Privacy Policy
The Privacy Policy covers all of Lilies and Loafers (“website” or “the site”) and any associated content, including, but not limited to, email and RSS feeds. Your use of Lilies and Loafers indicates you have read and understood this privacy policy and indicates your agreement to abide by the Terms of Use in effect.
1. Information Collection – Lilies and Loafers is the sole owner of the information collected on the website. Lilies and Loafers may collect information from users at several different points on the website.
a. Comments – In order to enhance their use of the website, users can choose to leave comments on particular posts and page of interest. Commenters may register anonymously. However, if a third party complains that a comment breaches our Terms of Use (e.g. libels them), then in accordance with our Terms of Use, we will make reasonable efforts to contact the commenter and alert them to the situation. If we are required to by law to disclose commenters’ contact information, we will attempt to contact commenters to give them the opportunity to respond to such requests. Please refer to our Terms of Use for more information.
b. Mailing Lists & Service Emails – Lilies and Loafers manages a mailing list (The Leftovers), in order to provide subscribers with relevant information. In order to sign up to receive regular emails from a site’s mailing list, users must submit information including a valid email address. This information will be used in aggregate form only in order to assess general user interest in various internal and third party products and services, and your personal and contact information will not be passed to any other organization. Users who choose to sign up for a mailing list will receive regular emails from the website. Lilies and Loafers may from time to time track user email usage in a continued effort to improve our services.
c. Links – Lilies and Loafers links to other websites. Please be aware that Lilies and Loafers is not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Lilies and Loafers.
d. Log Files – Like most standard website servers we use log files. This includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement in the aggregate, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses, etc. are not linked to personally identifiable information. We may use a tracking utility that uses log files to analyze user movement.
e. Our website does not collect personally identifiable information or persistent identifiers from, deliver a personalized experience to, or otherwise track or monitor, persons reasonably identified as visiting our Site from the European Union.
2. Advertising
a. Lilies and Loafers contains sidebar and in-post advertising, as well as some contextual affiliate links. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. Lilies and Loafers also has partnerships with other retailers through affiliate links that allow our readers to purchase merchandise recommended through our website and social profiles. Advertising is not part of our content decisions unless a post or giveaway is sponsored. Sponsored content will always be noted and our opinions are always our own. The small amount of revenue that is generated through advertising and affiliate partnerships is used to cover operating expenses and help pay for groceries and DIY supplies so we can continue to produce original content.
b. Third-Party Advertising and Cookies – Some of our third-party advertising partners may distribute cookies to users in advertisements that are provided to us. Lilies and Loafers has no access to or control over these cookies once we have received the advertisements from third parties. These advertisers may be engaging in online behavioral advertising as defined by the Digital Advertising Alliance and FTC.
3. Food and Nutrition – Lilies and Loafers does not claim to help cure any condition or disease. We do not provide medical aid or nutrition advice for the purpose of health or disease nor do we claim to be doctors or dietitians. Any product recommendation is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All content within this site is not intended as a medical diagnosis or treatment and should not be considered a substitute for professional medical expertise. If you think you have any type of medical condition, you should seek professional advice.
a. All information and tools presented and written within this site are intended for informational purposes only. We are not certified nutritionists and any nutritional information on this website should only be used as a general guideline.
b. All content within this site is not intended as a medical diagnosis or treatment and should not be considered a substitute for professional medical expertise. If you think you have any type of medical condition, you should seek professional advice.
c. Under no circumstances will this website and its owner be responsible for any loss, adverse reactions, effects, consequences, damage, affliction or illness resulting in your reliance on the content here such as the recipes and nutritional information provided. Content should not be considered a substitute for professional medical advice, treatment or diagnosis. Should you need to be sure, please seek advice from a professional nutritionist or your doctor.
d. This website and its owner cannot be held responsible for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies published. This site and its owner disclaim all liability or loss in conjunction with any content provided here. This website and its owner disclaim any liability for products or services recommended on the website.
e. The reader assumes full responsibility for consulting a qualified health professional regarding health conditions or concerns before using the content on this site. To obtain the most accurate representation of the nutritional information in any given recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe. You are ultimately responsible for all decisions pertaining to your health.
4. Legal Disclaimer – Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, Lilies and Loafers may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on Lilies and Loafers.
5. Information Security – Lilies and Loafers has technical, administrative and physical safeguards in place to help protect against unauthorized access to, use or disclosure of user information we maintain. Under our security practices and policies, access to personally identifiable information is authorized only for those who have a business need for such access, and sensitive records are to be retained only as long as necessary for business or legal needs and destroyed before disposal. Although we work hard to protect personal information that we collect and store, no program is one hundred percent secure and we cannot guarantee that our safeguards will prevent every unauthorized attempt to access, use or disclose personal information.
If you become aware of a security issue, please email us at hello(at)liliesandloafers.com. We will work with you to address any problems.
6. Notification of Changes – Whenever Lilies and Loafers changes its privacy policy, we will post those changes to this Privacy Policy page, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.
7. Effective Date – This Privacy Policy is effective July 1, 2018.