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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.

Pinterest

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.

Pinterest

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)

To the extent we are processing your personal data on the basis of consent, or that it is necessary to perform a contract with you, and the processing is carried out by automated means, you have the right to receive the personal data in a structured, commonly used machine-readable format.

If you have a complaint about our data collection and processing actions, you have the right to report it to your local data protection supervisory authority. Here are their contact details: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.

If you reside in Switzerland, here are the contact details for the data protection authorities: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.

Cookies

Many Web browsers are automatically set up to accept cookies. However, you can normally choose to remove or reject cookies on your browser. If you choose to remove or reject cookies, this may affect some Services of this Website.

Children's Information

This website does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information about a child under the age of 16 in its records, please email us immediately at hello@morganvanreese.com.

Controls for Do-not-track Features

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

Do California Residents Have Specific Privacy Rights?

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 the Website, 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 using the contact information provided below.

If you are under 18 years of age, reside in California, and have a registered account with the Website, you have the right to request removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Website. To request the removal of such data, please contact us using the contact information provided below, and include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Website, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g. backups, etc.).

The California Code of Regulations defines a “resident” as:

(1) every individual who is in the State of California for other than a temporary or transitory purpose and

(2) every individual who is domiciled in the State of California who is outside the State of California for a temporary or transitory purpose

All other individuals are defined as “non-residents.”
If this definition of “resident” applies to you, certain rights and obligations apply regarding your personal information.

What categories of personal information do we collect?

We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:

*Out of this list A-L, I have NOT collected any of this personal information in the past twelve (12) months:

A. Identifiers

B. Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute

C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law

D. Commercial information

E. Biometric information

F. Internet or other similar network activity

G. Geolocation data

H. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information

I. Professional or employment-related information

J. Education information

K. Inferences dram from other personal information

L. Sensitive Personal Information

If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your right to opt out, we may deny a request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf.

With further questions about your privacy rights, you may contact us by email at hello@morganvanreese.com.

Verification Process

After receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine whether you are the same person with whom we have the information in our system. We will ask you through communication methods (such as phone or email that you previously provided to us) to dictate.
We will only use the personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. If we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity, and for security or fraud-prevention purposes. We will delete such additional information as soon as we finish verifying you.

Do we make updates to this notice?

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by a "Last updated" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

How can you contact us about this notice?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at hello@morganvanreese.com

Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy outlines how morganvanreese.com ("Website") uses cookies and other technologies to determine when you visit our Website. It explains what cookies are, why they are used, and your rights to control how they are used.

Our Website will collect cookies to track content that attracts certain demographics or locations. However, this data will be generalized, meaning no personally identifiable data will be collected by the cookies. However, personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and gathered from cookies.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files that web browsers use to save information about users. Cookies allow websites to remember users' online actions, preferences, demographics, and pages they visit. Cookies also make websites work more efficiently and provide reporting information for website owners.

Cookies put in place by the website owner (in this case, Morgan VanReese) are named "first party cookies" whereas "third party cookies" are set by other parties than the website owner. Third party cookies allow third party features or services (like advertising or analytics) to be placed on or through the website. The affiliations that set third party cookies can identify your computer when it visits a certain website or others.

Cookies can be either "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies are stored by a web browser and remain valid until their expiration date, unless they are deleted by the user beforehand. Session cookies expire at the end of a user session (when the web browser closes).

How can I control cookies?

You have the right to either accept or decline cookies. Using the Cookie Consent Manager, you can set your preferences (which cookies you want to accept or decline) to exercise your cookie rights. However, there are some essential cookies that can not be declined because they are necessary to provide you with services.

You can find the Cookie Consent Manager in the notification banner on our Website. You may still use our Website even if you decline cookies, although there may be some restrictions on which areas of our Website you can access.

You also have the ability to set web browser cookie controls. More information can be found in your browser's help menu via these links:

Chrome: Clear, allow & manage cookies in Chrome - Computer - Google Chrome Help

Firefox: Block websites from storing cookies and site data in Firefox | Firefox Help (mozilla.org)

Opera: Web preferences - Opera Help

Internet Explorer: Delete and manage cookies - Microsoft Support

Safari: Clear the history and cookies from Safari on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Edge: Microsoft Edge, browsing data, and privacy - Microsoft Support

We use cookies for the following purposes:

Authentication: to identify when you visit and as you navigate our Website

Status: to see if you logged into our website

Security: to protect user accounts (in the case of preventing fraudulent logins) and to protect our Website in general

Advertising: to display advertisements personalized to you

Analysis: to help analyze the use and performance of our Services

Do you serve targeted advertising?

Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Websites. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. This can be accomplished by them using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.

How often will you update this Cookie Policy?

We may update this Cookie Policy in order to reflect changes to cookies our Website uses or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please refer to this Cookie Policy to keep updated on any changes.

Please email us at hello@morganvanreese.com if you have any questions about the use of cookies on this Website.