Privacy Policy & Disclosures

FULL DISCLOSURE & PRIVACY POLICY

FULL DISCLOSURE ON SPONSORSHIPS & AFFILIATES

StampinFool.com is a blog written and edited by April Waltrip. This blog is all about DIY decorating advice and how to decorate your home, along with my home renovations and projects. 

Part of having great style and knowing how to decorate is research. You can trust that I browse and browse for hours finding the best products and ways to do things in my home. We narrow down the options to the ones we feel best mesh with our colorful, new traditional style- and always family friendly design. Because function is so important in design. Sometimes I will reach out to a partner for a project that I have decided to do on our home for product or in exchange for sharing their product. I’ll fill you in on all of the details as to how and why I chose to work with that vendor. 

If we promote a product or service, it’s because we love it and know it’s a good fit for our DIY home decor space. By doing these sponsorships it keeps the blog running and makes the hours spent blogging worth it monetarily. 

AFFILIATES

I also occasionally use affiliate links to share where I did buy something. This means if you love where we got that bed, and click on the link and end up buying something, we’ll make a small commission on the sale. This source of income definitely helps keep the blog going. Affiliate links are not sponsored, and we’re not being urged to highlight affiliated products. All of the products I share are things we truly love – some will be affiliated, and some won’t be.

ABOUT BLOGGING FOR A LIVING

Luckily, I earn a living as a blogger. It’s a job that I love because I can’t help but share everything I know about decorating. When I am not decorating for clients, I can decorate for myself and teach others how to decorate. I earn money blogging in the following ways:

1. Ads
The ads you see on https://stampinfool.com are managed by Mediavine ads. These appear in my blog sidebar, header and footer and in posts on my site. These are images that clearly look like advertisements. If you ever see one that isn’t on brand- please screenshot and email it to me. I DO NOT want anything spammy or inappropriate. We are super selective about ad categories we allow on the blog.

2. Affiliate links
Most of my posts are DIY project tutorials. When applicable I show products I recommend by linking to those items on affiliate sites through Amazon, ShopStyle or affiliate programs I reached out to. (See the full section above on affiliates & brands).

3. Sponsored Posts

Additionally, I sometimes reach out to companies for a sponsored post opportunity. I can be compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics.  Even though I receive compensation for posts or advertisements, I always give my honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products.

The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely my own.  Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

FTC Disclosures 

This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation.

The compensation received will never influence the content, topics or posts made in this blog. All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third party ad network. Those advertisements will be identified as paid advertisements.

The owner of this blog is compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though the owner of this blog receives compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always give our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, or experiences on those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely the bloggers’ own. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question.

In addition, please note that on occasion, this blog does include affiliate links. This blog will NEVER link to a product that I can’t vouch for myself and in most instances, I own it personally. If you purchase an item through an affiliate link on this site, I receive an affiliate commission; this in NO way affects the cost or price to you. It simply allows me to continue to blog and be compensated for my time to still spend time with my family.

I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

PRIVACY POLICY

If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact me. At www.stampinfool.com, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. This privacy policy document outlines the types of personal information is received and collected by www.stampinfool.com and how it is used.

Log Files
Like many other Web sites, www.stampinfool.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track users movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Cookies and Web Beacons
www.stampinfool.com does use cookies to store information about visitors preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize Web page content based on visitors browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on www.stampinfool.com. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to your users based on their visit to www.stampinfool.com and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL – http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html. Some of our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons on our site. Our advertising partners include: Google Adsense, Mediavine, and Amazon.

These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to the advertisements and links that appear on www.stampinfool.com send directly to your browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies ( such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons ) may also be used by the third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and / or to personalize the advertising content that you see.

www.stampinfool.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices as well as for instructions about how to opt-out of certain practices. www.stampinfool.com’s privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or web sites.

If you wish to disable cookies, you may do so through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

I am not responsible for republished content from this blog on other blogs or websites without my permission.

This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on January 1, 2022.

Mediavine Programmatic 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.

Updated January 1, 2022