Hey there! You’re using Vibista.com, and this is our privacy policy. It’s important, so we’re glad you’re here. This policy outlines how we handle your data when you use our website.

Before diving in, note that this policy works hand-in-hand with our Terms and Conditions (find them here: vibista.com/terms-conditions) and our Disclaimer (https://vibista.com/affiliate-disclosure).

What This Policy Covers

This policy is all about your privacy and our obligations. It doesn’t apply to other websites you might access from here, like social media links.

The Basics

  • Data: This means any info you give us or that we collect when you use Vibista.com.
  • Cookies: Small files we put on your device to make the website work better for you. We’ll talk more about what cookies we use later.
  • Data Protection Laws: Laws that help protect your personal information. We follow these, including the GDPR if you’re in the EU.
  • GDPR: A big privacy law from the EU that we adhere to.
  • Vibista: That’s us, the folks behind this website. Reach us here: https://vibista.com/contact-us/.
  • User: That’s you, using our site.
  • Website: Refers to lovelyharbor.com and any subdomains, unless they say otherwise.

What Data We Collect

We might collect data like your name, contact info, birthday, gender, and even financial details if you’re making a purchase. We also automatically grab some technical info like your IP address, what browser and operating system you’re using, and your activity on our site.

How We Get Your Data

  • Directly from you: When you sign up, contact us, buy something, or interact with our site.
  • From other sources: Sometimes we get info from other places, still sticking to our privacy standards.
  • Automatically: We collect some data by default when you visit our site.

Why It Matters

We use your data to make Vibista.com work better for you—to improve our services, manage your account, send you info on cool new products, or get in touch if you’ve got questions. We also use data to make sure our site is secure and to comply with the law.

Remember, your privacy is a big deal to us, and we handle your data with care. If you’ve got any questions or need to manage your privacy settings, just drop us a line at vibista.com/contact-us/.

Comments & Data Handling on Our Site

Comments: When you drop a comment on our site, we collect the info you enter in the comment form, plus your IP address and browser user agent to help us detect spam. We also create an anonymized string from your email (known as a hash) to check if you’re using the Gravatar service. If you are, and once your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible next to your comment. You can see Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Embedded Content: Our articles might include embedded content like videos, images, and articles from other websites. This content works exactly as if you’ve visited the other website, which may collect data about you, use cookies, or track your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Data from Public Sources: We occasionally gather data from public sources like social media profiles and comments.

Automated Data Collection: Whenever you visit our site, we automatically collect certain information like your IP address, visit frequency, browser type, and how you interact with the site. We use cookies based on your browser settings to help enhance your experience. For more details on our cookie use, check the section below titled “Cookies”.

Using Your Data: We use the data we collect for various purposes:

  • Keeping records.
  • Improving our products and services.
  • Sending you marketing materials via email that might interest you.
  • Contacting you for market research purposes.
  • Providing products or services you’ve requested.

We believe these uses align with our legitimate interests. If you disagree, you can object to certain uses of your data (details below in “Your Rights”).

Marketing: For direct marketing emails, we’ll ask for your consent through an opt-in or use a soft opt-in if you’ve interacted with us before. You can withdraw your consent anytime (more on this in “Your Rights”).

Data Sharing: We share your data with:

  • Our affiliates and group companies for service and marketing purposes.
  • Our employees and advisors to provide products or services.
  • Third-party service providers and payment processors to help operate our site and conduct transactions.
  • Authorities for legal reasons.

Data Security: We secure your data with technical measures like encrypted servers and SSL technology, especially for payment details. If you believe your data has been misused, please contact us immediately.

For tips on protecting your online information, visit www.getsafeonline.org, a resource supported by HM Government.

Your Rights: You have rights to access, correct, or delete your data, among other actions. To exercise these rights or if you have concerns about our data practices, please contact us.

Data Retention

We only keep your data as long as necessary for the purposes laid out in this privacy policy or as required by law. Even when we delete your data, it might still exist on backups for legal or regulatory reasons.

Your Rights

You have several rights regarding your data:

  • Access: You can ask for copies of your data or request updates or deletions at any time.
  • Correction: You can have your data corrected if it’s incorrect or incomplete.
  • Erasure: You can ask us to erase your data from our systems.
  • Restriction: You can limit how we use your data.
  • Portability: You can ask us to transfer your data to another organization.
  • Objection: You can object to how we use your data, especially if it’s for our legitimate interests.

Contact us to use these rights. If you’re unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the ICO in the UK (https://ico.org.uk/).

Data Transfers Outside the EEA

We may store and process your data outside the European Economic Area. We ensure these transfers comply with data protection laws by using agreements that offer strong data protections.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may link to other websites, over which we have no control, and we’re not responsible for their content. Always check their privacy policies before browsing.

Changes in Business Ownership

If our business changes hands, your data may be transferred to the new owner but will remain under the terms of this privacy policy.

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. You can control these through your browser settings.

Types of Cookies We Use:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for our site’s functionality.
  • Analytical/Performance Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our site.
  • Functionality Cookies: Recognize you on return visits and remember your preferences.

For more information on cookies, including how to manage or delete them, visit aboutcookies.org.

This policy ensures your data is handled safely and in compliance with applicable laws.

General Terms

You can’t transfer any rights under this privacy policy to someone else. However, we can transfer our rights if we think it won’t affect yours.

If any part of this privacy policy is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court, only that part will be removed, not the whole policy.

If we don’t immediately act on a breach of this policy, that doesn’t mean we’ve waived our rights to act on that breach or any future breaches.

This agreement is governed by the laws of Panama and any disputes will be handled exclusively by the courts of Panama.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may change this policy as needed or as required by law. Any changes will be posted on our website, and by using the site after changes are posted, you agree to the new terms. If you have questions, reach out to us via our contact form mentioned at the start of this document.

Cookie Schedule

Here’s what you need to know about the cookies we use:

Strictly Necessary Cookies These are essential for our site’s basic functions like logging in or using a shopping cart.

Analytical/Performance Cookies We use these to see how you use our site, which helps us improve it. For example:

  • Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel: Track how you interact with our site (you can find their privacy policies on their websites).
  • ShareThis.com and Microsoft Clarity: Analyze how you share content from our site (their privacy policies are also online).

Functionality Cookies These help us recognize you when you come back to our site and remember your preferences like language or region.

Personalized Ads We use Google Adsense for targeted advertising based on your browsing habits and history. Your data helps tailor ads specifically for you, stored and managed by third-party vendors. You can opt out of personalized advertising in your ad settings or at www.aboutads.info.

By using our site, you consent to the use of these cookies as described. If you want to manage or delete cookies, check your browser settings or visit aboutcookies.org for more info.

Grow.Me Plugin

We’re using the Grow.Me plugin on our site. For details on the data it collects, check out their privacy policy.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

We partner with Mediavine to manage the ads you see on our site, which use both first and third-party cookies to remember your browsing activities and tailor ads to you.

What’s a Cookie? It’s a small file sent to your device that helps websites remember info about your visit.

Types of Cookies:

  • First-party cookies are set by the site you’re visiting.
  • Third-party cookies are set by a different site and are often used for ads and analytics.

These cookies help us understand how you interact with the ads and content, aiming to give you a better browsing experience. You can manage these cookies through your browser settings. For more on cookies and how to manage them, head to All About Cookies.

Even if you opt out of cookies, you’ll still see ads, but they won’t be tailored to your interests.

Data We Collect:

  • IP address
  • Operating system type and version
  • Device type
  • Website language
  • Browser type
  • Hashed email address

How Mediavine Uses This Data: Mediavine may link this data with more info collected from other sources to target ads more effectively. This can include data from advertising IDs or pixels, creating a detailed profile to serve interest-based ads across your devices and browsers.

If you want to opt out of this data collection and get more info on your options, visit the National Advertising Initiative opt out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance website, and the Network Advertising Initiative website. For mobile opt-outs, check out the Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app.

For detailed info on what data Mediavine partners collect and their privacy practices, please check out Mediavine Partners.