Last Updated: 01/06/2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to CozyMotive (“we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and readers (“you”). This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information that is received and collected by CozyMotive, found at CozyMotive.com, and how it is used.

This policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they share and/or we collect. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

  • Personal Data: This is information you voluntarily provide to us that personally identifies you, such as your name and email address, when you leave a comment on a blog post or contact us through a form.
  • Non-Personal Data (Log Files): Like most websites, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our site. This may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and the number of clicks. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track user movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

  • Operate and maintain our website.
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website and content.
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website.
  • Respond to your comments, questions, and inquiries.
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, for customer service or to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website.
  • Display advertising that may be relevant to your interests.

4. Cookies and Web Beacons

CozyMotive uses “cookies” to enhance your experience. Cookies are small files stored on your computer’s hard drive that store information about your preferences and other information that you may need when you visit a website.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

5. Advertising Partners

CozyMotive’s primary source of revenue is display advertising. We work with third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use cookies and web beacons to collect non-personal information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
Our advertising partners include, but are not limited to:

  • Google AdSense
  • (You may list other ad networks here, like Mediavine, AdThrive, Ezoic, etc., as you join them)

These third-party ad servers use technology in their respective advertisements and links that appear on CozyMotive and which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs.

Google DoubleClick DART Cookie:
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on CozyMotive. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our site’s visitors based upon their visit to CozyMotive.com and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

Please note that CozyMotive has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers. You should consult the respective privacy policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information on their practices.

6. Analytics

We use third-party analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to help analyze how users use the site. These services use cookies to collect information such as how often users visit the site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the site. We use this information to improve our website and services.

You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

7. Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

8. Children’s Information

Protecting the privacy of young children is especially important. CozyMotive does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian believes that CozyMotive has in its database the personally-identifiable information of a child under the age of 13, please contact us immediately and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us by email at [email protected]