Privacy Policy

 Privacy Policy for Pamela's Heavenly Treats

This Privacy Policy describes how Pamela's Heavenly Treats (https://pamelasheavenlytreats.blogspot.com/) collects, uses, and shares information about you when you visit our website.

Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

  • Log Data: Our servers automatically record information ("Log Data") created by your use of the website. Log Data may include information such as your IP address, browser type, the referring domain, pages visited, your mobile carrier, device and application IDs, search terms, and cookie information.  
  • Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our website, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.  
  • Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies (small text files placed on your computer or device) and similar technologies to help us understand how you use our website, personalize your experience, and enable certain features. We may use both session cookies (which expire once you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain on your device for a set period).  
  • Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect information about website usage, such as the pages you visit, how long you spend on those pages, and how you arrived at our website. This information helps us understand and improve our website. Google Analytics may use cookies to collect this information. You can learn more about Google's privacy practices and how to opt-out of Google Analytics by visiting https://policies.google.com/privacy and https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.   

How We Use Your Information We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To operate and maintain our website.
  • To personalize your experience on our website.   
  • To understand how users interact with our website and improve its content and functionality.
  • To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our website.
  • To display advertisements, including personalized ads, through Google AdSense (see section below).
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues and security incidents.

Advertising and Google AdSense

  • We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website.
  • Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site.   
  • Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.
  • Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.   
  • We may also work with other third-party advertising partners who may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activities across different websites in order to provide you with relevant advertisements.   

Sharing Your Information

We may share your information with third parties in the following circumstances:

  • Service Providers: We may share information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or providing services to you (such as website analytics providers). These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information.   
  • Advertising Partners: As described above, we share information with Google and other advertising partners to display relevant advertisements on our website.
  • Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to a valid legal request, such as a subpoena, court order, or government investigation.   
  • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of the transaction. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information.   

Your Choices

  • Cookies: Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, some parts of our website may not function properly.   
  • Google Analytics: You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.   
  • Advertising Preferences: You can control the ads you see on Google and across the web by visiting your Google Ad Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party advertising cookies by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.

Data Retention

We will retain your information for as long as necessary to provide you with our services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Security

We take reasonable measures to protect the information we collect from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no internet or email transmission is ever fully secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.   

Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information.   

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our website. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.   

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through the contact information provided on Pamela's Heavenly Treats (https://pamelasheavenlytreats.blogspot.com/p/contact-us.html).   

Effective Date: April 23. 2025