Ryce’s Pieces found at https://www.rycespieces.com is governed by the following privacy policy.
At Ryce’s Pieces, a series of J Echols Media, LLC (“Ryce’s Pieces”, “we”, “rycespieces.com”) we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to rycespieces.com.
This website is a personal blog written and edited by Ryce Echols. For questions about this blog, please contact me at ryce@rycespieces.com
We will, at times, accept forms of paid advertising, sponsorship, gifted items or other forms of compensation. However, all opinions, thoughts, impressions and reviews remain those of Ryce Echols. Any content on this blog containing such compensation will expressed in the posts.
All photography, content and text are created by and are property of J Echols Media, LLC unless otherwise stated. Reproduction of this content in any form is prohibited without written consent. However, sharing images in their original state with appropriate source information on social sharing sites is permitted.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?
Information You Voluntarily Submit: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. On this website, you may voluntarily submit information by leaving a comment (opt-in), subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form. You are able to opt out of any or all of these communications by using the unsubscribe feature. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access rycespieces.com. For example, when you use rycespieces.com, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed rycespieces.com. We may also collect information about actions you take when using rycespieces.com, such as links clicked.
Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by rycespieces.com. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on rycespieces.com.
Log Files: As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Safar, Internet Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.
Embedded content from other websites: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites 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.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain rycespieces.com;
- To identify you as a user of rycespieces.com;
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
- To respond to your comments or inquiries;
- To provide you with user support;
- To track and measure advertising on rycespieces.com;
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
While Ryce’s Pieces does not sell, rent or lease lists created by you submitting your information, we may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, Ryce’s Pieces may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the blog. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
Ryce’s Pieces currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on rycespieces.com. 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 at the sole discretion of Ryce’s Pieces.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through rycespieces.com to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
If you leave a comment, certain information may be publicly visible. To leave a comment, you must input your email address for profile confirmation. Your email address will never be available publicly. At your option, you may also add a link to your website.
Users may see your username and website information.
COOKIES
We use cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by rycespieces.com, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.
ADVERTISING
Display Ads
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit rycespieces.com, which may use cookies, as noted above.
Retargeting Ads
From time to time, we may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market rycespieces.com. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to rycespieces.com.
Affiliate Program Participation
Ryce’s Pieces may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into rycespieces.com. 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.
I am 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 linking to amazon.com. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
Newsletters
On rycespieces.com, 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 Ryce’s Pieces to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to ryce@rycespieces.com.
Amend – You may contact us at ryce@rycespieces.com to amend or update your personal information.
Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to ryce@rycespieces.com.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to rycespieces.com. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
We do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that rycespieces.com has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately at ryce@rycespieces.com and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
CONTACT INFORMATION
At any time, please contact ryce@rycespieces.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to change and / or update these policies at any time.
Last updated: February 21, 2023