PRIVACY POLICY
“This Privacy Policy pertains to the information the website gather about you during your usage of the same website fragrancepassionblog.com. Throughout this policy, it collectively refer to the website, products, and services as ‘Services.’
Here, it is outline how the website collect, utilize, and disclose information about you, as well as the options you have regarding that information.
Please note that this Privacy Policy does not extend to any of our products or services covered by separate privacy policies. If you have inquiries about this Privacy Policy, please utilize the contact form accessible across this website.
There are three primary methods through which the website collect information: when you provide it to the website, automatically during the operation of the website services, and from external sources. Please read below.
Information You Share via website
As expected, the website collect information that you provide to us, with the amount and nature of this information varying depending on the context and our intended use. Here are some instances:
Basic Account Details: When setting up your account, we request basic information such as a username and email address. While additional details like your name are optional, they may enhance your account but aren’t mandatory for setup.
Public Profile Details: If you have an account with us, any information you provide for your public profile—such as when leaving a review or engaging in forum discussions—is collected. Your username and other profile details become publicly visible, so please be mindful of what you choose to share.
Content Details: Depending on the Services you use, you might share additional information with us. For instance, if you engage with content like The Perfume Challenge, we may track your progress. However, this information remains private and isn’t disclosed publicly.
Communications: Any information you provide while responding to surveys, seeking support from our staff, or participating in public forums is also collected by us.
Automatically Collected Information
Additionally, we gather certain information automatically:
Log Data: Similar to many online service providers, we collect data that web browsers, mobile devices, and servers typically provide, such as browser type, IP address, unique device identifiers, language settings, referring site, date and time of access, operating system, and mobile network details.
Usage Data: We capture data regarding your interactions with our Services. This includes actions performed by site administrators and users, detailing who did what, when, and to what extent (e.g., membership sign-ups, timestamps). We also track Service usage patterns (e.g., page views) and device information (e.g., mobile screen size, cellular network name, device manufacturer) to deliver our Services effectively and gain insights into user behavior for service enhancement.
Location Data: Using your IP address, we may approximate your device’s location. This information aids us in understanding the geographical distribution of Service users.
Data from Cookies and Similar Technologies: Cookies are strings of data stored on a visitor’s computer, which their browser provides to the website upon return visits. Pixel tags, or web beacons, are small code blocks embedded in websites and emails. We employ cookies and similar technologies like pixel tags to identify and track visitors, usage patterns, and access preferences for our Services. Additionally, we utilize them to analyze email campaign effectiveness and deliver targeted advertisements. For more details on our use of cookies and how you can manage their usage, please refer to the cookie policy page linked below.
How We Utilize Your Information
We employ the information gathered about you as described above, and in the following ways:
Providing Our Services: This includes tasks such as establishing and maintaining your account, granting access to our Fragrance Passion Blog Society, or processing our premium services.
Enhancing Our Services: We continuously strive to improve our services by introducing new features that we believe will benefit our users, aiding them in their learning endeavors.
Analyzing User Interaction: Monitoring and analyzing trends in how users engage with our services allows us to enhance usability and tailor our offerings to better suit user preferences.
Safeguarding Our Services: We actively monitor the security of our services to identify and prevent fraudulent activities, unauthorized transactions, and spam. This helps in safeguarding the rights and assets of The Perfume Society.
Communication and Engagement: We communicate with you to share offers, promotions, and updates from The Fragrance Passion Blog Society, as well as gather feedback to improve our products and services.
Personalizing User Experience: Tailoring your experience on our platform involves providing personalized content recommendations and delivering relevant advertisements to enhance your engagement with our services.”We share information about you in the limited circumstances spelled out below and with appropriate safeguards on your privacy:
Independent Contractors: We may disclose information about you to our independent contractors that need to know the information in order to help us provide our Services or to process the information on our behalf. We require our independent contractors to follow this Privacy Policy for personal information that we share with them.
As Required by Law: We may disclose information about you in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental request.
To Protect Rights and Property: We may disclose information about you when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of The Perfume Society, third parties, or the public at large. For example, if we have a good faith belief that there is an imminent danger of death or serious physical injury, we may disclose information related to the emergency without delay.
Business Transfers: In connection with the unlikely event that The Fragrance Passion goes out of business, user information would likely be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. If any of these events were to happen, this Privacy Policy would continue to apply to your information and the party receiving your information may continue to use your information, but only consistent with this Privacy Policy.
With Your Consent: We may share and disclose information with your consent or at your direction. For example, we may share your information with third parties with which you authorize us to do so.
Aggregated and De-Identified Information: We may share information that has been aggregated or reasonably de-identified, so that the information could not reasonably be used to identify you. For instance, we may publish aggregate statistics about the use of our Services.
Published Support Requests: And if you send us a request (for example, via a support email or one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish that request in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users.
Sharing Information Publicly
Any information you choose to make public will be disclosed publicly. This includes your public profile, reviews, and other content that you share on our websites. Keep in mind that public information may be indexed by search engines or used by third parties. Please consider this when deciding what to share.
Security Measures
While no online service can guarantee absolute security, we are dedicated to safeguarding your information against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction. We take reasonable measures to achieve this goal.
Your Choices
You have options regarding the information we collect:
Limit the Information You Provide: If you have an account with us, you can choose not to provide optional account, profile, and transaction information. However, please note that certain features, such as access to our Perfume Challenge, may not be available without this information.
Opt-Out of Promotional Communications: You can opt out of receiving promotional messages from us. Instructions for opting out are provided in those messages. Even if you opt out of promotional messages, you may still receive other types of messages related to your account or legal notices.
Adjust Your Browser Settings: While The Fragrance Passion Blog does not currently respond to ‘do not track’ signals, you can typically configure your browser to reject or remove cookies. Keep in mind that this may affect the functionality of our websites.
Additional Information
Information Transfers
The Fragrance Passion Blog is available worldwide. By using our services or providing information to us, you consent to the processing, transfer, and storage of your information in the U.S., Europe and other countries, which may have different rights and protections than your home country.
Ads and Analytics by Third Parties
Ads on our services may be delivered by advertising networks, and analytics services may be provided by third parties. These parties may use tracking technologies, like cookies, to collect information about your usage across our services and other websites. Please note that our Privacy Policy only applies to information collected by The Fragrance Passion Blog, not third-party advertisers or analytics providers.
Accessing Your Personal Information
You have the right to view, amend, or delete the personal information we hold. You can do this by visiting ‘My Account’ on Fragrance Passion Blog or by contacting us through our contact form. We will acknowledge your request and inform you of the expected response time.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
While most changes will be minor, we may update our Privacy Policy periodically. We encourage you to check this page frequently for any changes. We will notify you of significant changes by revising the change log below and may provide additional notice through our homepage or email. Your continued use of our services after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
Change Log
March 16, 2024: Revised and reorganized language to simplify the policy and align with GDPR requirements.”
Cookie Policy
What Are Cookies?
Like many professional websites, this site uses cookies, which are small files downloaded to your computer to enhance your browsing experience. This page explains what information cookies gather, how we use it, and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. We’ll also explain how you can prevent cookies from being stored, though this may affect certain features of the site.
For more general information on cookies, you can refer to the Wikipedia article on HTTP Cookies.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for various purposes, as outlined below. Unfortunately, there are often no standard options for disabling cookies without affecting the functionality and features they provide. It’s generally recommended to leave cookies enabled unless you’re certain you don’t need them, as they may be necessary for services you use on the site.
Disabling Cookies
You can adjust your browser settings to prevent cookies from being set (refer to your browser’s Help section for instructions). However, disabling cookies may impact the functionality of this and other websites you visit. It’s advisable not to disable cookies unless necessary.
Cookies We Set
This site offers newsletter or email subscription services, and cookies may be used to remember if you’re already registered and whether to display certain notifications that are relevant to subscribed or unsubscribed users.
When you submit data through a form, such as on contact pages or comment forms, cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Third-Party Cookies
In some cases, we use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section outlines the third-party cookies you might encounter on this site.
We use Google Analytics, one of the most widely used and trusted analytics solutions, to understand how you use the site and to improve your experience. These cookies may track metrics such as your time spent on the site and the pages you visit, helping us produce engaging content.
We have integrated social media buttons and plugins into our website, enabling you to connect with your social network in various ways. Through these features, interaction with platforms like Facebook and Twitter is facilitated. When utilizing these buttons or plugins, our website may prompt social media sites to set cookies. These cookies have the potential to enhance your profile on these platforms or contribute to the data they gather, in accordance with their respective privacy policies.
Should you require additional details, we trust that this explanation has provided clarity. If you are uncertain about enabling cookies, it is generally advisable to leave them enabled, particularly if you regularly utilize features on our site that may depend on them. Nevertheless, if you still have inquiries or need further information, please do not hesitate to reach out to us via one of our preferred contact methods.