About Read Write Literacy
Read Write Literacy (“Read Write Literacy Services”, “ReadWriteLiteracy.com”, “Brenda Rodgers Services, LLC”, “company”, “I”, “we”, or “us”) was founded in 2020 by Brenda Rodgers. It is an independently operated website under Brenda Rodgers Services, LLC and is based in the United States. This website shares educational resources and services for parents, teachers, tutors, and others interested in teaching children literacy skills. This is the privacy policy to govern this website.
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important, and at ReadWriteLiteracy.com (“company”, “I”, “we”, or “us”) I am dedicated to respecting the privacy of your personal information. To better protect it, this Privacy Policy describes my online information practices and what information is collected from you on ReadWriteLiteracy.com (hereinafter the “website”) and show how it is used. The term “you” refers to anyone who uses, visits and/or views the website.
Your Consent
Please read this privacy policy carefully. By visiting and using this website, you accept and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy governs your use of ReadWriteLiteracy.com including content, functionality, and services on or through the website. I reserve the right to change this policy at any time. Changes will be posted to this page. Your continued use of the website after posting of any changes to my Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes and updates. You are responsible for periodically visiting this privacy policy to check for changes. If you do not wish to be bound by this Privacy Policy, then do not access or use the website.
Children’s Privacy
I respect the privacy of children. “Children” and “child” means any individual under the age of 13. All information and content on this website is intended for individuals over the age of 18 who reside in the United States. Children under the age of 18 are prohibited from using this website. Therefore, anyone under the age of 18 should not by leaving blog comments, subscribing to any of my newsletters, contacting me, or purchasing any products or services available on the website. I do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13 without prior parental or guardian consent. If you believe personal information is collected from someone under the age of 13 without parental or guardian consent, then please contact me to have that information deleted.
What Information I Collect and How It is Used
When you access this website, you may provide certain personally identifiable information including, but not limited to, your name, email address, phone number, address, avatar image, and credit card information when you make a purchase on the website.
This information is collected when you:
- Register on the website
- Purchase a product or service
- Subscribe to the newsletter
- Leave a comment or on a blog post
- Give any other feedback
- Use the search feature on the website
- Fill out a form on the website
- Participate in an online survey
- Enter any other information to communicate with me
- Contact me
Your personal information is used to personalize your experience, improve the website to better serve you and improve its overall performance, provide customer service support by delivering requested products and /or services, follow-up with you through email or phone correspondence, efficiently process your requests or transactions, provide you with offers, promotions, and information, tailor advertisements to you, and elicit reviews of products or services. I might also use this information to provide you offers and promotions from my partners and/or my affiliates in exchange for a commission without any additional cost to you.
Like other websites, ReadWriteLiteracy.com automatically collects certain information about you through Log Data and Google Analytics. Log Data is information about your computer’s Internet Protocol Address, with is your “IP” address, browser information, Internet Service Provider’s information, your operating system, and your browser type. Google Analytics collects certain information about your location, browsing history, the pages you visit, equipment you used to access the website, traffic patterns, and other general patterns related to your use of the website.
This information is used to analyze website statistics related to user behavior and interests, improve my performance and your use of the website, and to further enhance the products and services offered to you.
Subscriber Newsletters
If you choose to subscribe to Read Write Literacy’s newsletter, you will be required to provide your first name and email address. I use the email address to send you the newsletters, and I use your first name to personalize the newsletters.
Your data is collected and then passed on to Mad Mimi, my email service provider. You can read their privacy policy here. Your name and email are never sold, rented, leased, or given away to a third party. I do utilize the feature that tracks the views and clicks of newsletters sent to recipients. This is to help me tailor information to your needs and interests. If you do not want your email views or clicks to be tracked by Mad Mimi, please write me, the sender, directly at brenda@readwriteliteracy.com, and ask that your view and click data not be tracked.
At the bottom of each newsletter you will find a link to unsubscribe. You may unsubscribe at any time.
Blog Comments
When you leave a blog comment, your comment is public and visible. Also, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely until I remove it or your request to have it removed. This is so I can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. When you leave a comment, your name, email address, and website/organization name is not shared with a third-party, and it may be used to communicate with you. Please avoid leaving any personal information in comments. If you include your email address in the main body of the comment, then it will be disclosed to readers of the site.
I reserve the right to remove or edit comments at my discretion. These may include comments containing profanity, harassment, inappropriate content, threats, self-promotion, or spam.
Social Media
Social media accounts and sharing options are available on this website. Social media sites (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, etc.) can track your personal information. If you choose to interact with me on social media, please realize that you will be voluntarily disclosing that personal information and it will no longer be private. It becomes public information, and it can be collected and used by other people. I have no control over and take no responsibility for the use, storage, or dissemination of publicly disclosed personal information given by you. Your interactions with me on social media platforms do not subject me to any kind of liability related to misuse of your information by others.
Use of Cookies
This website may use a technology called “cookies” and server logs to collect information about how the site is used and facilitate your use of the website. Cookies are little pieces of code, or files with small amounts of data, including an anonymous unique identifier that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive when you are viewing a website. Just like other websites, I automatically collect some non-personally identifiable information including, but not limited to, your IP address, geographic location, language preference, the date and time of your visit, the pages viewed, and the time spent on the website to track your use of the website and provide the best possible experience for you.
When you leave a comment on my website, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is 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 on Read Write Literacy, and you log in to this website, I 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.
This site also reserves the right to use social media pixels. This allows social media sites to track visitors to outside websites. This helps tailor the advertising messages you see when visiting those social media sites.
This information is only collected to best serve you and understand your user experience on the website. By visiting the websites of Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, or another browser through your computer, you can disable cookies. If you choose to turn cookies off, however, you may not be able to view all the features and content on this website.
Third Party Links and Use
Embedded Links from Other Websites
I may include embedded content – videos, images, advertisements for products or services, blog articles, offers, etc. – from third-parties in the blog posts of this website. I include links to these third-party websites for your use and reference. When you click on a third-party link, and leave this website, you are no longer bound by my Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions, nor am I responsible for the privacy policies on these sites. Their privacy policies may be different than that on Read Write Literacy. As a visitor of these third-party sites, you are responsible for understanding how they collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-policy tracking, and monitor your interaction with their embedded content.
Google Adsense
Google Adsense is a third-party that I may use on the website for advertising. It uses cookies to show ads on the website in order to provide a positive user experience. You can opt out of Google by visiting their privacy policy.
Amazon Affiliates
Read Write Literacy is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, and affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for earning advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This doesn’t cost you any extra money.
Google Analytics
Read Write Literacy uses Google Analytics to track website performance and behavior. It provides information on page views, referral sources, your device (i.e. mobile or desktop), browsing actions, and other information that helps me adapt the content I write for this website.
Google Analytics collects anonymous information about your location, age, gender, IP address, and interests. I have no way to connect that information to you personally. Read about Google Analytics’ data retention policy here.
Disclosure of Your Information
In general, I will not transfer your personal data to a third-party without your consent unless I am under legal obligation to do so. However, here are a few circumstances that would be exceptions:
- I may transfer your information to a trusted third party that I begin working with, for instance if I were to change email marketing service providers, change website hosting providers, begin working with other affiliates to provide products or services, or another service provider that assists with the operation of the website.
- I may disclose your information in order to comply with state or federal regulations related to copyright infringement lawsuits or any other legal claims related to the website.
- I may disclose your information to a successor and/or acquiring party if there is ever a merger, acquisition, restructuring, dissolution, or partial sale of the website in the future. However, your personal information will be transferred to the acquiring party in accordance with this privacy policy.
Email Marketing
At any time, you have the choice to subscribe or unsubscribe from my email list. If you choose to subscribe, you are agreeing to receive newsletters, updates, messages, promotional materials, and any other content related to this website.
When you send me an email, your email address, message, and responses are saved for communication purposes with you. Your information is kept confidential, and I do not share, sell, or trade your email information with third parties except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy.
I do not offer goods or services to individuals living in the European Union as outlined in the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).
If you are in the European Union and opt in to receive any of my free products or services and/or purchase any products or services through my website, then you will be subscribed to receive my free email newsletter once you consent to receiving it. Please see how to opt out below if you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from me.
If you are not in the European Union, then you will be automatically subscribed to receive my free email newsletter once you opt in to receive any of my free products or services and/or purchase any products or services through my website. Please see how to opt out below if you wish to “unsubscribe” and not receive any emails from me.
How to Opt Out
I comply with the CAN-Spam Act of 2003, and I do not spam or send misleading information. If you wish to no longer receive communication from me, you may unsubscribe at any time by clicking “unsubscribe” in the bottom of the email I send you or by contacting me.
As for third-party websites, please contact them directly to unsubscribe and/or opt out from their communications.
GDPR Visitor Rights
Under the GDPR, if you are within the European Union, you are entitled to certain rights and information listed below.
I will retain any information you choose to provide to me until the earlier of:
- You ask me to delete the information by sending a request to brenda@readwriteliteracy.com. Please note that such requests may result in you no longer being able to access paid or free content provided to you.
- My decision to cease using my existing data providers.
- The Company decides to no longer be in business or continue to offer the services.
- The data is no longer needed to provide you service, it is too costly to maintain further retention, or the Company finds it is outdated.
You have the right to request access to your data that the Company stores and the rights to either rectify or erase your personal data.
You have the right to seek restrictions on the processing of your data.
You have the right to object to the processing of your data and the right to the portability of your data.
If you have provided consent to the Company’s processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based upon consent that occurred prior to your withdrawal of consent.
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has jurisdiction over issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation.
We require only the information that is reasonably necessary to enter into a contract with you. We will not require you to provide consent for any unnecessary processing as a condition of entering into a contract with us.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to me, and I strive to follow generally commercial industry standards to protect your personal information submitted to me voluntarily and automatically. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and I cannot guarantee absolute security of your information. When you make a credit card purchase or purchase through any means on the website, you will be directed to a third-party vendor to complete the transaction. Any information you provide during the checkout process is not stored on my website, but instead provided to the third-party vendor that completes the purchase transaction.
By using this website, you agree to hold me harmless for any security breach and for any unauthorized use of your personal information by third parties. You also agree that I cannot be held responsible for any disclosure of your information through my website without my knowledge or consent.
Privacy Policy Updates
This privacy policy is effective as of 8/23/2020 and will be updated and modified as needed. You are responsible for visiting this page periodically to check for future updates to this policy. Any modifications to this privacy policy will be effective upon my publishing of the new terms. Your continued use of my website after the posting of any updates constitutes your acceptance of my modified privacy policy.
Contact
For any questions or comments regarding this privacy policy, please contact me at brenda at readwriteliteracy dot com.