My Toronto, My World and it’s creator, Liliane Fawzy, believe strongly in keeping your personal information confidential and as secure as possible. The below privacy policy describes what information the website collects and what is stored or shared.
Information Collected
The only time I collect information is if you try to post a comment. It may ask you for a name/email/website to do so. There’s also a prompt around different parts of the website for signing up for a newsletter. This is completely optional but would collect a name and email if you choose to opt in. Once opted in, you can of course unsubscribe at any time.
Because I use Google Analytics to track website statistics, certain information about you and the device you’re using to view the website with may be collected. The website may log your IP address, referring site, which pages you’ve viewed along with the dates/times you accessed this website. Part of this collection is also link clicks. All of this information is anonymous and only displays to me based on your geographical location (i.e. country).
Cookies are the third way the website can store data. Cookies are stored on your browser by this website. This is extremely common and all websites use cookies. You accept the terms of this when you press the little button once you land on the website. Sessions cookies (expire once your browser closes) and persistent cookies (stay in your browser until deleted) may both be used in order to optimize the site’s performance for your viewing pleasure.
Shared Information
At no point is your information shared with any third party.
Third Party Advertising
I allow third-party companies to serve ads and/or collect certain anonymous information when you visit my website. These companies may use non-personally identifiable information (e.g., click stream information, browser type, time and date and/or the subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over) during your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. These companies typically use a cookie or third party web beacon to collect this information. To learn more about this behavioral advertising practice or to opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit networkadvertising.org.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
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.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
Links to Other Websites
I do link to external websites and blog posts to provide additional information on something I’m recommending/discussing. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. I strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. I have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services you may click through to from one of my posts.
If you have any questions about this privacy policy please do send me an email at [email protected] and I would be happy to clarify in any way I can.