This privacy policy provides insight on how the information you provide is used, collected, and protected on Kenuine.com. We take security very seriously, so please read it carefully to ensure you have a clear understanding of the information on our policy. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at kendra@kenuine.com.

We reserve the right to change this privacy policy whenever necessary, without notice. By using Kenuine.com, you are consenting to it whether your read it or not.

Personal Information

What personal information do we collect?

We collect information you provide us. If you subscribe to the email list, newsletter, or use the contact form, you will be asked to enter the following: first name, last name, email address, and any other information that may be necessary.

We collect information about visitors who comment on Sites that use our Akismet anti-spam service. The information we collect depends on how the User sets up Akismet for the Site, but typically includes the commenter’s IP address, user agent, referrer, and Site URL (along with other information directly provided by the commenter such as their name, username, email address, and the comment itself).

When do we collect personal information?

We collect personal information when you subscribe to the email list, newsletter, and/or use the contact form.

How do we use your information?

Your information is used in the following ways:

• Name: To verify your identity.
• Email Address: To contact and share information with you.
• Communication: To respond to your comments, messages, and inquiries.
• Traffic: To monitor and analyze website traffic.

How do we protect your information?

We use malware scanning to secure and protect our site from malicious activity.

The following third-party sites are used to collect and store information: https://mailchimp.com and https://jetpack.com.

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

Really Simple SSL and Really Simple SSL add-ons do not process any personal identifiable information, so the GDPR does not apply to these plugins or usage of these plugins on your website. You can find our privacy policy here.

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.

Contact Forms

We use Contact Form 7 for contact forms. When you submit a contact form, the personal data is collected: your name, your email, a subject, and your message. The information will be kept indefinitely. Your information will not be used for marketing purposes.

If you have any questions about Contact Form 7, please visit their website at https://contactform7.com/ for more information.

Cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.

Cookies are used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, and that enables us to provide you with improved services. They’re also used to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings.

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.

Embedded Content

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.

Google

We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.

We use Google Analytics to help monitor traffic and website performance. If you want to opt-out, you can visit the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on to set your preferences.

Third Parties

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your
Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when its release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others’ rights, property, or safety.

Data Retention

We retain your information for as long as required to respond to and resolve inquiries and to process and share relevant information with you.
For mailing list subscriptions, we retain your information for as long as you remain subscribed (i.e. you do not unsubscribe).

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.

Unsubscribing

If you no longer wish to receive emails, follow the instructions at the bottom of each email. You will be removed from all correspondence.

California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared.

With CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

• Visitors can visit our site anonymously.
• This privacy policy is linked to our homepage, or at minimum, the first significant page after entering our website.
• Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found.

For more information, please visit: https://consumercal.org/about-cfc/cfc-education-foundation/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa-3/

Fair Information Practices

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur, we will notify you via email within 7 business days.

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. 

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

With compliance in the GDPR, you have the right to access information we have about you by submitting a message through the contact form. We must be able to verify your identity before providing you with an electronic copy of your information. We will comply with any request to correct, delete, or withdraw consent to our use of your information.

If you feel the rights granted to you have been violated, contact me as soon as possible at kendra@kenuine.com.

For more information, please visit: https://eugdpr.org/

CAN-SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act sets rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to unsubscribe from emails, and indicates the penalties for violations.

We collect your email address to:

• Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

With accordance to CAN-SPAM, we agree to the following:

• Not use false or misleading header information.
• Not use deceptive subject lines.
• To identify the message as an ad.
• To tell recipients where we’re located.
• To tell recipients how to opt out of receiving future email from us.
• Honor opt-out requests promptly.
• Monitor what third-party companies are doing on our behalf.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

We comply with COPPA and do not knowingly market to or allow third-parties to collect Personally Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. We require the consent of a parent or guardian to collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

Contact Information

If you have questions about the privacy policy, please contact me at kendra@kenuine.com.

Updated on 1/13/19.