Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Minimalist Writer

At MinimalistWriter, accessible from https://minimalistwriter.com/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that are collected and recorded by MinimalistWriter and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in MinimalistWriter. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

The information we collect is mentioned below. Personally, identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Cookies and Usage Data

The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website
  • Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
  • Send you emails
  • Find and prevent fraud

Log Files

MinimalistWriter follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any personally identifiable information. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, MinimalistWriter uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

  • Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
  • Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
  • Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.

For more general information on cookies, please read “What Are Cookies”.

Google DoubleClick DART Cookie

Google is one of a third-party vendor on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to www.website.com and other sites on the internet. However, visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Our Advertising Partners

Some of the advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our advertising partners are listed below. Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies below.

  • Google 
  • Amazon (.com + Other regional Amazon sites)
  • SiteGround
  • Grammarly
  • Semrush 

https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of MinimalistWriter.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on MinimalistWriter, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that MinimalistWriter has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third-Party Privacy Policies

MinimalistWriter’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

Links To Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other third-party sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link (referrals), you will redirect to that third-party website. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no authority over and assume no accountability for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third party sites or services.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

  • Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
  • Request that a business deletes any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
  • Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

MinimalistWriter does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

Service Providers

We are also using third-party companies to facilitate our services, we used to provide better user experience to our visitors. These service providers help us analyzing that ‘how our services are being used’ by the potential people on the other side of the screen. 

1) Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service. It is offered by Google that tracks website traffic and gives real-time/weekly/monthly reports of website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service, website visitor’s behaviors, page views, and conversions. This data is shared with other Google services, e.g.,  Google Adsense. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page.

2) Substack 

Substack is an email client that helps to generate income from paid newsletters. It also connects readers directly to their writers helps them to monetize their newsletters. Readers can contribute to any writers who are publishing their newsletters on Substack. We are using Substack to build our email list. 

This data (email) is shared with Substack and other email providers’ services we are using or will use in the future. For more information on the privacy practices of Substack, please visit the Substack Privacy Policy page.  

3) WooCommerce 

WooCommerce is an open-source e-commerce solution provided to empower small & medium-sized online businesses like Minimalistwriter.com, We are using this service to build our online shop,  where we are selling digital products like Desktop wallpapers, Ebooks, Templates, Guides, and other products. 

For more information on the privacy practices of WooCommerce, please visit the WooCommerce Privacy Policy page. 

4) PayPal

PayPal is a payment tool that helps domestic & international businesses/websites/individuals to collect payments from customers in any currency. We embedded PayPal for collecting payments, these payments are for services & products, we are selling on Minimalistwriter.com, including our digital products.

For more information on privacy practices of PayPal, ( PayPal for Business), please visit the PayPal Privacy Policy page.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

In case of any update to our Privacy Policy, we will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let you know via email or a prominent notice on our Service, before the change becoming effective and update the effective date at the top of this Privacy Policy only on our website.

You have advised reviewing this Privacy Policy annually. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by sending an email at admin@minimalistwriter.com