Privacy Policy

Tina Lentz
11923 NE Sumner ST
STE 748939
Portland, Oregon, 97220
United States

tina@simplefunforkids.com

 

About Simple Fun for Kids

Founded in 2013, Simple Fun for Kids is an independently operated blog and membership site run by me, Tina Lentz, on two URLs: simplefunforkids.com and simplefunforkidsvip.com. My website shares educational and play resources for parents, teachers, tutors, daycare providers, librarians, and other interested parties. 

Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to me. This privacy policy explains how I collect and use your online information. It governs your use of simplefunforkids.com, shop.simplefunforkids.com and simplefunforkidsvip.com including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through simplefunforkids.com, shop.simplefunforkids.com, or simplefunforkidsvip.com.

I reserve the right to change this policy at any time. Changes will be posted to this page. You are responsible for periodically visiting this privacy policy to check for changes.

Parental Consent

If you are under 16 years old, you should not be using this website, leaving blog comments, or subscribing to either of my newsletters without parental permission.

Your Consent

Please read this privacy policy carefully. By using the website, you accept and agree to be bound by this privacy policy. If you do not wish to agree, you must not access or use this website.

How We Protect Your Information

Simple Fun for Kids only collects necessary data, uses standard security protocols, and works only with reputable third-party vendors that are bound by their own privacy policies. None of your data is ever sold, rented, leased, or given away to a third party.

When Information Is Collected

We use the information you provide to deliver the requested product and/or service, to improve our overall performance, and to provide you with offers, promotions, and information.

Free Downloads and Subscriber Newsletters

You have the option to sign up to my newsletter by entering your first name and email address in order to download certain freebies. You can unsubscribe at any time by using the link at the bottom of each email or by contacting me at tina@simplefunforkids.com.

Your data is collected through WP eStore or Thrive Leads and then passed on to my email service providers MailerLite, Madmimi, and Mailgun. I use tags within MailerLite to make sure that you get emails that are relevant to you and communicate more easily with you.

I send several emails every week. Occasionally I will send additional emails about special offers.

Blog Comments

When you leave a blog comment, your comment is public and visible. Your email address is never disclosed unless you include it in the main body of the comment. Your name and comment (as well as your URL, if you provide it), are visible to anyone who visits the comment section. Please avoid leaving any personal information in your comments.

Your details will remain in the database unless I remove it or you request to have it removed.

I reserve the right to remove or edit comments at my discretion. These may include comments containing profanity, harassment, threats, self-promotion, or spam.

Shop Purchases

Products in Simple Fun for Kids Shop are sold through Woocommerce. Your name, email address, and country are required during the checkout process. I will use your email address for customer service issues and special promotions.

Payments are made through Paypal (read its privacy policy here) or Stripe (read its privacy policy here).

Information about your purchase is stored indefinitely. This ensures that I can find your data in order reply to your customer service inquiries and resend the files any time you request them. Only your name, email address, and physical address (if required) is stored on my site. 

You may also purchase my products on Teachers Pay Teachers. I don’t have access to any of your personal information when you do this.

Membership Area

When you become a VIP member or buy products in the membership area, Membermouse and PayPal or Stripe take care of your purchases and any recurring payments. Your email address, name, purchases, and activity in the membership area are saved in the Membermouse plugin in order to ensure that you have access to all of the content your membership level entitles you to. 

Affiliate Purchases

I sell other bloggers’ products via affiliate programs. In these cases, I’m only an intermediary and don’t have access to any of the personal information that is collected by these affiliate programs. Please refer to their individual privacy policies for more info.

Cookies and Pixels

This website uses a technology called “cookies” and server logs to collect information about how the site is used. Cookies are little pieces of code that I use to track your use of this site and provide the best possible experience for you.

Cookies may collect information including the date and time of your visit, the pages viewed, time spent on the site, and your IP address. This site also reserves the right to use social media pixels which allow social media sites to track visitors to outside websites. This helps tailor the advertising messages you see when visiting those social media sites.

  • Amazon (for advertising)*
  • Facebook Pixel (for Facebook ad targeting)
  • Pinterest Tag (for Pinterest ad targeting)
  • Google Analytics (for tracking website traffic and user behavior)
  • MailerLite and Mailgun (for email tracking)

If you wish to disable cookies, you can learn how to do that by visiting the websites of Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, or that of a different browser.

*Simple Fun for Kids is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide  a means for earning advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. This doesn’t cost you an extra cent.

Google Analytics

Simple Fun for Kids uses Google Analytics to track website performance and behavior. It provides information on pageviews, referral sources (such as another website or a social media site), your device (i.e. mobile or desktop), browsing actions, and other information that helps me adapt the content I write for this site.

Google Analytics collects anonymous information about your location, age, gender, IP address, and interests. I have no way to connect that information to you personally. Read about Google Analytics’ data retention policy here.

Links to Third Party Websites

I include links to third party websites for your use and reference. I am not responsible for the privacy policies on these sites. Be aware that their privacy policies may be different than that of Simple Fun for Kids.

Social Media

Simple Fun for Kids posts information on various social media platforms. My social media channels are governed by the various social media platforms’ privacy policies.

When I May Transfer Your Personal Data

I will not transfer your personal data unless I am under legal obligation to do so.

Contact

If you would like your information to be removed from all of my systems or have questions about this privacy policy, please email me at tina@simplefunforkids.com

 

Advertising Privacy Statement

This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a CafeMedia (“CafeMedia”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and CafeMedia will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about CafeMedia’s data usage, click here: www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy