Affiliate Links
Most of the links on www.kendrafoundit.com are affiliate links. This means that if you purchase an item that I link to, I will receive a small commission. Why do I do this? Because a girl’s gotta eat. Finding deals, monitoring sales, researching product, planning features, and writing takes a lot of time – especially if you’re a perfectionist like me (type-A personalities, represent!). On each and every post, I will also remind you of this with a disclosure at the bottom of the page.
If you would like to avoid the affiliate links (there is no pressure to use them), simply type in the website manually or search for the product using any internet search engine.
Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting the privacy of our users while they interact with the content, products, and services on this Website. Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we want you to understand what information we collect about you, how we collect it, how that information is used, and how you can control our disclosure of it.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. You agree that by using the Website, signing up for our emails, or engaging with us on social media, you are deemed to have accepted and agreed to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website, sign up for our emails, or engage with us on our social media accounts.
Capitalized terms used in this Privacy Policy that are not defined have the meanings assigned to them in our Terms of Use.
1. Definition of Personal Information
Personal information is defined as information that can identify an individual and information about an identifiable individual, which means a person can be identified by the information either directly or in combination with other information.
2. Basis for Collecting Personal Information
We collect and process your personal information only when we have a lawful basis to do so. Lawful bases include your consent, the fulfillment of our contractual rights or obligations, the legitimate business interests of us or third parties (provided that processing your data for a legitimate business interest does not outweigh your rights and freedoms), and complying with applicable law.
Consent: We may use your personal information, or permit selected third parties to use your personal information, based on your consent to our use and sharing of that information. You may withdraw your consent at any time, but doing so may affect your ability to use the Website.
Contractual obligations: We may use and process your information to enter into a contract with you and to perform our contractual obligations to you.
Legitimate business interests: We may use and process your personal information for our legitimate business interests, which include, among other things, communicating with you, improving our goods or services, improving our Website, and providing you with the information or products that you have requested.
Compliance with applicable law: We may use or process your data as required for us to comply with legal obligations.
3. Information We Collect
We collect personal information when you choose to access or use the Website, email us, enter our contests, answer surveys, purchase products or services, consent to receive email or text messages, comment on blog posts, or engage with us on social media.
Personal information that we may collect may include:
personal identifying information such as your name, address(es), telephone number(s), email address(es);
derivative data such as IP address(es), browser type, mobile device name and type, dates and times you access our Website, the specific pages you view, and other interactions with our Website;
location data and demographic data such as your gender and age;
financial and billing information (such as credit card numbers) in connection with purchases made on the Website;
personal information connected with your social media accounts such as your username, profile picture, and any other information you make available to the public on your social media accounts;
other content that you submit or post on the Website;
any other information you provide us through a web form, through your participation in community discussions, chats, dispute resolution, or when you otherwise correspond with us; and
additional information we are required or authorized by applicable laws to collect and process in order to authenticate or identify you or to verify the information we have collected.
Some of the data set out above may be collected by third-party service providers, such as advertising and analytics providers, and may include cookies, log data, or web beacons. By accessing and using the Website, you understand that your personal information will be transferred to such third parties and will also be subject to the privacy policy and practices of such third parties.
4. How We Use Your Personal Information
We use your personal information to provide you with an enjoyable and convenient online experience; offer you products and services, including the use of our Website; fulfill our contractual obligations to you; correspond with you; contact you about new offerings we think you might be interested in; interact with you via social media; send you a newsletter or other updates about the Website; deliver targeted advertising; request feedback from you; notify you of updates to our product and service offerings; resolve disputes and troubleshoot any problems; administer contests or giveaways; customize your interaction with our Website; compile anonymous statistical data for our own use or for a third party’s use; assist law enforcement as necessary; prevent fraudulent activity on our Website; and analyze trends to improve our offerings and our Website.
We store your data and transmit it to a third party for processing, but we do so to the extent necessary to serve our legitimate business interests (such as providing you with the opportunity to purchase our products or services and interact with our Website). We use non-identifying and aggregate information to better design our Website and for legitimate business and administrative purposes.
We are not liable or responsible for the personal or other information you choose to submit in forums such as a comment board or any other publicly accessible area of the Website or our social media channels.
5. Disclosure of Personal Information
There are certain circumstances in which we may share your personal information with certain third parties. The following are specific reasons why we may share your information:
Legitimate business interests: We may share your information with third-party processors as needed to serve our legitimate business interests, which include administration, maintenance, and improvement of our Website, entering into contracts with you, advertising to you, getting your feedback, communicating with you, taking orders for goods or services, delivering our products and services, identifying trends, protecting the security of our company, our Website, and marketing additional products and services to you. The legal basis for our disclosure of your information consists of your consent to this Privacy Policy and our right to protect and promote our legitimate business interests.
Third-party service providers: We engage third parties to perform various tasks and provide services to us, including, without limitation, hosting and maintenance services, email development and delivery, contest management, survey management, graphic design, customer relationship management, database storage and management, marketing services, social media services, display ads, analytics services, affiliate marketing, data analysis, identification verification, and direct marketing campaigns. We may not always disclose these third-party processors if not required by law. We will share your personal information with these third parties, but only to the extent necessary to perform these functions and provide us with such services, and only pursuant to binding contractual obligations requiring such third parties to maintain the privacy and security of your data.
Law enforcement: We cooperate with government and law enforcement officials or private parties to enforce and comply with applicable laws. We may disclose any information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate to respond to claims, legal process (including subpoenas), to protect our property or rights or the property or rights of a third party, the safety of the public or any person, to prevent or stop any illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity, or to otherwise comply with applicable laws.
To protect our company: We may use your information to protect our company, including to investigate and remedy any violations of our rights, policies, or Terms of Use. We may also disclose your information as reasonably necessary to acquire and maintain insurance coverage, manage risks, obtain financial or legal advice, or to exercise or defend against legal claims.
Business transfers: We may sell, transfer, or otherwise share some or all of our assets, including your personal information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, or in the event of bankruptcy. In such transitions, customer information is one of the business assets that is acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such business transfers may occur and that your personal information can continue to be stored, used, or processed as otherwise set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Third-party marketing: We may disclose your information to certain third parties as listed on our Website for the purpose of enabling them to contact you so that they can offer you relevant products and services.
Advertisers: We may use third-party advertising companies to run and manage our ads and to produce ads that appears when you visit our Website. These third parties may use information about your visit to our Website and other websites that are contained in web cookies (as described below) to offer you personalized advertisements about goods and services that might interest you. We do not control the activities of such third-party advertisers or websites. You should consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party advertisers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt out of certain practices.
Other third parties: We may share information with advertisers or other third parties for the purpose of conducting general business analysis. If we do so, we will make reasonable efforts to inform you if required by law.
Online postings: When you post online, your posts may be viewed by others, and we may distribute your comments outside the Website.
Other purposes: We may disclose your personal information as necessary to comply with any legal obligation or to protect your interests, or the vital interests of others or our company.
6. Processing Your Information
In most instances, it will be necessary for us to transmit your information to a third-party processor, as we do not have the capability to perform certain functions. However, we may, from time to time, process your data internally. The legal bases for this processing are your consent to the processing, our need to conduct our legitimate business interests, and to comply with legal obligations. Our purposes in processing this information, if we do, is to administer, maintain, and improve our offerings and our Website, to enter into contracts with you, to fulfill the terms of those contracts, to keep records of our transactions and interactions, to be able to provide you with products and services, to comply with our legal obligations, to obtain professional advice, and to protect the rights and interests of our company, our customers (including you), and any third parties.
We may process the following data: data about your usage of our Website, such as your IP address, geographical information, and how long you accessed our website and what you viewed; personal identifying information; data that you provide us in the course of using our services; data that you post on our Website, such as comments or responses to blogs; data that you submit to us when you make an inquiry regarding our offerings or our Website; data related to your transactions with us, including your purchase of our goods or services; data that you provide to us when you subscribe to our emails or newsletters, enter contests, or complete surveys, including your name and contact information; data that you submit to us via correspondence, such as when you email us with questions or message us on social media; and any other data identified in this Privacy Policy, for the purpose of complying with our legal obligations, or to protect the vital interests of you or any other person.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal information as long as it is needed to conduct our legitimate business purposes. In addition, we may retain your personal information to comply with applicable laws, comply with our legal obligations, prevent fraud, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigation, enforce our Terms, or take other actions permitted or required by applicable laws. After it is no longer necessary for us to retain your personal information, as determined by us in our sole discretion in accordance with applicable laws, we dispose of it in a secure manner according to our data retention and deletion policies.
We will honour your request to delete your data, as described more fully below, unless we are required by law to retain access to the data. However, note that we cannot control the retention policies of third parties. If you wish to have any third parties, including those to whom we’ve transmitted your data, delete that data, you will need to contact those third parties directly.
We may retain usage data (that is, data that is gathered by our company or third-party analytics companies for the purpose of analyzing the use of our Website) as needed for internal analysis purposes. This type of data is usually retained for a shorter period of time than personal data, unless the data is necessary to improve the security or functionality of our offerings or our Website, or we are legally obligated to retain the data for a longer period of time.
8. Security of Your Information
In recognition of our legal obligation to protect your personal information, we have made arrangements to protect against unauthorized access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification, disposal, or destruction of personal information. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we take physical and electronic security measures to safeguard and secure the information and data stored on our system to a level appropriate to the type of data involved.
9. International Data
We may create, maintain, store, process, and archive information on servers that are not located on our immediate premises and may be located in Canada, the USA, or another country, where the laws may not be as strict as those in other countries and may be deemed by other countries to have inadequate data protection. Please be advised that a foreign government may be able to access data relating to your use of the Website, including your personal information, for lawful access purposes. If you continue to use the Website, you consent and continue to consent to us creating, maintaining, storing, processing, and archiving information on servers located on a third party’s premises within Canada, the USA, or another country.
Data that is provided to us is stored on secure servers and we have agreements in place with our affiliates and contractors that include standard contractual clauses to protect your rights with respect to your information.
10. Consent for Collection, Use, and Disclosure
By accessing and using our Website or interacting with us on social media, we consider you to have given us consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Once this consent has been given, we will continue to collect, use, and disclose your personal information for purposes set out in this Privacy Policy without obtaining further written or verbal consent to do so. We may also collect, use, or disclose personal information about an individual without that individual’s consent as permitted under applicable laws.
11. Tracking Technologies
We use tracking technologies to passively collect demographic information, personalize your experience on our Website, and monitor advertisements and other activities.
We make use of log files, which log visitors to Website. This is generally a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information inside the log files may include without limitation internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer our Website, track users’ movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
We also use cookies, which are small files sent to us by your computer, and web beacons to store certain information. We may use cookies to authenticate your identity, to determine if you are logged onto the Website, for personalization, for security, for targeted advertising, or for analysis of the performance of our Website. For example, cookies may allow us to recommend blog posts to you based on what you have read on Website in the past. We use cookies that are not specific to you but unique enough to allow us to analyze general trends and use, and to customize your interaction with our Website. This information helps us to understand the use of our Website and to improve our Website. We may link cookie information to personal information.
Most browsers are automatically set to accept cookies whenever you visit a website. When you first encounter our Website, you will be asked to “consent to cookies.” If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. However, this may affect your ability to use our Website and may result in some areas of our Website not functioning properly. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the website for your particular browser. By continuing to use our Website and not disabling cookies on your browser, you are consenting to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
We may use any or all of the following types of cookies:
Essential cookies: These cookies help us operate and improve your experience with our Website. These cookies may allow content to load more quickly or allow you to access repeat-users sections of the Website.
Functionality cookies: These cookies allow us to remember your preferences from earlier visits to our Website so that you do not have to input the same information multiple times.
Social media cookies: These cookies allow us to record when you have engaged with a social media tool while visiting our Website. For example, we may record that you have “liked” a certain aspect of our Website. The social media application may also share data with us that you have allowed it to share. If you wish to change your social media sharing settings, please visit the privacy settings of the applicable social media network.
Advertising cookies: We may work with third-party advertising partners who collect information about your browsing habits on our Website in order to later display a relevant ad about our services when you are on a third-party site such as a social media platform. These cookies may also allow us to access your location. In addition, we may use third-party software to post advertisements on our Website, to oversee marketing or email campaigns, or manage other initiatives. These third-party software may use cookies or similar tracking technology. We have no control over these third parties or their use of cookies. For more information on opting out of interest-based ads, visit the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.
Pixel tags: We may use a pixel tag, which is a small graphic file that allows us to monitor the use of our Website and provide us with information regarding your interaction with the Website. These tags may collect the IP address from the device you are using and the browser type. Pixel tags are also used by our third-party partners to collect information when you visit our Website, and we may use this information to display targeted advertisements.
Email confirmations: We may receive email confirmations when you open an email from us. This allows us to determine if users are responding favourably to our email communications and helps us to improve those communications.
Other technologies: Other data technologies may be used that collect comparable information for security, fraud detection, and similar purposes, to give us information about your use of our Website, and to greater improve our and service offerings and our Website.
12. Website Analytics
We may partner with third-party analytic companies, including without limitation Squarespace Analytics and Google Analytics. The analytic companies may also use cookies (described above) or other tracking technologies to analyze visitors’ use of our Website to determine the popularity of the content, and better understand online activity. We do not transfer personal information to these third-party vendors. However, in order to access our Website, you must consent to the collection and use of your information by these third-party analytic companies. You should review their Privacy Policy and contact them directly if you have questions. If you do not want any information to be collected and used by tracking technologies, visit the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.
13. Third Party Websites
Our Website may include links to other websites. These links are provided for your convenience only. Certain products or services available on our Website are provided to you in partnership with third parties and may require you to disclose personal information in order to register for and access such products or services. Such products or services will identify the third-party partners at the point of registration. If you choose to register for such products or services, your personal information will be transferred to such third parties and will be subject to the privacy policy and practices of such third parties.
We do not control or endorse such third-party websites and we are not responsible for the privacy practices and policies of such third-party websites. Please read the privacy policies of any other company or website you may link to from our Website prior to providing your personal information in connection with such third-party website, products, or services. This Privacy Policy applies only to our Website and the personal information collected by us directly through this Website. We are not responsible for any damage or consequences you suffer by accessing third-party websites using links provided on our Website.
14. Promotional and Marketing Communications
We only send promotional and marketing communications with your consent. We offer the opportunity for you to volunteer certain information to us that is used for email, contest, survey, and marketing purposes. This information includes, but is not limited to, your name and email. If you no longer wish to receive these or other communications from us, please send us an email at the email address provided below. You can also stop receiving newsletter email communications from us by clicking on the ‘‘unsubscribe’’ link provided in such communications.
Notwithstanding the above, we reserve the right to maintain a database of past email subscribers. We reserve the right to use this information as reasonably necessary in our business and as provided by law. Your information will be shared with reasonably necessary parties for the ordinary course of conducting our business, such as through Facebook ads or Google Pay Per Click marketing campaigns.
15. Minors
The Website is not directed to individuals under the age of 18 (“Minors”). We do not knowingly solicit personal information from Minors. If you are a Minor, please do not use the Website or submit any personal information through the Website. Parents should be aware that there are parental control tools available online that can be used to prevent Minors from submitting information online without parental permission or from accessing material that is harmful to Minors. If you have reason to believe that a Minor has provided their personal information to us, please contact us at the contact information provided at the end of this Privacy Policy, and we will delete that information.
16. Sensitive Data
We request that you do not submit any sensitive data to us, via public postings, email correspondence with us, or any other method, including social security number, health data, genetic data, or information related to your ethnic origin, religious beliefs, or criminal history. If you do send us this information, then by doing so you are consenting to our use, storage, and processing of this information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
17. Your Rights
You have certain rights with respect to your personal information, as outlined below. Note that we may charge you a reasonable fee for actions that you ask us to take with respect to your personal information. In addition, we reserve the right to request that you provide us with evidence of your identity before we take any action with respect to the exercise of your rights. Further, your rights may be restricted or nullified to the extent they conflict with our compelling business interests, the public interest, or the law.
Update information: You have the right to update or change any information you have provided to us. To update or delete your information, please contact us at the contact information provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.
Confirm personal information and its use: You have the right to request that we confirm what data we hold about you, and for what purposes. You also have the right to confirmation of whether we process your data or deliver your data to third-party processors, and for what purposes. We will supply you with copies of your personal data unless doing so would affect the rights and freedoms of others.
Withdraw consent: You have the right to not provide any personal information to us or to withdraw your consent for the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information for purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. If you choose to do so, you may not have access to certain features of the Website and we may not be able to provide you with certain services, or customer support offered to our visitors and users under this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
Request a copy of data: You have the right to request a digital copy of the data that we hold about you. Your first request for a copy of your personal data will be provided free of charge; subsequent requests will incur a reasonable fee.
Transfer your data: You have the right to request that we gather and transfer your data to another controller, in a commonly used and machine-readable format, unless doing so would cause us an undue burden.
Delete all data: You have the right to request that we delete all data that we hold about you, and we must delete such data without undue delay. There are exceptions to this right, such as when keeping your data is required by law, is necessary to exercise the right of freedom of expression and information, is required for compliance with a legal obligation, or is necessary for the exercise or defense of legal claims. Such a request may result in limited or no use of our Website.
Emails and communications: You may opt out of receiving future email correspondence from us by contacting us at the contact information provided at the end of this Privacy Policy or by clicking “unsubscribe” in one of our emails.
Marketing communications: You may opt out of receiving any third-party marketing communications or having your personal information used for marketing purposes. You may do this by contacting us at the contact information provided at the end of this Privacy Policy.
Processing: You may, in some circumstances, restrict the processing of your data, such as when you contest the accuracy of your data or when you have objected to processing, pending the verification of that objection. When processing has been restricted, we will continue to store your data but will not pass it on to third-party processors without your consent, or as necessary to comply with legal obligations or protect your rights or those of others or our company. In addition, you may opt out of any processing of your data altogether. Note, however that doing so may result in loss of access to our Website.
Complaints: If you are an EU resident, you have the right to complain to a supervising authority if you believe we are misusing your data or have violated any of your rights under this Privacy Policy or applicable law. You may do so in the EU member state in which you reside or have your place of business or in which the alleged infringement took place. If you are located outside the EU, you may have rights under privacy laws in the jurisdiction where you live.
18. Improper Collection and Misuse of Personal Information
Please report any improper collection or misuse of personal information provided on the Website to us at the email address provided below. Depending on the law where you live, you may also have the right to file a complaint with your local data protection authority.
19. Security Disclaimer
We cannot guarantee nor do we warrant the security of any information you provide to us. We cannot prevent the interception, use, or misuse of your data by other parties. We will notify you promptly of any known breach of our security systems or your data which might expose you to serious risk.
By consenting to the Terms of Use of the Website and this Privacy Policy, you acknowledge that no security measure is foolproof, no method of data transmission over the Internet can be completely secure, and your personal information may be available, via the Internet, around the world. Your transmission of data to us is at your own risk. Where data that you have transmitted to us is password protected, you are responsible for keeping the password confidential. You are exclusively responsible for any breaches of your data that results from your own disclosure of or failure to protect your password.
20. Notification of Changes
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy from time to time at our sole discretion. Your continued use of the Website indicates your assent to the Privacy Policy as posted.
21. Contact
If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, or how we have handled your personal information, please contact us at: kendra@kendrafoundit.com.
