The “Bestie” Breakdown (Plain English Summary)
Hey friend! Before we get into the legal jargon, here is the tea on your privacy:
- I respect your data. I’m here to share stories and style, not to sell your personal info.
- Affiliate Links: If you click a link to Amazon or LTK and buy something, I might earn a commission. This uses a “cookie” (a tiny digital tracking file) so the store knows I sent you. It costs you nothing extra.
- The Newsletter: If you sign up for my emails (via Flodesk), I will treat your inbox like a VIP space. No spam, and you can unsubscribe anytime.
- Google & Analytics: This site uses standard tools to see how many people are visiting and what pages they like best. It’s all anonymous.
Below is the official legal policy.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://xomiajay.com. The owner and operator of this site is Mia Jay (“we,” “us,” or “our”).
2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why
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.
Contact Forms If you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message to respond to your inquiry. We do not use this information for marketing purposes unless you explicitly opt-in.
Cookies 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.
We also use cookies for:
- Affiliate Tracking: To track sales through Amazon and LTK.
- Analytics: To understand how visitors use the website.
3. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos, TikTok feeds, Podcast players, Instagram images). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites (such as Google, YouTube, TikTok, Spotify) 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.
4. Who We Share Your Data With
Email Marketing (Flodesk) We use Flodesk to manage our email marketing subscriber list and to send emails to our subscribers. Flodesk is a third-party provider, which may process your data using industry-standard technologies to help us monitor and improve our newsletter. [Link to Flodesk’s Privacy Policy].
Affiliate Partners (LTK & Amazon) We engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.
- LikeToKnow.it (LTK): We use LTK to link products. [Link to LTK Privacy Policy].
- Amazon Associates: As an Amazon Associate, Mia Jay earns from qualifying purchases.
Analytics Providers We may use Google Analytics to collect anonymous data about site traffic. This data helps us understand our audience and improve the website experience.
5. How Long We Retain Your Data
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. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile.
6. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, are subscribed to the newsletter, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. 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.
To unsubscribe from the newsletter, please click the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email received from us.
7. Contact Information
For privacy-specific concerns, you can reach us at: hello@xomiajay.com