As the author of ThrivingLife.ca it’s important to me to operate a blog and social media community with integrity. If you have any questions or comments about the information below, please contact me at melanie@thrivinglife.ca .
This policy uses the term “we” in reference to myself - Melanie - and Cathy (my partner in Thriving Life with access to all the same info), and any potential future volunteers or employees of this blog. All are and will be required to adhere to this privacy policy.
Be kind and respectful as you comment. At ThrivingLife.ca we love to make connections, and your participation helps us become a community. We want this to be an encouraging, educational place where people can learn from us and each other. While we keep the majority of comments, it is our policy to remove spam and any harassing / disrespectful comments.
It is the individual’s responsibility to know and follow the rules of any social media platform that Thriving Life (Cathy and Melanie) operates on. Our Comment Policy applies to social media platforms as well. It is our policy to remove inappropriate, disrespectful, “trolling” or potentially violent comments. We will remove or block members unwilling to respect these boundaries.
Current social media platforms:
Facebook Page: facebook.com/cathyandmelanie.thriving
This privacy policy discloses the privacy practices for ThrivingLife.ca. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website. It will notify you of the following:
What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site. We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other forms of direct contact from you. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
Our site only collects and uses information in ways that are consistent with your rights and our obligations under the law. Information is collected by four different means.
Personal Information Voluntarily Submitted - 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. We also collect communication data that includes any communication that you send to us through email, text, social media messaging, social media posting or any other communication that you send us.
Anonymous Information Collected - Most of the information that we collect from this website is anonymous information, such as the pages you visit. Other anonymous data we may collect might include the name of your internet service provider, the website that you used to link to our site, other interests you have, basic demographic information, the websites that you visit from our site, and your IP address. The data is used for statistical purposes only - you, as the individual user, remain anonymous.
Cookies - We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the website.
Collected from Others - We may receive information about you from other sources. You may link various social media accounts to each other. If you choose to email, text, social media message, social media post or communicate with us in any other way, we may receive other publicly available information associated with that account.
We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order. We may use the information collected in the following ways:
To operate and maintain the website;
To communicate with you about promotional information (e.g. newsletters) and administrative communications (e.g. updates on policies). Each email will provide information on how to opt-out.
To respond to your comments or inquiries;
To deliver relevant website and newsletter content to you;
To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
The website currently uses the following third-party service providers:
Squarespace - This is a service for website building and hosting that we use to create and deliver ThrivingLife.ca . Please refer to Squarespace’s privacy policy for further information.
MailChimp - This service is used for delivering email updates and newsletters. We store your name, email address, and IP address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to MailChimp’s privacy policy for further information.
Google Analytics - This service tracks website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the website. Google Analytics collects the posts and pages visited, name of your internet service provider, the website that you used to link to our site, other interests you have, basic demographic information, the websites that you visit from our site, and your IP address. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party service providers. This list may be amended from time to time at our sole discretion. By using this website, you consent to the use of such cookies and the sharing of data captured by such cookies with those third-party service providers.
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address given on our website:
See what data we have about you, if any.
Change/correct any data we have about you.
Have us delete any data we have about you.
Express any concern you have about our use of your data.
On the website, you may subscribe to our newsletter, which may be used for promotional purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows us to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of our subscribers. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.
All unsubscribe or opt-out requests may be made by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the relevant email. We will process your request within a reasonable time after receipt. However, we are not responsible for, and in some cases we are incapable of, removing your personally identifiable information from the lists of any third party who has previously been provided your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy or your consent. You should contact such third parties directly. If you would like to update or correct any personally identifiable information that you have provided to us, please contact us and once we confirm your information, we will update such information within a reasonable amount of time.
Some posts on ThrivingLife.ca may contain affiliate links for which we receive a commission. We only promote products and services that we use and that have benefited us on our health and wellness journey. You do not pay a higher price when you purchase through an affiliate product (actually in some cases, I can get you a special rate). The more people shop through our affiliate links, the more we’ll be able to qualify for more affiliate programs (and hopefully good deals for readers!).
Our affiliations are summarized here, to learn more go to the Links section.
Thrive Life: Cathy and Melanie are a Silver Executive, Independent Consultant team with Thrive Life freeze dried foods. This is a referral based, social retail company.
Ruvi: Cathy and Melanie are an affiliate team with Ruvi, a company that makes freeze-dried fruit and veggie powder blends. It is a sister company to Thrive Life and uses the same top quality freeze drying technology and crop sourcing policies.
Q Sciences: As a Q Sciences ambassador Melanie earns a commission from qualifying purchases. Q Sciences offers clean, convenient, quality supplements that are activated and absorbable because of proprietary technology.
QuiltGiving.ca: As founding board members, Cathy and/or Melanie may receive appropriate remuneration for their work on behalf of the non-profit society, which includes creating and administering the QuiltGiving.ca website.
When you purchase through an affiliate link on our website, we do not receive or have access to purchasing information such as credit card numbers (partial or full). The security of this data falls under the company you made the purchase with. In some instances, affiliate portals allow us to see who has purchased through our link and what e-mail or mailing address they used to make the purchase. We may use this contact information to follow up with you about your order. However, subscribing to or purchasing from Thrive Life or any other affiliate of this blog does not mean you will be automatically subscribed to the ThrivingLife.ca newsletter. These contact lists remain separate.
From time to time, our website or social media platforms may request information via surveys or contests. Participation in these surveys or contests is completely voluntary and you may choose whether or not to participate and therefore disclose this information. Information requested may include contact information (such as name and shipping address), and basic demographic information (such as postal code, age level). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this site.
We use “cookies” on this site. A cookie is a piece of data stored on a site visitor’s hard drive to help us improve your access to our site and identify repeat visitors to our site. For instance, when we use a cookie to identify you, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Cookies can also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our site. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information on our site.
Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular Internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our website may be entirely usable.
Some websites we link to may use cookies on our site (for example, affiliate links). However, we have no access to or control over these cookies.
We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
Wherever we collect sensitive information, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a closed lock icon at the front of your web address bar, or looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the web page.
While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
We do not collect any sensitive data about you. Sensitive data refers to data that includes details about your race, ethnicity, religion, political affiliations, or sexual orientation. At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the website. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.
We respect children’s privacy. We do not knowingly or intentionally collect personal information from children under age 18. We do not intentionally direct any advertising to individuals under the age of 18. By using the website, you represent and warrant that you are either 18 years of age or using the Information Service with the supervision of a parent or guardian.
We may use an outside credit card processing company to bill users for goods and services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes beyond filling your order.
We may partner with another party to provide specific services. When the user signs up for these services, we will share names or other contact information that is necessary for the third party to provide these services. These parties are not allowed to use personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing these services.
This website contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of any other site that collects personally identifiable information.
This website currently does not use third-party advertising. We will update this policy section if we ever move in this direction.
If you would like your data deleted, contact us. Note: As it states in the “Email Opt-out Process” section, we are not responsible for, and in some cases we are incapable of, removing your personally identifiable information from the lists of any third party who has previously been provided your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy or your consent. You should contact such third parties directly.
Our policies may change from time to time and all updates will be posted on this page. If you have concerns about any of our policies, you should contact us through this website.