

We only use trusted advertising partners who each have high standards of user privacy and security. However, we do not control the actual adverts that are displayed by our advertising partners. Our ad partners may collect data and use cookies for ad personalisation and measurement, therefore, if you click on the adverts, you will leave our site. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website you are directed to. Where ad preferences are requested as ‘non-personalised’ cookies may still be used for frequency capping, aggregated ad reporting and to combat fraud and abuse.

Clicking on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links may track your actions by using a cookie saved to your device. You can read more about cookies on this website above. Your actions are usually recorded as a referral from our website by this cookie. In most cases, we earn a very small commission from the advertiser or advertising partner, at no cost to you, whether you make a purchase on their website or not.

We use advertising partners in these ways to help generate income from the website, which allows us to continue our work and provide you with the best overall experience and valued information.

If you have any concerns about this we suggest you do not click on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links found throughout the website.

Anti-spam service 

We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).

Children’s Policy

We care about protecting the privacy of children. We won’t knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website via subscriptions, 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. Our cookies are stored for 30 days.

Our cookies are stored for 30 days. User-submitted data is stored indefinitely in the local database.

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 that we use called Site Lock.

Additional information about the Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email: hello@livhuwani.com or by visiting this page on our website: https://livhuwani/contact/