Last Updated: October 28, 2024

Who we are

At Humming Hearts Publishing, one of your top priorities is the privacy of our visitors. Our website address is: https://www.hummingheartspublishing.com. This Privacy/Cookie Policy contains the type of data that is collected by this website and how we use it.

Humming Hearts Publishing is a registered LLC based in the United States, and owned by Serena Montoya.

By visiting this website you accept and agree to the terms of this Privacy/Cookies Policy and Disclaimer. If there are any changes or updates to either, by continuing to use the website you agree to any changes. If you do not agree with the Privacy Policy or Disclaimer then you must not access or use the website.

Disclaimer

We will not sell, distribute or lease any of your personal information.

Anything presented on Humming Hearts Publishing is meant for informational purposes and all opinions are those of our team; each blog posting will list who is the author of the content. We do not guarantee any of our advice or products will provide results to you.

Affiliate links/Ads may be presented on the website. Any references to third-party products/services are subject to change without notice. Please do the appropriate research before purchasing with such offers.

As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Humming Hearts Publishing may be compensated for the aforementioned, as well as any links customers choose to utilize through the content of the website. You are not obligated to use any links on this website. Posts with affiliate links are clearly stated with a disclosure at the beginning of each post.

We are not personally responsible by the results of any product or service you purchase through an affiliate link. We do our best to recommend only products and services we stand behind. When you purchase through a link, you are a customer of the listed merchant, not Humming Hearts Publishing.

Our blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions, or other forms of compensation. The owner of this blog is not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely from the blog owner and “our team”. If we claim or appear to be experts on a certain topic or product or service area, we will only endorse products or services that we believe, based on our expertise, are worthy of such endorsement. Any product, claim, statistic, quote, or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.

For writers/indie-authors looking for editors, we have the right to choose or refuse any story that we feel may not align with our mission or our schedule. Our editors use the Chicago Manuel of Style 18th edition with US spelling, unless otherwise specified.

GDPR

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

We are a data collector of your information.

Humming Hearts Publishing’s legal basis for collecting and using the personal information listed in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information in the specific context in which we collect the information:

  • Humming Hearts Publishing needs to perform a contract with you

  • You authorize Humming Hearts Publishing to do so

  • Process your personal information such as name and email address

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Your IP address

  • Web pages your visited prior to coming to the website

  • Web pagers you view while on this website

  • Information relevant to customers offers/surveys

  • Humming Hearts Publishing must comply with the law

Cookies

  • Contact Forms

    • This website uses Kit to connect with subscribers and send promotions, cookies may be collected. By subscribing, you agree to receive newsletters, updates, messages, and promotional emails related to this website.

    • Our Newsletter, or any digital sign-up form is hosted with Kit, who stores your email address to send future emails, promotions, and information through. You can view their privacy policy: https://kit.com/privacy

      Please "Unsubscribe" if you no longer wish to receive any emails from us. And we will comply with your wishes to no longer receive information from this website. As for third-parties, we have no control, so please communicate with said party.

  • Squarespace Analytics

    • We track who accesses our website through Squarespace Analytics, which helps us understand what content our visitors engage with and want to see. These cookies last up to 30 minutes.

      The collected data includes:

      • Information about your browser, network, and device

      • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

      • Your IP address

        This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

      • Clicks

      • Internal links

      • Pages visited

      • Scrolling

      • Searches

      • Timestamps

    We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

  • Google Analytics

    • This website uses Google Analytics to collect data about the visitors of hummingheartspublishing.com. This information is strictly used to optimimize the content of our site. None of the information is trackable to individuals. With your consent, Google Analytics will process and collect your personal data (cookies and IP address). Google Analytics will store your information for 26 months.

  • Opting Out

    • You can set your browser to not accept cookies, but this may limit your ability to interact with the website.

  • Shop

    • When you purchase any digital or physical products provided by Humming Hearts Publishing in our shop, we collect personal information from you to fulfill the order. We may collect information such as you:

      • Billing and shipping address

      • Email address

      • Name

      • Phone number

    Cookies will expire after three years. We share this information with Squarespace, our online store hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us.

  • We may email you with messages about your order or account activity. For example, we may email you to tell you that:

    • You’ve created a customer account

    • Your customer account password has been reset or updated

    • You’ve made a purchase

    • Your order has shipped

  • It’s not possible to unsubscribe from these messages.

  • We share your contact information with Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so they can send these emails to you on our behalf.

  • When you make a purchase from us on this website, we use Squarespace Payments as our payment solution. Squarespace Payments is is fully integrate, native payment solution provided to us by our online store service provider Squarespace. Squarespace Payments makes use of the following third party service providers which will also receive your personal information and process it in accordance with their privacy policies:

  • Stripe - payment processing services. You can read Stripe’s privacy policy at https://stripe.com/privacy

  • Sift - fraud monitoring and detection services. You can read Sift’s privacy policy at https://sift.com/service-privacy

  • Abandoned cart emails

    1. You’ll receive an automated email within 24 hours after you abandon your shopping cart, if all of the following occur:

      1. You enter your email address at checkout, or are logged into your customer account.

      2. You add a product which is in stock to your shopping cart.

      3. You close your browser or leave this website without completing your purchase.

    You can unsubscribe from these messages at the bottom of the email.

    The email will link back to this website, where you can pick up where you left off and complete your purchase. These cookies will expire after two weeks.

  • Comments

    • If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address (optional), and website URL (optional). This website includes “like” functionality on some blog posts which enables you to “like” a post. This website collects personal data when you like a post to try to prevent the same person form liking the same post during the same visit, including,

      • information about your browser, network and device

      • Detail about the web page or content you shared or proposed to share

      • Your IP address

    • These are for your convenience so that you don’t have to repeat the process for future comments. These cookies can last up to two years.

  • Use of Share Buttons

    • This website includes share buttons which enable you to share pages or other content from this site to the following third-party services: Pinterest and Instagram. If you click a share button, those third parties may receive your personal data, including,

      • Information about your browser, network and device

      • Details about the web page or content you shared or proposed to share

      • Your IP address

  • Embedded content from other websites

    • Articles on this site may include embedded content from other websites (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from various websites behave in the same manner as if the visitor visited that other website.

    • These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content.

    • This website may contain links to other websites. If you should use the links and are directed to another website, we have no control over that other site.

  • Google AdSense

    • We use third-party advertisements on hummingheartspublishing.com to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers, (such as Google through Google AdSense program) information, including your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing you relevant advertisements based on location and activity you frequent on other websites).

Why we collect the aforementioned information

  • The data collected requires us to better serve you as a consumer so we may contact you via email with promotional information you may find interesting.

  • To better improve the viewer's experience.

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have specific data protection rights. If you wish to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

We retain any information you choose to share with us until you request for us to delete shared information at hummingheartspublishing@gmail.com.

  • The information you have provided to share with us will be collected until the company ceases to provide you services, products, or content.

  • You have the right to request access to your personal data that we store.

  • You have the right to restrict the processing of your data and from then forward we can store the data, but cannot process it further.

  • You have the right to restrict/object to the processing of your data the circumstances including, but not limited to: marketing, automated decision making, and profiling, historical or scientific research purposes.

  • You have the right to request your personal data from us and transfer it to a designated third-party.

  • If you have provided the consent of the processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

  • You have the right to claim a complaint with an advisor if there are any issues related to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Children's Privacy

This website is intended for individuals ages 18 and older. All children under the age of 13 are prohibited from using this website. We respect the privacy of all children and we do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose any personal information of a child under the age of 13 without prior parental consent. If you believe any personal information has been collected from this website of a child under the age of 13, please contact us and the information will be deleted.

California Consumer Privacy Act

Residents of California are entitled to additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act and California Law. Your rights include:

  1. You have the right to know what personal information collected is used and shared.

  2. You have the right to decline the sale of your personal data and access to such information within a certain timeframe.

  3. You have the right to delete personal information collected; with some exceptions depending on the business.

  4. The right to exercise your CCPA rights with equal services and no discrimination.

Be advised we DO NOT SELL PERSONAL INFORMATION to third-parties or anyone else.

What rights you have over 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. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. For these purposes, you can contact hummingheartspublishing@gmail.com.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, it’s metadata is retained indefinitely. This also helps us recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. These third-parties have access to your data as noted within the agreement.

Squarespace is the host of this website and if required, personal information may be stored.

Contact information

For any concerns/questions, please contact us at:

hummingheartspublishing@gmail.com

Additional information

How we protect your data

We make it a priority to protect your data by using appropriate and secure physical, electronic, and administrative safeguarding to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. With taking into account the nature of the Personal Data and risks involved in processing that information.

What data breach procedures we have in place

Internal reporting systems by the staff will be implemented in the case data is breached. However, there is never a 100% guarantee of full security of your personal information over the internet, but we do all we can. We are not held responsible for any theft of your personal data.

What third parties we receive data from

This website may receive data from third-party advertisers affiliated with such as Google AdSense and Amazon Affiliates Programs.

Changes to the Privacy policy

Serena Montoya at Humming Hearts Publishing may change this Privacy Policy at any time. The most recent version of the Privacy Policy is indicated by the “last updated” date at the top of this page. All changes are effective immediately upon posting. Please review this Privacy Policy frequently to stay updated on changes that may affect you. Your continued use of this website signifies your continuing consent to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

Contact

You can contact us via email at: hummingheartspublishing.com