About/Contact/Disclosure | Worthing Court

Hi everyone! I’m Suzy.

Welcome to my home and my life here at Worthing Court!

I know that you, dear reader, are passionate about your home and the life that you live in it. I’m here for you! My mission is to provide enjoyment, fulfillment and inspiration by bringing you an abundance of the best in easy, inspiring and affordable home decor ideas.

I’m here to inspire your creativity to help you create the home of your dreams and to provide you with the know-how to make it happen. I’m here to show you that creating a home that you love doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. Here at Worthing Court, you’ll find decorating ideas and inspiration, design tips, recipes, design dilemma solutions and tutorials for creating and decorating on a budget.

Let’s get a little personal:

I’m a child of God living by Grace every moment of my life.
I’m the wife of a retired Marine Captain, mother, step-mother and Nanama of three precious girls.
I started my formal training in interior design, but wasn’t able to finish it. I’m self-taught!
I worked in the corporate world for 30+ years and am so happy to be out of that rat-race!
I formerly owned and operated a custom drapery and soft home furnishings workroom.

I love hearing from my readers! One of the best things about blogging is getting to know people from all over the world. I would love to get to know you too!

You can reach me via email at: worthingcourtblog@gmail.com

PRIVACY POLICY FOR WorthingCourtBlog.com:

The Worthing Court Blog, found at https://worthingcourtblog.com is governed by the following privacy policy.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this website.

Worthing Court is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Worthing Court may change this policy by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 05/25/18.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT AND HOW IS IT USED?

Information You Voluntarily Submit To The Website: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address. For example, you may voluntarily submit information to the website by leaving a comment, subscribing to a newsletter, or submitting a contact form.

Automatically Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the website. For example, when you use the website, we will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the website. We may also collect information about actions you take when using the website, such as links clicked.

Cookies: We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the website.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED

We may use the information collected in the following ways:

To operate and maintain the website;
To identify you as a user of the website, and customize the website for your interests;
To send you promotional information, such as newsletters. Each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
To respond to your comments or inquiries;
To provide you with user support;
To track and measure advertising on the website;
To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.

THIRD PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information.

Additionally, the website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

The website currently uses the following third-party service providers:

Google Analytics – this service tracks website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics.

ConvertKit – this service is used for delivery of email updates and newsletters. We store your name and email address for purposes of delivering such communications. Please refer to ConvertKit’s privacy policy for further information.

At this time, your personal information is not shared with any other third-party applications. This list may be amended from time to time in the website’s sole discretion.

Except when required by law, we will not sell, distribute, or reveal your email addresses or other personal information without your consent; however, we may disclose or transfer personal information collected through the website to third parties who acquire all or a portion of our business, which may be the result of a merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding if ever brought by or against us.

ANONYMOUS DATA

From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.

PUBLICLY VISIBLE INFORMATION

If you leave a comment on any page of this website, certain information may be publicly visible. Users may see your username and avatar.

COOKIES

The website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.

Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the website, by using a corresponding setting of your internet browser and may thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Furthermore, already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all popular internet browsers. However, if users deactivate the setting of cookies in your internet browser, not all functions of our website may be entirely usable.

ADVERTISING

Display Ads

We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the website, which may use cookies, as noted above.

Retargeting Ads

From time to time, the website may engage in re-marketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the website.

Affiliate Program Participation

The website may engage in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for purposes of commissions.

Worthing Court 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.

SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

The website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact me immediately at worthingcourtblog@gmail.com and I will use my best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

CONTACT INFORMATION

At any time, please contact me at worthingcourtblog@gmail.com for questions related to this Privacy Policy.

NEWSLETTERS

On the website, you have the option of subscribing to our newsletter, which may be used for advertising purposes. All newsletters sent may contain tracking pixels. The pixel is embedded in emails and allows an analysis of the success of online marketing campaigns. Because of these tracking pixels, we may see if and when you open an email and which links within the email you click. Also, this allows the website to adapt the content of future newsletters to the interests of the user. This behavior will not be passed on to third parties.

RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Opt-out – You may opt-out of future email communications by following the unsubscribe links in our emails. You may also notify us at worthingcourtblog@gmail.com to be removed from our mailing list.

Access – You may access the personal information we have about you by submitting a request to me at worthingcourtblog@gmail.com.

Amend – You may contact me at worthingcourtblog@gmail.com to amend or update your personal information.

Forget – In certain situations, you may request that we erase or forget your personal data. To do so, please submit a request to worthingcourtblog@gmail.com

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for recordkeeping purposes or to complete transactions, or when required by law.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible at worthingcourtblog@gmail.com. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

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DISCLOSURE AND DISCLAIMER FOR worthingcourtblog.com:

This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. The blog was created for entertainment purposes only. All recipes, tips and advice found on this blog are not meant to treat any disease or condition. This blog is not responsible for any personal injury or property damage that may occur when recreating one of the projects shown here. Always use proper safety equipment. This blog does not claim any responsibility for any product, recipe or company discussed on this site.

For questions about this blog, please contact Suzy Handgraaf at worthingcourtblog.com.

The Federal Trade Commission {FTC} revised their guidelines regarding endorsements and testimonials in order to protect the public from any intentionally errant or misleading advertising that has been paid for by a group or company. Since the Worthing Court blog is a source of income and may occasionally incorporate endorsements or testimonials, I felt it was important to disclose the following to you, my readers:

The content of the Worthing Court blog is a source of income for me and therefore may be used to promote products, services, or other businesses at my sole discretion.
I will only choose to promote products/services/businesses that I have, in fact, used and/or that I feel will be beneficial to our readers. I feel very strongly about this.
Products provided by my advertising partners for my review are given to me free of charge with no cost to myself. This does not ensure a positive review of the product in any way.
You can trust me. I will always give my genuine opinion about a product or service whether or not I am partnering with the service provider and/or receiving payment to do so.
My number one priority is accuracy and fairness to my readers and I would never compromise the truth just to make a buck. Ever. It’s not worth it to me and it’s not cool to you.
Mentions of associated products/services/businesses within the content of my blog may or may not be noted as an affiliate in every reference.

Integrity is the cornerstone of my code of ethics, and I hold myself to the highest standards of accuracy and strive to deliver interesting, helpful, and encouraging content while generating a small profit to compensate for my time, research, and ideas. I love and appreciate my readers and make it my goal to be up front and honest with every post I write.

I am the legal copyright holder of the material and photos that have been taken by me and are posted on this blog. Unless otherwise stated, all photos are taken by me. One photo may be used by peer blogs, if it is linked to my blog and I am given credit for my pictures and ideas. My images may also be pinned on Pinterest or shared through Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media if they are linked to my blog and I am given credit. My content (this includes partial and entire blog posts) may not be published, copied, or reprinted without my consent.

I reserve the right to change the focus of my blog, shut it down or change the terms of use at any time.

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.

We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our Web site. These companies may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please see: http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp

I love to provide free tips and inspiring products for achieving the look you want in your home. I will sometimes link to products or services using affiliate links. If you click on one of those links and make a purchase, I may earn a small referral commission. These earnings come from a company that I’m recommending at are at NO EXTRA COST to you. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

Occasionally I am compensated to provide my opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Even though I receive compensation for my 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.