Policies, Disclosure & Privacy

Policies, Disclosure & Privacy

Updated September 20 2024

Sugar Spun Run is a personal blog found at https://sugarspunrun.com / (“Website”) and is written and maintained by me, Samantha Merritt. This Website is governed by the following Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Please contact me at Samantha@Sugarspunrun.com with any questions about this website.

Please see my Terms of Use page for information regarding my terms and conditions for visits to and use of this website and Services offered on the website.

Privacy Policy for SugarSpunRun.com

This Privacy Policy sets out how Sugar Spun Run.com (Sugar Spun Run,” “Sugar Spun” or “SSR”) uses and protects any information that you give while using SugarSpunRun.com. I am committed to protecting your privacy. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you of the personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used.

Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Sugar Spun Run may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

Affiliate Policy and Disclosures

SugarSpunRun.com accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions, or other forms of compensation. The compensation received will not influence the content found on this blog. Compensated content will be identified as paid or sponsored. All opinions shared on Sugar Spun Run are 100% my own and are not influenced by any compensation that I might receive. I will only promote products that I have used myself and truly love.

Affiliate Program Participation

This Website engages in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the Website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.

Some posts may occasionally contain affiliate links, which will be disclosed at the top of the post. This means that, if you purchase something through those links, I may receive some compensation at no extra cost to you.

Amazon Affiliate

Sugar Spun Run is currently affiliated with Amazon.com, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Sugar Spun Run is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and the RewardStyle affiliate advertising program, affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com or other affiliate websites. As part of this Amazon Associates Program and RewardStyle, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon or RewardStyle, to track the referrals to their website. This program uses cookies to track visits for the purpose of assigning commission on these sales.

Amazon will track referrals to the site through the use of cookies and/or pixels. You may see Amazon’s privacy policy for more information.

© SugarSpunRun. All images and content are copyright protected. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given with appropriate and specific direction to the original content. Further information regarding intellectual property rights may be found in the Intellectual Property section of our Terms of Use.

If you are looking to get permission to use a photo from my site for a round-up, please feel free to do so as long as you explicitly link back to the specific post that the image is from, and do not alter the image. Sharing the recipe along with the image is strictly prohibited without written permission to do so.

If you would like to know more about using an image or excerpt from Sugar Spun Run, please feel free to contact me at Terms of Use with any questions.

What Information Do We Collect and How is it Used?

The legal bases for our uses, sharing and disclosures (“processing”) of your personal information include, as pertinent, where:

Necessary to perform the contractual obligations in agreements with you to provide access to our services;
You have consented to the processing as set out in this Policy, which consent you can revoke at any time;
Necessary to comply with a legal obligation, a court order or to exercise or defend a legal claim;
Necessary for the purposes of our or a third-party’s legitimate business interests (so long as those interests do not override personal rights as indicated by law);
You have expressly made your personal information public; and
Necessary to protect your vital interests or other of others.

From time to time we may use customer information for new, unanticipated uses not previously disclosed in our Privacy Policy. If our information practices change at some time in the future, we will post the policy changes to our website.

We may collect the following information:

Any information that you voluntarily submit to the website:

We may collect personal information such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to this website by leaving a comment, subscribing to the newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
Demographic information such as postal code and other information you choose to provide.
Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers.
Comments you post to the website that may your name and email address.

Information We Collect from Others:

We may receive information about you from other sources.

Information That is Collected Automatically:

We automatically collect certain information about you and the device you are using to access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked, and your email address.

Cookies:

We may log certain personal and other information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website.

How we use cookies, pixels and trackers:

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets us or a third-party business partner know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

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

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us through your consent to our use of these cookies or data that is automatically collected as stated in this Policy.

You can choose to accept or decline nonessential cookies (cookies that are essential for the website to operate cannot be declined). Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline certain nonessential cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Pixels are similar to cookies but they send information about your device (IP address), the day and time you visited our website and the pages you viewed to the developer of the Pixel, such as Meta, and may track certain additional activities across the internet. The use of Pixels is described within and governed by the policies and Terms of Use of the provider of the Pixel.

How We Use the Information We Gather:

We collect, use and may share this information to understand your needs and provide you with better service, and in particular for reasons including:

We use this information to operate and maintain this Website.
We may use the information to improve our products and services.
To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings.
To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts.
To respond to your comments or inquiries.
To track and measure advertising on the website.
To protect, investigate, and deter unauthorized or illegal activity.
We may share information about you with an entity with which we merge, affiliate or that acquires Sugar Spun run.
From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests. You may opt out of this contact by notifying us at Samantha@Sugarspunrun.com.

Third-Party Use of Personal Information

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share this information or as permitted by applicable law.

Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. Please see Google Analytics Privacy Policy for more information.

Mail Chimp – This service is used for the delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purpose of delivering such communications. Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.

One Signal – One Signal is used to send you notifications through your web browser, upon your agreement. You can find more information about One Signal’s privacy policies and practices at One Signal.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide while visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Security

The SSR website and its Technology reside on the public internet. SSR uses commercially reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality and security of any communications transmitted to SSR and any information stored on servers controlled by SSR. Notwithstanding these efforts, SSR cannot guarantee the confidentiality and security of such electronic communications and storage devices used to store such information (including, personally identifiable information) and disclaims all liability arising therefrom. If you do not wish to submit information to the SSR site under these circumstances please cease your visit to the site immediately.

Advertising

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

If you would like more information about these advertising practices and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, you may also 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.

Display Ads

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website. Some of our advertisers occasionally serve you cookies as well. We may use advertising service vendors to help present advertisements on the website, such as Raptive as set out above. These vendors may use cookies, web beacons, pixels or similar technologies to serve you advertisements tailored to interests you have shown by browsing on this and other sites you have visited, to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before and to avoid sending you duplicate advertisements. In doing so, these vendors may collect non-personal data such as your browser type, your operating system, Web pages visited, time of visits, content viewed, ads viewed, and other clickstream data. The use of cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies by these advertising service vendors is subject to their own privacy policies, not ours, and Sugar Spun disclaims all liability in connection therewith.

Retargeting Ads

On occasion, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visit to the Website.

Newsletters

You may subscribe to the Website’s newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes and may contain tracking pixels. Tracking pixels are embedded in these emails and allow 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. This also allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interest of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.

We use ConvertKit, convertkit.com, to assist us in distribution of our newsletters. When you sign up for our newsletter. We collect your name address and email address, and Covert Kit collects:

Email Engagement: Opens, clicks, and unsubscribes are tracked for each subscriber.
Subscription Source: Information about how the subscriber joined your list (e.g., via a specific form or landing page).
Geolocation Data: General location data based on the subscriber’s IP address when they engage with your emails.
Automation Activity: ConvertKit tracks how subscribers move through your sequences, automations, and tags applied.
Purchase History: If you use ConvertKit Commerce, it tracks purchases made by subscribers.

If you wish to opt out of any of these collection modalities please contact us at Samantha@Sugarspunrun.com.

Controlling your personal information

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes.
if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting us.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are permitted or required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen. We may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets.

Anonymous Data

We may on occasion use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

Publicly Visible Information; Comments

If you leave a comment on the Website, certain information may be publicly visible. Your email address will not be available publicly. You may have the option to add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website. The name that you provide, your avatar, and your website information will then be available if you leave a comment and include this information.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please contact us at Samantha@Sugarspunrun.com.

Rights Related to Control of Your Personal Information

If you are a resident of a country within the European Union, the United Kingdom or a country or US state that has privacy laws similar to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) you may have certain rights with regard to your personal information that may include:

Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may opt out of push notifications by going to your device or browser “Settings” and clicking on “Notifications”. Here you can change your settings for receiving push notifications. Different device configurations may affect or change how these settings work.

Amend, Correct or Update – You may contact us at Samantha@sugarspunrun.com to amend, correct 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 Samantha@sugarspunrun.com.

Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to Samantha@sugarspunrun.com.

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

International Visitors and Customers

The Services are hosted in the United States. If you are visiting from the European Union (EU) or other regions with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, please note that you are transferring your personal data to the United States which does not have the same data protection laws as the EU and by providing your personal data or using the Service you consent to:

Canadian Residents

If you are a resident of Canada, please be advised that your personal information will be stored in the US. and may not be subject to the same or similar protections to that afforded by Canadian federal or provincial law.

California Residents

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us.

California Residents and Residents of States with Similar Privacy Laws or Regulations Disclosures to Third Parties:

Residents of California have the right to request a disclosure describing what types of Personal Information we have shared with third parties for their direct marketing purposes, and with whom we have shared it, during the preceding calendar year. You may request a copy of that disclosure by contacting us at Samantha@sugarspunrun.com. Residents of other states with privacy laws that have similar provisions may be entitled to request such disclosures as well. You are advised to review the privacy laws of your state of residence.

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

SugarSpunRun does not sell Personal Information, but the California Privacy Protection Act (CCPA) and laws of states with similar provisions define sale more broadly than the traditional sense of an exchange of data for money and may encompass transactions in which we may disclose your Personal Information. The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) defines “Share” as the disclosure of Personal Information for use in cross-context behavioral advertising. Accordingly, you may, subject to exceptions in CCPA and CPRA, request that we not “sell” or “share” your Personal Information by submitting this request to us at Samantha@sugarspunrun.com. Residents of other states with privacy laws that have similar provisions may be entitled to request such disclosures as well. You are advised to review the privacy laws of your state of residence.

To exercise these rights, you may contact us at Samantha@sugarspunrun.com or by telephone at(717)-659-8482. Consistent with California law, you may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. In order to designate an authorized agent Please contact us via email or by telephone at (717)-659-8482. CCPA provides additional rights to know, delete and opt out, and requires businesses collecting or disclosing personal information to provide notices and means to exercise these rights.

Non-Discrimination

CCPA comprises provisions that explicitly prohibit us from making any adverse decisions about you or your account based upon your exercise of this right (“non-discrimination”).

Notice of Collection

In the past 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information enumerated in the CCPA: Identifiers, including name, email address, IP address, and other similar identifiers Sensitive Information including your age and gender and those categories of Personal Information set forth in the Information We Collect sections of this Policy.

Right to Know and Delete

If you are a California resident or resident of a state with similar privacy law provisions, you have the right to delete the personal information we have collected from you in the preceding 12 months. In particular, you may have the right to request the following from us:

The categories of personal information we have collected about you;
The categories of sources from which the personal information was collected;
The categories of personal information about you we disclosed for a business purpose or sold;
The categories of third parties to whom the personal information was disclosed for a business purpose or sold;
The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling the personal information; and
The specific aspects of personal information we have collected about you.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at Samantha@sugarspunrun.com. In the request, please specify which right you are seeking to exercise and the scope of the request. We will confirm receipt of your request in a timely manner. We may require specific information from you to help us verify your identity and process your request. If we are unable to verify your identity, we may deny your requests to know or delete.

Canadian Residents

Personal Information of residents of Canada may be processed and stored in the United States and/or other jurisdictions in which federal and provincial laws comprising protections for Personal Information or Personal Data do not apply.

Children’s Information

As required by the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), we do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 13 years of age. By using the Services or Apps, you represent that you are at least 13 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services or Apps. If we learn that personal information from users less than 13 years of age has been collected without the consent of a parent or guardian, we will take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 13 without consent of a parent or guardian, please contact us at Samantha@sugarspunrun.com.

Contact Information

Please contact us at any time at Samantha@sugarspunrun.com for any questions related to this Privacy Policy.