Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 15, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how The Thriving LOC (“we”, “us” or “our”) collects, uses and protects your personal information when you visit thethrivingloc.com. By using this website you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this policy.
Information We Collect
We collect information in two ways.
Information you give us directly. When you subscribe to our newsletter, leave a comment or fill out a contact form, you provide us with personal information such as your name and email address.
Information collected automatically. When you visit our site we automatically collect certain information about your device including your IP address, browser type, browser language, referring URL, pages visited and time spent on those pages. This is collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to send you our newsletter if you have subscribed, respond to your comments and enquiries, improve our website content and user experience, serve relevant advertisements, analyse how visitors use our site, and comply with legal obligations. We do not sell, trade or rent your personal information to third parties.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
This website uses cookies to improve your experience and to serve advertisements. Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website.
We use the following types of cookies. Essential cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off. Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our site. Advertising cookies are used by our advertising partners to serve relevant ads based on your interests and browsing behaviour. Functional cookies remember your preferences to improve your experience on return visits.
You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect how the website functions and the relevance of ads you see.
Third Party Advertising Networks
We participate in third party advertising programs to help fund this website. These advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites in order to serve you relevant advertisements.
We may work with advertising networks including but not limited to Google AdSense, Mediavine, Raptive (AdThrive), Ezoic, PropellerAds, Media.net and other advertising partners. Each of these networks has its own privacy policy and data practices which we encourage you to review.
Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting google.com/settings/ads.
You can opt out of interest-based advertising from many advertising networks by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page at optout.aboutads.info or the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at optout.networkadvertising.org.
MailerLite
We use MailerLite to manage our email newsletter. When you subscribe, your email address is stored with MailerLite. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email we send. MailerLite’s privacy policy is available at mailerlite.com.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the site, what pages they visit and what other sites they used prior to coming to our site. We use this information to improve our content. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the site rather than your name or other identifying information. Google’s privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.
Your Rights
You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you. You have the right to request correction or deletion of your personal information. You have the right to withdraw consent for us to use your data at any time. You have the right to opt out of interest-based advertising as described above. To exercise any of these rights please contact us at contact@thethrivingloc.com.
Data Retention
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected. Newsletter subscriber data is retained until you unsubscribe.
Children’s Privacy
This website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information please contact us and we will delete it immediately.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. Your continued use of this website after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy please contact us at contact@thethrivingloc.com.