The last update to our Privacy Policy was posted on 25/11/2017. This document governs the privacy policy of our website www.mixinmeup.com
Information We Collect
We collect standard HTTP weblogs - This information includes your ip address, time of visit, pages and resources downloaded, the referring page (sometimes) and your user-agent (a string of characters that tells us what you are, a web browser, a phone, etc). This is standard information recorded by all websites and is required to make a website run effectively.
Visitors who which to become members have additional information collected. A username, email and password is recorded to identify your account. Additional optional biographical information may be provided by members from time to time and may be edited or deleted by members from their profile edit page.
Cookies
Cookies are a common tool used by websites to track visitors on websites. We use cookies when you visit us to identify unique visitors,to keep track of any preferences or settingsand to supply you with a better user interface. Cookies are required if you wish to log into the website as a member, this is how we keep track of a member once they are logged in and is the standard method for authenticating a logged in member. Disabling cookies may result in some features of the site not working properly.
3rd Party Cookies
We will allow 3rd-parties to sometimes place cookies on your computer. Currently Google Analytics will place a cookie on your machine. This information is used for statistical analysis of visitors to the site. All information is anonymous and we can not see any of your private data Google may collect.
Google Analytics Privacy Policy
Our website uses Google Analytics to collect information about the use of our site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit our site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics to improve our site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit our site, not your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit our site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Googles ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to our site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use. http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html
You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser. https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
What we do with this information
Pretty much nothing. We require the bare minimal of information to make a community site run, and all biographical information supplied by our members is optional.
Your information will not be sold or handed to 3rd parties unless required to do so by law.If Mixinmeup is sold or merges in whole or in part with another business that would become responsible for providing the website to you, we retain the right to transfer your personal information to the new business. The new business would retain the right to use your personal information according to the terms of this privacy policy as well as to any changes to this privacy policy as instituted by the new business.
Legally required releases of information
We may be legally required to disclose your personal informationif such disclosure is (a) required by subpoena, law, or other legal process; (b) necessary to assist law enforcement officials or government enforcement agencies; (c) necessary to investigate violations of or otherwise enforce our Legal Terms; (d) necessary to protect us from legal action or claims from third parties, including you and/or other members; (e) necessary to protect the legal rights, personal/real property, or personal safety of our company, users, employees, and affiliates
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Mixinmeupdoes not share any data with advertisers or any other 3rd parties. We do use Google Analytics for statistical gathering, however, we do not share any user specific data with Google. Any data Google uses (and may or may not share with their 3rd parties) is data which Google has gathered itself (via its own cookies or other methods). You can read about Google's privacy policies here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Protecting Childrens Privacy
We follow the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Even though our website is not designed for use by anyone under the age of 18 (child), we realize that a child may attempt to access our website. We do not knowingly collect personal informationfrom a child under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child is using our website, please contact us. We may ask for proof of identification before we remove any information to prevent malicious removal of account information. If we discover on our own that a child is accessing our website, we will delete the information as soon as we discover it. You acknowledge that we do not verify the age of our users nor have any liability to do so. If you are a child, please seek the permission from a parent or guardian before using our website.
Our Security Policy
We have taken steps to build our website using industry-standard encryption and authentication tools to protect the security of your personal information. When we collect your personal information through our website, we will encrypt your personal information before it travels over the Internet using industry-standard technology for conducting secure online transactions. Unfortunately we cannot fully guarantee secure data transmission over the Internet because of its nature.
We strongly urge you to protect any password you may have for our website and not share it with anyone. You should always log out of our website when you finish using it, especially if you are sharing a computer with someone else or are using a computer in a public place.
Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time. If our company decides to change this privacy policy, we will post those changes on our website so our visitors and members are always aware of what information we collect, use, and disclose. If at any time we decide to disclose or use your personal informationin a method different from that specified at the time it was collected, we will provide advance notice by email (sent to the email address on file in your account). Otherwise we will use and disclose any personal in agreement with the privacy policy that was in effect when their information was collected. In all cases your continued use of our website, services, and products after any change to this privacy policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Contact Us
Do you have concerns or require additional information? Please use the Contact Page to get in touch with someone.