Privacy Policy

Effective date: November 25, 2019
Updated: September 7, 2026

Art of Manliness, LLC (“Art of Manliness,” “AoM,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) owns and operates the Art of Manliness website at www.artofmanliness.com (the “Website”).

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit or interact with the Website, how we use and disclose that information, and the privacy choices and rights that may be available to you.

Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with the Website.

Information You Provide to Us

You may provide information directly to us when you subscribe to an email newsletter, contact us, respond to a survey or promotion, participate in a Website feature, or otherwise communicate with us.

This information may include your name, email address, the contents of communications you send us, and other information you choose to provide.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit or interact with the Website, we and third parties that provide services through the Website may automatically collect information such as:

• IP address;
• browser type and version;
• device type and operating system;
• approximate geographic location;
• pages viewed and links clicked;
• referring and exit pages;
• dates, times, and duration of visits;
• interactions with advertisements;
• advertising identifiers and other unique identifiers; and
• other usage and diagnostic information.

This information may be collected through cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, scripts, and similar technologies.

How We Use Information

We may use information we collect to:

• operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Website;
• provide content and services you request;
• understand how readers use the Website;
• measure Website traffic and performance;
• communicate with you;
• send and manage email newsletters;
• provide, personalize, and measure advertising where permitted by law;
• measure affiliate referrals and conversions;
• understand the effectiveness of our content and commercial relationships;
• detect and prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, and technical problems;
• comply with legal obligations; and
• establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Art of Manliness and third parties that provide services through the Website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the Website, remember preferences, understand Website traffic and usage, measure performance, provide and measure advertising, attribute affiliate referrals, and improve security.

Some cookies and similar technologies are necessary for the Website to operate. Others, including certain analytics and advertising technologies, may be subject to consent or opt-out rights depending on where you live.

Depending on your location, privacy controls may be available on the Website for certain advertising and data-processing activities. Those controls may apply only to the services identified within them.

You can also configure your browser to block or delete cookies. Doing so may affect the functionality of some portions of the Website.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use the Website and how our content performs.

Google Analytics may collect information such as device and browser information, approximate geographic location, pages visited, session information, referring information, and interactions with the Website. Google may use cookies and similar technologies in connection with these services.

Where Website privacy or consent controls are configured to apply to Google Analytics, Google Analytics will operate according to those controls.

Google also provides a Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on that allows users to prevent Google Analytics from using their activity on participating websites.

Google processes information according to its own privacy policies and its agreements with us.

Email Newsletters and Kit

We use Kit to manage our email lists and send newsletters and other email communications.

If you subscribe to an Art of Manliness email list, we and Kit may process information including your email address, name if provided, subscription information, IP address and device information, subscription status, and information about interactions with our emails such as deliveries, opens, and link clicks.

We use this information to send the emails you requested, manage subscriptions, understand reader engagement, and improve our email communications.

You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link contained in our emails.

After you unsubscribe, we may retain limited information when reasonably necessary to honor your opt-out request, comply with applicable law, resolve disputes, or protect our rights.

Kit processes information in accordance with its own privacy practices and its agreements with us.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

• IP Address
• Operating System type
• Operating System version
• Device Type
• Language of the website
• Web browser type
• Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Affiliate Links, Sponsorships, and Commercial Relationships

Art of Manliness earns revenue through advertising, sponsorships, affiliate relationships, subscriptions, products, and other commercial arrangements.

Some links on the Website are affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and subsequently make a purchase or complete another qualifying transaction, Art of Manliness may receive a commission or other compensation.

Affiliate networks, retailers, and other third parties may use cookies, tracking parameters, or similar technologies to determine whether a transaction resulted from an Art of Manliness referral. When you follow an affiliate link to another website, that third party’s own privacy practices apply.

Affiliate compensation generally does not affect the price you pay.

We may also receive products or services without charge for evaluation or other purposes. We do not accept payment in exchange for a favorable review. Our editorial opinions are our own, and compensation does not guarantee favorable coverage or endorsement.

When we have a material relationship with a company in connection with an endorsement or recommendation, we disclose that relationship where required.

As an Amazon Associate and Huckberry Affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases.

How We Disclose Information

We may disclose information to the following categories of recipients:

Service Providers

We may disclose information to companies that perform services for us, including providers of website hosting and infrastructure, email delivery and subscriber management, analytics, advertising, security, technical support, and other business services.

Advertising and Analytics Partners

We may disclose or make information available to advertising and analytics providers, including Mediavine, Mediavine’s advertising partners, and Google, as described in this Privacy Policy.

Affiliate Partners

When you interact with an affiliate link, information relating to that interaction may be received by the applicable retailer, merchant, affiliate network, or tracking provider.

Legal and Safety Purposes

We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to comply with law or legal process; enforce our agreements or policies; investigate fraud, abuse, security incidents, or other wrongdoing; protect the rights, property, or safety of Art of Manliness, our readers, or others; or establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Business Transfers

If all or part of Art of Manliness is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, sale of assets, or similar transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

U.S. State Privacy Rights

Residents of certain U.S. states may have rights regarding their personal information under applicable state privacy laws.

Depending on where you live, the applicable law, and how your information is processed, these rights may include the right to:

• confirm whether we process your personal information;
• access personal information we maintain about you;
• correct inaccurate personal information;
• request deletion of personal information;
• obtain a portable copy of certain personal information;
• opt out of the sale of personal information;
• opt out of sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising;
• opt out of targeted advertising;
• limit certain uses of sensitive personal information where applicable;
• appeal certain decisions regarding privacy requests; and
• exercise applicable privacy rights without discriminatory treatment.

Not every right applies in every jurisdiction or circumstance. Applicable law may also permit or require us to retain certain information or deny certain requests.

Access, Correction, Deletion, and Other Requests

To submit an applicable privacy request, contact us at:

[email protected]

Please include enough information for us to understand and respond to your request.

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests. Where permitted by law, an authorized agent may submit a request on your behalf, and we may require appropriate proof of authorization.

Opting Out of Sale, Sharing, or Targeted Advertising

Eligible residents of states with applicable privacy laws may use Mediavine’s Opt Out Modual at the bottom of the Site  to exercise opt-out rights relating to Mediavine’s targeted or cross-context behavioral advertising.

Mediavine’s privacy control applies to Mediavine advertising and does not necessarily control data processing performed independently by other services on the Website.

Because some privacy choices operate through cookies or browser identifiers, you may need to make a choice separately on different browsers or devices.

Opt-Out Preference Signals

Some browsers and browser extensions allow users to send an opt-out preference signal, such as Global Privacy Control (“GPC”).

For advertising processing conducted through Mediavine, Mediavine supports qualifying browser-based opt-out preference signals in jurisdictions where such signals are required by applicable law.

This functionality relates to Mediavine’s advertising services. Other third-party services used on the Website may have separate privacy controls and practices.

Traditional browser “Do Not Track” signals are different from GPC and similar legally recognized opt-out preference signals. Because there is no single universally accepted standard governing traditional Do Not Track signals, the Website may not respond to them except where required by applicable law.

California Privacy Notice

This section provides additional information for California residents where the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (“CCPA”), applies.

Depending on how you interact with the Website, we may collect or process the following categories of personal information:

We may collect this information directly from you; automatically from your browser or device; through cookies and similar technologies; and from or through service providers, advertising providers, analytics providers, and affiliate partners.

We use these categories of information for the purposes described in How We Use Information and may disclose them to the categories of recipients described in How We Disclose Information.

We do not sell personal information in exchange for money. However, certain disclosures of identifiers and internet activity to advertising partners may constitute “selling” or “sharing” under California law.

California residents may exercise applicable access, correction, deletion, and opt-out rights using the methods described in the U.S. State Privacy Rights section above.

We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16 years of age.

European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Similar Privacy Laws

If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with similar data-protection laws, you may have additional rights regarding your personal data.

Legal Bases for Processing

Where applicable law requires a legal basis for processing personal data, we may rely on:

• Consent, where you have given permission for particular processing;
• Contract, where processing is necessary to provide something you requested;
• Legitimate interests, including operating and improving the Website, understanding readership, securing our systems, communicating with users, and conducting our business, where those interests are not overridden by your rights;
• Legal obligations, where processing is necessary to comply with law; and
• other lawful grounds permitted by applicable law.

Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.

Your Rights

Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data; restrict or object to certain processing; receive certain information in a portable format; withdraw consent; and lodge a complaint with an applicable data-protection authority.

To exercise an applicable right, contact us at [email protected].

International Data Transfers

Art of Manliness is based in the United States.

If you access the Website from outside the United States, information about you may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.

Privacy and data-protection laws in those countries may differ from the laws where you live.

Where applicable law requires additional safeguards for international transfers of personal data, we or our service providers may rely on approved contractual protections, adequacy decisions, certification mechanisms, or other legally recognized transfer mechanisms.

Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including operating the Website, providing requested communications or services, maintaining appropriate business records, complying with legal obligations, resolving disputes, preventing fraud or abuse, and enforcing our agreements.

Retention periods vary depending on the information and its purpose.

For example, email subscription information may be retained while you remain subscribed. If you unsubscribe, we may retain limited information necessary to continue honoring your unsubscribe request.

Information processed by third-party providers may also be retained according to their applicable policies and agreements.

Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information in our possession or control.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the absolute security of personal information.

Links to Other Websites

The Website contains links to websites and services operated by third parties.

If you follow a third-party link, including an affiliate link, you will leave the Art of Manliness Website and become subject to that third party’s privacy practices and terms.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites or services.

Children’s Privacy

The Website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13 years of age.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, please contact us at [email protected], and we will take appropriate steps to address the information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices, services, technologies, or legal obligations.

When we make changes, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. If we make material changes, we may provide additional notice where appropriate or required by law.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to exercise an applicable privacy right, contact us:

Art of Manliness, LLC
Email: [email protected]