Privacy Policy & Control

In addition to reader tips and sales of The Color Almanac, Design Seeds utilizes Google AdSense to fund the operational costs of the site.

Google statement from “Helping publishers comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act” : “Google has a long history of taking a user-first approach in everything we do. As a part of our commitment to users, we never sell personal information and we give users transparency and control over their ad experiences via My Account and several other features to help you manage your account. Per our Personalized advertising policy, we never use sensitive information to personalize ads. We also invest in initiatives such as the Coalition for Better Ads, the Google News Initiative, and ads.txt in order to support a healthy, sustainable ads ecosystem.”
Regarding ads served on the Design Seeds site :

  • Restrictive data processing is set by default for ads served to California visitors as of December 12, 2019
  • By default, non-personalized ads are displayed to users in the EEA as of November 18, 2019


    • Your Google “My Account” Ad Settings

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    The Design Seeds site does not :

    • Collect email addresses, IP addresses, or personal information
    • Employ Analytics or invasive site visitor traffic data tracking
    • Sell or market visitor data

    The following are further disclosures regarding Google Ads :

    • Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to Design Seeds
    • Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads based on what internet sites you visit, including Design Seeds
    • Google Ads running on Design Seeds also include Google AdWords

    You may opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for interest based advertising by visiting aboutads.info. You can also choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since each browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you turn cookies off, some features will be disabled that make your site experience more efficient, and may not function properly.

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    Last updated : 11.21.19