Who we are
Spend it Like Stanford (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the website address: https://www.spenditlikestanford.com (the “Service” or “Website”).
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
terms of use
All content within the Spend it Like Stanford blog is for general information purposes only. While we try to keep information up to date and accurate, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose.
In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.
COPYRIGHT POLICY
The content on this website (spenditlikestanford.com) is covered by copyright and all words and photographs unless otherwise noted are the copyright of Spend it Like Stanford Blog. If you’d like to share or republish any content found on this website, please email spenditlikestanford@gmail.com asking permission.
links disclaimer
At times, we will link to other websites which are not under the control of the Spend it Like Stanford Blog. We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE
In some cases, this website will include affiliate links for products or services mentioned. This means that the Spend it Like Stanford Blog may earn a small commission on items that have been purchased though those links at no additional cost to the buyer,
What personal data we collect and why
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Personal Data
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Phone number
- Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
- Cookies and Usage Data
We may use your Personal Data to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us.
Usage data
We may also collect information on how the Website is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Newsletters
One the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Service to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
- We use Mailchimp for our newsletter, which you can opt out of.
- If you subscirbed to our newsletter, you will receive our newsletters. You can always unsubscribe by following the link in the email or by emailing us.
- If you gave us your name, it will only be used to personalize the newsletters.
- We have never sold, we are not selling, and we will not sell any of your personal data provided to us.
Cookies & Tracking data
The Service uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
HOW WE USE your data
Spend it Like Stanford Blog uses the collected data for various purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Website
- To notify you about changes to our Website
- To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Website when you choose to do so
- To provide customer support
- To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Website
- To monitor the usage of our Website
- To detect, prevent and address technical issues
- To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you may have already purchased or enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
What rights you have over your data
You have the right to
- Be informed regarding how your data is collected and used.
- Have access to the data about you.
- Ask us to change the data about you.
- Ask us to delete the data about you.
- Ask us to stop sending you newsletters.
Spend it Like Stanford Blog abides by the GDPR regulations, so if you wish to have your information removed (e.g. comments removed) and you’re an EU resident, please get in touch with us. We are happy to amend/remove your information/comments/email from the mailing list if you contact us. We do not retain secondary copies of commenters/reader contact information without permission. Similarly, we do not resell or share your contact information with third parties and once you opt out of the mailing list, you are permanently removed unless you sign up again.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside
of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.
Spend it Like Stanford Blog will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.
Sensitive personal information
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Service. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
Children’s information
The Service does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information form children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Service has personally identifiable information fo a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at spenditlikestanford@gmail.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
THIRD-PARY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
This Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
- Google Analytics: Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
- Mail Chimp: this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of deliver such communications that you have opted-in to receive. Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.
- BlueHost: This service is responsibly for hosting and operating the platform Spend it Like Stanford Blog uses.
Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Website, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.
Adveritsing
We may use third party advertising companies to service content and advertisements when you visit the Service, which may use cookies, as noted above.
From time to time, the Service may engage in re-marketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Service. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Service.
your acceptance of these terms
By using this Website, you signify your acceptance of this policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our Website. Your continued use of the Website following the posting of changes to this policy will be deemed your acceptance of those changes.
CONTACT
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please reach out directly to spenditlikestanford@gmail.com
Last updated: Oct. 12, 2020
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