LEGAL DISCLAIMER

The information provided on thecoppergoose.com for informational and entertainment purposes only and should not be seen as any kind of expert or professional advice.  If you as a reader rely on any information on this blog, it’s at your own risk. I am not liable for any financial, physical, or other legal damages caused by anything you read on this blog.  Ask further questions if directions are unclear and take precautions to ensure health and safety. Some materials and techniques are not appropriate for all ages and stages. Some materials used in my content and tutorials may be toxic (glue, paint, spray paint, etc.); be sure to follow all manufacturers’ directions on the products you use.  Please use common sense!

I am not responsible for the failures or actions created by third parties, their advertisements, or their content.  If you purchase a product through a link to a third-party on this website, you must take action with that company to resolve any issues.

The Copper Goose is a blog is owned and written by Sarah Wrather and contains ever changing content and can include conversations and comments.  This blog reflects my opinions and doesn’t reflect the opinions of any organizations I might be affiliated with.  Information that I provide on The Copper Goose is accurate and true to the best of my knowledge, but that there may be omissions, errors or mistakes.  I reserve the right to change how I manage or run The Copper Goose and may edit or change the focus or content of this blog at any time.

AFFILIATE AD DISCLAIMER

Some of the links on this website contain affiliate links and ads to items that I recommend or support.  When you click on one of the links on this website and make a purchase using the link I provide, I will receive a small compensation or credit for referring you.  This does not cost you anything extra.

The Copper Goose is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.  As part of this Amazon Associates program, The Copper Goose will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales (see cookie policy).

Again, I am not responsible for the failures or actions created by third parties, their advertisements, or their content.  Any issues with product purchased through a link to a third-party on this website must be resolved with that company.

COPYWRITE AND TERMS OF USE

I hold the copyright to all materials published within The Copper Goose site. This includes the logo, content, downloads, freebies, printables, ebooks, photos, videos and other graphics unless otherwise attributed.  All photographs that are not taken by The Copper Goose are always credited to their sources.  Information that I provide on The Copper Goose is accurate and true to the best of my knowledge, but that there may be omissions, errors or mistakes.  I reserve the right to change how I manage or run The Copper Goose and may edit or change the focus or content of this blog at any time.  

COMMENTS AND CORRESPONDENCE

I have the right to delete any comment that I deem inappropriate/offensive comments, or spam and block any user who has left a previous offensive comment or spam message.  Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

SHARING MY CONTENT

I would love to share my content and ideas, however you MUST give proper attribution by giving The Copper Goose credit and linking readers back to the original post. You are allowed to use up to three images in this way, with credit and links are given for each. After three images are used, you must obtain written consent for the use of further images.

Written consent is required to gain permission for you to share, use, publish, reprint or obtain any content or graphics on this blog other than the 3 images mentioned above.  You can obtain consent by contacting me directly at coppergoosegatheringco@gmail.com.

The following are not permitted:

• Altering a photo in any way, including cropping or adding to a photo.
• Using our image(s) to advertise your business or used in a sponsored post or with your own affiliate links.
• Sharing our photo from your site, such as on Pinterest, other websites, or social media platforms (unless it’s a guest post and permission has been obtained through direct communication).

PRIVACY AND COOKIE POLICY

Last updated: January 18, 2023

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.

We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the TermsFeed Privacy Policy Generator.

Sarah Wrather at thecoppergoose.com (“I,” “us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the thecoppergoose.com website (the “service”). This Privacy Policy page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We use your personal information for providing and improving the service. By using the service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this privacy policy, terms used in this privacy policy have the same meanings as in our terms and conditions. I reserve the right to update or change my Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically.

INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purpose of this privacy policy:

• Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
• Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in this Agreement) refers to The Copper Goose.
• Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
• Country refers to: Kentucky, United States
• Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
• Service refers to the Website.
• Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
• Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social network website through which a User can log in or create an account to use the Service.
• Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
• Website refers to The Copper Goose, accessible from http://thecoppergoose.com
• You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

TYPE OF INFORMATION GATHERED

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

• Email address
• First name and last name
• Usage Data

Voluntary information is information that you provide when you create an account, participate in comment forums, subscribe to a newsletter or email list, participate in an event, survey, contest or promotion, make a purchase, or otherwise communicate with us.  If you leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible, such as your username, avatar, profile description and website information.  Emails will not be made visible to the public. 

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.

In addition, I may use third-party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyze this data. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

No information will be collected from individuals ages under 16 years of age, and upon discovery of accidental collected information of someone under the age of 16, that information will be immediately deleted.  Any data collected through this website may be retained indefinitely or deleted at any time. 

HOW LONG DATA IS RETAINED

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

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.

HOW INFORMATION IS USED

 The Copper Goose may use the aforementioned personal information for the following reasons:

• To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of our Service.
• To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
• For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
• To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
• To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
• To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
• For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
• For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.
• To send newsletters, if you have signed up for them
• To respond to your comments or inquiries
• Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service

The Copper Goose may use the aforementioned logged data (i.e. automatically collected information) for the following reasons:

• To analyze trends, usage, and activities so we can provide, maintain, improve, personalize, and promote the site
• To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity
• ensure that content from my site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer
• To interact with external social networks, support, and feedback platforms
• To carry out commercial affiliation
• To manage user database
• For marketing, advertising, or other uses through Google Analytics

USE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

• With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You.
• For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
• With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
• With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
• With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service may see Your name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity. Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.
• With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Again, this site uses third-party services (i.e. Google Analytics) to gather information and grow this digital business.  Any information collected will be held private for analytical purposes and will not distributed to other parties.  Personal information will not be sold to third parties or spam lists.  Personal information will not be disclosed unless required by law.

TRANSFER OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

DELETE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Law enforcement:

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Other legal requirements:

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation
• Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
• Protect against legal liability

THIRD PARTY DISCLOSURES

I use third-party vendors and ad networks embedded on this website. These third-party vendors may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.  You can opt-out of the use of cookies for personalized advertising (if the vendor ad network offers the capability). 

The Copper Goose is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.  As part of this Amazon Associates program, The Copper Goose will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.

INFORMATION FROM THIRD-PARTY SOCIAL MEDIA SERVICES

The Copper Goose allows You to create an account and log in to use the Service through the following Third-party Social Media Services:

• Google
• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn
• Pinterest
• Instagram

If You decide to register through or otherwise grant us access to a Third-Party Social Media Service, We may collect Personal data that is already associated with Your Third-Party Social Media Service’s account, such as Your name, Your email address, Your activities or Your contact list associated with that account.

You may also have the option of sharing additional information with the Company through Your Third-Party Social Media Service’s account. If You choose to provide such information and Personal Data, during registration or otherwise, You are giving the Company permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.

The Copper Goose offers social sharing features (such as the Facebook “Like” button) which lets you share my blog posts with other media platforms. Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with that social entity. For more information about the data collection, visit the privacy policies of these outside media platforms. 

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

NEWSLETTERS

On the Website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the Website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.

SECURITY

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data. This website utilizes anti-spamming and security services to maximize the security of the site and its users.  The security of your personal information is important to me.  Unfortunately, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, I cannot guarantee its absolute security.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.

YOUR 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.

You have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their personal data.  You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us to be removed from our mailing list.  Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record keeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

TRACKING TECHNOLOGY AND COOKIES

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. 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 parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
• Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. You can learn more about cookies on TermsFeed website article.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

• Necessary / Essential Cookies Type: Session Cookies Administered by: Us Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
• Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
• Functionality Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Us Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

• By email: coppergoosegatheringco@gmail.com