At Swish and Slams, accessible from swishandslams.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Swish and Slams and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at our Email: swishandslams@gmail.com.

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 Swish and Slams. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website. Our Privacy Policy was created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator and has been customized to fit our specific requirements.

Consent

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

Information we collect

We only collect your name and email address if you choose to comment on any article on our website. No other personal information is requested or required for general browsing and reading content.

Third-Party Tools: We use analytics and SEO tools to improve our website’s performance and user experience. These tools may collect information about your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and user behavior.

How we use your information

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

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website
  • Send you emails
  • Find and prevent fraud

Log Files

Swish and Slams 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 include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This data is collected automatically and does not include personal identifiers such as names or emails. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your interactions with our website. This includes:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the basic functioning of our website and cannot be disabled.

Functional Cookies: These cookies store your preferences and settings to improve your user experience.

Analytics Cookies: We use analytics cookies to track website traffic, measure performance, and analyze user behavior.

Advertising Cookies: We may use advertising cookies to deliver targeted ads and track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. At present, we do not use advertising cookies. However, we may introduce advertising cookies in the future as we plan to display targeted advertisements after establishing a larger visitor base. In the event that we begin using advertising cookies to deliver personalized ads, we will update this policy to provide clear information on how they are used and how you can manage your preferences.

Third Party Privacy Policies

Swish and Slams’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. Swish and Slams may contain links to external websites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites and cannot accept responsibility for their privacy policies or practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external websites you visit through links on Swish and Slams.  

Additionally, Swish and Slams uses third-party services such as Google Analytics and Yoast SEO. These services may collect data from website visitors. Please refer to the privacy policies of Google Analytics and Yoast SEO for more information on how they collect and use data. Please also note that no personal information (name, email) is shared with third-party services like Google Analytics and Yoast SEO, unless these tools collect it independently (i.e., by cookies).

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 delete 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.

You have the right to withdraw your consent to data processing at any time by contacting us at swishandslams@gmail.com. Please note that withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. 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. However, please note as we only collect name and email addresses for commenting purposes, the exercise of these rights may have limited scope in our current data collection practices.

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.

Swish and Slams 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. We encourage parents and guardians to supervise their children’s online activities and to be aware of the types of information they may share online.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting a notice on our website or by sending you an Email.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at our Email: swishandslams@gmail.com.