The policy of As We Saw It is to honor and protect the privacy of our website visitors, newsletter subscribers, and those providing contact information. Please read the following Privacy Policy to understand how your personal information is treated. From time to time As We Saw It may offer new information or services that may affect this policy.
Why do we collect personal information?
As We Saw It collects personal information that you choose to provide when you subscribe to our newsletter, contact us, or submit another form on the website.
We use this information to respond to your requests, send communications you have subscribed to receive, and operate and improve the website.
We send marketing emails only to people who have subscribed or otherwise requested them. You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time using the unsubscribe link included in each email.
What information do we collect?
Analytics data
As We Saw It uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the website. Information collected may include IP address, browser and device information, approximate location, pages visited, referral source, and interactions with the website.
We use this information to measure website traffic, understand how visitors use our content, and improve the site.
As We Saw It also uses Google Tag Manager to manage analytics and other website tags. Google Tag Manager itself is used to deploy and manage other services described in this Privacy Policy.
Where required by law, analytics and related tracking technologies are subject to your consent choices.
Cookies and web beacons
Where necessary, As We Saw It uses cookies to store information about a visitor’s preferences and history in order to better serve the visitor and/or present the visitor with customized content.
Advertising partners and other third parties may also use cookies, scripts and/or web beacons to track visitors to our site in order to display advertisements and other useful information. Such tracking is done directly by the third parties through their own servers and is subject to their own privacy policies.
As We Saw It also uses Cloudflare for services that may include content delivery, website performance, security, and protection against malicious traffic and automated bots. Cloudflare may process technical information such as IP addresses, browser and device information, website requests, and security-related data.
The website uses the Pinterest Tag or related Pinterest conversion-tracking technology. Pinterest may receive information about visits to and interactions with the website in accordance with Pinterest’s own privacy practices.
Where required by law, these technologies are subject to your consent choices.
Note that you can change your browser settings to disable cookies if you have privacy concerns. Disabling cookies for all sites is not recommended as it may interfere with your use of some sites. The best option is to disable or enable cookies on a per-site basis. Consult your browser documentation for instructions on how to block cookies and other tracking mechanisms.
Online forms
As We Saw It collects user-provided personally identifiable information when website visitors complete one of our online forms. The following list includes ways we collect personal information from our website visitors and the type of information collected:
Newsletter
To subscribe to the As We Saw It newsletter, you must provide an email address. We use this information to send the newsletters and other communications you requested.
As We Saw It uses MailerLite to manage newsletter subscriptions and send email newsletters. When you subscribe, information you provide, such as your email address and any other information submitted through the signup form, is processed by MailerLite on our behalf. You can unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.
Contact forms
When you contact As We Saw It through a form on the website, we collect the information you provide, which may include your name, email address, and message. We use this information to respond to your inquiry. Any additional information requested on a form is optional unless the form states otherwise.
Web links
This web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that As We Saw It is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such other sites. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by this web site. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing them with personal information.
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.
Does As We Saw It share my information?
As We Saw It does not sell or rent information such as your name or email address to third parties for their own mailing lists.
We use third-party service providers to operate the website, deliver newsletters, measure website traffic, protect and maintain the site, and provide advertising. These providers may process information as necessary to provide their services, as described in this Privacy Policy.
Advertising and analytics providers may also collect information through cookies, pixels, tags, and similar technologies, subject to applicable privacy laws and your consent choices.
We may disclose personal information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to comply with a valid legal process.