It is Crystal Viden’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to https://www.www.crystalviden.com/ (hereinafter, “us”, “we”, “Crystal Viden” or “https://www.www.crystalviden.com/”).
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. We have adopted this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.
This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms and Conditions posted on our Website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.
Affiliate Disclosure
Some of the links found on Crystal Viden are affiliate referral links. This means that if a reader clicks on text or an image, Crystal Viden may receive a commission from purchases. This does not affect your purchases or the price you may pay.
Crystal Viden participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Crystal Viden collects non-personally identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Crystal Viden’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to understand better how Crystal Viden’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Crystal Viden may release non-personally identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
Crystal Viden also collects potentially personally identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged-in users and for users leaving comments on https://www.www.crystalviden.com/ blog posts. Crystal Viden only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally identifying information as described below.
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.
Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Crystal Viden’s websites choose to interact with Crystal Viden in ways that require Crystal Viden to gather personally identifying information. The amount and type of information that Crystal Viden gathers depends on the nature of the interaction.
Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Advertisements
Ads appearing on our website may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Crystal Viden and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
Links To External Sites
Our Service may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, products or services.
Aggregated Statistics
Crystal Viden may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. Crystal Viden may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Crystal Viden does not disclose your personally-identifying information.
Cookies
To enrich and perfect your online experience, Crystal Viden uses “Cookies”, similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer.
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Crystal Viden uses cookies to help Crystal Viden identify and track visitors, their usage of https://www.www.crystalviden.com/, and their website access preferences. Crystal Viden visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Crystal Viden’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Crystal Viden’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies. By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to Crystal Viden’s use of cookies.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Crystal Viden may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Crystal Viden’s sole discretion. Crystal Viden encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.