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This document contains morganvanreese.com's privacy policy and cookie policy.
Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 13, 2025
This privacy notice for morganvanreese.com ("Website," "we," "us," or "our") explains how and why your data may be collected, stored, used, shared, and/or processed when you use our Services. Usage of such Services include:
Visiting the Website or any website that links to this privacy notice
Engaging with the Website in other ways, such as marketing, sales, or events
We are serious about protecting your personal information and right to privacy. Please contact us with questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy by email at hello@morganvanreese.com. If you do not agree with any of the terms entailed in this privacy policy, please stop the usage of this Website’s Services immediately.
This privacy policy applies to the entirety of information collected through this Website, along with any related sales, marketing, or services.
What information does this Website collect?
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to analyze the information collected from our Website (like how users interact with the Website). Click here for information regarding the data Google Analytics collects by default. We also use Google Analytics cookies. You can view the types of cookies we use and what they are for in the Cookie Policy. User-level and event-level data associated with cookies, user identifiers (like a User ID), and advertising identifiers are automatically deleted after 14 months. You can view Google's privacy policy here.
We use Pinterest Ads to promote our content. This is for the purpose of content optimization and retargeting. View Pinterest’s privacy policy here.
Personal information you disclose to us
This Website collects information that you voluntarily provide, including when you participate in activities on this Website, or when you contact the Website owner.
The personal information collected depends on what interactions you partake in and which features you use on the Website. The personal information collected may include:
Name
Email address
Personal account preferences
Personal data also comes from technical processes (like comments, cookies, and analytics)
Email Addresses
We may collect your email address only if you voluntarily provide it to us. For example, if you sign up to receive an email newsletter or enter a promotion. We will use your email address for the purposes you provided it to us, and to send you emails about our Website. You may opt out of email communications at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" button in the email.
Sensitive information. This Website does not process sensitive information, and at no time should you submit sensitive information to this Website, such as:
Social security number
Information regarding race or ethnic origin
Political opinions
Religious beliefs
Health information
Criminal background
If you choose to submit sensitive information to the Website, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
Automatically-collected Information
This Website automatically collects information when you visit, use, or navigate it. This information does not include your specific identity (such as your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, like your IP address, browser and/or device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you used our Services and other technical information. This information is needed to keep our Services protected and for internal analytics and reporting purposes.
Technical Data
This Website collects information through cookies and similar technologies.
Log and Usage Data is collected when you access or use our Website and is saved in log files. This log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type and settings, and information about your activity on the Website.
Device Data includes information about the device you use to access the Website, such as your IP address (or proxy server), device application identification numbers, location, and browser type.
Why does this Website process your information?
This Website processes your information to provide, improve, and administer its Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with the law.
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered “selling” your personal data.
Depending on how you interact with the Website, your information may be processed for multiple reasons, including:
Allowing account creation and authentication and managing user accounts
Delivering and directing delivery of services to the user (e.g. providing you with the requested service)
To respond to user requests/offer user support
To send information to you, like details about products and services, or changes to our terms and policies
To enable user-to-user communications
Who is your information shared with?
We only share information with the following third parties. If we have processed your data with your consent and you wish to revoke your consent, please email us at hello@morganvanreese.com
Google Analytics
To opt out of data collection by Google Analytics, click here.
Website Hosting
Squarespace
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers in agreement with a written contract between us and each service provider. Each service provider is a for-profit entity that processes the information for us.
Amazon
As an Amazon affiliate, we may share your information with Amazon. We require they respect the terms of this privacy notice with your information.
We have a Pinterest Business account and link it throughout our website. If you click on the link that brings you to our Pinterest account, Pinterest will then collect the information you provide on Pinterest — NOT the information you provided using our Website. You can opt out of online behavioral advertising under your personalized settings in your personal Pinterest account. View Pinterest’s privacy policy here.
Third Parties and Affiliates
Our posts may include links to products and/or services offered by third party websites. If you click those links, your data collected about your activity on our site will be used to to direct you to the third party site. This Website and the third party may collect data showing you clicked on the link and purchased (or not) the product/service. If you buy from that link, we may receive commission from that third party.
We are currently part of the Amazon Affiliate program.
How long will your data be kept?
Your information will be kept for as long as necessary to complete the purpose outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.
Your information may be kept longer than necessary if a longer retention period is required/permitted by law (like tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No reason in this notice will require your information to be kept for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with our Website.
When there is no ongoing business need to process your personal information, your information will be deleted or anonymized. If this is not possible (for example, if your information is stored in backup archives) it will be securely stored and isolated from any further processing until deletion is possible.
How do we keep your information safe?
There is no guarantee your information can be 100% secure from hackers or other unauthorized third parties. Although we do our best to keep your information secure, you should enter your personal information on our Website at your own risk. You should access this Website only within a secure environment.
What are your Privacy Rights?
You may review, change, or delete your account at any time. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Your rights with respect to your personal data
Right to request deletion of the data – Request to delete
You can ask for the deletion of your personal information. If you ask us to delete your personal information, we will respect your request and delete what you ask, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) the exercise by another consumer of their right to free speech, our compliance requirements resulting from a legal obligation or any processing that may be required to protect against illegal activities.
Right to be informed - Request to know
Depending on the circumstances, you have a right to know:
Whether we collect and use your personal information;
the categories of personal information that we collect;
the purposes for which the collected personal information is used;
whether we sell your personal information to third parties;
the categories of personal information that we sold or disclosed for a business purpose;
the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold or disclosed for a business purpose; and
the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information.
In accordance with applicable law, we are not obligated to provide or delete consumer information that is de-identified in response to a consumer request or to re-identify individual data to verify a consumer request.
Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s Privacy Rights
We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.
If you reside in the European Economic Area (EEA), this section applies to you, as you have certain rights relating to your personal data:
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) defines "Personal Data" as any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier (name, identification number, location data, etc.). We process personal data only with your consent and as necessary for legitimate interests in improving and customizing our Services, performing analytics, and providing personalized advertising. We will process personal data when you give us specific consent (for instance if you opt into our email marketing list), to comply with a legal obligation (such as an order from the court), to save somebody's life, and when we have a legitimate interest (such as preventing fraudulent logins, improving the user experience, and protecting our Website in general).
If you reside in the EEA, you have the right to:
Ask if we process personal data about you, and on some occasions, obtain a copy of that personal data
Request the deletion or blocking of personal data without undue delay
Object processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes
Withdraw consent at any time (children under 13 can only give consent with parental permission)