PRIVACY AND DISCLOSURE

The Magic of Littles is a website owned by Creative Sitters, LLC (DBA: Muse Families, LLC). The Heart of Play/The Magic of Littles is a podcast owned by Creative Sitters, LLC (DBA: Muse Families, LLC). Creative Sitters, LLC highly values your privacy. We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information. This policy was last updated and is valid from January 15th 2020 and may change without notice.

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DISCLAIMER

The website and digital content on The Magic of Littles and The Heart of Play Show/The Magic of Littles podcast are a set of resources, written and produced by Renee Pena Lopez, MSED. It is not intended to replace medical advice or the consultation of a paediatrician or other medical professional. If you have concerns about your child’s health or development, please contact your child’s doctor. If your child is currently receiving developmental therapies, please follow your child’s individual treatment plan and your early intervention team’s recommendations.

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All activities described by The Magic of Littles and The Heart of Play Show/The Magic of Littles podcast assume close supervision of the child by an adult. For the purposes of this podcast and blog, as well as any other The Magic of Littles and The Heart of Play Show/The Magic of Littles products, close supervision is defined as an adult within arm’s reach of the child, with eyes directly on the child. Creative Sitters, LLC./Muse Families, LLC (DBA) assumes no liability for accident or injury resulting from replicating activities described within this podcast, blog or any related products and services.

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DISCLOSURES & COPYRIGHT

From time to time in my posts and on social media pages, I will have an affiliate link directly to an item I have used and/or recommend. You can decide to purchase the item through this link or not. The cost is the same, whichever you choose; however, any purchases made through an affiliate link helps in maintaining this site and the content I create for you.

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All written and audio content and all images are the sole property of Renee Pena Lopez, MSED and Creative Sitters, LLC. All audio, printable products and digital products, whether offered free or for purchase, are intended for individual use and may not be shared by emailing or transferring files, posting in a forum or other website, replicating print copies, or any other means without express permission. You may share one image and a link to the original post on another website. If you would like to reprint a post, please contact Renee Pena Lopez at renee@themagicoflittles.com.

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PRIVACY POLICY

Names and email addresses are collected for the purposes of our newsletter and RSS feeds. We collect personal information from you so that we can provide you with a positive experience when utilizing our Website or content. We will only collect the minimum amount of information necessary for us to fulfill our obligation to you. We may collect:

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1. A name and an email address so we can deliver our newsletter to you-you affirmatively consent to this by providing this to us in our contact forms.

2. Billing information including name, address and credit card information so that we can process payment to deliver our products or services to you under our contractual obligation.

3. A name and an email address if you complete our contact form with a question. 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.

4. Information from you from a co-branded offer. In this case, we will make clear as to who is collecting the information and whose privacy policy applies. If both / all parties are retaining the information you provide, this will also be made clear as will links to all privacy policies.

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Please note that the information above (“Personal Data”) that you are giving to us is voluntarily, and by you providing this information to us you are giving consent for us to use, collect and process this Personal Data. You are welcome to opt-out or request for us to delete your Personal Data at any point by contacting us at hello@themagicoflittles.com

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If you choose not to provide us with certain Personal Data, you may not be able to participate in certain aspects of our Website or content.

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Other Information We May Collect

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Anonymous Data Collection and Use

To maintain our Website’s high quality, we may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer the Website by identifying which areas of the Website are most heavily used, and to display content according to your preferences. Your IP address is the number assigned to computers connected to the Internet. This is essential “traffic data” which cannot personally identify you, but is helpful to us for marketing purposes and for improving our services. Traffic data collection does not follow a user’s activities on any other websites in any way. Anonymous traffic data may also be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate basis.

 

Use of “Cookies”

We may use the standard “cookies” feature of major web browsers. We do not set any personally identifiable information in cookies, nor do we employ any data-capture mechanisms on our Website other than cookies. You may choose to disable cookies through your own web browser’s settings. However, disabling this function may diminish your experience on our Website and some features may not work as intended.

 

What We Do With Information We Collect

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Contact You

We may contact you with information that you provide to us based on these lawful grounds for processing:

1. Consent. We may contact you if you give us your clear, unambiguous, affirmative consent to contact you.

2. Contract. We will contact you under our contractual obligation to deliver goods or services you purchase from us.

3. Legitimate Interest. We may contact you if we feel you have a legitimate interest in hearing from us. For example, if you sign up for a webinar/conference, we may send you marketing emails based on the content of that webinar/conference. You will always have the option to opt-out of any of our emails.

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Process Payments

We will use the Personal Data you give to us in order to process your payment for the purchase of goods or services under a contract. We only use third-party payment processors that take the utmost care in securing data and comply with the GDPR.
Targeted Social Media Advertisements We may use the data you provide to us to run social media advertisements and/or create look-alike audiences for advertisements.

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Share with Third Parties

We may share your information with trusted third parties such as our newsletter provider in order to contact you via email, our merchant accounts to process payments, and Google / social media accounts in order to run advertisements and our affiliates.

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Viewing by Others

Note that whenever you voluntarily make your Personal Data available for viewing by others online through this Website or its content, it may be seen, collected and used by others, and therefore, we cannot be responsible for any unauthorized or improper use of the information that you voluntarily share (i.e., sharing a comment on a blog post, posting in a Facebook group that we manage, sharing details on a group coaching call, etc.).

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Submission, Storage, Sharing and Transferring of Personal Data

Personal Data that you provide to us is stored internally or through a data management system. Your Personal Data will only be accessed by those who help to obtain, manage or store that information, or who have a legitimate need to know such Personal Data (i.e., our hosting provider, newsletter provider, payment processors or team members). It is important to note that we may transfer data internationally. For users in the European Union, please be aware that we transfer Personal Data outside of the European Union. By using our Website and providing us with your Personal Data, you consent to these transfers in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

 

Data Retention

We retain your Personal Data for the minimum amount of time necessary to provide you with the information and/or services that you requested from us. We may include certain Personal Data for longer periods of time if necessary for legal, contractual and accounting obligations.

 

Confidentiality

We aim to keep the Personal Data that you share with us confidential. Please note that we may disclose such information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that: (1) such action is necessary to protect and defend our rights or property or those of our users or licensees, (2) to act as immediately necessary in order to protect the personal safety or rights of our users or the public, or (3) to investigate or respond to any real or perceived violation of this Privacy Policy or of our Disclaimer, Terms and Conditions, or any other terms of use or agreement with us.