Privacy Policy

triathlonbudgeting.com (“we”, “our” or “us”) is committed to protecting your personal information (as defined below) that we collect, store, use and share (collectively “Process”) when you interact with us. Our Privacy Policy describes when, why and how we Process your personal information, as well as your rights relative to these activities. Our Privacy Policy is completed by our Cookie Policy.

When does our Privacy Policy apply?

Our Privacy Policy applies when you interact with us through the services described in our Privacy Policy. There may be specific terms that apply from time to time, and so we will make these terms available when you participate in those activities.

Our Privacy Policy does not apply to any third-party websites or tools, even though we may link to such third party websites. Where applicable, it is your responsibility to ensure that you review and agree with these third party policies and procedures. Information about our third party processors is available here.

Mediavine Ads Privacy Policy

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.

What is Personal Information?

“Personal Information” is any information about an identified or identifiable individual. Though national laws have different functional definitions of the notion of “Personal Information”, we consider that information qualifies as “personal information” when it can be used directly or combined with other information to identify a person.

The Personal Information that is Processed by us depends on the context of our interactions. You may be directly submitting Personal Information to us, for example as part of a request or a form completed by you. We could also be Processing information as a result of interactions with our Website, notably as part of our Analytics and Cookies Policy. Not all information that is Processed qualifies as Personal Information.

Affiliate Programs

THLONBUDGETING.COM IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE AMAZON SERVICES LLC ASSOCIATES PROGRAM AND OTHER AFFILIATE PROGRAMS, AN AFFILIATE ADVERTISING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A MEANS FOR SITES TO EARN ADVERTISING FEES BY ADVERTISING AND LINKING TO AMAZON.COM AND OTHER WEBSITES. NOTE THAT WE MAY RECEIVE AFFILIATE COMPENSATION FOR THE PROVIDED LINKS IN THIS WEBSITE AT NO COST TO YOU IF YOU DECIDE TO PURCHASE ANY OF THE PRODUCTS OR SEVICES.

How is Personal Information Processed when you use our Website?

How will we collect your Personal Information?Information we collect automatically. In addition to the Personal Information that you may provide us voluntarily when completing a form (see below), we will collect some Personal Information automatically when you use our websites. 
What Personal Information do we collect?We will collect your IP address and other information described in our Cookie Policy. Note that not all information that may be Processed qualifies as Personal Information. 
Why do we Process your Personal Information?We aim to improve our website and our service offerings – this is part of the goals of our Processing activities when you use our websites. Better understanding of how individuals interact with our Website, what areas are of interest, what design choices create engagement – these are examples of the kinds of questions we want to investigate. In turn, we can also use these kinds of insights to improve our products and services. Also, we want to be able to provide you with content we believe to be relevant. To do so, we use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., web beacons, pixels, ad tags and device identifiers) to recognize you and your device(s) on our Website and to tailor our Website, advertisements and other content and communications with you according to your interest in our products and services. This practice is further described in our Cookie Policy.
How will we share your Personal Information with third parties?We don’t sell or share your data with anyone.  We do use a 3rd party email provider to store your email address if you voluntarily signed up for our email newsletter and only if required for other purposes mentioned on this page 
How long will we retain your Personal Information?Your Personal Information will be kept as detailed in our Cookie Policy.

How is Personal Information Processed when you subscribe to our mailing lists?

How will we collect your Personal Information?When you subscribe to our mailing lists, we Process the information you submit alongside your registration, such as name and email address. As described in our Cookies Policy, we use tracking technologies (e.g., web beacons, pixels, ad tags and device identifiers) in the emails we send you.
What Personal Information do we collect?The Personal Information we Process will depend on the registration form you complete. Also, we will collect your IP address and other information described in our Cookies Policy.
Why do we Process your Personal Information?We Process the Personal Information you submit when you register for a mailing list with your consent. As long as you do not withdraw your consent, we will Process your Personal Information to subscribe you to our promotional emails (and of course, to send you those emails). We consider that it is important that we provide you with content that is relevant to you, as such, we use cookies and similar technologies (e.g., web beacons, pixels, ad tags and device identifiers) to (i) understand how you interact with our emails (whether you open our emails, interact with its content or if you forwarded the email (although we would not know to whom it was forwarded); and (ii) send you more appropriate information in the future. We also aim to improve our emails and our service offerings – this is part of the goals of our Processing activities. 
How long will we retain your Personal Information?We will retain your Personal Information until you withdraw your consent.

What are some other reasons we may share your Personal Information?

Business transfers. Because it is important for us that we have the flexibility and possibility to conduct our business, we may share and transfer your Personal Information without your permission where there is a corporate event requiring such transfer, such as a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or sale of assets. As part of this kind of event, we may share some or all of your Personal Information to the relevant third party (or its advisors) as part of any due diligence process or transfer to that reorganized entity or third party.

Legal disclosure. To comply with our legal obligations, we may share your Personal Information with third parties if we believe that disclosure is useful to enforce our Privacy Policy, to detect or prevent fraud, security or technical issues or to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process, governmental request or certification.

Affiliates and strategic partners. We may share your Personal Information with our affiliates and strategic partners as part of our delivery of services and products. This is done in accordance with the purposes set out in this Privacy Privacy Policy.

Other purposes with your consent. Where you’ve expressly consented for your Personal Information to be shared with other third parties, we will Process it in accordance with such consent. For example, there may be specific instances where additional terms apply and, through these, we make clear that specific third parties Process your Personal Information.

What rights you have over your data

We strive to make the below rights available to you. If your local laws and regulations do not require us to make sure you can assert the below rights (or if doing so is contrary to applicable laws and regulations), we may not be able to make these rights available to you. We highlight below the main rights made available to individuals as part of privacy laws, but these rights may or may not be available to you depending on where you live and where you are from. Different countries have different rules, so if you wish to exercise any of the below rights or have any questions or concerns, contact us in writing.

Access to, Accuracy and completeness of your Personal Information. Subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law, we will give reasonable access to the Personal Information we Process about you and you have the right to challenge the accuracy and completeness of that information and if the Personal Information we Process about you is incomplete or inaccurate, you have the right to ask that we correct it as appropriate.

Withdraw your consent. You may also withdraw your consent to our Processing of your Personal Information, or opt-out of certain uses and disclosures, subject to legal and contractual restrictions.

Right to erasure. You have the right to request that we delete the Personal Information that we have about you.

Data portability. You have the right to data portability in certain circumstances.

Right to restriction of processing. In certain circumstances, you can request that limit how we are Processing your Personal Information.

Right to object. You can object to our Processing of your Personal Information that is based on our legitimate interest for doing so. You can also object to our Processing of your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes (including profiling).

Right to lodge a complaint. You have the right, without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you consider that our Processing of your Personal Information infringes local laws and regulations.

Where we Send your Data

Your Personal Information will be stored on servers of third-party service providers, mainly in the United States. You consent to the transfer of information to countries outside your country of residence, which may have different data protection rules than in your country of residence.

When necessary, we will use reasonable efforts to retain service providers who are certified to the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield Frameworks or we will implement Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the EU Commission, or similar contractual clauses in other jurisdictions. You can request a copy of the EU Standard Contractual Clauses here.

How We Protect Your Data

We use standard measures to treat your Personal Information securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

While we take these steps to maintain the security of your information, you should be aware of the many information security risks that exist and take appropriate care to help safeguard your information. The nature of the internet is such that we cannot guarantee the security of the information you transmit to us electronically, and any transmission is at your own risk.

Changes

We may update or revise our Privacy Policy, from time to time as we deem necessary in order to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make as they are binding on you.

Contact

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us. We may be contacted at [email protected]