Privacy Policy

Last Update: February 1, 2021

Thank you for joining me here at the Painted Sylph (“I,” “me,” “my”). Your privacy is extremely important to me, and I am committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or my practices with regard to your personal information, please email me at painted.sylph@gmail.com or submit the form at www.paintedsylph.com/contact.

When you visit my website (http://www.paintedsylph.com) (the “website”) or use any of the services and featured provided therein, I appreciate that you are trusting me with your personal information. I take that responsibility very seriously. In this privacy notice, I want to clearly explain what information I collect, how I use it, and what rights you have in relation to it. If there is anything in this policy that you don’t agree to, please discontinue the use of my website and/or services immediately.

Table of Contents:

  1. What Personal Information Do I Collect?

  2. How Do I Use This Information?

  3. Will Your Information be Shared with Anyone?

  4. Who Will Your Information be Shared With?

  5. Do I Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?

  6. Is Your Information Transferred Internationally?

  7. How Long Do I Keep Your Information?

  8. How Do I Keep Your Information Safe?

  9. Do I Collect Information From Minors?

  10. What Are Your Privacy Rights?

  11. Controls for Do-Not-Track Features

  12. California Resident Rights

  13. Do I Make Updates to this Notice?

  14. Squarespace Provisions

  15. How Can You Contact Me about this Notice?

  16. How Can You Review, Update, or Delete that Data I Collect from You?

Section 1: What Personal Information Do I Collect?

I collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to me when you express an interest in obtaining information about my blog posts or other website features. Personal information is also collected when you participate in activities on my website (such as by posting messages or comments in response to blog posts or by entering competitions, contests, or giveaways) or otherwise when you contact me.

The personal information I collect may include the following:

  • Personal information provided by you: names (first and last), email addresses, or other similar information.

Additionally, I (and my website host, Squarespace) automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the website. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information), but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use my website and other technical information. This information is primarily used for my internal analytics and reporting purposes, although you may view Section 14: Squarespace Provisions for more details.

Section 2: How do I Use Your Information?

The information you provide is primarily used for the following purposes:

  • To send you marketing and promotional communications: I and/or my third party marketing partners may use the personal information you provide to me for our marketing purposes, if this is in accordance with your marketing preferences. For example, when expressing an interest in obtaining information about me or my website, subscribing to marketing or otherwise contacting me, I will collect person information from you. You can opt-out of my marketing emails at any time by emailing your request to painted.sylph@gmail.com, or submitting the form located at http://www.paintedsylph.com/contact. Please be detailed and specific in your request to be removed.

Section 3: Will Your Information Be Shared with Anyone?

I only share information with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services, to protect your rights, or to fulfill business obligations.

Additionally, other users may see your personal information when you voluntarily share it by interacting with the public areas of the website, such as (but not limited to) posting comments to blog posts. Such personal information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly made available outside the website in perpetuity.

I do not sell your information, nor do I share it with any third parties unless outlined below.

Section 4: Who Will Your Information Be Shared With?

I only share and disclose your information with the following third parties:

  • Google Analytics (who is used for tracking website data)

  • Squarespace (who hosts this site), including Squarespace Analytics (see Section 14)

  • Google Drive (where contact information such as email addresses are temporarily stored)

Section 5: Do I Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?

I, or my website host Squarespace, may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. More information about this can be found in Section 14: Squarespace Provisions.

Section 6: Is Your Information Transferred Internationally?

The Squarespace server hosting this site is located in United States. If you are accessing this website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in those facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information (please see Section 3: Will Your Information be Shared with Anyone?), in the United States and other countries. Note that these countries may not necessarily have data protection laws or other similar laws as comprehensive as those in your country.

Section 7: How Long do I Keep Your Information?

Information provided through the “Contact” form of my website page (www.paintedsylph.com/contact) or via my email (painted.sylph@gmail.com) will only be kept in the relevant Gmail account. The information will not be stored elsewhere, nor used for any other purpose beyond the resolution of the inquiry. It may be kept for record-keeping purposes or to reference the issue should a follow-up concern arise.

Emails provided to my mailing list may be kept indefinitely, although you may unsubscribe at any time by (see Section 16 for details).

Section 8: How Do I Keep Your Information Safe?

I do my utmost to implement all possible technical and organizational security measures to protect the security of any personal information I process. However, despite my safeguards and efforts, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so I cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat my security, and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although I will do my best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from my website is at your own risk.

Section 9: Do I Collect Information From Minors?

I do not knowingly solicit data or market to children under 18 years of age. By using this website, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the website. If I learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collection, I will take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from my records. If you become aware of any data I may have collected from children under age 18, please contact me at painted.sylph@gmail.com.

Section 10: What Are Your Privacy Rights?

In some regions (like the European Economic Area), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. If you wish to make a request under these laws, please contact me using the contact information provided below. I will consider and act upon any request in accordance with the applicable data protection laws.

If you are a resident in the European Economic Area, you may contact: https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/article29/item-detail.cfm?item_id=612080

If you are a resident in Switzerland, you may contact: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html

Section 11: Controls for Do-Not-Track Features

I do not currently respond to Do-Not-Track (DNT) browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. Please discontinue use of my site if you disagree with this policy.

Section 12: California Resident Rights

If you are a resident of California, you have some additional rights regarding your personal information. Please contact me using the contact details below if you wish to exercise these rights.

Section 13: Do I Make Updates to this Notice?

I may make updates to this notice. You may be notified if the changes are significant, but I encourage you to check this notice frequently to be sure you are familiar with the most up-to-date information.

Section 14: Squarespace Provisions

This website is hosted by Squarespace. As such, there are a few additional privacy items to note which stem from the use of this hosting service.

  • Website Visitors

    • This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

      • Information about your browser, network and device

      • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

      • Your IP address

    • Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyzes the data in a de-personalized form.

  • Squarespace Analytics

    • This website collects personal data to power my site analytics, including:

      • Information about your browser, network, and device

      • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

      • Your IP address

    • This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

      • Clicks

      • Internal links

      • Pages visited

      • Scrolling

      • Searches

      • Timestamps

    • I share this information with Squarespace, my website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

  • Cookies

    • This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit The cookies Squarespace uses.

  • Fonts

    • This website uses font files from Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, servers where the font files are stored may receive personal information about you, including:

      • Information about your browser, network, or device

      • Your IP address

Section 15: How Can You Contact Me About this Notice?

Any comment or questions can be addressed via:

Section 16: How Can You Review, Update, or Delete the Data I Collect from You?

Please contact me using the information above (Section 14) if you wish to make any changes to your personal information. If the request is covered by the applicable laws of your country, or if it is a generally reasonable request, I would be happy to assist. I will respond to any requests within 30 days.

This privacy policy was generated using Termly’s Privacy Policy Generator. Modifications were created by Emily Kloska, aka Painted Sylph.