BlueGrayGal.com (https://www.bluegraygal.com) is committed to protecting the privacy and data of its visitors and readers. This policy provides information on how BlueGrayGal.com collects and protects user information, as outlined in US/EU Privacy Guidelines.

For information regarding data collection by Mediavine ad partners including how to opt out of data collection, please click here

BlueGrayGal.com is a home and lifestyle website which provides creative content, with a goal of encouraging readers to seek joy, celebrate life’s moments, and to create a life they love. Topics cover all things “gracious living” and include but are not limited to home decor and design, entertaining, recipes, organization, DIYs, shopping tips, travel, and personal experiences.

While available internationally, ideas and experiences on BlueGrayGal.com are primarily targeted to those residing in the U.S.

BlueGrayGal.com collects limited, automated browser data including: anonymous IP address, the type of browser from which the user is accessing, the type of device in which the site is accessed (mobile/desktop/tablet), geographical location, date and time accesses, path through KelleyNan.com and pages visited, and other responses submitted by your device for purposes of security, marketing and content creation. Personal data will never be tracked unless the visitor chooses to enter it in an online form. While the site’s owner can analyze data to better serve the interests of her audience, the data and information provided will never be shared with a third party. Each entity which collects data is listed below, along with links to their individual privacy policies.

• ngine: maintains the site security of www.bluegraygal.com.
• Akismet Anti-Spam: maintains the site security and to prevent attacks on www.bluegraygal.com.
• WPEngine: prevents viruses and malware attacks on www.bluegraygal.com.
• MediaVine: to deliver a more relevant ad experience to the user.

Email & Voluntary Data Submission: If a user chooses to subscribe to emails, published and sent by www.bluegraygal.com, they will do so through opting in and leaving their email address (and name if they choose to). Email addresses of subscribers are stored on the servers of MailChimp, the email service utilized by www.bluegraygal.com. These addresses and any information collected, both voluntary and involuntary, will never be shared or used beyond purposes of correspondence between Kelly Page and voluntary subscribers. Subscribers may elect to opt out of receiving emails at any time via the “Unsubscribe” button at the bottom of each email.

Information voluntarily submitted by visitors will be made available when comments are made across www.bluegraygal.com. The data collected is displayed in the comments form; the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent are retained to help spam detection.

www.bluegraygal.com uses contact forms to allow correspondence between visitors and the site owner through the services of Contact Form 7, Email Before Download, and Optin Forms. Correspondence is retained indefinitely, at the discretion of Kelly Page, and will never be shared with third parties.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Affiliate Links: www.bluegraygal.com makes product recommendations and provides relevant product sourcing for its visitors. When a visitor clicks on an affiliate link, a cookie is stored on their browser, up to 30 days; if a purchase is made during the cookie duration, BlueGrayGal.com will receive a small commission off of that purchase. Affiliate programs used on BlueGrayGal.com include:

• RewardStyle: stores purchase information referral (commission-based) – cookies stored for up to 30 days
• Amazon Affiliates: stores purchase information referral (commission-based) – cookies stored for 24 hours
• ShopStyle Collective: stores purchase information referral (PPC based)
• Affiliatly: stores purchase information referral (commission-based) – cookies stored for up to 7 days
• Commission Junction: stores purchase information referral (commission-based) – cookies stored for up to 30 days

BlueGrayGal.com may include embedded content (such as videos, images, articles, etc.). in which the content behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about visitors, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if visitors have an account and are logged in to that website.

BlueGrayGal.com often refers readers to other websites and blogs in the interest of its visitors. KelleyNan.com does not control the privacy and claims no responsibility for the terms, services, and data shared once you visitors leave BlueGrayGal.com.

While BlueGrayGal.com maintains the privacy of each of its readers, visitors have the option to disable cookies at any time via the settings in their web browser.

Visitor comments and metadata are retained indefinitely to allow for recognition and approval of any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Visitors who comment on BlueGrayGal.com can request to receive an exported file of their retained personal data. They can also request that we erase any personal data held. This does not include any data BlueGrayGal.com is obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

BlueGrayGal.com is not responsible for the accuracy, currency, or completeness of any privacy polices of third party entities in which it shares information.

Should you have any questions or concerns in regards to privacy and data protection on BlueGrayGal.com,  you are welcome to contact me, BlueGrayGal.com site owner, Kelly Page, at any time at kelly@bluegraygal.com.

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:

• IP Address
• Operating System type
• Operating System version
• Device Type
• Language of the website
• Web browser type
• Email (in hashed form)

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.