Privacy Policy

Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul is a blog where stories, images and quotes are shared with its visitors.
All photos, footage and text are Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul’s own work.
Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul pledges there is no plagiarism. Credit will be stated appropriately where it is due.
By visiting Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul one is consenting to its privacy policy.
This Privacy Policy only covers information that Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul collects from its visitors.

Permission/Legal Statement

All content is property of Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul.
Unauthorised use and/or duplication of the content (this includes images, logo and text) without written permission from the owner is strictly prohibited.
Links may be used, provided that honest credit is given to Free Spirit ~Evergreen Soul with appropriate direction to the original content.

When visitors leave comments on the site Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul collects the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
After approval of your comment, it is only visible to the Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul blogger.

If you leave a comment on Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Google Analytics is used for Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul. Information is collected via a tracking cookie to monitor traffic to the site.
To opt-out of the Google Analytics, this extension can be installed onto the web browser: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
For the Google Analytics Privacy Policy, see here.
Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul uses advertisement and affiliated links on the site. A disclaimer will be stated accordingly when affiliated links are used.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Users may block cookies and opt-out of the third party advertisements.
Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul maintains the security and safety by using the necessary cookies. No identifying data is stored.
Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.

Posts on Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
The links to other websites that Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul uses have their own privacy policies. We have no access to the information that is controlled by the other websites. Please see their policy details on how they use the information.
Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul may share a visitor’s information with trusted third parties that strictly relate and provide support in running the website. These third parties respect one’s privacy and security. Please read through the privacy policies on the other websites.
A visitor of this website acknowledges that Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul is not responsible for third parties’ own privacy policies.

If a visitor leaves a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul has a voluntary newsletter subscription to allow notifications sent to the visitor’s provided email address. The newsletters may contain tracking pixels, allowing an analysis to adapt the content for future newsletters. This will not be passed on to third parties. Subscribers have the option to opt out of this feature at any time.
All details are protected and included in confidentiality.
No details will be used other than what’s agreed.
Free Spirit ~ Evergreen Soul does not collect names, emails or physical addresses. Personal data is not kept longer than necessary. All data is removed in a safe and secure way.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Data is stored at our web-hosting provider in a highly secure and encrypted facility.