Disclosure

Stacy Ling’s Bricks ‘n Blooms blog is a personal blog that is authored and edited by me, Stacy Ling. I am the sole owner of this blog. All statements and opinions are my own.

Sponsorship

To support the costs of running this blog, I sometimes receive compensation to provide opinions on products, services, websites and various other topics.

While I may receive compensation for posts or advertisements, I will always provide my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products.

The views and opinions expressed in my blog are purely my own.

Any product claim, statistic, quote, or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party in question.

My blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

Any compensation received does not influence the content, topics or posts made in my blog.

All advertising is generated by a third-party ad network that will be identified as paid advertisements or sponsored ads.

Amazon Affiliate/Influencer Program

Stacy Ling’s Bricks ‘n Blooms participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates & Influencer Program that is an advertising affiliate program.

This allows me to earn a small commission by linking products to Amazon.com. When a user clicks on an Amazon affiliate link and buys something, I earn a small commission.

Thus, as an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.

There is no impact on the product cost and does not result in any additional charges or fees to the buyer.

While I may include affiliate links in my blog posts, it is important to note that all opinions are my own and I will never recommend a product that I do not believe in or have not used myself.

Privacy

Stacy Ling’s Bricks’n Blooms blog is dedicated to maintaining the privacy and protection of your personal information.

By using Stacy Ling’s Bricks ‘n Blooms website, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described herein that may be updated or modified from time to time.

Comments on Blog Posts

When you leave comments on Stacy Ling’s Bricks ‘n Blooms blog, you have the option of providing your name, blog or website URL, or other information.

This information becomes a permanent part of the and can be seen by other visitors to the site.

Log Files

Most standard websites, such as this site, uses log files to obtain information.

Log files include Internet Protocol addresses (IP addresses), browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and the number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement in the aggregate, and to gather broad demographic information for aggregate use.

This information is never provided to third parties, except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, and is logged for a temporary time period.

Other than the IP address, this information is not linked to anything personally identifiable.

IP address information, however, is linked to personal information and may be used in an effort to block a user from accessing the site.

Cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on a user’s computer that is tied to information about the user.

Some cookies collect information about browsing and purchasing history when you access a website via the same computer or device.

This includes information about products purchased, pages viewed, and navigation through the site.

Cookies are not used to collect or record information regarding your name, address or other contact details.

Stacy Ling’s Bricks ‘n Blooms may use cookies to monitor browsing and purchasing behavior.

Some of my business partners (ie, advertisers) may also use cookies.

Note: This site has no access to or control of advertisers’ web cookies.

If you wish to disable cookies, please refer to your individual browser options.

Consult the help section for instructions on how to do disable cookies.

Note: if you disable cookies, the website may not operate properly.

This website contains links to external websites.

Please be aware that I am not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites.

When leaving this website, I encourage you to read the privacy and disclosure policies of each site you visit, as this particular privacy policy applies solely to this particular website.

I use outside advertising networks and companies in order to display ads on this site.

These ads may contain cookies in order to collect data in the ad serving process.

These cookies are collected by the companies and/or advertising networks, themselves.

I do not have any access to this information.

Google Analytics

When someone visits www.stacyling.com, Google Analytics collects standard internet log information and details of visitor behavior patterns.

The information is processed in a manner that does not identify anyone but merely provides raw data such as the number of visitors to the site’s posts and pages.

Mailing List Subscription

As part of the registration process, some personal information is collected.

The information you provide is only used to provide you with the information requested, to contact you when additional information is needed, to confirm my records are current, and to request feedback.

I do NOT sell, rent, or trade email lists with other organizations and businesses.

You can unsubscribe to general mailings at any time of the day or night by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails or by emailing me at bricksnblooms@gmail.com.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising

For information regarding data collection by Mediavine ad partners including how to opt out of data collection, please click here

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please 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.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Additional Questions or Information

For any questions about this blog, please contact me here or email bricksnblooms@gmail.com.