Privacy Policy from FengShuiBalanz.com

Updated: July 11, 2019

Welcome to FengShuiBalanz.com, a website created for informational purposes only (“ FengShuiBalanz.com ”, “we” “our”, “us”). FengShuiBalanz.com is committed to protect your privacy. This privacy statement explains data collection and use practices of the FengShuiBalanz.com (the “Sites”); it does apply to all of our other online FengShuiBalanz.com sites, products or services. By accessing the Site, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.

Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, store, use and disclose your information when you use FengShuiBalanz.com (together, the “Website”), our mobile and desktop apps (the “Apps”) and all related sites, apps, RSS feeds, APIs and other services provided by FengShuiBalanz.com (the “Services”).

This Privacy Policy explains the following, among other things:

  • Our principles with respect to your information and your privacy
  • The information we collect about you
  • How we use your information
  • How we use cookies and similar technology
  • Your choices with respect to your information
  • How to contact us regarding privacy issues

By using the Website you are consenting to the use of your information in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy.

For your convenience, information relating to our use of cookies and similar technologies is set out in a separate Cookies Policy. The Cookies Policy forms part of the Privacy Policy, and whenever we refer to the Privacy Policy, we are referring to the Privacy Policy incorporating the Cookies Policy.

Please take some time to read this Privacy Policy (including the Cookies Policy), and make sure you are ok with our use and disclosure of your information.

If you do not agree to any of the provisions of this Privacy Policy, you should not use the Website. If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact us via our Contact Form here

Please note that this Privacy Policy applies to the Website and all other social media accounts. When using the Website you may find links to other websites or advertising banners that enable you to share information with other websites and services. FengShuiBalanz.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other websites and we recommend that you review the privacy policies of each of these websites before visiting FengShuiBalanz.com m or sharing any personal data.

Our Principles

We have a pretty simple approach to data protection and privacy, which can be summarized as follows:

You should know exactly what we do with your information

This Privacy Policy is designed to give you full transparency regarding our data protection practices. You should have full control over your information at any time.

We’ve designed the Website to give you control over the information you publish and share using FengShuiBalanz.com and other sites and services to which you connect your FengShuiBalanz.com . Please take full advantage of these tools and make sure you only share what you want to share.

Information we collect about you

We collect information about you from various sources:
Information provided by you: You don’t need to provide us with any personal data in order to visit the Website. However, if you submit tips on FengShuiBalanz.com , by doing so, you will provide us with certain information:

  • Your Email Address
  • Your first name (optional last name)
  • Your Country
  • Your written tips information and own photos

Any information you do provide may be deleted, edited, changed or amended by you at any time. For this, please contact us. Information from correspondence: You will provide certain personal data if you contact us by email, tips submission form, Contact FengShuiBalanz.com Form or use of any of the web forms on the Website, or contact us by mail.

Information that you post on our blog: You may provide personal data or when you post comments, or contribute to community discussions.

Information Third Party Vendors do collect about you

Google AdSense:

Google service “AdSense” does use the Double Click Cookies and web beacons technology to serve advertising to support FengShuiBalanz.com . Based on the users prior visit to the FengShuiBalanz.com website, Google Adsense will show user specific advertising based on user’s prior viewing content. Google AdSense program will the following information about you:

  • Your IP Address
  • Your ISP (Internet Service Provider)
  • The browser you use browsing our side and sometimes additional information if Addon’s like Flash is installed

The purpose for Google AdSense to collect these information are as following:

  1. For Geotargeting Ads Purposes (Example: if you live in Los Angeles, only Los Angeles area based advertising is being shown to you.
  2. Interest targeted Ads (For example if you visit a lot of specific websites about traveling, travel related ads will be shown to you.

The user can OPT OUT of the Google Double-Click Cookie for interest-bases advertising policy at any time by visiting their browser settings and disable “Third Party Cookies” or by managing your preference setting in security programs such as Norton Internet Security. If doing so, can limit your interaction with our site and other websites as there might be an inability to login to certain services. For further information please visit the Digital Ad Alliance under: http://www.aboutads.info

AMAZON Affiliate Program

FengShuiBalanz.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com and amazon.co.uk. Some of the external links on the Website are affiliate links of which FengShuiBalanz.com does receive a small commission fee from sales of certain items to support this website. The prices displayed upon checkout are the same and do not increase in any means (Amazon, Amazon Logos, Amazon Supply are trademarks of Amazon Inc. or its affiliates.

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies on this Site to ensure the integrity of the registration process and to personalize the Site. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. For example, if you personalize a web page, or navigate within a site, a cookie helps the site to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of delivering relevant content, eases site navigation, and so on. When you return to the web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Site features that you customized. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of this or other web sites you visit.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

Examples of Cookies we use:

  • Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
  • Local Shared Object Cookies.
  • Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
  • Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
  • Double-Click Cookies. We use this for Google AdSense (User based advertising) to support this site
  • other forms used: Web Beacons (Advertising Responses, Page Counts etc.), Local Shared Object Cookies, Cache Cookies (Identify your devise) , Html5 (Website language to improve user experience on this site

Information we collect automatically

There is certain information that we collect automatically as the result of your use of the Website, or through the use of web analytics services as described in our Cookies Policy. This information includes but is not limited to:

  • the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the device from which you access the Platform (this can sometimes be used to derive the country or city from which you are accessing the Platform)
  • the site that you visited immediately prior to visiting the Website
  • any search terms that you may enter on the Website
  • the time, frequency and duration of your visits to the Platform
  • your browser type and operating system
  • the nature of the device from which you are accessing the Platform, for example, whether you are accessing the Platform from a personal computer or from a mobile device and its device-ID
  • your location data via ip address
  • information collected through cookies and similar technology, as described in our Cookies Policy
  • information regarding your interaction with email messages, for example, whether you opened, clicked on, or forwarded the email message
  • Information from other sources

We use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

  • Google Analytics Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Collecting Your Personal Information

We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you or allows us to contact you. The personal information we collect may include your name, title, email address, company name, phone number, and region. The Site may collect certain information about your visit, such as the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet; the date and time you access the Site; the pages that you access while at the Site and the Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site. This information is used for the operation and improvement of the Site.

Use of Your Personal Information

The personal information collected on this Site will be used to operate the Site and to provide the service(s) or carry out the transaction(s) you have requested or authorized. In support of these uses, FengShuiBalanz.com may use personal information to provide you with more effective customer service, to improve the Site and any related products or services, and to make the Site easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same information or by customizing the Site to your particular preference or interests. We may use your personal information to provide you with important information about the product or service that you are using, including critical updates and notifications. Additionally, with your permission, we may send you information about the FengShuiBalanz.com newsletter which may include advertising from our partners. We only share information personal information with partners in order for content prizes (products and services) to be shipped to you. FengShuiBalanz.com occasionally hires other companies to provide limited services on our behalf, such as Web site hosting, packaging, mailing and delivering prices, answering customer questions about products and services, and sending information about news from the Website. We will only provide those companies the personal information they need to deliver the service. They are required to maintain the confidentiality of the information and are prohibited from using that information for any other purpose. FengShuiBalanz.com may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on FengShuiBalanz.com or the Site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of FengShuiBalanz.com and our family of Web sites; or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of FengShuiBalanz.com employees or agents, users of FengShuiBalanz.com or members of the public. Personal information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in Germany or any other country in which FengShuiBalanz.com or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using the Site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. FengShuiBalanz.com abides by the safe harbor framework as set forth by the German,U.K & U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of data from the European Union.

Control of Your Personal Information

Except as otherwise described in this statement, personal information you provide on the Site will not be shared outside of FengShuiBalanz.com family and its controlled subsidiaries and affiliates without your permission. Please be aware that this privacy statement and any choices you make on the Site will not necessarily apply to personal information you may have provided to FengShuiBalanz.com in the context of other, separately operated, FengShuiBalanz.com services.

Access to Your Personal Information

Customer information is collected by FengShuiBalanz.com and it is stored at the FengShuiBalanz.com offices. You can review and edit the personal information you provided at this Site by sending an e-mail to: ask@ FengShuiBalanz.com

Security of Your Personal Information

FengShuiBalanz.com is committed to protect the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide on computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. Additionally, when we transmit sensitive personal information over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Links To Other Web Sites

Links to third-party Web sites may be provided solely for your information and convenience, or to provide additional information for various other goods and services. If you use these links, you will leave our Site. This Privacy Statement does not cover the information practices of those Web sites linked to our Site, nor do we control their content or privacy policies. We suggest that you carefully review the privacy policies of each site you visit.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

We may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revise the “last updated” date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this privacy statement, we will notify you either by placing a prominent notice on the home page of our web site or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal information we collect. Your continued use of the service constitutes your agreement to this privacy statement and any updates.