Last updated: September 14, 2023
Who we are
Cozy Snark (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates and owns cozysnark.com (the “Site”), which provides satirical content (“Service”).
This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) governs your access to content hosted on the Site. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using or proceeding to access the Site. Your use of the Site indicates that you are accepting the policies and practices described in this Privacy Policy.
We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
Definitions
The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at cozysnark.com, unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.
When we refer to “Personal Data,” we mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly, or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, or an online identifier.
In addition to Personal Data, we collect general information (“Usage Data”) regarding your use of the Site. This Usage Data can include demographic information, information about your preferences, interests, search queries, and online activity.
“Cookies” are files with small amount of data that is commonly used an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.
“Content” shall mean each and every item of content or other material (whether comments, ideas, images, links, documents, text, writings, photographs, graphics, videos, or files) integrated into the Site.
What data we collect and why
Cookies
We use cookies to collection information and to improve your experience on the Site. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies, and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer.
If you visit the 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. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.
If you leave a comment on the 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.
Usage data
We use Google analytics to record information about the pages a user has seen, for example: the URL of the page, time of day, device used, etc. The information that we collect anonymized and sent to Google Analytics for analysis. Google Analytics mainly uses first-party cookies to report on visitor interactions on this website.
Visitors may disable cookies or delete any individual cookie.
In addition, Google Analytics supports an optional browser add-on that – once installed and enabled – disables measurement by Google Analytics for any site a user visits. Note that this add-on only disables Google Analytics measurement.
Google Analytics also collects Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to provide and protect the security of the service, and to give website owners a sense of which country, state, or city in the world their users come from (also known as “IP geolocation”). See this page for Google Analytics security and usage of data: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Email forms
To assist with sending you requested information, we use Convert Kit to collect and store your email address. Convert Kit outlines their use of your personal data and anonymized data here: https://convertkit.com/privacy. You may opt out of the collection of your data by unsubscribing or contacting Convert Kit using the instructions on their privacy page.
LightSpeed Cache
The Site utilizes caching in order to facilitate a faster response time and better user experience. Caching potentially stores a duplicate copy of every web page that is on display on the Site. All cache files are temporary, and are never accessed by any third party, except as necessary to obtain technical support from the cache plugin vendor. Cache files expire on a schedule set by the site administrator, but may easily be purged by the admin before their natural expiration, if necessary. We may use QUIC.cloud services to process & cache your data temporarily. Please see https://quic.cloud/privacy-policy for more details.
Third-party content and links
Embedded content
Articles and blog posts 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.
Links to other websites
Our Service may contain links to other sites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. For questions about these sites, please consult their individual privacy policies. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by Cozy Snark through our Site. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Who we share your data with
We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:
- To facilitate our Service;
- To provide the Service on our behalf;
- To perform Site operations;
- To perform Service-related services; or
- To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
These third parties may have access to your Personal Data in order to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. Your Personal Data may also be shared with third parties as we believe necessary or appropriate, in any manner permitted under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence.
We do not sell Personal Data to third parties.
How long we retain your data
We retain the information we collect about you for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose we collected it for and for the purpose of satisfying any legal, accounting or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the Personal Data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your Personal Data, the purposes for which we process your Personal Data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
What rights you have over your data
If you have have left comments on the Site, you can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Children’s privacy
Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 16. In the case we discover that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.
Security
We use reasonable and appropriate physical, electronic, and administrative safeguards to protect personal data from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction, taking into account the nature of the Personal Data and risks involved in processing that information.
Changes to Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page. The date at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when it was last updated.
More information
Please direct any questions about the Privacy Policy to cozymayo@cozysnark.com