At mnwfc.com, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We encourage you to read this policy carefully to understand your rights and our practices regarding your personal information.
Information We Collect
We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services, personalize your experience, and display relevant advertising. This information includes:
- Personal Information: This may include your name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other contact details you provide when subscribing to our newsletter, leaving a comment, or contacting us through our website.
- Log Files: Like many websites, mnwfc.com uses log files. These files log visitors to the site – usually a standard procedure for hosting companies and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s 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: Cookies are small text files that are stored on your browser or device by websites you visit. We use cookies to:
- Personalize your experience on our website.
- Remember your preferences.
- Understand how you use our website and improve its functionality.
- Display relevant advertising (including through third-party advertising partners).
- Web Beacons: We may also use web beacons (also known as clear GIFs, pixel tags, or web bugs) on our site and in our email communications. Web beacons are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to track the online movements of Web users. They allow us to assess the effectiveness of our content and advertising campaigns.
DoubleClick DART Cookie
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on mnwfc.com. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site’s visitors based upon their visit to mnwfc.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 – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Amazon Associates Program
mnwfc.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. As part of this program, Amazon may track your browsing activity through the use of cookies. This information is used to provide you with relevant product recommendations and to track sales generated through our affiliate links. We only link to products we believe will provide value to our readers. You can find Amazon’s privacy policy here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=468496
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
You may consult this list to find the privacy policy for each of the advertising partners of mnwfc.com.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on mnwfc.com, 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.
Note that mnwfc.com has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Third Party Privacy Policies
mnwfc.com’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You may find a complete list of these Privacy Policies and their links here: (This section would list individual privacy policies but is illustrative for now).
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, California residents have the following rights:
- The right to know: You have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources of the information, the purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
- The right to delete: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions (e.g., to comply with legal obligations, to complete a transaction, etc.).
- The right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information: mnwfc.com does not currently “sell” your personal information as defined by the CCPA. However, if we were to engage in such practices in the future, you would have the right to opt-out. We will update this policy accordingly if our practices change. In the meantime, you can adjust your cookie settings as detailed above to limit data sharing with advertising partners.
- The right to non-discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.
To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email Address or Form Link]. We will respond to your request within 45 days.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following data protection rights under the GDPR:
- The right to access: You have the right to request access to your personal data that we hold.
- The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, subject to certain exceptions (e.g., where we have a legal obligation to retain it).
- The right to restrict processing: You have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- The right to data portability: You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.
- The right to object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances, including processing for direct marketing purposes.
- The right to withdraw consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
- The right to lodge a complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that we have infringed your data protection rights.
To exercise your GDPR rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Email Address or Form Link]. We will respond to your request within one month. We may require you to verify your identity before processing your request.
Children’s Information
mnwfc.com does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that mnwfc.com has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 13 in its database, please contact us immediately (using the contact information provided above) and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
We encourage parents and guardians to monitor their children’s online activity and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide personal information on our website without their permission.