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Privacy Policy

Our team at www.definitelydiyed.com (“company”, “I”, “we” or “us”) is dedicated to respecting the privacy of your personal information, and this privacy policy describes what information is collected from you on DefinitelyDIYed.com (hereinafter the “website”) and how it is used. The term “you” refers to anyone who uses, visits and/or views the website.

By visiting and using the website, you accept and agree to be bound by this privacy policy. Your continued use of the website after posting of any changes to our Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes and updates. You must not access or use the website if you do not wish to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

What information do we collect?

Personal information you disclose to us:

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you access or participate in activities on this website including, but not limited to, your name, email address, phone number, contact preferences, and other similar information.

This information is collected when you subscribe to a newsletter, contact us, use the search feature on the website, provide comments or any other feedback, fill out a form, or enter any other information on the website to communicate with us. From time to time, we may also collect information that you submit when you participate in any online surveys that we may post on our website.

Your personal information is used to personalize your experience, improve the website to better serve you, provide customer service support, efficiently process your requests or transactions, tailor advertisements to you, elicit reviews of services or products, provide you offers, promotions and to follow up with you through correspondence. We may also use this information to provide you offers and promotions from our partners and/or our affiliates in exchange for a commission without additional cost to you.

Information automatically collected:

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate our website. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser information, internet service provider’s information, device characteristics, operating system, referring URLs, country, location, browsing history, traffic patterns, and other technical information.

This information is used to maintain the security and operation of our website, analyze website statistics related to user behavior and interests, improve our performance and your use of the website, and to further enhance our products and services offered to you.

Information We Collect from Others:

We may receive information about you from other sources. You may link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile. If you choose to link your Facebook, Instagram, and/or Google accounts to your user profile, we will receive your name, email address and profile picture associated with that account.

How do we use your information?

We process your information for purposes based on legitimate business interests, the fulfillment of our contract with you, compliance with our legal obligations, and/or your consent.

We use personal information collected on our website for a variety of business purposes including, but not limited to:

• To operate and maintain this Website;
• To facilitate account creation and logon process;
• To send marketing and promotional communications, such as newsletters;
• To deliver targeted advertising to you;
• To provide you with user support and respond to inquiries;
• To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
• To track and measure advertising on the Website;
• For other business purposes such as data analysis, determining the effectiveness of our campaigns, improving our website, etc.;
• To protect, investigate. and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

Will your information be shared with anyone?

As a general rule, we only share information with your consent to comply with laws, provide services, protect your rights, or fulfill business obligations. We may process or share your data or personal information in the following situations:

• Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific use.
• Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information in order to comply with state or federal regulations related to copyright infringement lawsuits or any other legal claims related to the website.
• Business Transfers: We may disclose your information to our successor and/or acquiring party in the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, dissolution, or partial sale in the future. However, your personal information will be transferred to the acquiring party in accordance with this privacy policy.
• Vital Interests: We may disclose your information when it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
• Legitimate Interests & Performance of a Contract: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests or to fulfill the terms of a contract we have entered with you.
• Third-Party Service Providers: We may disclose your information to our trusted third parties that work with us, such as our website hosting partners, email marketing service provider, other service providers that assist in the operation of the website, and any other affiliates and subsidiaries we rely upon to provide you products and services offered here.
• Other Users: When you share personal information (for example, by posting comments to the website) or otherwise interact with public areas of the Website, such personal information may be viewed by all users within our Website and/or may be publicly made available outside the Website in perpetuity.

Information shared internationally:

Our servers are located in the United States. If you are accessing our Website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed by us in our facilities and by those third parties with whom we may share your personal information in the United States, and other countries.

How long do we keep your information?

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. No purpose in this notice will require us to keep your personal information for longer than one year; except, information collected through our newsletter campaign (name, email, etc.) will be kept for as long as you are subscribed to the newsletter; you can opt-out anytime.

Do we collect information from minors?

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose data or personal information from children under the age of 18 years. By using this website, you confirm that you are at least 18 years of age or that you are the parent or guardian of such minor and consent to the minor’s use of this website. If you believe the personal information is collected from someone under the age of 18 without parental or guardian consent, then please contact us to have that information deleted.

GDPR Visitor Rights

Under the GDPR, if you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain rights and information listed below. We will retain any information you choose to provide to us until the earlier of:

• You ask us to delete the information by sending a request to info@sweetandsimplelife.com. Please note that such requests may result in you no longer being able to access paid or free content previously provided to you.
• Our decision to cease using our existing data providers.
• The Company decides to no longer be in business or continue to offer the services.
• The data is no longer needed to provide you service, is too costly to maintain further retention, or the Company finds it outdated.

You have the right to request access to your data that the Company stores and the right to either rectify or erase your personal data. You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data. You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data. If you have provided consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent. You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.

We require only the information that is reasonably necessary to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.