Effective Date: April 20, 2022 

Privacy Statement

Our mission at Sophisticated Zen, LLC is to provide information that meets our readers needs and expectations while also protecting their privacy. Our readers’ privacy is one of our top priorities.

It’s important to us that we write about privacy in a way that our readers can truly understand. This Privacy Policy is part of our Terms of Service, which means that by using our website, you agree to be bound by both the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service.

If you do not agree to our Terms of Service, please do not use our website. This Privacy Policy may also be updated periodically, in which case the most recent changes will reflect in the “effective” date noted above.

Cookies

Sophisticated Zen, LLC may obtain information about you by installing what are known as “cookies” on your computer’s hard drive, which is an industry standard practice for digital media organizations. We use cookies to collect statistical information about the ways visitors use our site including which pages they visit, which links they use, and how long they stay on each page. It lets us know what people like, and what they don’t like, so that we can continue to produce the most helpful content possible.

If you don’t want to receive cookies, you can turn this function off in your browser at any time. Keep in mind, however, that if you disable cookies when you visit Sophisticated Zen, LLC, you may not be able to experience our site’s full functionality.

Sophisticated Zen, LLC, also collects information that is sent to us automatically by your web browser, in order to generate aggregate statistics about visitors to our website. The information typically includes details about your IP address, browser type and plug-in details, operating system device type (desktop, laptop, mobile, etc), date and time of each visitor request, and which search engine was used.

One of the tools we use to analyze this information is Google Analytics. Information about how Google Analytics operated and uses data from our website is available at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partnered. As part of our use of google analytics, we install cookies.

We Do Not Sell Personal Information

We will never sell your Personally Identifiable Information to third parties without your consent. (Ever.) We also do not store any Personally Identifiable Information, unless you sign up for the SZ newsletter, in which case only your email and whatever name you choose to declare will be stored for use in connection with the newsletter.

Sophisticated Zen, LLC, may use non-Personally Identifiable Information for various other business purposes, such as content performance analysis, fraud and spam prevention, market research, and other analysis to improve our website. This information is aggregated and cannot be traced back to you; the collection of this information depends on the settings in your browser.

Please check your browser if you want to learn what information your browser sends or how to change your settings.

Outbound Links

Our website and social media may contain links to third party websites, scientific research, and other services, products, and applications not operated or sold by Sophisticated Zen, LLC.

These links are provided as reference by Sophisticated Zen, LLC.

Accordingly, Sophisticated Zen, LLC, is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party entities linked to on our website (or any parties that link to us, for that matter). We encourage you to review the privacy policies/terms of service of any third party site that is linked from our site.

Affiliate Disclosure: We are a professional review site that may receive compensation from the companies whose products thoroughly and give high marks to only the very best. We are independently owned and the opinions expressed here are our own.

Privacy Inquires

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, feel free to send us an email at sophisticatedzen@gmail.com.