Privacy Policy

The Website and its Content are owned by NurseBytes Blog (“Company”, “we”, or “us”). The person who accesses or views nursebytesblog.com (“Website”) is referred to as “you” the user .

This Privacy Statement describes how we collect, use, handle, and distribute information about you, including Personal Data (as defined below) used to access this Website. We will not use or disclose your information with anybody except as described in this Privacy Policy. Information obtained through our Website may only be used for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and our User Terms of Service.

Please carefully read and examine this Privacy Policy. We reserve the right, at any time and without notice, to amend this Privacy Policy on the Website. If there is a significant change, we will notify you via email subscription and/or a conspicuous notice on our Website.

This Privacy Policy governs the use of any personal information or material that you supply to us or that we collect on or via our Website or its content. You agree to our Privacy Policy whether or not you have read it by using our Website or its content.

Should you not agree with our policies and practices, you may choose not to use our Website or Services.

 

Information We May Collect

We acquire personal information from you to provide you with a great experience when using our Website or Content. We will only collect the information that is required to fulfill our commitment to you.

We may obtain:

1. A name and an email address so that we can send you our newsletter – by submitting this information in our contact forms, you are affirmatively consenting to this.
2. A name and an email address if you complete our contact form, or send us an email. We may send you marketing emails with either your consent or if we believe we have a legitimate interest to contact you based on your contact or question. We may send you marketing emails based on the content of the webinar you for which you signed up. You will always have the option to opt out of any of our emails.

   Bear in mind that the information above (“Personal Data”) that you are submitting to us is entirely voluntary, and by providing it to us, you are giving us permission to use, collect, and handle this Personal Data. You may opt out or request that we erase your Personal Data at any time by writing us at info@nursebytesblog.com..

   You may be unable to participate in certain features of our Website or content if you opt not to provide us with certain Personal Data.

 

Other Information We May Collect:

Anonymous Data Collection and Use

To maintain our Website’s high quality and functionality, we may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to optimize the Website by identifying which areas of the Website are most heavily used. Your IP address is the number assigned to computers connected to the Internet, which may consist of a static or dynamic IP address and will sometimes point to specific identifiable data elements such as:

• Computers or devices.
• Browser and language types.
• URLs specifying referring and exit pages.
• Date and time.
• Amount of time spent on specific pages.

The above mentioned is technically “traffic data,” which cannot be used to identify you individually but is useful to us for marketing and improving our services. The acquisition of traffic data does not track a user’s activities on other websites in any manner. On an aggregated level, anonymous traffic data may also be shared with business partners and advertisers.

Cookies

We may employ the typical “cookies” functionality of major web browsers. We do not store any personally identifying information in cookies, nor do we use any data-capture technologies other than cookies on our Website. You can disable cookies using the settings of your web browser. However, disabling this function may reduce your experience on our Website, and some features may not function properly.

Third-Party Analytics

We use third-party analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to evaluate your use of the Websites, compile reports on user activity, demographic data, and analyze performance metrics. Cookies and other technologies are used by these third parties to help analyze and supply us with data. By accessing and using the Websites, you consent to these analytics providers processing data about you in the manner and for the reasons specified in this Privacy Policy.

Please visit https://www.google.com/analytics for more information on Google Analytics, including how to opt out of specific data collecting. Please be aware that if you opt out of any service, you may not be able to access the Websites’ full functionality.

From Other Sources

We may also obtain or collect information from third parties, such as Facebook and/or other third-party social media sites (including but not limited to Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, etc).

How We Use and Share the Information

We use the Personal Information and Other Information (collectively, the “Information”) to deliver our services; to maintain and enhance our Websites and services to you; to solicit your input; and to inform you about our products and services and those of our third-party marketing partners..

We may also use and/or share Information as described below.

With your permission, third-party applications or services may access your Personal Information.

We may analyze Other Information in aggregate form in order to run, maintain, manage, and enhance the Websites and/or our products and services in a continual attempt to better understand our visitors, customers, and our products and services. This aggregate data does not directly identify you. This aggregate data may be shared with our affiliates, agents, and business partners. We may also share aggregated user statistics to current and future business partners, as well as to other third parties for other legitimate purposes, in order to represent our products and services.

To the extent permitted by law, we may also disclose the Information: (i) as compelled by law, court order, or another government, law enforcement, or regulatory authority; or (ii) whenever we believe that revealing such Information is required or advisable, for example, to defend NurseBytes Blog’s or others’ rights, property, or safety.

Information You Share

Please be aware that any time you voluntarily provide third parties with access to your Personal Information, such as through email, message boards, web logs, webinars, classes, phone conferences, coaching calls, chat rooms, blog posts, comments on our managed Facebook groups, and so on, that information may be viewed, heard, and/or used by entities other than us. Any illegal use of this information by third parties is not under our control.

How the Information is Protected

We take precautions that are reasonably feasible from a business standpoint to guard the Information against theft, unauthorized use, disclosure, modification, and destruction. We only disclose your personal information to dependable outside parties who handle it with the same care. But please be aware that no security measure is completely impervious. We cannot ensure that your provided information will not be intercepted while transmission to and from us over the Internet, nor can we guarantee the security of our databases. Specifically, emails transmitted to or from the Websites could not be secure, so you should be extra cautious about what information you send us over email.

What We Do With Information Collected

Contact You

We may contact you based on the following legal grounds for processing information you supply to us:

1. We may contact you if you provide us with your clear, unequivocal, affirmative consent.
2. Genuine Interest. If we believe you have a legitimate interest in hearing from us, we may contact you. You will always be able to unsubscribe from any of our communications.

Targeted Social Media Advertisements

We may use the data you provide to us to create social media advertisements.

Share with Third Parties

We may share your information with trusted third parties, such as our newsletter provider to contact you via email, and Google / social network accounts to run advertisements.

Submission, Storage, Sharing and Transferring of Personal Data

Personal data provided by you is saved internally or via a data management system. Your Personal Data will be accessed only by those who assist in the collection, management, or storage of that information, or who have a valid need to know such Personal Data (i.e., our hosting provider, newsletter provider).

It is vital to understand that we may transfer data across borders. Please be informed that we transfer Personal Data outside of the European Union for users in the European Union. You consent to these transfers per this Privacy Policy by using our Website and providing us with your Personal Data.

Data Retention

We keep your Personal Data for as long as is necessary to provide you with the information and/or services you requested from us. Certain Personal Data may be retained for extended periods if required for legal, contractual, or accounting purposes.

Confidentiality

We strive to keep the Confidential Information you share with us confidential. Please be aware that we may disclose such Confidential Information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that: (1) such action is required to protect and defend our rights or property or those of our users or licensees, (2) such action is immediately necessary to protect the personal safety or rights of our users or the public, or (3) such action is required to investigate or respond to any real or perceived violation of this Privacy Policy or of our Disclaimer, Terms and Conditions.

Important Notice to Non-U.S. Residents

It’s worth noting that the Websites and their servers are based in the United States. Please be advised that any information you supply to us will be transferred to the United States if you are situated outside of the United States. You hereby irrevocably consent to this transfer and our use of the Information and data submitted by you per this Privacy Policy by using the Websites and supplying us Information when utilizing our services.

Children

We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under the age of 13 through the Websites. If you are under the age of 13, please do not provide us any Personal Information. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet activities and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by teaching their children not to provide Personal Information over Websites without their permission. Please alert us if you believe a child under the age of 13 has provided us with Personal Information, and we will make every attempt to delete that information from our databases.

Your California Privacy Rights

The California Online Privacy Protection Act (“CalOPPA”) This portion of the Privacy Policy is FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ONLY and applies only to visitors, users, and those who live in California (“consumers” or “you”). We adopt this notice to comply with California privacy laws and to provide you with information about our company’s practices, including the collection, use, disclosure, and sale (if applicable) of Personal Information, as well as California consumers’ rights regarding their own Personal Information.

California residents have the right to request from us once a year a notice identifying the categories of Personal Information (if any) that we share with our affiliates and/or third parties for marketing purposes, as well as contact information for such affiliates and/or third parties with whom we have shared such information during the preceding calendar year. You may also request that we update your Personal Information on file. To make such a request, please contact us with the subject line and body of your message “Request for California Privacy Information”. We will respond to your request within thirty (30) days, or as otherwise required by law. Please be advised that the “Shine the Light” standards do not apply to all information sharing, and our answer will only include information on covered sharing. To learn more about CalOPPA,  please visit the CalOPPA act website.

We DO NOT reveal or share your Personal Information with third parties for monetary or other valuable compensation; in other words, we do not sell your Personal Information.

External Websites

Third-party websites may be linked to on the Websites. We have no control over any of our business partners, advertisers, sponsors, or other websites to which we provide connections. As a result, we are not liable for the content or privacy practices of third-party websites. When accessing other websites, you should review the applicable third-party privacy policies and terms of service.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time. You are deemed to have accepted such changes by accessing the Websites and/or using our services after we make any such changes to this Privacy Policy.

Please be aware that our use of the Information is regulated by the Privacy Policy in place at the time we collect the Information, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

We may use your Personal Data, such as your contact information, to notify you of changes to the Website or its content, or to provide you further information about us if you request it.

We reserve the right to edit, modify, or otherwise alter our Website, its content, and this Privacy Policy at any time and without notice. Such changes and/or revisions will take effect as soon as our amended Privacy Policy is posted. Please examine this Privacy Policy on a regular basis.

Continued use of any information received through or on the Website or its content following the posting of updates and/or revisions signified acceptance of the new Privacy Policy. If we make a substantial change to our Privacy Policy, we will notify you by email or by posting a prominent notice on our Website.

How to Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via email at info@nursebytesblog.com with “Privacy Policy” in the subject line.

Last updated:  December 31, 2023