Privacy Policy

This page encompasses the Privacy Policy and Disclaimer of TheSavvyLadylike.com.

Last updated: 27 July 2024.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Your privacy is important to us. It is The Savvy Ladylike’s policy to respect your privacy and care about how your information is used and shared online. Our website, https://thesavvyladylike.com, only collects and uses information in ways that are consistent with your rights and our obligations under the law.

This Privacy Policy describes how The Savvy Ladylike (the “Site”, or “we”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or subscribe to the Site, whether via personal computers, mobile devices, or other devices (each a “Device“).

In the event that our site contains links to third-party sites and services, please be aware that those sites and services have their own privacy policies. After following a link to any third-party content, you should read their posted privacy policy information about how they collect and use personal information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any of your activities after you leave our site.

This Policy applies to our use of any and all data collected by us in accordance with your use of our site.

Please be sure to carefully read this Privacy Policy and ensure that you understand it.

YOU ARE CONSIDERED TO HAVE ACCEPTED OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY WHEN YOU FIRST USE OUR SITE. If you do not agree to and accept our privacy policy, then you must stop using our site.

By using our site you certify that you are an adult, at least 18 years of age.

2. Personal Information we collect on This Site

No personally identifiable information is collected from people browsing our site. The only personally identifiable information collected on this website is gathered in our comment area and on specified sign-up/subscribe forms, where you can provide your name and email address to leave a comment, receive a download, newsletter or other emails on updates, giveaways, or other offers. We collect this information so that we can respond to the comments or questions that you post.

For additional detail on how we collect and use personally identifiable information, please see the table below.

2.1 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. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

2.2 Contact forms & Email Subsciptions

While using our site, you may wish to contact us or subscribe to the site. In this case, we will ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, such as, but not limited to, name, email address, cookies, usage data, or password that can be used to contact or identify you to enable us to get in touch. By subscribing to this, we assume you give consent for us to use your personal information to

send you newsletters and email communications from time to time
ensure that content from our site is presented most effectively for you and your computer
interact with external social networks and platforms

2.3 Anonymous Data Collection

We collect anonymous data from visitors to our Site. This includes information such as the pages you visit, your internet service provider, referral websites, interests, basic demographic details, websites you visit from our site, and your IP address. This data is used solely for statistical purposes, ensuring that individual users remain anonymous. We use this information to improve site content and compile aggregate statistics for internal market research purposes.

For additional detail on how we collect and use anonymous information, please see the table below.

2.4 Cookies

We use and allow certain other companies to use certain tracking technologies, including cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies (collectively, “Cookies”) on the site. This section (“Cookie Notice”) explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them. 

What are Cookies?

Cookies are text files that contain a certain amount of information and are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are useful because they allow websites to recognize a user’s device. They are then returned to the original website on each subsequent visit or to any other website that recognizes them. For more information on cookies, go to www.allaboutcookies.org.

When you visit our website, we may assign your computer one or more cookies to facilitate access to our website, personalize your online experience and record information about your visit.

Through the use of a cookie, we also may automatically collect information about your online activity on our website, such as the web pages you visit, the links or advertisements you click on and other actions you take while on our website.

The cookies do not store any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) about you.

2.5 Further Specific Information on Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We may collect and access and may permit our business partners and third-party service providers, such as advertising companies, to collect and access your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browsing metadata and other numerical identifiers, such as your browser type, version and operating system (collectively, the “Browsing Information”). We may also use, place, collect and store, or allow our third-party service providers to use, place, collect and store, cookies, web beacons, remarketing pixel tags, or other similar tracking technologies.

We, our business partners and third party service providers may use this information and these technologies to, among other things, improve and personalize your user experience, understand how you use the website, provide tailored ads, analyze trends, data, and website performance, administer the website, identify and track you when you use different devices, determine if you are logged onto the website, provide security and provide a range of features, customization and functionality.

By using the site and not opting out of cookies, you consent to the use of Browsing Information, cookies and other tracking technologies as described in this Privacy Policy.

Note that we have no control over these third-party service providers and their use of such tracking technologies. We cannot and do not control the privacy policies and practices of any third-party service providers. We encourage you to visit their sites directly to learn about their privacy policies.

3. Data Subject Rights & Your Choices

Laws in certain jurisdictions grant users the right to exercise certain controls and choices regarding our collection, use, and disclosure of your information. It is important to us that you understand your rights and choices regarding your personal information.

3.1 Request to Erase your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you using the contact details provided.

This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

You can request that we delete your personal information at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided below, subject to certain exceptions.

You can also (i) request to see the personal information that we have available on you, (ii) withdraw consent for our use of your personal information, (iii) review and request we rectify, change or modify your personal information, (iv) restrict or limit the processing of your personal information, (v) cancel the processing of your personal information and (vi) request your personal information and transfer it to another controller without any impediments on our part by contacting us using the contact details provided below.

3.2 Unsubscribe from Email Marketing

When you sign up to receive emails from us, you agree to receive email marketing from us, which may include newsletters, post updates, and exclusive promotional emails. If you no longer wish to any email communications from us, you can opt-out at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link contained in each email.

Please note that unsubscribing from email marketing does not necessarily unsubscribe you from other emails we may send, such as emails about any Products/Services you have purchased from us.

3.3 Opt-Out of / Block Cookies

Most browsers accept cookies by default. However, most browsers will allow you to prevent accepting new cookies, disable cookies, and/or receive a notification when you receive new cookies. If your browser has such functionalities, information on how you can change your cookie settings can typically be found in the help section of the browser toolbar.

Please note that if you do disable cookies, this may have an impact on or interfere with your user experience, including your ability to use or make purchases from the website, or receive personalized content.

3.4 Other Opt-out Options

We do not send physical mail, short message service (SMS) messages or contact you via telephone. But if we do, you will be provided with the option to opt-out at the end of every communication.

3.5 Managing “Do Not Track”

As required by the California Online Privacy Protection Act, we would like you to know that our systems are currently unable to recognise browser “Do No Track” signals.

3.6 Notice about the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)

The information in this section, under the subheading “Notice About the General Data Protection Regulation”, applies to individuals covered by the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). References to “you” and “your” in this section refer only to those covered by GDPR. GDPR, which took effect on May 25, 2018, provides privacy rights for those inside the European Economic Area.

For the purposes of this section, “personal information” refers to any information relating to an individual which can be directly or indirectly used to identify such individual. Examples include first name and last name, email address, identification number, information about location, ethnicity, gender, biometric data, web cookies, and religious or political beliefs.

Legal basis for processing information. We may process personal information under the following conditions: (i) we have received your consent to process your personal information for one or more specific purposes, (ii) processing of your personal information is necessary to perform a contract to which you are a party to, or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, (iii) processing of your personal information is necessary to comply with a legal obligation we are subject to, (iv) processing of your personal information is necessary in order to protect the vital interests of you or another natural person, (v) processing of your personal information is necessary to perform a task carried out in the public interest or to exercise an official authority vested in us; (vi) processing of your personal information is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or a third party, except in certain circumstances where the need for the information is overridden by the need to protect the subject of the personal information (such as when the subject of the personal information is a child).

We are happy to let you know which legal basis applies to the processing of your personal information.

You have certain rights you can exercise under the GDPR, including the following. Please note that this summary is merely provided for your convenience, but we do not warrant the accuracy or exhaustiveness of this summary nor should you rely on this as an accurate or exhaustive list of your rights.

Right to Access. You have the right to learn whether or not your personal information is being processed. If it is being processed, you have the right to access the personal information, and to learn certain information about your personal information, including: (i) why it is being processed, (ii) the categories of personal information we collected, (iii) the recipients or categories of recipients to whom we have or will disclose the personal information to, (iv) if possible, the amount of time we will store the personal information, or if not possible, the criteria we use to determine such period and (v) available information about the sources for personal information we collected.
Right to Correction. You have the right to correct any inaccurate personal information about yourself. You also have the right to complete any incomplete personal information collected, including through providing an additional statement.
Right to Be Forgotten. You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information, which we will do without undue delay under certain circumstances. Examples may include: (i) where the personal information is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, (ii) where you withdraw consent on the basis of which we processed your personal information, and there is no legal ground for processing such personal information, (iii) where you invoke your right to object (described below) and there are no overriding grounds for processing such personal information, (iv) where your personal information has been unlawfully processed and (v) where the personal information has to be erased to comply with a legal obligation.
Right to Restrict Processing. You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances. Examples may include: (i) where you indicate the inaccuracy of your personal information, (ii) where the processing is unlawful but you would like the processing of your personal information to be restricted as opposed to erased, (iii) where we no longer need the personal information for processing, but you would like it restricted for a legal basis, and (iv) where you invoke your right to object (described below).
Notification of Recipients of Personal Information. If you exercise your Right to Rectification, Right to Be Forgotten or Right to Restrict Processing (each as described above), we will convey that to each recipient we have shared your personal information with. You have the right to request we provide you with a list of all recipients we have notified.
Right to Data Portability. You have the right to request your personal information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
Right to Object. You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information under certain circumstances. Examples may include: (i) where the personal information is being processed on grounds relating to your personal situation, where the legal grounds for processing such personal information falls under categories (v) and (vi) as described in the sub-section titled “Legal basis for processing information” and (ii) where the personal information is processed for direct marketing purposes.
Right to Lodge a Complaint. You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority.
Right to Be Informed About International Transfers. You have the right to be informed about the international transfer of your personal information and safeguards in place. Please read the section of this Privacy Policy titled “International Data, Transfers and Processing”.
Right To Object to Profiling. We may use automated decision-making in operating our website. You have the right not to be subjected to any decisions arising from automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you.

To exercise any of your rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below. We are required to verify the identity of anyone who makes any request.

3.7 Notice to Californian Residents

The information in this section, under the subheading “Notice to California Residents”, applies to residents of California. References to “you” and “your” in this section refer only to residents of California. The California Consumer Protection Act (“CCPA”), which took effect on January 1, 2020, provides privacy rights for residents of California. Please refer to the referenced sections in this Privacy Policy for details on the following, which you have a right to know under the CCPA:

To review information on the categories of personal information and the categories of sources from which we collect, use, store and share personal information, read the section of this Privacy Policy titled “Personal Information We Collect About You”.
To review information on the business or commercial purposes for which we collect information, read the section of this Privacy Policy titled “Third Parties We Share Information With”.
To review information on the categories of third parties we share personal information, read the section of this Privacy Policy titled “Third Parties We Share Information With”.

As a California resident, you have certain rights you can exercise under the CCPA, including the following. Please note that this summary is merely provided for your convenience, but we do not warrant the accuracy or exhaustiveness of this summary nor should you rely on this as an accurate or exhaustive list of your rights. Please seek independent advice for any clarity needed.

Right to Know. You have the right to obtain from us certain information about our collection of your personal information over the past 12 month period, including: (i) the categories of personal information we collected, (ii) the specific pieces of your personal information we collected, (iii) the categories of sources for the personal information we collected, (iv) our business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling that personal information, (v) the categories of third parties with whom we share that personal information, and (vi) if we sold or disclosed your personal information, then (a) a list disclosing the categories of personal information involved in sales and the categories of third parties to whom we sold your personal information and (b) a list disclosing categories of personal information disclosed for a business purpose and the categories of third parties with whom we shared your personal information. You have the right to obtain this information from us, free of charge, twice each year.
Right to Delete. You have the right to request that we delete your personal information that we have collected, subject to certain exceptions. When you contact us, please let us know the information you are requesting we remove, update, correct or amend, and the timeframe and manner in which you believe we came to collect such information.
Right to Opt-Out. You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information to any third parties, as we value your privacy. Therefore, no request to opt-out of sale is necessary.
Right to Non-Discrimination. You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us for exercising your rights under the CCPA. We will not discriminate against you in any way for exercising any of the rights available to you under the CCPA, including by denying you goods or services, charging you different prices or rates, providing you with a lesser quality of goods or services or suggesting that you would receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different quality of goods or services.

To exercise any of your rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below. We are required to verify the identity of anyone who makes any request.

NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS (California’s “Shine the Light” Law)

We do not share your personal information with third parties who we know or have reason to know may use your personal information for “direct marketing purposes” as contemplated by California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83).

3.8 Notice to Nevada Residents

We do not exchange your personal information for monetary consideration with anyone who will license or sell your personal information to third parties.

3.9 Privacy of Children

This website is not intended for individuals under 18 years of age. The content is specifically designed for those over 18. If you are under 18, you must not access this site or engage with its features. We do not knowingly collect, use, store, or share personal information from children under 18. If you become aware that we have inadvertently collected data from someone under 18, please contact us immediately using the provided contact details for data removal.

4. Embedded Content from Other Sites

Sometimes we may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.) from other sites to articles on this site. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you have visited their sites directly.

These websites 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.

We recommend you read the private policies of respective sites to understand how they collect and use your personal data.

5. Links to Other Sites & Third Party Cookies

Our website does contain links to affiliates and other websites. Our site does not claim nor accept responsibility for any privacy policies, practices and/or procedures of other such websites. Our Privacy Policy agreement applies only and solely to the information collected by our site.

Therefore, we encourage all users and visitors to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information once you leave our site.

We also use cookies for purposes such as maintaining continuity during an online session; gathering data about the use of our site; monitoring online promotions; and anti-fraud and information security purposes.

Through affiliate links, identifying information may be carried over to an outside site to show that you visited that site from our site to ensure proper commissions are issued.

TheSavvyLadylike.com is a Creator of LTK (formerly rewardStyle and LIKEtoKNOW.it) and a participant in their affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn a small affiliate income by linking to products through their platform. To learn more about their data usage, please visit https://company.shopltk.com/privacy.

This Site is also affiliated with SHE Media Collective to place advertising. SHE Media Collective will collect and use certain data to place advertisements that are personalised to you. To learn more about SHE Media Collective’s data usage, please visit https://www.shemedia.com/ad-services-privacy-policy.

Third Parties We Share Information with:

Site / Service / Tools	Data Collected	How it is Collected	Purpose for Collecting Data
Comments	Name, Email Address, Website, Browser user agent string, IP Address and associated Gravatar (if you’re a user)	User submission at the end of an article	Identify who the comments are from; the visitor’s IP address and the browser user agent string to help spam detection
Brevo (formerly Sendinblue)	Name, Email Address, IP Address	Form Submission	Deliver email communications to users who subscribe to the site
Google Analytics	Posts and pages visited, name of your internet service provider, devices, the website that you used to link to our site, other interests you have, basic demographic information and your IP address	Cookie	For statistical purposes; Track site performance analytics to enable better user experiences and targetted content
Jetpack plug-in	Posts and pages visited, name of your internet service provider, devices, the website that you used to link to our site, other interests you have, basic demographic information and your IP address	Cookie	For statistical purposes; Track site performance analytics to enable better user experiences and targetted content
Adsense via She Media	Ad impressions, video-related events (i.e. pause, mute, 100% plays, etc.) or errors, and ad click events	Cookie	Various cookies are used for: delivering targeted advertisements to specific visitors, storing user identifiers, and collecting anonymous ad platform stats
LTK (formerly rewardStyle and LIKEtoKNOW.it)		Cookie	Used for affiliate marketing
Travel Payouts		Cookie	Used for affiliate marketing
Pinterest	Track the usage of services	Cookie	Helps prevent cross-site request forgery
Instagram	Track the usage of services	Cookie	Helps prevent cross-site request forgery

6. Who We Share Data With

We contract with the third parties listed in the table above to supply products, services, and a good user experience on our behalf. These include delivery of email communications, search engine facilities, performance analytics, advertising, and marketing.

In some cases, these parties may require access to some or all of your data, when that is the case we take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with the law.

7. 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 collected using Google analytics is retained for 26 months.

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.

8. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change our site’s Privacy Policy as we deem necessary or as required by law at any time without prior notice. Any changes will be updated here and effective immediately. You will be deemed to have accepted them on your first use of our site following alterations. We welcome you to check this page regularly to ensure you are keeping up to date with the policy.

The effective date and relevant last update date for the entirety of this Privacy Policy and Disclaimer are posted at the beginning of the page.

9. Liability

The Savvy Ladylike is a lifestyle and travel blog where we share knowledge and advice from our personal experiences. What works for us may not work for everyone. We urge readers to use their judgement, conduct additional due diligence, or seek professional advice where appropriate.

We will not be liable for any personal injuries, damages or financial losses resulting from the use of information on our site. By engaging with our content, you acknowledge and agree to these terms.

10. Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise indicated, The Savvy Ladylike (hereinafter referred to as the “Site“) is our proprietary property. All contents, source code, databases, functionality, software, website designs, audio, video, text, photographs, and graphics on the Site (collectively, the “Content“) and the trademarks, service marks, and logos contained therein (the “Marks“) are owned or controlled by us or licensed to us. They are protected by copyright and trademark laws, as well as various other intellectual property rights and unfair competition laws of the United Kingdom, international copyright laws, and international conventions.

The Content and Marks are provided on the Site “AS IS” for your information and perosnal use only. Except as expressly provided through licensing rights, no part of the Site, and no Content or Marks, may be copied, reproduced, aggregated, republished, uploaded, posted, publicly displayed, encoded, translated, transmitted, distributed, sold, licensed, or otherwise exploited for any commercial purpose whatsoever without our prior written consent or permission.

We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you in and to the Site, the Content, and the Marks.

11. How to Contact Us

Should you have any questions or concerns regarding our site or this privacy policy, and wish to exercise your data rights, you may contact us at hello@thesavvyladylike.com.

12. Disclaimer

The content on this Site is provided “as is” and serves as general information. While we strive to offer quality content, we make no guarantees regarding its accuracy, completeness, timeliness, relevance, or freedom from errors and omissions, whether typographical, technical, information, or pricing-related. By using this Site or any products, you acknowledge that your use is at your own risk.

12.1 Not Professional Advice

This Site does not offer professional advice nor estalishes any professional-client relationship through your use. Information found on or derived from this Site should not be considered a substitute for legal, tax, real estate, medical, financial, risk management, marital, or other professional advice. If you require such advice, please consult a licensed or knowledgeable professional in the relevant field before taking any action.

12.2 Verification of Information

It is your responsibility to independently verify and ensure the accuracy of any information you rely on, access, or act upon from this Site or our products. We are not responsible for your use of the information obtained here. The views expressed on this website are solely those of the author and do no necessarily reflect the views of The Savvy Ladylike.

12.3 Earnings & Results Disclaimer

While we may reference certain results or outcomes on this website, in our products, or in communications, you acknowledge that these are based on third-party information beyond our control. We do not guarantee the accuracy of such statements, nor that you will achieve similar results. Individual outcomes may vary and are not guaranteed or typical. Please do not rely on these results or outcomes when using the website or purchasing any products.

12.4 Third-Party Disclaimer

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, such as hyperlinks, banners, or advertisements, for your convenience. However, we are not responsible for the content on or accessed through these third-party sites. Any links provided do not serve as endorsements of the third-party websites or their products or services. We have no control over these sites and assume no responsibility for them. If you choose to access a third-party website through a link on our site, you do so at your own risk.

12.5 Affiliate Link Disclaimer

This website may contain links to affiliate websites. When you click on or make a purchase through an affiliate link, we may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Please assume that any links on our website are affiliate links. Our use of these links does not influence the products, services, or websites we share with you. This disclaimer applies to all communication methods, including this website, email, social media, and our products.

12.6 Sponsored Posts and Reviews Disclaimer

This website may feature sponsored posts or reviews, where we receive compensation for publishing content about a product or service. We may also earn a small commission at no extra cost to you if you click on or make a purchase through an affiliate link in a sponsored post or review. All opinions expressed in these posts are our own and reflect on the author’s personal experience from using the products and/or services.

12.7 Fair Use Disclaimer

We may use or quote copyrighted material on our website without specific authorization. In these instances, we do so because we believe such use constitutes fair use of any such copyrighted material under Section 107 of the United States copyright law.

12.8 Third-party Advertising and Cookie

Our advertising partner, She Media leverages Google AdSense third-party technology, DART cookie, to serve ads on thesavvyladylike.com. The DART cookie allows Google to serve ads to users based on their visits to this and other sites. Use can opt out of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at Google Privacy Ads.

Our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. These technologies allow networks to receive your IP address and measure the effectiveness of their ads or personalise the advertising content you see.

The Savvy Ladylike has no access to or control over these cookies used by third-party advertisers. For detailed information on their practices and. how to opt-out, consult their privacy policies. Disabling cookies can be done through your browser settings. More information is available on the browsers’ respective websites.