Privacy Policy

WHO WE ARE.

My green value is a green and sustainable blog for people who are passionate about; nature and environmental sustainability, urban agriculture, green lifestyle, green health living  and those who want to know how to make money using our environment. Our website’s address is: https://mygreenvalue.com.

At my green value, we prioritize the privacy of our web visitors. This Privacy Policy document entails the types of information that is collected and recorded by my green value and how we use it

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT.

When you visit my green value, we automatically collect certain information majorly categorized as;

  1. Demographic Information that you provide which may include your name, email address, physical address, birth date, gender, zip/city, the business you do…. etc

2. Device Information: This includes information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. It also includes information about the individual web pages,clicks or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to my green value, and information about how you interact with our website.

We collect device information using the following technologies

a) cookies. these are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. for more information about cookies and how to disable them visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org

b) log files. These track actions occurring on the site and collect data including your IP address,browser type, internet service provider,referring/ exit pages, and date/time stamps.

c) Web beacons,tags and pixels . These are electronic files used to record information about hoe you browse the website.

3. Social Media and post Sharing: If you share a blog post or other content with  friends, make a comment that data is collected.

4. Data Analytics: Web analytics services, including third-party services such as Google Analytics, collect information about how visitors use Our Websites, on both an individual and mass basis .

5. Marketing: My green value and our marketing partners, collect  information with regards to a  particular subject. 

6. Information we receive from other sources. Advertisers and other partners support our work and we also work closely with third-parties for example; business partners, advertising networks, analytics providers and search information providers who provide us with information about you from them.

We use the information we collect for; marketing, to communicate to you through emails or forms, to enhance our products and services by delivering what you want, transactions and also analytics.

WAYS IN WHICH YOU PROVIDE US WITH INFORMATION .

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. Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

3. Contact forms

contact forms like subscriber forms collect user data like; names and email addresses which are used for campaign purposes, marketing and to send out information to users. the information can however be deleted anytime upon user request.

4. Cookies

Like any other website, my green value uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

We use cookies to:

  • Understand and save user’s preferences based on previous or current site activity.
  • Keep track of advertisements.
  • Collect data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Each browser is a little different, so look at your browser’s Help menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

5. Third party cookies, links and embedded content

At our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on my green value, which are sent directly to users’ browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Also, articles published on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, links,images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

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.

Please note that my green value has no access to or control over the data or cookies that are used by third-parties

Third-parties have their own separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Thus you are required to consult their own privacy policies which may include their practices and instructions on how to opt out of certain options.

We use cookies from the following third parties:

  1. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to collect statistical information regarding how the website is used. This information is not personally identifiable.

2. Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display ads on some of our pages. Google AdSense may use user data. You can review Google’s privacy policy regarding advertising here. That page also provides information on how to manage what information is collected and how to opt out of collection.

3. Embedded content

6. Transactions.

when you make a payment or donation for any of our services you provide us with data.

HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA

We keep your data as long as necessary for purposes of which its processed. The duration varies depending on the nature of the information and your interactions with us. When the purposes for which we collected the data reach expiry, we will either permanently delete or destroy the relevant information or anonymise it in a manner that ensures that the individuals are no longer identifiable.

WHAT RIGHTS YOU HAVE OVER YOUR DATA

Access to Your Personal Information. You can request to have a copy of your personal information that we may have about you. If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, forms, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.

Deletion of Your Personal Information. You can request to have your personal data deleted by contacting us. You can also request information about how long we keep a certain type of information. Please also note that in some situations we must keep your Personal Information to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, or for another one of our business purposes. 

In situations where we are processing your information on behalf of one of Our partners, we will forward your deletion request to that partner and await instructions on whether the information should be deleted. 

Changes to Your Personal Information. We rely on you to update and correct your Personal Information. please note that we may keep historical information in Our backup files as permitted by law. In case our website does not permit you to update or correct certain information, kindly contact Us. During certain times when we are processing your information on behalf of one of our partners, then we will forward your modification request to that partner and/or follow any instructions provided by that partner concerning the modification of information. 

Objection to Certain Processing.   You may object to our use of your personal Information during certain processing by contacting us. For example, California residents may be entitled to object, or opt-out, of having their information used by or sold to third parties.  

Online Tracking. We do not currently recognize automated browser signals regarding tracking mechanisms, which may include “Do Not Track” instructions. 

Promotional e-mails and newsletters. You may choose to provide us with your e-mail address for the purpose of allowing us to send free newsletters, surveys, offers, and other promotional materials to you, as well as targeted offers from third parties. You can stop receiving promotional e-mails by following the unsubscribe instructions in emails that you receive. If you decide not to receive promotional e-mails, We may still send you service related communications. 

Revocation of Consent. If you revoke your consent to processing of personal Information, then we will no longer be able to provide you services. In some cases, we may also limit or deny your request to revoke consent if the law permits or requires us to do so, or if we are unable to adequately verify your identity. You may revoke consent to processing by contacting us.

 Additionally, you may also choose to install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on to opt out of Google Analytics data collection

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above.  For example, we use We use use Google Analytics to help us understand how our visitors use the Site

We also use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you using Google AdSense and email marketing.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

children’s information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

my green value does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records

How we keep your data safe.

The security of your Personal Information is very important to Us. We follow generally accepted standards to protect the Personal Information submitted to us during both transmission and reception. Upon reception, we take various precautions to protect information against loss and misuse.

Be it so, transmission of information over the internet is not entirely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of your Personal Information and any transmission is done at your own risk.

CHANGES

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices

CONSCENT

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in my green value. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

By using, registering ,or accessing our website or any services, you thereby agree to this privacy policy and consent to the collection, use, and processing of your personal data in accordance with it.

It should also be noted that the information posted on my green value is purely for information purposes and should be used at your own risk.

If you do not agree to this privacy policy, please do not visit, use, register, or otherwise access any services offered by My green value.

if you have any questions please contact us at contact@mygreenvalue.com.