Introduction
This privacy notice provides you with details of how Donut Digest collects and processes your personal data through your use of our site: www.donutdigest.com.
Full name of legal entity: Donut Digest, LLC (referred to as “we”, “us” or “our” in this privacy notice).
Email address: info@donutdigest.com
What personal data this website collects and why we collect it
Personal data means any information capable of identifying an individual. We may collect data about you by you providing the data directly to us (for example by filling in forms on our site or by sending us emails). We may automatically collect certain data from you as you use our website by using cookies and similar technologies.
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.
Contact forms
When visitors fill out forms we collect data such as name and email address to deliver relevant content and respond to any inquiries.
Cookies
“Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. Unfortunately. they’re not the delicious edible kind.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
For more information about the cookies we use, please see our cookie policy at www.donutdigest.com/cookie-policy.
Embedded content from other websites
This website may include embedded content or links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you, including use of cookies, embedding additional third-party tracking, and monitoring your interaction with that embedded content. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice of every website you visit.
Google Analytics
We use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behavior patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.
How long we retain your data
Generally speaking, we will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
When deciding what the correct time is to keep the data for we look at its amount, nature and sensitivity, potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure, the processing purposes, if these can be achieved by other means and legal requirements.
For tax purposes the law requires us to keep basic information about our customers (including Contact, Identity, Financial and Transaction Data) for six years after they stop being customers.
In some circumstances we may anonymize your personal data for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.
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 rights you have over your data
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.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please email info@donutdigest.com.
Where we send your data
We may have to share your personal data with the parties set out below:
- Service providers who provide IT and system administration services, such as automated spam detection services.
- Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers
- Government bodies that require us to report processing activities.
- Third parties to whom we sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets.
We require all third parties to whom we transfer your data to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We only allow such third parties to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.
Additional information
How we protect your data
We have put in place security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, altered, disclosed, or accessed without authorization. We also allow access to your personal data only to those employees and partners who have a business need to know such data. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they must keep it confidential.
We have procedures in place to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach if we are legally required to.
What third parties we receive data from
We may receive data from third parties such as analytics providers like Google based outside the EU, advertising networks such as Facebook based outside the EU, search information providers such as Google or Bing outside the EU, and providers of technical, payment and delivery services.
CAN-SPAM Act
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.
We collect your email address in order to:
- Market to our mailing list the latest news and blog posts
- Deliver a freebie
- Process orders and to send information/updates pertaining to orders
- Continue to send emails after the original transaction has occurred
To be in accordance with CAN-SPAM we agree to the following:
- NOT use false, or misleading subjects or email addresses
- Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way
- Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters
- Monitor third party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used
- Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly
- Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email
Mailing Lists
We use a third-party provider, MailerLite, to deliver our newsletter. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks using industry standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our e-newsletter. For more information, please see MailerLite Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe to general mailings at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails.
We don’t rent or trade email lists with other organizations and businesses.
