This is a personal blog written and edited by yours truly. Please note that while I use this blog to recount my personal experiences with weight loss, it is not intended to replace information or guidance from your doctor. I am not a dietitian nor do I hold any medical certifications. Before starting any new diet or exercise regimen, it is recommended that you speak to your physician. Information provided on this site is based off of my own personal experiences that are specific to my preferences and needs. This blog is intended to motivate, inspire and provide a fun outlook at fitness and beauty. All views expressed here are just that; my views/opinions.
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AFFILIATE INFORMATION
Please note that some of the links within my posts are affiliate links, and at no additional cost to you, I will earn a small commission if you decide to make a purchase after clicking through the link. Please know the products are ones I use personally and wholeheartedly recommend. I also accept advertisements in the form of 3rd party networks. If you click and/or make a purchase through certain links which are affiliate or ad links, this site may make a small commission.
If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
Beauty and the Bench Press is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Amazon.com. As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website 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.
I will only endorse products from companies that I have tried myself and loved. While I may receive some of these items as gifts, all opinions stated are my own. Anything I endorse or promote will be a product I believe in and my readers will always receive my honest feedback.
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information may be collected if you visit "Beauty and the Bench Press" and how it may be used. This website may store information about your visit to this blog to analyze and optimize your content and reading experience through the use of cookies. You can turn off the use of cookies at any time by changing your specific browser settings.
How this website uses cookies
This website may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the website. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
WHAT INFORMATION MAY BE COLLECTED
We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. This occurs when you choose to provide information to sign up for a newsletter, subscribe to website updates or submit a contact form. You will always have the option to opt-out from further newsletters and/or e-mails.
As is true of most websites and apps, we gather certain information automatically. Services, such as Google Analytics may automatically collect information about your operating system, type of device you used to access the website, which pages you viewed and the dates/times you viewed them. We may also collect information about actions you take when visiting the website. This information is not shared for any purpose other than website metrics.
HOW THIS INFORMATION IS USED
We use your information in the following ways:
- Operate, maintain, and provide functionality of the website;
- Improve the quality and design of the website;
- Provide customized content, including advertising and promotional information, such as targeted ads /retargeted ads or newsletters;
- Diagnose problems with the website;
- Communicate with you, including sending you emails or responding to your comments;
- Provide user support;
- Perform research and analysis on advertising;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may permit advertisers or other third parties to collect information from this site. For example, a third party may place cookies or similar tracking technologies. We may also utilize third parties to analyze data collected from the website.
Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
rewardStyle - This is used for affiliate linkage within some posts on this website. Please click here to view more specific information regarding their Privacy Policy.
Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.
Mail Chimp – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to Mail Chimp’s privacy policy for further information.
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the Website’s sole discretion.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent.
Advertising
Some of my advertisers may use cookies. I may use advertising service vendors to help present advertisements on the website. These vendors may use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to serve you advertisements tailored to interests you have shown by browsing on this and other sites you have visited, to determine whether you have seen a particular advertisement before and to avoid sending you duplicate advertisements.
In doing so, these vendors may collect non-personal data such as your browser type, your operating system, Web pages visited, time of visits, content viewed, ads viewed, and other clickstream data. The use of cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies by these advertising service vendors is subject to their own privacy policies, not mine, and Service Provider disclaims all liability in connection therewith.
Newsletters
On this website, you may subscribe to my newsletter. 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, I 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 will not be passed on to third parties.
AGE RESTRICTIONS
By using this website, you verify that you are over the age of 13. This website will not knowingly collect or use personal information from anyone under 13 years of age. If this Website obtains knowledge that it contains personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 13 in its database, we will use our best efforts to permanently remove such information from our records.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
You have choices about how your data is collected and the ability to delete or edit certain data.
Opt-out – You may opt-out of any email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails or by contacting us through [email protected].
Access and/or Amendments – You may access or amend the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to [email protected]
Cookies - You may be able to delete and/or turn off cookies as your browser or device permits. If you disable cookies entirely, it may impact the full functionality of this website on your device.
This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on January 7, 2020.