PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy statement outlines all the rules and regulations that govern SproutMentor.com activities on the Internet.

Our wish is to be transparent, respectful and honest as possible in all our activities.

It outlines all the rules that govern our collection and use of information on the web. Carefully read this privacy statement before using our site to avoid any misunderstanding.

 

Information Gathering, Use, and Sharing

SproutMentor.com is the sole owner of all the information contained on this site. We gather it from the internet or directly from the feedback you give us on social media or email conversations. All information provided to us will not be sold for any money making motives. Any personal information you provide to us we do not share it publicly unless you permit us to do so.

 

Information Gathering

We collect personal information through the following methods:

a) Information you voluntarily give to use in the following medium;

  • Opt-in forms: You will provide you with your name and email in exchange for a freebie or any other material.
  • Transaction forms: You will provide your billing information when purchasing any of our products.
  • Comment and contact forms: We will answer your questions or any other concerns you send through these forms.

b) Information we gather from others in social media platforms, search engines and our competitors among other sources.

 

Information Use

Your information will not be shared publicly for any marketing or advertising without your consent. Sometimes this rule may be broken in instances where we have to share the information with third parties, such as web developers who help us to manage this site. Also, the data can be shared in cases where we are required by law to comply with information sharing guidelines. We promise to use all your information in ways permitted by the law.

Your Right Related To Personal Information Use

  • For Email newsletters, you may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at webmaster@sproutmentor.com to be removed from our mailing list.
  • You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to webmaster@Sproutmentor.com.
  • You can contact us at webmaster@Sproutmentor.com to amend or update your personal information.
  • In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to webmaster@Sproutmentor.com.

 

Security

We will vigilantly protect all the information you provide to us. All personal information you give us will not be shared without the protection of secure transmission methods.

All sensitive and personal information, such as emails and billing details are encrypted securely and transmitted to us in safer ways. You can also check that our website is protected by confirming that it has the prefix “https” on your browser.

Our computers and electronic devices are highly secured with antivirus programs and other security control measures. Our team of experts performs weekly audits to discover any loopholes, which are likely to affect your information.

 

Cookies

SproutMentor.com uses cookies to monitor and track your usage and visits on this site. Cookies are data and history trails stored in your hard drive to improve your browser experience and safe time. For example, in a site which uses cookies, you do not have to enter your login details everytime you visit because those details will be stored on the first visit, which saves time. Cookies help us to track our website visits and user behavior, so we can be able to serve you better. Usage of cookies will not affect your experience in our site in any way or reduce your security at all.

 

External Links

SproutMentor.com borrows information from other sites and is also an affiliate for other sites. This means that you are likely to find external links from those sites sometimes. You should know that we do not have direct control over those links and their privacy policy practices. Therefore, kindly read the privacy policies of those sites before using the information you find on this site.

 

Affiliate Disclosure

Some posts on Sproutmentor.com may contain affiliate links for which I receive a commission. I only promote products and services that I have used myself, and that have helped me in my career as a freelancer and blogger.

Sproutmentor.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 links to Amazon.com.  As part of this Amazon Associates program, the Website will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.

 

Advertising

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.

 

Retargeting Ads

Sproutmentor.com may use third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram among others to market our content and products through advertising. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website. To be excluded in Facebook and Google remarketing, complete these steps here and here respectively. 

 

Privacy Policy Updates

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time, and all updates will be posted on this page.

For any other questions, comments, or concerns, please contact Hildah Mwende at hildah@sproutmentor.com.

If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us.