by Betty Gabriel

Your privacy is very important to us and we are committed to safeguarding it. Therefore, this policy has been provided which will explain the practices related to online information and how your personal data is collected here at Salt Valley Blog.

This policy is easily available on the homepage and wherever your personal information is required. By visiting or/and using the services at Himalayan Salt Valley Blog, you are consenting to this privacy policy.

You need to keep reviewing this privacy policy to know about any changes as we may update it periodically.

Himalayan Salt Valley Blog found at https://www.thesaltvalley.com/ is governed by the following privacy policy. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this website.

Personal identification information

We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways. We only collect information you voluntarily submit on our website by visiting our site, leaving a comment on any post, subscribing to the newsletter, or submitting a contact form. We may collect users’ personal information such as name, email and website URL. Users are allowed to refuse to provide their personal identification information anytime, except that it may stop them from involving in certain activities related to the website.

Non-personal identification information

We may automatically collect certain non-personal identification information about you and your device whenever you interact with our Site. This information may include the browser name, device with which you access, and technical information such as your IP address, operating system, and the Internet service provider utilized and other related information (referring website, pages you viewed and clicked links).

Web browser cookies

Our website uses “cookies” to enhance users’ experience by storing their preferences. Users’ web browsers also place cookies on their hard drives for record-keeping. The users may ‘at any time’ choose to set their web browser to prevent cookies from storing data. Note that due to this action, some parts of the Site may not function properly. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics.

How we use collected information

Salt valley blog may use the information collected users for the following purposes:

To operate and maintain this website

To personalize user experience by understanding their preferences and how they use the services and resources provided by our website.

We may use suggestions and feedback provided by you to improve our website.

To identify our users and create their accounts.

To reply to comments or questions.

To track and analyze the advertising on our website.

To detect, investigate and take measures against any unauthorized or illegal activity.

To send promotional material (newsletter)

To send website related news and information to subscribed users. At any time, users may unsubscribe from receiving any emails from us by following the instructions for unsubscribing given at the bottom of each email.

How we protect your personal information

We adopt appropriate practices related to the collection, storage, and processing of data along with security measures to safeguard against unauthorized access, variation, disclosure or misuse of your personal information such as username, password, transaction information and data stored on our website.

Sensitive and private data exchange between the Site and its Users happens over an SSL secured communication channel and is encrypted and protected with digital signatures. Our Site is also in compliance with PCI vulnerability standards in order to create as secure of an environment as possible for Users.

Sharing your personal information

We do not sell or trade our users’ personal information to others. We may share generic aggregated information related to demographics which is not linked to any personal information regarding visitors and users with our business partners, trusted advertisers and affiliates for the purposes mentioned above.

THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share our users’ personal information with third parties when they clearly authorize us to share it.

Additionally, this website may use some third-party service providers to service various aspects of this website such as Google Analytics which will track the usage of the website and provide the information related to user actions on this site and refereeing sites and may also capture your IP address.

Advertising

We may use Ads on our site by third-party advertising companies, who may set cookies, to serve content and advertisements to the users. These ad servers may set cookies to recognize your computer every time they send you an online ad to collect your non-personal information. This helps in targeted marketing by sending you targeted advertisements. This privacy policy does not cover the use of cookies by any ad server.

This website may also get involved with third-party companies such as Facebook, Instagram, Google, or Pinterest, from time to time, to market this website. Based on somebody’s last visit to this website, these companies may use cookies to serve advertisements.

Children’s privacy protection

Protecting the privacy of children under the age of 13 is also very important for us. For that reason, we never knowingly collect information about children at our Site. We also make sure no part of this website is structured to attract children under 13.

PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION

If you create a user profile on this website or leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible.  To create a user profile, you must choose a username and password and input your email address for profile confirmation. We will never make your email address public. At your option, you may also add an avatar, a profile description, and a link to your website.

You may also choose to link your Facebook, Google Account, and Instagram.

Users may see your username, profile description, and website information.

Changes to this privacy policy

The Himalayan Salt Valley has the discretion to update this privacy policy at any time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the bottom of this page. We encourage our users to regularly check this page for any changes to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect from you. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this privacy policy from time to time and become aware of any modifications.

Your acceptance of these terms

By using this website, you signify your acceptance of this privacy policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use our site. Your continued use of this site following the posting of changes to this policy will be considered your acceptance of those changes.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.

CONTACT INFORMATION

For any question or query about this privacy policy or the practices of this site, you can contact us anytime at thesaltvalley@gmail.com