This privacy policy was last updated June 2022.
Here at Where Imagination Grows we take privacy protection very seriously.
This policy explains when and why we collect information about you, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.
We may change this policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you are aware of any changes. By using our website, you’re agreeing to be bound by this Policy.
Questions regarding this policy should be sent via email to Lisette@whereimaginationgrows.com.
WHO WE ARE
Where Imagination Grows is a personal blog created by me, Alyssa L. Hernandez (aka Lisette), in 2012 and is based in the United States. This website is intended to be an educational resource for parents, caregivers, and teachers. I share hands-on kids activities, crafts for kids, and occasional product reviews. I also have a series of articles on running a home daycare.
PRIVACY
How We Collect Data
Information is collected via Google Analytics, log files, cookies, leaving comments on the site, purchasing a product via our Where Imagination Grows store or subscribing to our newsletter.
What Data We Collect
Where Imagination Grows may collect information including your name, email address, website (if you leave this in a comment), IP address and the pages that you visited and when you visited them on the site.
All financial details are collected via PayPal which does not retain any financial information once the transaction has been processed. Financial details are not collected or stored by Where Imagination Grows.
Newsletter Subscriptions
If you choose to sign up to receive the Where Imagination Grows newsletter via a sign up form located throughout this website, then your email address are required. We require your email address in order to send you the emails and also ask for your first name, although this isn’t required, so that we may address you personal in our weekly email.
Your data is collected and then passed to our email service provider Mad Mimi (Privacy Policy). Tags may be used within Mad Mimi to track your actions and page visits so that future emails can be better tailored to meet your needs.
You can unsubscribe from this newsletter at any time by using the unsubscribe link provided at the bottom of every email I send or you can email whereimaginationgrows3@gmail.com asking to be removed.
Currently, I send a minimum of one emails per week. Occasionally, I may email you about products and other promotions that may be relevant to your interests.
Your email and name are never sold or given to a third party.
Cookies
Cookies store user-specific information into a log. We use third-party advertisements on Where Imagination Grows to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies and web beacons 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 generally used for geotargeting purposes or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited.
I use the following cookies on Where Imagination Grows:
- Amazon (for advertising)
- Facebook Pixel (for Facebook ad targeting): Read how the Pixel works
- Google Analytics (for tracking website traffic and user behavior): Read how their cookies work
- Pushcrew (for sending push notifications): Read how their cookies work
You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.
Store Purchases
This website offers products for sale in the Where Imagination Grows store. If you purchase products from my store then your name and email address will be stored in our database. We require name and email address in order to send you the purchased product. Financial information is not collected or stored on Where Imagination Grows. All payments are made via PayPal, which does not retain any financial information once the transaction has been processed.
Products sold via affiliates each collect and retain their own data we do not have access to your name or email address as part of this. Please see their privacy and data protection policies for more information on how they collect and process your personal data.
DISCLOSURE
This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions, or other forms of compensation. Any links may be affiliate links or paid for by sponsors. The compensation received will never influence the content, topics, or posts made in this blog.
All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third-party ad network. Those advertisements will be identified as paid advertisements.
The owner of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites, and various other topics. Even though the owner of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.
This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
Where Imagination Grows 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 Where Imagination Grows.
COPYRIGHT
Please feel free to use the information and ideas found on this blog. The ideas and files found on this blog are strictly for personal or educational use only. By using them, you agree that you will not copy or reproduce the ideas or files except for your own personal, non-commercial use.
YOU MAY…
If you want to use my ideas for your blog, for printed use, or for other personal use, classroom or public library use you must do all of the following:
- only use one picture in its original form (no cropping or editing)
- use no more than one sentence from my post which must be quoted as from my writing
- mention me, Lisette Thompson, as the author of Where Imagination Grows
- include a proper link back to the original post on this blog, Where Imagination Grows, outside of the photo credit if using a photo
YOU MAY NOT…
- repost any posts in their entirety on your blog or printed materials.
- use a photo without giving proper credit as outlined above.
- claim my ideas or files as your own.
- print my posts or files and then sell the printed copies to others.
- store or distribute my blog posts or files on any other website or another location where others are able to electronically retrieve them (for example: Amazon Inspire, Dropbox, 4Shared, Mediafire, Facebook groups and forums, etc.)
Thank you for allowing me to maintain the free activities on this blog by not duplicating my materials elsewhere on the internet.
SUPERVISION REQUIRED
All activities presented here on this blog require adult supervision. Here at Where Imagination Grows I always emphasize supervision and safety at all times. Each child develops at his or her own pace and you know your child’s ability best. Please exercise caution and common sense when doing activities with children.
COMMENTS
Please feel free to leave a comment where comments are accepted on this blog, I love to hear feedback and ideas from readers! Please be aware when you are posting that comments linking to spam, porn, or malicious sites will be deleted as well as comments attacking other readers or myself in an overly rude or threatening way. I reserve the right to edit or delete any comment, as well as block access to commenting.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
If you have any questions about anything on this page (or anything else!), please email me at Whereimaginationgrows3@gmail.com
good Morning… can you tell me if I can post a picture and a link back to your blog on my closed facebook group?
Sure, I have no problem with you sharing a photo as long as you include a link. Thanks so much for checking in, I really appreciate it.
Hello! I am presenting on the importance of play in the classroom. I was hoping to use your Coffee Shop printables if you are willing to allow them to be distributed to the teachers in my workshop. I would be sure to include a direct link to your site in my powerpoint, as well as make sure your name was on your printables. If you are okay with that, please let me know.
Hi Shellie! That sounds totally fine with me. Thanks for checking 🙂 Good luck with your workshop!
Hi, just checking with you if I may print off copies of your traceable letters for children to trace over to practice their letter formation.
Thanks Tammy
Hi Tammy! You are welcome to print off any free printables or any purchased printables for use in your home, daycare, or classroom 🙂 I just ask that you refer others that are interested in using them as well to my blog to download the files themselves vs printing the files and dispersing them to others. Thanks!
May I print a copies of your article about tax deductions for a training for providers as long as I give you credit and direct them to your blog?
Sure, Laura! 🙂 Thanks for checking.
Hi Lisette,
I purchased your Parent Handbook/forms pkgs, however I did not receive any way to down load the purchased documents. I purchased them via paypal. Please get back with to and let me know where
the download has been forwarded to.
Thank you,
Sandra Craig
Hi Sandra! I just sent you an email about this with a copy of your purchased items. Only now that I’m looking at the information in my system it looks like there may be a typo in the email address provided when you purchased the items. Is your address S****K*i11@outlook.com or S****K*y11@outlook.com? The one entered into my system has the “i” before the numbers but I see the email you left with your comment here has a “y” instead. Let me know, you can email me privately. I sent the email with your items to the address you left with this comment. Thanks!