Privacy Policiy
1. Who We Are
Ensouling Ideas is a trading name of Kathrin Würtele Consulting. At Ensouling Ideas, we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of our visitors to our website. In particular, we want you to know that Ensouling Ideas is not in the business of selling, renting or trading email lists with other companies and businesses for marketing purposes. We just don’t do that sort of thing. In this Privacy Policy, we’ve provided lots of detailed information on when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it, the limited conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.
2. Cookies
When you visit our website or use any of our products and services, we may collect information using cookies. This information is used to provide you with a more personalised service and so we can continuously improve our products.
We never sell the information we collect using cookies, nor do we disclose the information to third parties.
Cookies are small files of numbers and letters that are stored in a user’s browser when they visit a website. When a user returns to the website, their browser sends these files back to the website, allowing personalised content to be shown on the users’ screen.
2.1 How Do You Manage Cookie Preferences?
If you would like to monitor or prevent cookies from being set in your browser, you can modify your browser settings to receive notifications whenever cookies are being used or to completely block the storage of cookies. You may also delete cookies that are already stored in your browser. Where to find these settings depends on your browser. Using your browser’s “Help” section, you will be able to locate these settings.
2.2 Consent To The Use Of Cookies?
If cookies are necessary for the use of the Ensouling Ideas webpage (functionality), those session cookies do not require your prior consent. Those session cookies will expire after you have left the homepage. Persistent cookies and third-party cookies may require your prior consent to track choices you made on the website. Your consent is declared through the opt-in function on our website.
3. Cookies That We Use
We may use the following the cookies:
3.1 Google Analytics
When someone visits www.ensoulingideas.com, we use Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. You can refuse the use of Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set on the computer, which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website: Disable Google Analytics.
3.2 Facebook Custom Audiences
In the context of interest-based online advertising, we use the product Facebook Custom Audiences. For this purpose, a non-reversible and non-personal checksum (hash value) is generated from your usage data. That hash value can be transmitted to Facebook for analysis and marketing purposes. The collected Information contain your activities on the website of Ensouling Ideas (e.g. browsing behaviour, visited subpages, etc.). Your IP address is transmitted as well and used for geographical controlling of advertising. The data collected is only transmitted encrypted to Facebook and is anonymous to us that means the personal data of individual users are not visible to us. For more information about the privacy policy of Facebook and Custom Audience, please check https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ or https://www.facebook.com/business/a/online-sales/custom-audiences-website
3.3 Facebook Conversion Tracking Pixel
This tool allows us to follow the actions of users after they are redirected to our website by clicking on a Facebook advertisement. We are thus able to record the efficacy of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes. The collected data remains anonymous. This means that we cannot see the personal data of any individual user. However, the collected data are saved and processed by Facebook. We are informing you on this matter according to our information at this time. Facebook is able to connect the data with your Facebook account and use the data for their own advertising purposes, in accordance with Facebook’s privacy policy found under: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/. Facebook Conversion Tracking also allows Facebook and its partners to show you advertisements on and outside Facebook. In addition, a cookie will be saved onto your computer for these purposes.
By using the website you agree to the data processing associated with the integration of Facebook pixel.
4. Mailing Lists
As part of the registration process for our e-newsletter, free online products/services and paid products/services we collect personal information. We use that information for a couple of reasons:
- To tell you about things you’ve asked us to tell you about
- To contact you if we need to obtain or provide additional information
- To check our records are correct
- To let you know about new products, services and offers that we have
We do not sell, rent, buy or trade email lists with other organisations and businesses.
We use a third-party provider, Mail Chimp, to deliver our emails. We gather statistics around email opening, clicks and interests using industry standard technologies to help us monitor, improve and personalise our email communication. For more information, please see Mailchimp Privacy Policy. You can unsubscribe to general mailings at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of our emails or by emailing Kathrin Würtele at [email protected]. Email request will be processed within 2 business days.
5. Web Hosting
We use a third party service, Dreamhost, to host our website. For more information please see their Privacy Policy at https://www.dreamhost.com/legal/privacy-policy/
6. Content Management System
Ensouling Ideas website is build on software from WordPress, a company in the Automattic Group. You can view their privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/
7. Use of Instagram
Ensouling Ideas has integrated components of the Instagram service on this website. The company operating Instagram’s services is Instagram LLC, 1 Hacker Way, Building 14 First Floor, Menlo Park, CA, USA.
If the person concerned is logged into Instagram at the same time, Instagram recognizes which specific page the person concerned is visiting each time the person visits our website and for the entire duration of that person’s visit to our website. This information is collected by Instagram and assigned to the respective Instagram account of the person concerned. If the data subject clicks on one of the Instagram buttons integrated into our website, the data and information transmitted will be assigned to the personal Instagram user account of the data subject and stored and processed by Instagram.
Instagram always receives information that the data subject has visited our website when the data subject is logged into Instagram at the same time as accessing our website, regardless of whether the data subject clicks on the Instagram component or not. If the data subject does not want Instagram to receive such information, he or she can prevent the transmission by logging out of his or her Instagram account before accessing our website.
For more information and to review Instagram’s current privacy policies, please visit https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388 and https://www.instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/
8. Access To Your Personal Information
You are entitled to view, amend, or delete the personal information that we hold. Email your request to our data protection officer Kathrin Würtele at [email protected].
9. Data Security
The transmission of data via the Internet is not absolutely secure. Ensouling Ideas cooperates with service providers and Internet providers who take appropriate technical and organisational security precautions to protect the personal data of the user. Ensouling Ideas cannot, however, guarantee the security of the data transmitted by the user. Any data transmission is therefore at the user’s own risk. For this reason, each person concerned is free to transmit personal data to Ensouling Ideas by alternative means, such as telephone.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy was last reviewed on 6 October 2018.
