Privacy Policy Overview
Hi there! In order to make sure you understand what’s happening when you sign up for my email list, as well as how your data is stored, I’ve put together this privacy policy.
The Mamma’s List is compliant with the GDPR regulations that affect data capture and storage in the EU, and if you ever have any additional questions, please feel free to reach out.
- I (Carly) collect your email address as well as name for the sole purpose of bringing you all the amazing information on my site. I’ll be sending you updates on relevant things like my latest posts, product recommendations, and information that I think might be interesting or relevant to you.
- I hold my lists on secure webmail platforms and don’t share them with anyone else. I’ll never sell or give away your personal information.
- I don’t specifically market to anyone within the EU, but I’m happy to have anyone on my list who enjoys my content.
- Once you opt into my email list or download a free resource, I’ll keep your email and information until you unsubscribe, or I deem you to be an inactive user.
- At any time you have the right request access, rectification, and erasure of all your information. Just shoot me a note.
- You can also unsubscribe from my newsletter at any time and all your information will be removed. There are unsubscribe buttons at the bottom of each email or you can email me directly at carly {at} themammaslist {dot} com.
- I don’t use any automated decision software or processes on the site.
For my full disclosure on advertising revenue, as well as my comment policy, please click here.
Privacy Policy Details
Who we are
Our website address is https://www.themammaslist.com. Feel free to send us a note through the contact form on this website, or email Carly {at} themammaslist {dot} com.
What personal data we collect and how we collect it
You directly provide The Mamma’s List with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
- Register online or place an order for any of our products or services.
- Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email.
- Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
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.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Embedded content from other websites
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.
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology
For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.
How do we use cookies?
Our Company uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
- Keeping you signed in
- Understanding how you use our website
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to save 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.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
What types of cookies do we use?
There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
- Functionality – Our Company uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.
- Advertising – Our Company uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. Our Company sometimes shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.
- We also track things in Google Analytics (to determine movement around the site) and via a Facebook Pixel for ad retargeting. If you’re browsing on our site, we may then retarget you with ads we think are relevant to what you’re searching for.
How to manage cookies
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
How we use your data
Our Company collects your data so that we can:
- Process your order and manage your account.
- Email you with special offers on other products and services we think you might like.
- Optimize our site content to better offer you relevant products and services.
When our payment processor finalizes your order, it may send your data to and also use the resulting information from, credit reference agencies to prevent fraudulent purchases.
The Mamma’s List would like to send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might like.
If you have agreed to receive marketing by opting into one of our forms, you may always opt-out at a later date.
You have the right at any time to stop Our Company from contacting you for marketing purposes.
If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please click here to send me an email and unsubscribe.
Analytics
Who we share your data with
We do not share data outside the purpose of tracking and analytics so we can further optimize the performance and content of this website. An example of this is the use of Google Analytics.
How long we retain your data
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.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What are your data protection rights?
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Our Company would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request Our Company for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Our Company correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Our Company to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Our Company erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Our Company restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Our Company’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Our Company transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Your contact information
All contact information shared with The Mamma’s List when you sign up for our newsletter or download a freebie is stored on a secure server and used for the sole purpose of bringing you more amazing content. You can request to have your information permanently deleted at any time by unsubscribing from our newsletters or reaching out via the contact page.
The California Consumer Privacy Act
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, you have specific rights to your data, detailed with the following:
The right to demand disclosure
You have the right to demand that we disclose what categories of information we have or are collecting on you, and what personal information we have collected or are collecting on you. You may dow this twice during a 12-month period. We are generally collecting the following information.
General information we collect
- first name
- last name (occasionally)
- email address
- IP address
- products purchased
- address (for charging the credit card or bank account)
- payment method (whether paid via PayPal or other credit card)
- IP Address through Google Analytics
- Referral sources
- Facebook Pixel
This information is collected through multiple sources, and not all information may be collected and/or stored for you, depending on what you utilize on the site
- Opt-in forms by offering free resources or to join the email list
- purchase/order forms when purchasing a product
- Google Analytics
- Facebook Pixel
You have the right to request disclosure of your collected personal information from us by contacting me at carly {at} themammaslist {dot} com directly.
Your right to request deletion of personal data
Under CCPA, a consumer has the right to contact the business that collected personal information on the consumer and request deletion of that information. In certain instances, the business may not have to comply, such as the following:
- To provide and complete the transaction for which you provided the information (example: selling and delivering goods and services);
- To comply with a legal obligation or another legal requirement.
Your right to disclosure in case of sale
As a consumer, you have the right to request disclosure if the business sells or transfers your personal information for a business purpose. You have the right to know what information specifically has been sold or transferred, to whom, and why. We don’t directly sell personal information, but the collected data goes through our partners (Google Analytics, Facebook, and email service provider).
Your right to request we don’t sell your information
Under CCPA, you have the right to request that a business that collected personal information does not sell that information to anyone.
In an effort to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act, you can click this “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” link and email me directly. Please write do not sell my personal information in the subject box, and I will mark you as tagged in my email service provider.
If and when you select “Do Not Sell My Personal Information” you will be marked as opt-out. Therefore, you can be sure that your personal information and in general data collected on you will never be sold.
Businesses won’t discriminate against the consumer
If you choose to request that we never sell your information, in accordance with CCPA, we will not and cannot discriminate against you for this. You will have access to the same services and price as everyone else.
Personal information security
Under CCPA, a business that collects or receives personal information about the consumer must keep that information secure. We do our due diligence and maintain best practices in regard to information security.
Contact me
If you wish to exercise your rights under CCPA and make requests for disclosure, deletion, or disclosure about the sale of information, you can contact me directly at carly {at} themammaslist {dot} com. I will respond as quickly as possible, but only need to comply twice during a 12-month period.
Children’s Privacy
This website and content were developed for people over the age of 13. We do not knowingly and intentionally collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years of age, please do not use or provide any information on this Website. Do not use any third-parties that might have links present on this website. Do not provide your name, address, phone number or any payment information.
If a parent or guardian believes that this Website unknowingly collected personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 13 in its database, please email carly {at} themammaslist {dot} com and I will work to get it removed as quickly as possible from our database.
Privacy policies of other websites
The Mamma’s List website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy
Our Company keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on December 30, 2020.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us at carly {at} themammaslist {dot} com.