It is Midwest Life and Style’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our Website. This Privacy Policy applies to www.midwestlifeandstyle.com (hereinafter, “us”, “we”, or “www.midwestlifeandstyle.com”). We recognize and respect your privacy concerns and are committed to protecting any and all personally identifiable information you may provide us through our Website. We have adopted this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.
This Privacy Policy sets forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website.
Advertising
CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this Site 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
Website Visitors
Like most website operators, Midwest Life and Style collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Midwest Life and Styles’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how visitors use our Website.
Midwest Life and Style also collects potentially personally-identifying information such as IP addresses for logged in users or for users leaving comments on https://www.midwestlifeandstyle.com blog posts. We only disclose logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances as disclosed below and described above.
Collection & Use of Personally-Identifying Information
As a general policy, no personally-identifying information, such as a visitor’s name or email address is automatically collected on our website.
Visitors to Midwest Life and Style’s website, however, may voluntarily choose to interact with us in a way that requires the collection of this information. The amount and type of personally-identifying information collected is dependent upon the nature of the interaction.
For example, visitors who subscribe to the blog or leave comments on posts at https://www.midwestlifeandstyle.com will be asked to provide their name and email address.
We will never disclose, sell, trade, or rent your personally-identifying information to third parties.
Your rights
In the situation where you have directly provided personal information to Midwest Life and Style (such as by subscribing to the blog or contacting us for further information), you have a number of rights regarding the personal data that we hold:
- You have the right to obtain from us confirmation about whether any such data is being held;
- You have the right to require that we provide you with whatever data we are holding/processing about you, including the right for that data to be transferred to another data controller;
- Even if you have consented to us processing your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that permission at any time;
- You have the right to require us to rectify any incomplete or incorrect information held about you;
- You have the right to require us to erase the data held about you (the “right to be forgotten”);
In the situation where we collect personal data automatically (such as from your internet browser or via internet Cookies or other similar technologies):
- You have the right to object to the legal basis upon which we are collecting this data, and We have an obligation to consider and respond to that objection;
- You have the right to request the prevention of further processing of your data while your objection is considered;
- You have the right to make a complaint to the relevant data protection;
- In most circumstances, you can exercise these rights without paying a fee to us.
Data Protection & Security
Midwest Life and Style maintains reasonable and appropriate safeguards to ensure the security, integrity, and privacy of your personal information. The data is held securely and only retained for as long as necessary.
We also aspire to comply to the fullest extent possible with applicable data protection regulations, in particular the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) and ePrivacy Directive, where applicable.
While we strive to keep your personal information safe, please remember no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
Website Analytics
Midwest Life and Style may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its Website and display this information publicly or provide it to others. We do not, however, disclose your personally identifying information.
Cookies
To enhance your online experience, Midwest Life and Style uses “Cookies”, similar to technologies and services provided by others, to display personalized content, appropriate advertising, and store your preferences on your computer.
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Midwest Life and Style uses cookies to help us identify and track visitors, their usage of https://www.midwestlifeandstyle.com, and their website access preferences. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using our website, with the drawback that certain features of Midwest Life and Style’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to Midwest Life and Style’s use of cookies.
Links & Third-Party Websites
This Website may be linked to or from other websites that are not operated by us or affiliated with us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party’s site. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these third-party websites. Please review the Privacy Policy and the terms and conditions of all third-party sites you visit.
Privacy Policy Changes
All policies and disclosures here within are valid as of December 9, 2026.
We review our Privacy Policy periodically and, although any changes are likely to be minor, Midwest Life and Style reserves the right to modify this policy as needed. Please review Midwest Life and Style’s Disclosure and Privacy Policies periodically for the most current information. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes.
