Privacy Policy

Please read this privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how Rachel Off Duty collects, uses, protects, or otherwise handles your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in accordance with this website.

What personal information is collected when visiting my blog, website, or app?

This website collects personal data to power my site analytics, including:

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

I share this information with WordPress, Mediavine, and Google Analytics, my website analytics and advertising providers, to learn about site traffic and activity.

WordPress requires this data to run my website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. WordPress analyzes all data in a de-personalized form.

No personal information is stored on the site or its backend at any time.

How do I use your information?

I may use the information collected from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for my newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, browse the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:

I will never sell or trade your information, and if at any time you want to unsubscribe from any email communication, you can do so by using the link at the bottom of each email.

What personal information do I collect from the people that visit my blog, website, or app?

When ordering or registering on this site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, or other details to help you with your experience.

We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We share your contact information with FloDesk, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf.

Do I use ‘cookies’?

Yes. This website uses cookies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about how these cookies are deployed, as well as your options for controlling them, visit the WordPress cookie policy.

Rachel Off Duty mainly uses cookies to compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. I also use a trusted third-party service that tracks this information on my behalf: Google Analytics. To learn exactly how Google uses your data, you may find out more here: How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps.

This website also works with Mediavine to manage advertising, including interest-based advertising. Details on how Mediavine and its partners use cookies and other tracking technologies are below.

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:

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.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings.

Your privacy rights (US residents)

Depending on where you live, you may have rights under state privacy laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and similar laws in other states. These can include the right to know what personal information is collected about you, request deletion of that information, and opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information for targeted advertising.

For rights related to how Mediavine manages advertising on this site, look for the “Do Not Sell or Share My Information” link, which opens a notice with more detail and lets you make that choice. This link and notice apply specifically to Mediavine’s ad management services and don’t cover other data collection on this website.

If you have questions about your privacy rights or how your information is handled, reach out using the contact information below.

Third party links

Occasionally, at my discretion, I may include or offer third party products or services on this website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. I therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, I seek to protect the integrity of my site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Disclosures

Partnerships

Occasionally, this blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions, or other forms of compensation (such as a free or discounted accommodation, flight, hotel room, or product). Any content, advertising space, or post shared in partnership with a third party entity will be clearly identified as paid or sponsored content.

I will always provide honest and unbiased reviews of my experiences, as I retain complete editorial control in any partnership I promote. I work hard to ensure that Rachel Off Duty does not endorse brands I do not believe in or support — anything I recommend to you, I would (and do) use myself.

Affiliate Links

In some instances, I may include affiliate links in posts recommending products, websites, or resources. If you purchase or book something through one of my affiliate links, I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. These links are always disclosed.

Amazon Services LLC Associates Program

We are 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.

Questions?

If there are any questions regarding the above, you may contact me at hello [at] racheloffduty [dot] com.