About this cookie policy & privacy policy

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used, and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store, and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website
Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us, and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.
Your consent applies to the following domains: www.itsbeyondmycontrol.com

What are cookies ?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide a better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

How do we use cookies ?

As most of the online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.

The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our services secure, providing advertisements that are relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.

What types of cookies do we use ?

Essential: Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information. For example, these cookies allow you to log-in to your account and add products to your basket, and checkout securely.

Statistics: These cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit, etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.

Marketing: Our website displays advertisements. These cookies are used to personalize the advertisements that we show to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help us keep track of the efficiency of these ad campaigns.
The information stored in these cookies may also be used by the third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.

Functional: These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing content of the website on social media platforms.

Preferences: These cookies help us store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.

The below list details the cookies used in our website.

CookieDescription
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ar_debugDescription is currently not available.
auid_tpNo description available.
buzzblogpro_viewed_postsDescription is currently not available.
cookielawinfo-checbox-analyticsThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checbox-functionalThe cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checbox-othersThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisementSet by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Advertisement" category .
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessaryThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performanceThis cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
CookieLawInfoConsentRecords the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.
donation-identifierDescription is currently not available.
GN_SESSION_ID_KEYNo description available.
GN_USER_ID_KEYNo description available.
ictsThis cookie is used to store a timestamp when the cookie detect a cookie deletion. The cookie also helps in advertising purposes.
is_euNo description available.
nuidNo description
PHPSESSIDThis cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie stores and identifies a user's unique session ID to manage user sessions on the website. The cookie is a session cookie and will be deleted when all the browser windows are closed.
promo_idNo description available.
rmuidThis cookie is provided by Linksynergy. It is used for advertising purposes. This cookie is used for create and storing unique user ID.
sc24No description available.
sc44No description available.
shmarkerNo description available.
trace_idNo description available.
user_idThis cookie is used for identifying the user. It helps to keep track of the visitor profile for future sessions and for customizing their experience.
viewed_cookie_policyThe cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
_gaThe _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
_ga_*Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.
_ga_4T64L6Z5RWThis cookie is installed by Google Analytics.
_GRECAPTCHAGoogle Recaptcha service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
_pin_unauthThis cookie is placed by Pinterest Tag when the user cannot be matched. It contains a unique UUID to group actions across pages.
_sp_id.*Snowplow sets this cookie to store user information that is created when a user first visits a site and is updated on subsequent visits.
_sp_id.e6caNo description
_sp_root_domain_test_1695708751402Description is currently not available.
_sp_ses.*Snowplow sets this cookie to store user information that is created when a user first visits a site and is updated on subsequent visits.
_sp_ses.e6caNo description
__cfruidCloudflare sets this cookie to identify trusted web traffic.
__cf_bmCloudflare set the cookie to support Cloudflare Bot Management.

How can I control the cookie preferences?

Should you decide to change your preferences later through your browsing session, you can click on the “Privacy & Cookie Policy” tab on your screen. This will display the consent notice again enabling you to change your preferences or withdraw your consent entirely.

In addition to this, different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. To find out more about how to manage and delete cookies, visit wikipedia.org, www.allaboutcookies.org.

Privacy Policy

It’s Beyond My Control blog is committed to safeguarding your privacy. Contact us at dominique@itsbeyondmycontrol.com if you have any questions or problems regarding the use of your Personal Data and we will gladly assist you.

By using this site or/and our services, you consent to the Processing of your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy is a part of our Terms and Conditions; by agreeing to Terms and Conditions you also agree to this Policy. In the event of a collision of terms used in the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy, the latter shall prevail.

Table of Contents

  1. Definitions used in this Policy
  2. Data protection principles we follow
  3. What rights do you have regarding your Personal Data
  4. What Personal Data we gather about you
  5. How we use your Personal Data
  6. Who else has access to your Personal Data
  7. How we secure your data
  8. Contact information

Definitions

Personal Data – any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Processing – any operation or set of operations that is performed on Personal Data or on sets of Personal Data.

Data subject – a natural person whose Personal Data is being Processed.

Child – a natural person under 16 years of age.

We/us (either capitalized or not) – It’s Beyond My Control/ Dominique de Merteuil

 

Data Protection Principles

We promise to follow the following data protection principles:

  • Processing is lawful, fair, and transparent. Our Processing activities have lawful grounds. We always consider your rights before Processing Personal Data. We will provide you with information regarding Processing upon request.
  • Processing is limited to the purpose. Our Processing activities fit the purpose for which Personal Data was gathered.
  • Processing is done with minimal data. We only gather and Process the minimal amount of Personal Data required for any purpose.
  • Processing is limited by a time period. We will not store your personal data for longer than needed.
  • We will do our best to ensure the accuracy of the data.
  • We will do our best to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of data.

Data we gather

Information you have provided us with – Name and e-mail address
This might be your e-mail address, name, billing address, home address etc – mainly information that is necessary for delivering you a product/service or to enhance your customer experience with us. We save the information you provide us with in order for you to comment or perform other activities on the website. This information includes, for example, your name and e-mail address.

We use Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) marketing software. Details on Brevo Terms&Condition page.

Which data Brevo stores;

Your name, email, IP address.

Comments

When you leave comments on the website site we collect the data shown in the comments form such as your e-mail address and your name, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Information automatically collected about you-Your IP address 
This includes information that is automatically stored by cookies and other session tools. For example, your shopping cart information, your IP address, your shopping history (if there is any) etc. This information is used to improve the customer experience. When you use our services or look at the contents of our website, your activities may be logged.

Publicly available information
We might gather information about you that is publicly available.

How we use your Personal Data

We use your Personal Data in order to:

  • provide our service to you. This includes, for example, registering your account; providing you with other products and services that you have requested; providing you with promotional items at your request and communicating with you in relation to those products and services; communicating and interacting with you, and notifying you of changes to any services.
  • enhance your customer experience;
  • fulfil an obligation under law or contract;

On the ground of legitimate interest, we Process your Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • to send you new post notifications and news from/about www.itsbeyondmycontrol.com

As long as you have not informed us otherwise, we consider offering you products/services that are similar or same to your purchasing history/browsing behaviour to be our legitimate interest.

With your consent we Process your Personal Data for the following purposes:

  • to send you newsletters and campaign offers (from us and/or our carefully selected partners);
  • for other purposes we have asked your consent for;

Who else can access your Personal Data

We do not share your Personal Data with strangers. Personal Data about you is in some cases provided to our trusted partners in order to either make providing the service to you possible or to enhance your customer experience.

How we secure your data

We do our best to keep your Personal Data safe. We use anonymising and pseudonymising where suitable. We monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks. Even though we try our best we can not guarantee the security of information. However, we promise to notify suitable authorities of data breaches. We will also notify you if there is a threat to your rights or interests. We will do everything we reasonably can to prevent security breaches and to assist authorities should any breaches occur.

If you have an account with us, note that you have to keep your username and password secret.

Children

We do not intend to collect or knowingly collect information from children. We do not target children with our services.

Affiliate Disclosure

When I place an affiliate link within my post, you will always see a disclosure that reads exactly or similar to the text below;

I’m part of an affiliate program, and I get a small commission for purchases made through the links in this post. That’s how I keep my website alive, for which I’m very grateful to you. All opinions expressed here are mine! Shopping via my affiliate links comes at no additional cost to you.

By clicking on an affiliate link on itsbeyondmycontrol.com you accept liability for any consequences of visiting the third-party website or buying those goods or services.

All content produced on itsbeyondmycontrol.com is for informational and educational purposes. I can not be held liable if my information is used irresponsibly by others.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to make a change to this Privacy Policy.

Contact Information

dominique@itsbeyondmycontrol.com