Policies & Disclosures
Disclosure Policy
This blog accepts forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions, or other forms of compensation.
The compensation received will never influence the content, topics, or posts made on this blog. All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third-party ad network, and those advertisements will be clearly identified as paid advertisements.
The owner of this blog is occasionally compensated to provide opinions on products, services, websites, and various other topics. Even though we may receive compensation for our posts or advertisements, we always share our honest opinions, findings, beliefs, and personal experiences regarding those topics or products. The views and opinions expressed on this blog are purely our own. Any product claim, statistic, quote, or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider, or party in question.
This blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest.
By Hai Vi utilizes affiliate links and advertisements that may pay out a small commission if you choose to make a purchase through them. When purchasing through these links, your price will never increase; rather, it provides a small credit to this site for driving business to the brands we are affiliated with.
By Hai Vi is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.
This blog is a personal lifestyle blog written and edited by Hai Vi. For any questions regarding this blog, please contact [email protected].
Privacy Policy
Effective as of January 1, 2024
As the owner of this website (https://www.byhaivi.com), we understand that your privacy is of critical importance. This Privacy Policy describes what information we collect from you via the site and how we use and disclose such information.
Our Use of Cookies
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies. A persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before then. A session cookie will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed. 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.
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- Authentication: To identify you when you visit and navigate our website.
- Personalization: To store information about your preferences and personalize the website experience for you.
- Security: As an element of the security measures used to protect user accounts, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect our website and services generally.
- Advertising: To help us display advertisements that will be relevant to you.
- Analysis: To help us analyze the use and performance of our website and services.
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies to create reports about our site’s performance. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/
Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser. You can obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via your specific browser’s official support documentation (e.g., Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge). Please note that blocking cookies may have a negative impact on the functions of many websites, and some features of our site may become unavailable to you.
Log Files
Like many other websites, byhaivi.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and the number of clicks. This data is used to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movement around the site, and gather broad demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.
Third-Party Privacy Policies
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on byhaivi.com. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to users based on their visits to our site 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. For more information about how Google uses information from websites that use their services, please visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Our advertising partners may also use cookies and web beacons on our site. These third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology to send the advertisements and links that appear on byhaivi.com directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see.
By Hai Vi has no access to or control over these cookies 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 as well as instructions on how to opt out. Our privacy policy does not apply to, and we cannot control the activities of, such other advertisers or websites.
Advertising Privacy Statement
This site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement
We publish interest-based advertisements on the site; that is, ads tailored to reflect your interests. To help understand your interests, our advertising partners will track your behavior on our website and on other websites across the Internet using cookies.
By using this site, you consent to the use of such cookies and the sharing of data captured by such cookies with Raptive, Google, and our other third-party partners. You can view, delete, or add interest categories associated with your browser by visiting: https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of the network cookie using those settings or using the Network Advertising Initiative’s multi-cookie opt-out mechanism at: http://optout.networkadvertising.org.
For California Residents
California law gives residents the right to opt out of the “sale” of their personal information to third parties, including for advertising purposes. Under California law, the sharing of your information with a service provider for advertising purposes could be considered a “sale.” To opt out of the sharing of your information for advertising purposes, click the opt-out link provided in the footer of this page. You also have the right to request from us the categories of personal information that we have shared and the categories of third parties to whom the information was provided. To make such a request, please contact us at [email protected]. To be clear, we do not share your name, contact information, or any other sensitive information with third parties. The categories of third parties that we share information with for advertising purposes are supply-side platforms, programmatic advertising exchanges, and demand-side platforms.
For European Economic Area (EEA) Residents
If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws, you have the right to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing. If you wish to access or delete your personal data (if any) maintained by us related to advertising on the site, you can contact us at [email protected]. If you wish to see a list of the advertising partners we work with or change which of those partners track your behavior using cookies, click the ad preferences link at the bottom of the site.
If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, please feel free to contact us by email at [email protected].