Ezoic Services
Ezoic Services
This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”), including to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including tools to serve content, display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors of this website, which may utilize first and third-party cookies.
A cookie is a small text file sent to your device by a web server that enables the website to remember information about your browsing activity. First-party cookies are created by the site you are visiting, while third-party cookies are set by domains other than the one you're visiting. Ezoic and our partners may place third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimize ad targeting. Please note that disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features on the website, and rejecting cookies does not eliminate advertisements but will result in non-personalized advertising. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them here.
The following information may be collected, used, and stored in a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP address
- Operating system type and version
- Device type
- Language preferences
- Web browser type
- Email (in a hashed or encrypted form)
You can view Ezoic’s privacy policy here, or for additional information about Ezoic’s advertising and other partners, you can view Ezoic’s advertising partners here.
PRIVACY POLICY
By visiting and using firststepbystep.com (hereinafter the “website”), you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions including our Disclaimer and Privacy Policy posted on the website and incorporated herein by reference.
The term “you” refers to anyone who uses, visits and/or views the website. firststepbystep.com (“company”, “I”, “we” or “us”) reserves the right to amend or modify these terms and conditions in its sole discretion at any time without notice and by using the website, you accept those amendments. It is your responsibility to periodically check the website for updates.
All of the information on firststepbystep.com is solely for informational purposes and reflects our individual opinions. Despite our efforts to make sure content is appropriately curated, current, and well-researched, we make no guarantees or representations as to the accuracy and completeness of the information found on firststepbystep.com or the information to which we link.
firststepbystep.com makes no promises about the outcomes you will experience after using the data on the website.
Before using the Website, please take the time to thoroughly read our Disclaimer and Privacy Policy. YOU ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED OUR PRIVACY POLICY WHEN YOU FIRST USE OUR WEBSITE. If you do not agree to all of the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy indicated, do not use firststepbystep.com
This Privacy Policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on 2024/02/20. We may change this Privacy Policy as we deem necessary from time to time or as required by law. Any changes will be posted on our Website, and you will have been deemed to have accepted them on your first use of our Website following alterations. You should check this page regularly to ensure you are keeping up to date.
CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
By using our Website, you certify that you are an adult, at least 18 years of age.Children under the age of 13 are prohibited from using this website. We 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 the personal information is collected from someone under the age of 13 without parental or guardian consent, then please contact us to have that information deleted.
WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT?
Information You Voluntarily Submit To The Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.
Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. For example, when you use the Website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the Website, such as links clicked.
Cookies: Cookies are small data files that gather data whenever a person accesses a website or blog. You can choose whether or not to have your name, email address, and website saved in cookies whenever you leave a comment on our website. These are provided for a tailored experience so that you won’t have to re-enter your information each time you post a comment.
firststepbystep.com has no authority over cookies from third parties.
HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED
We may use the information collected in the following ways:
- To operate and maintain the Website.
- To offer user support.
- To set up your account, recognize you as a user of the website, and customize user experience so that it is tailored to your account.
- To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to unsubscribe from future emails.
- To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts.
- To respond to your comments or inquiries.
- To track and measure advertising on the Website
- To track, measure and analyze the statistical performance of the Website.
- To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.
Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
We have no control over these third parties and they have their own privacy policies. Neither are we responsible for the activities and practices of these third parties. You should contact them directly and read their privacy policies for any questions. You also agree that your use of these third party websites is solely at your risk.
The Website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Google Analytics– this service tracks Website usage and provides anonymised statistical information, such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. Please refer to Google Analytics’s privacy policy for further information.
Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the Website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
ANONYMOUS DATA
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION
When you leave a comment on this Website, your name, web address (if supplied) and comment will be visible to the public. Your email address and IP address will be collected but never shared publicly. Data submitted when making a comment may be stored indefinitely. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
COOKIES
The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, and customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.
RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Opt-out – By clicking the unsubscribe links in our emails, you can choose not to receive any further e-mails from us. Alternatively, you can email us and request to be taken off our mailing list.
Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request via email.
Amend – To change or update your personal information, email us.
Forget – In certain situations, you have the option of asking us to delete or forget your personal information. To do this, send an email.
Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes, to complete transactions, or when required by law.
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, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Information submitted through forms, such as email forms or contact forms, are retained until such a time as the data subject chooses to unsubscribe or invokes their right under GDPR to be forgotten.
Even if you delete your account, keep in mind that the deletion by our Service Providers may not be immediate and that the deleted information may persist in backup copies for a reasonable period of time. We may retain De-Identified Personal Data for as long as we deem appropriate.
EMBEDDED CONTENT AND THIRD PARTY LINKS
Articles on this Website 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 tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Productive Blogging contains links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our Website, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information that you provide whilst visiting other websites, and other websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy policy of the website in question.
SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION
You should never provide any sensitive personal data on the website. This includes your social security number, details about your racial or ethnic background, political and religious convictions, personal health information, criminal history, and participation in a union. If you choose to provide us with such information, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
Display Ads
When you use the Website, we may utilize third-party advertising businesses to display content and advertisements, which may use cookies as mentioned above.
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.
SSECURITY
We place great importance on safeguarding your personal information and strive to accept generally commercial standards to ensure its protection, whether submitted voluntarily or collected automatically. It’s important to note that no method of transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be entirely secure. For any credit card purchases or transactions made on our website, you’ll be redirected to a third-party vendor to finalize the transaction. Rest assured, any information you provide during the checkout process is not retained on our website; instead, it is transmitted to the third-party vendor responsible for processing the purchase.
By utilizing this website, you agree that we shall not be held liable for any security breaches and unauthorized usage of your personal information by third parties.
Additionally, you agree that we cannot be held accountable for any inadvertent disclosure of your information via our website without our explicit knowledge and consent.
At any time, please contact us at below for questions related to this Privacy Policy.
