Here at intheflux.com we consider the privacy of our visitors to be extremely important. The information on this page describes in detail the type of information we collect and how we use it. For any questions or concerns please contact us at contact@intheflux.com
Data We Gather
Information you have provided for us
This includes; first name, email address or website – information that you provided us with in order to comment, sign-up to our newsletter, or to participate in other activities on our website.
Information automatically collected
This may include; your IP address, browser type, the dates and times that you access our website, and the specific pages you view. If you are using a mobile application, our servers may collect information about your device name and type, and your country of origin.
Cookies
We log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser. We use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on our website.
Our website uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record user-specific information on which pages the site visitor accesses or visits, and to personalize or customize our web page content based upon visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browsers. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our site.
We also use third-party advertisements on intheflux.com. Some of these advertisers (including Google Adsense) may use technology such as cookies when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers information including your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is usually for showing ads based on specific sites visited.
You may choose to disable cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by visiting aboutads.info
Log Files
Our website uses log files. These files log visitors that visit our site. This information includes, Internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Who Else Can Access Your Data
We do not share your personal data with strangers. We do disclose data collected on our site with trusted third party apps.
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. We use Google analytics to record information about the pages a user has seen, for example the URL of the page, time of day, device used, etc. The information that we collect is anonymous and is sent to Google Analytics for analysis. Google Analytics has their own privacy policy, which you can review here. And if you’d like to opt out of tracking by Google Analytics, visit the Google Analytics opt-out page.
In The Flux is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com
We are also a participant of other affiliate programs including Bluehost, Envato Affiliates, Awin, and ShareASale. Each of these sites will have their own privacy policies and may make use of cookies. Please refer to the specific privacy and policies and terms of any of these advertising offers from these firms.
We also use third-party plugins including but not limited to, Jetpack, MonsterInsights, Antispam Bee, WPForms, MC4WP: UpdraftPlus, and Wordfence Security to help run and maintain our site.
Email Marketing
If you sign-up to our email newsletter, you agree to sharing your email address and first name and to receive emails relating to In The Flux. You may opt-out at any time.
We use Mailerlite, a marketing automation platform and an email marketing service, for our email newsletter service provider. You can review their privacy page here.
You should always consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party apps for more detailed information on their practices, as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. In The Flux’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other third-party applications.
How your information may be used
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website;
- To create your account, identify you as a user of the Website, and customize the Website for your account;
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on the Website;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
How we keep your data secure
We do our best to keep your personal data safe. We use reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards to protect personal data from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction.
In case of a data breach, we will notify you if there is a threat to any personal information.
Children’s information
We believe it is important to provide added protection for children online. intheflux.com does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that https://intheflux.com has in its database the personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately (using the contact information located below, or in the first paragraph) and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our privacy policy and agree to its terms.
Changes to this privacy policy
We reserve the right to make changes to this privacy policy
Should we update, amend or make any changes to our privacy policy, those changes will be posted here
Contact information
For any questions or concerns please contact:
contact@intheflux.com
In effect as of July, 4 2019
Last updated:
4/20/20 – Updates Email marketing to Mailerlite
1/1/21 – Added Plugin information, removed unused Plugin informtion