Privacy Policy

This is the main privacy policy for getbutterfly.com and for certain services provided through these and other getButterfly websites and applications (“our sites”).

At getButterfly we collect different types of information about our users for four main reasons:

  1. To help us to monitor and improve the services we offer.
  2. If we have permission from the user, to market services to them.

There may be other privacy policies that apply to certain services we provide. Please read these when you register or subscribe for these services on these sites.

We are no longer:

  • Collecting full IP addresses (Google now uses anonymised IP addresses).
  • Tracking demographics.
  • Personalizing content.

If you need a copy of your collected data, contact us at ciprian@getbutterfly.com.

If you want to delete your getButterfly account, contact us at ciprian@getbutterfly.com.

Email Policy

Information you provide: You provide us information about yourself, such as your name and email address, if you register for an account, including by connecting via a third-party service, or by “following” or “becoming a fan” on a third party website or network.

We may use your email address to send you service-related notices (including any notices required by law, in lieu of communication by postal mail). We may also use your contact information to send you marketing messages. If you don’t want to receive these messages, you can opt out by following the instructions in the message (use the unsubscribe link in the footer of the email message). If you correspond with us by email, we may retain the content of your email messages, your email address and our responses.

This website does not share personal information with third parties nor do we store any information about your visit to this website other than to analyze and optimize your content and reading experience through the use of cookies.

You can turn off the use of cookies at anytime by changing your specific browser settings. You can also opt out of Google Analytics and other related tracking mechanisms.

We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising, and analytics partners. Read more about how Google uses data when you use our site or apps.

This website is working with third parties (Twitter) to collect user data for purposes of conversion tracking and serving ads targeted to users’ interests, including the storing and accessing of cookies. You can also opt out of Twitter’s interest-based advertising.

If you are on the web, you can visit the Digital Advertising Alliance’s consumer choice tool at optout.aboutads.info to opt out of seeing interest-based advertising from Twitter in your current browser. On your mobile device, enable the “Limit Ad Tracking” setting in your iOS phone’s settings, or the setting to “Opt out of Ads Personalization” in your Android phone’s settings.

Comment Policy

We welcome constructive comments and allow any that meet our common sense criteria. This means being respectful and polite to others. It means providing helpful information that contributes to a story or discussion. It means leaving links only that substantially add further to a discussion. Comments using foul language, being disrespectful to others, or otherwise violating what we believe are common sense standards of discussion will be deleted.

Comments will be accepted and published if they meet the following requirements:

  1. The comment is not spam.
  2. The comment is not left solely to drive traffic elsewhere.
  3. The comment is not widely off-topic.
  4. The comment is not obscene or profane.
  5. The commenter has left a real name or proper screen name. (“Cheap Purses” and “MyCellPhoneTips” are not real names).
  6. We do use a broad list of moderation keywords, but if your comment is held for moderation and abides by our comment policy, it will be accepted shortly.

By submitting a comment here, you agree to the above comment policy and grant this site a perpetual license to reproduce your words and name/website in attribution.

Technical Details

We use cookies to give you the best, most relevant experience, personalize content through our advertising partners, and analyze site traffic. Read more about data processing.

This website uses cookies. We and our partners store and/or access information on a device, such as cookies and process personal data, such as unique identifiers and standard information sent by a device for personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, and audience insights, as well as to develop and improve products.

Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user\’s experience more efficient. The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission. This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.

With your permission we and our partners may use precise geolocation data and identification through device scanning. You may click to consent to our and our partners’ processing as described above. Alternatively you may click to refuse to consent or access more detailed information before consenting. Please note that some processing of your personal data may not require your consent, but you have a right to object to such processing. Your preferences will apply to this website only.

Store and/or access information on a device

Cookies, device identifiers, or other information can be stored or accessed on your device for the purposes presented to you.

Vendors can: Store and access information on the device such as cookies and device identifiers presented to a user.

Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development

Ads can be shown to you based on the content you’re viewing, the app you’re using, your approximate location, or your device type.

Ads and content can be personalised based on a profile. More data can be added to better personalise ads and content. Ad and content performance can be measured. Insights about audiences who saw the ads and content can be derived. Data can be used to build or improve user experience, systems and software.

To do basic ad selection vendors can: Use real-time information about the context in which the ad will be shown, to show the ad, including information about the content and the device, such as: device type and capabilities, user agent, URL, IP address. Use a user’s non-precise geolocation data. Control the frequency of ads shown to a user. Sequence the order in which ads are shown to a user. Prevent an ad from serving in an unsuitable editorial (brand-unsafe) context Vendors cannot: Create a personalised ads profile using this information for the selection of future ads. N.B. Non-precise means only an approximate location involving at least a radius of 500 meters is permitted.

Precise geolocation data, and identification through device scanning

Precise geolocation and information about device characteristics can be used.

Your precise geolocation data can be used in support of one or more purposes. This means your location can be accurate to within several meters.

Vendors can: Collect and process precise geolocation data in support of one or more purposes. N.B. Precise geolocation means that there are no restrictions on the precision of a user’s location; this can be accurate to within several meters.

Special purposes and features

Ensure security, prevent fraud, and debug: Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent fraudulent activity, and ensure systems and processes work properly and securely.

Technically deliver ads or content: Your device can receive and send information that allows you to see and interact with ads and content.

Match and combine offline data sources: Data from offline data sources can be combined with your online activity in support of one or more purposes.

Link different devices: Different devices can be determined as belonging to you or your household in support of one or more of purposes.

Receive and use automatically-sent device characteristics for identification: Your device might be distinguished from other devices based on information it automatically sends, such as IP address or browser type.

Google, Facebook, X (Twitter), LinkedIn and interest-based ads

This website utilizes Google Analytics to get aggregate metrics on website usage. You can control the information Google uses to show you ads. These settings apply when you’re signed into Google services.

You can also turn off ads personalization for the Google ads you see when you are on one of the 2+ million websites that partner with Google and for 100+ other online ad networks.

This website also use Google Demographic and Interest reports to gather anonymous summary demographic information about website visitors such as gender, age range, and areas of interest for adults over the age of 18. You can prevent your data from being collected and used by Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

You can also opt out of X\’s (Twitter) interest-based advertising.

You can also opt out of LinkedIn’s interest-based advertising.

If you would like to completely stop interest-based ads from all of the companies on any website or device, you should use web-based tools like aboutads.info and networkadvertising.org. These tools offer a single window to help you opt-out of Interest-based advertising from all member networks. They too use cookies and therefore you need to use them on every browser and device where you wish to opt-out.

Right of deletion

If you need to delete your account and/or collected data, contact us.

This privacy policy is subject to change without notice and was last updated on May 1st, 2024.