Disclaimer and Privacy

Disclaimer

Disclaimer and Disclosure:  This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. I am writing about my own personal gardening and travel experiences and I hope you enjoy my ideas. I am not an expert on either, so yours may certainly differ. For questions about this blog, contact Stephi at stephigardens.com.

I am not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own. I do accept forms of advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation, (via Skimlinks or Viglinks, Share-a-Sale Affiliate program or the Amazon Associates program) but these will in no way sway my personal opinion. If I am reviewing an item I have received for free, or have been compensated to review, this will be clearly stated. Otherwise the items, companies or other services I offer sponsored links to are for things that I actually bought, use and review accurately.

Privacy

Cookies: Stephi Gardens uses “cookies,” which are small text files placed on your computer, to uniquely identify users for post comments and server log files. No personal information is stored in these cookies.

Affiliate Disclaimers:  Stephi Gardens is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, Viglinks and Share-Sale, which are affiliate advertising programs designed to provide a means for websites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to companies to promote or recommend products . An embedded, customized referral link, provided by the affiliate programs, refers site visitors to our affiliate partners’ websites. If you click on an affiliate link, a small text file called a “cookie” will be stored in your browser by the affiliate program to track any sales for the purpose of assigning commissions.

Stephi Gardens has no control over these third-party cookies and does not store any personal information collected by our affiliates when you use their websites. Please see the following privacy policies for additional information on how your data is handled by our affiliates: Amazon Privacy Notice, Viglink Privacy Policy, and Share-A-Sale Privacy Policy.

Google Adsense:  I use  Google Adsense to monetize my website, StephiGardens.com.  Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites.  Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.  Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings.  Cookies are disabled for visitors from the EU, and therefore they will not see personalized ads.

Google Analytics: I use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 (“Google”) to help analyze and improve my website. Google Analytics uses “cookies,” which are small text files placed on your computer, to help analyze how you use my website, including but not limited to the date and time of your visit, location, operating system, browser type, referring website, and pages viewed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website will be transmitted to and stored by Google. Data will be retained for a period of 24 months.

We automatically enable IP anonymization on our website so that your IP address will be truncated by Google to prevent users from being identified.  Google will use this information for the purpose of compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and Internet usage for me. The anonymized IP address that was transmitted by your browser will not be combined by Google with any other data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website.

You may also prevent the collection and processing of the data that was generated by the cookie by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Updated May 30, 2018

2 thoughts on “Disclaimer and Privacy

  1. Hi there – I love your purple beautyberry pictures and wondered if you would give me permission to possibly use them as a background on a new website I’m designing? It’s for a beauty therapy business and the shop will be on a street called Berry Lane. My primary colour will be purple – so you can see how perfect it could be!
    Thanks in advance.

    Kind regards
    Debbie

    1. That would be fine if there was a way to credit stephigardens.com somewhere on the website with the photo. I appreciate it that you asked and look forward to checking out your website.

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