Low Carb Maven

Privacy Policy

TERMS AND DISCLOSURES

Low Carb Maven (LCM) at LowCarbMaven.com (formerly Mom Can I Have That?) is a personal blog written by Kim. Every effort is made to share great content that has value to our readers. Thank you for being here!

In the name of transparency, this page details what kinds of information we collect and other Terms of Use that apply to you. By accessing and browsing this website, you agree to be bound by the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. In the event of any violation of the Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, or any applicable laws, we intend to fully cooperate with law enforcement officials or agencies in the investigation of such violations.

TERMS OF USE

NO WARRANTY

Low Carb Maven makes no warranties of any kind.

Low Carb Maven (and all contained herein) is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis and disclaims all warranties, express and implied, including but not limited to fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability, non-infringement, availability, or security.

We make a reasonable effort to provide accurate information, but cannot warrant that any information provided is accurate, complete, reliable, or current. We provide no warranty or assume liability for any information on the Website.

LIMITED LIABILITY

Low Carb Maven LLC, its author/creator and contributors, is/are not liable in any way for losses or damages of any kind in connection with the use of this website, including but not limited to emotional distress, bodily injury, loss of earnings, medical bills, direct, indirect, incidental, punitive and consequential damages, even if such parties have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Should there be a legally mandatory exclusion to this liability disclaimer, and should we be found liable for any legal action, the parties agree that the extent of any monetary award shall be limited to no more than $500.

NUTRITION INFORMATION

Nutritional information accompanying recipes is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. On older recipes nutrition data was gathered from using the MasterCook program. Nutritional data on recipes as of 2018 are calculated on Fatsecret.com. Nutrition information can vary for a recipe based on precision of measurements, brands, the source of nutrition data, as well as the algorithms used in nutritional programs. We strive to keep the information as accurate as possible, but make no warranties regarding its accuracy and encourage readers to make their own calculations.
The author of Low Carb Maven is not a physician, dietician, or nutritionist. Any recommendations are made based on personal experience and research and shall not be construed as medical or nutritional advice.

Neither Low Carb Maven LLC nor Kim shall be liable for any adverse reactions or unfavorable outcomes resulting from using recipes or recommendations provided on this website or actions you take as a result. You are responsible for your own actions.

Always consult your physician and health care providers for medical advice and before beginning any new eating plan.

Website content, images, text, software, and all other content is the property of Low Carb Maven LLC and is protected by the United States and International copyright laws.

Limited, non-exclusive, personal, and non-transferable license will be given to download and use media such as ebooks and other digital products. Suce media may not be modified, distributed, sold, shared, republished or used to create derivative content without our express content.

Please link from your website to ours, and thank you! One photo or excerpt (up to 100 words) from any post may be used with a mandatory link back to the original post on the website. Posting an entire recipe, more than one paragraph of a post, or using a photo without a back link to the original content is not allowed and constitutes copyright infringement.

USAGE RESTRICTIONS

Content from the LCM website may be viewed and printed for personal, non-commercial use, provided that all copyright and attribution notices remain intact. You may not reproduce, publish, transmit, distribute, sell, license, modify, or create content form this website or any part, without prior written consent.

Providing personal information to Low Carb Maven, including but not limited to your name and email address constitutes consent to receive electronic communications from us. Find out more about this in the Privacy Policy.

CONTENT SUBMISSIONS

Any content submitted to us in any form via the website, email, or social media platforms, becomes our property to be used as we choose. Blog submissions must be the intellectual property of the submitter and may not violate any copyright or trademark laws. Submitted content must not be defamatory, obscene, pornographic, abusive, threatening, soliciting in nature or violate any laws. The submission of content to us, grants us license to use it in any way, including without limitation, a right to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat it.

INDEMNITY

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Low Carb Maven LLC from any and all third party claims, losses, liability, damages, and/or costs, including reasonable attorney fees and costs, arising from your access to or use of the Site or your violation of these Terms of Use. We will notify you promptly of any such claim, loss, liability, or demand, and will provide you with reasonable assistance, at your expense, in defending any such claim, loss, liability, damage, or cost.

ARBITRATION

This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its choice of law provisions. By agreeing to be bound by these Terms of Use, you agree that any legal action or claims between you and us must be resolved exclusively through a mandatory, final, binding arbitration in the state and federal courts of the State of California, in the County of Riverside. The parties shall be responsible for their own attorneys’ fees and will equally share the cost of arbitration.

REVISIONS

We reserve the right to modify these terms and conditions at any time. By continuing to use the Website after any changes, you accept and agree to any revisions. You may reject any revisions by discontinuing use of the Website.

COMPENSATION DISCLOSURE

We support this blog by accepting forms of advertising, sponsorship, and affiliate relationships and links. Any compensation received does not influence the content, topics, or posts made on this blog as all views and opinions are our own. We only share content that we stand behind as it fits the mission of Low Carb Maven.

SPONSORED CONTENT

Sponsored content gives us the opportunity to work with companies and brands that excite us. Sponsored content in the form of recipe development using a specific product, giveaways, and product reviews, will be disclosed at the beginning of each post. As always, our opinions are honest and completely our own regardless of any compensation. Please check with manufacturer about specific product claims, statistics, quotes or other representations about products or services.

Low Carb Maven 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 linking to amazon.com.
Being an affiliate means that we may receive a small commission on sales we refer from this Website - at no additional cost to you. We truly appreciate your support by using our links, but your participation is entirely voluntary.

ADVERTISING

Low Carb Maven contains paid advertisements on the Website for which we receive compensation. These advertisements pay for the costs of running the site and support the free content that we provide.

PRIVACY POLICY

Low Carb Maven is committed to maintaining the privacy and protection of your personal information upon visiting this Website. Visiting this website constitutes consent to the practices described in this policy.

PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED

You are welcome to browse this site anonymously. However, we will collect personal information (including your name and email address) if you choose to contact us, leave a comment on a post, subscribe to our newsletter, opt in to receive downloads or other freebies, or make a purchase.

INFORMATION COLLECTED THROUGH GOOGLE ANALYTICS

Low Carb Maven uses Google Analytics to collect traffic data. This provides us the ability to monitor visitor information such as IP addresses, browser type, operating system, location, date/time of visit, and information about which areas of the site are visited. All data is anonymous and is used solely for improving the user experience of our audience as a whole.

INFORMATION COLLECTED BY ADVERTISERS

All advertising on Low Carb Maven is in the form of advertisements generated by a third party ad network, Mediavine. This network may use aggregated, non-personally identifiable information about your visits to this and other websites 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 refer to http://www.networkadvertising.org. To opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

AdSense allows third party vendors, including Google, to use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this Website. Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the ads preference manager.

INFORMATION COLLECTED VIA SUBMISSIONS

When you leave comments, fill out submission forms, or email us, you have the option of providing your name, blog or website url, or other information. This Personal Information may become a permanent part of the Website when you provide it with a comment, and can be seen by other visitors to the site. The email address field supplied when leaving a comment will not be publicly displayed.

HOW WE USE DATA COLLECTED

Personal Information we collect may be used as follows:

  1. To improve user experience on the Website.
  2. To send you electronic information or products.
  3. To execute a giveaway, contest, survey, or other site feature.
  4. To promote our content on social media or other places on the Internet.

SHARING OF INFORMATION

Sometimes we might share your information with third party business partners who provide essential services to our business. They have permission to use the information only as it pertains to performing their business obligations to Low Carb Maven.

OPT OUT OR REMOVAL OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may choose not to provide any Personal Information. If you have already provided it, you may contact us if you prefer to have it removed. Be aware that this may limit your ability to use some of our products and features on the Website.
If you wish to opt out of email newsletters, you can do this on your own by using the unsubscribe link from the newsletter.

SALE OF INFORMATION

If we decide to sell all or part of this Website in the future, your personal information will be included as part of the assets made available to the new owner.

SECURITY OF INFORMATION

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, your Personal Information will not be shared with third parties, unless required by law.

CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT

We comply with the requirements of COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act). We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from anyone under 13 years of age. The content of this Website is directed at adults, not children. Please contact us immediately if you find a child under 13 using this Website.

THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

This Website provides links to other websites for your convenience. Low Carb Maven has no control over and assumes no liability for the actions, products, services, content, privacy policies, or terms of these sites. Please review their policies before proceeding.

DO NOT TRACK SIGNALS

California law requires that we disclose whether we acknowledge “do not track” signals issued by browsers or privacy software. We do not respond to such signals at this time.

QUESTIONS & UPDATES

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us.

Last Edited on 2015-04-25