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Why Cooking Makes Me Happy

I’m often taken by curiosity when I meet people who don’t give a thought about cooking. “When William’s not here,” a neighbor said to me the other day over a backyard glass of wine, “I don’t think about what I eat since he does the cooking. A can of green beans or a box of mac ’n’ cheese is fine with me.”Although I like Dana, I feel a little sorry for her. Barbra Streisand once sang these lyrics about being alone: “not to share a pair of pork chops/when you crave champagne and cheese.” When Dana is by herself there’s a missed opportunity for her to indulge herself in food she truly loves, whether she cooks it or treats herself to a meal in a restaurant.Because I do live alone, I only have myself to indulge food-wise. Sometimes dinner is a quick throw-together meal of pasta and sautéed veggies. Oftentimes it’s my favorite: a roasted chicken with roasted potatoes and carrots. On weekends there might be a cassoulet and the time to bake. And sometimes it’s champagne and cheese.This is what makes me happy. It’s not just the eating. It’s the decision making, often spontaneous while I’m shopping. It’s the prep. It’s the doing, the chopping, the slicing. It’s the aroma. And then, finally, it’s the eating.As a food writer, I suppose I should have charming childhood stories about cooking. But I don’t. My mother was a working mom—TV dinners, frozen potpies,and grilled cheese sandwiches were weeknight staples. She had a few special recipes she made on the weekends—chop suey with lots of exotic canned vegetables was one of them.My grandmas didn’t live near us, so there were no Sunday mornings spent baking cookies with one of them, or Sunday nights learning secret family recipes. Perhaps that is why when I started to cook on my own—a late bloomer in my 20s—it became a particular joy for me. And, as a friend once said to me, “It helps pass the time.”It does help pass the time. Cooking takes a little effort. Now that time is built into my day and I look forward to it. The time I spend cooking for myself (the time I spend cooking for others is also pleasurable, but that’s another story) is the time I use to think about the day, let the bad parts dissolve and the good parts revive and marinate a little, like the pork tenderloin I just put in the fridge in a bath of mustard, honey and a handful of herbs.Dare I speak like the baby-boomer-me-generation member that I am? Cooking makes me happy because it IS about me. It’s my selfish indulgence. It’s champagne and cheese, even when it’s not.StephenExelis a freelance food writer and editor whose work has appeared in Deck, Patio & Pool, Country Home and Figure. He is a contributing editor to Traditional Home magazine.
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Sharing Brings Happiness

Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.” —Bernard Meltzer (Radio Host, 1916-1998)Have you ever shared a story because it made you smile? Ever find yourself walking by a stranger and flashing a smile? What about watching someone dig for change and giving some of your own to cover the rest of their purchase? Research proves that sharing in all its forms is a truly powerful way to bring happiness. You can share things that are special to you—like a book, a tool or even a recipe. Or you can share a smile, a special event in your life, or even your affection.Sharing is fundamental to the development of all human relationships and civilizations. We begin learning to share as soon as we are able to communicate. Often it begins with our parents teaching us the importance of sharing a toy with a friend. In the mind of a toddler, this idea seems absurd at first. They are thinking, “Why would I want to give up this awesome thing I’m playing with?” But even at that young age, they quickly realize the payoff. And what is it? It is the joy they feel when they see the happiness they have brought someone else. Not only does sharing bring us joy, it teaches us the importance of taking care of others. In many cultures, it is quite common to share your home with your elders. But sharing doesn’t have to be a grand gesture to be appreciated. It can be as simple as sharing something you feel with someone, like a compliment. “You look so pretty today,” is one example. Those simple words can often make someone feel special and cared for, and in return, make the one who said them happy. Sharing is truly a win-win!One of the best things you can share with others is your own happiness. Tell them what made you happy and why. Your story just might inspire a change in them.A study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships determined that sharing our good news provides us with an extra dose of positive emotion, more than merely recalling it or writing about it. The research also determined other benefits of sharing a positive experience, such as making it easier to remember, the opportunity to learn new positive implications of our news from another’s perspective, and the extra joy we feel when making another person happy through our good news.The next time something good happens to you, don’t keep it to yourself. Share it—because just like smiling, happiness can be contagious!
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Library—Profit from the Positive

Profit from the Positive: Proven Leadership Strategies to Boost Productivity and Transform Your BusinessAugust 2013, McGraw-Hill EducationMargaret Greenberg and Senia Maymin set out to write a guidebook that would help people use the research findings of positive psychology. The tools they describe “don’t cost anything, and you don’t need anybody’s permission to implement them,” Margaret says.Here’s why these authors are uniquely qualified to share positivity tools: They met while earning their Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) degrees at the University of Pennsylvania, and both are successful business coaches. “Every one of these tools is backed up by science,” Margaret says. Senia says people tell them, “These are really small things to implement—as soon as I’ve tried them, I can see the results.”The book is tightly organized into three parts and nine chapters. Numbered points make the chapters easy to follow. Margaret and Senia hope you take it along on an airplane ride and land ready to make changes.While the book promises to transform your business, the positive principles are tools anyone can use. Procrastinators will find the advice in “Trick Yourself into Getting Started” especially helpful—these tips help you get off dead center. For example, while they were collaborating on the book, Margaret made it a practice to write Senia an email about her progress. In her email, Margaret described as completed things she hadn’t finished, but she found it helped her begin working. (That’s tool No. 2.)Replace “bosses” with “parents,” and you have practical advice for family life. Margaret and Senia encourage a focus on the positive and an emphasis on recognizing strengths over criticizing shortfalls.The discussion guide at the back of the book, the website profitfromthepositive.com and a Facebook page encourage discussion. Senia says, “The learner mindset—the mindset of not being an expert and constantly learning—that’s something Margaret and I wear as a hat, and we really encourage.”These days, Margaret and Senia are taking their knowledge on the road. “Writing the book and researching it is the first phase,” Margaret says. “But now really getting it accessible and mainstreamed and in the hands of people, that’s the whole next phase.”
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What Makes the Live Happy Team Happy?

Happiness follows a different path for each of us. Some people are happy skydiving or jumping off of bridges (What!?!). While others like to fish, knit, sing or build a robot. I find my happiness in quieter spots, while others thrive on noise and movement. We are individuals and our happiness-print is as individual as our fingerprints.I am happiest when I’m being attacked by three little children (my own specifically). Their attempts to tickle mommy have me laughing much harder than the tickle itself. I love talking with my husband, reading a good book (or even a bad one), chatting with my mom and having some girl-time with my amazing friends.Here are some of the ways my co-workers here at Live Happy find their flow:I am happiest when I am actively engaged in what I'm doing - work, laughing with friends, being with family. But fully present - as though everything else falls away and all that exists is the moment I am in.People make me happy. My grandmother, my sisters, cousins and girlfriends, our dog (yes, she is a person). I’m happy being with my husband, and our kids, biking the Iowa countryside, volunteering, gardening, making a huge holiday dinner.Joy is what is given to me through faith. All of the ways it can manifest in my life, through my son, through my family and friends, through the simple thought of taking the time to think how beautiful the sky is today.A perfectly cooked, medium-rare ribeye. A beautiful Cabernet. Warm sand and salt water. Spending time with my sweetheart. Preferentially all at the same time (or the same day!), but I'll take them individually, too!I’m happy watching the wonderment and magic in my young daughter’s eyes when she discovers something new. It could be something as simple as seeing a ladybug for the first time or running in the rain. I think it is refreshing to go back and relive these experiences from a child’s perspective, so we don’t take everything so seriously that we can’t stop and appreciate life. Oh … and pizza. Pizza also makes me happy.I think it’s obvious that the Live Happy Team loves our families, friends and food. We really love our food.
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Oh, you foolish Alice! she answered herself. 'How can you learn lessons in here? Why, there's hardly room for you, and no room at all for any lesson-books! And so she went on, taking first one side and then the other, and making quite a conversation of it altogether; but after a few minutes she heard a voice outside, and stopped to listen. He took me for his housemaid,' she said to herself as she ran. 'How surprised he'll be when he finds out who I am! But I'd better take him his fan and gloves—that is, if I can find them.' As she said this, she came upon a neat little house, on the door of which was a bright brass plate with the name Rabbit engraved upon it. She went in without knocking, and hurried upstairs, in great fear lest she should meet the real Mary Ann, and be turned out of the house before she had found the fan and gloves. 'How queer it seems,' Alice said to herself, 'to be going messages for a rabbit! I suppose Dinah'll be sending me on messages next!' And she began fancying the sort of thing that would happen: '"Miss Alice! Come here directly, and get ready for your walk!" "Coming in a minute, nurse! But I've got to see that the mouse doesn't get out." Only I don't think,' Alice went on, 'that they'd let Dinah stop in the house if it began ordering people about like that!' By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room with a table in the window, and on it (as she had hoped) a fan and two or three pairs of tiny white kid gloves: she took up the fan and a pair of the gloves, and was just going to leave the room, when her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near the looking-glass. There was no label this time with the words 'DRINK ME,' but nevertheless she uncorked it and put it to her lips. 'I know SOMETHING interesting is sure to happen,' she said to herself, 'whenever I eat or drink anything; so I'll just see what this bottle does. I do hope it'll make me grow large again, for really I'm quite tired of being such a tiny little thing!' By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room with a table in the window By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room with a table in the window, and on it (as she had hoped) a fan and two or three pairs of tiny white kid gloves: she took up the fan and a pair of the gloves, and was just going to leave the room, when her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near the looking-glass. There was no label this time with the words 'DRINK ME,' but nevertheless she uncorked it and put it to her lips. 'I know SOMETHING interesting is sure to happen,' she said to herself, 'whenever I eat or drink anything; so I'll just see what this bottle does. I do hope it'll make me grow large again, for really I'm quite tired of being such a tiny little thing!' It did so indeed, and much sooner than she had expected: before she had drunk half the bottle, she found her head pressing against the ceiling, and had to stoop to save her neck from being broken. She hastily put down the bottle, saying to herself 'That's quite enough—I hope I shan't grow any more—As it is, I can't get out at the door—I do wish I hadn't drunk quite so much!'
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Laura Coppedge

I’ve never been very good with short statements that define who I am. I’m the Director of Digital Marketing and Products forLive Happymagazine. I’ve worked with another national publication and with various companies—at jobs that had the title “web” in them somewhere. I’m a daughter, wife, friend, mother, co-worker, nuisance to my brother, and best friend to one awesome blonde woman. But none of that says much about who I am—really. I care about people. I like making connections and find mostly all people fascinating. What makes you tick? Why are you so angry, or for that matter, so happy? I like the why more than the what, whom or how. I’m happiest when I’m being attacked by three little children (my own, specifically). Their attempts to tickle mommy get me laughing much harder than from the tickle itself. I love talking with my husband, reading a good book (or even a bad one), chatting with my mom and having some girl-time with my amazing friends. And I’m thrilled to be here, onLive Happycommunicating with you—making more connections to fascinating people.
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Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman is aneminence grisefor theFreakonomicscrowd. In the mid-1970s, with his collaborator Amos Tversky, he was among the first academics to pick apart exactlywhy we make "wrong" decisions. In their 1979 paper on prospect theory, Kahneman and Tversky examined a simple problem of economic risk. And rather than stating the optimal, rational answer, as an economist of the time might have, they quantified how most real people, consistently, make a less-rational choice. Their work treated economics not as a perfect or self-correcting machine, but as a system prey to quirks of human perception. The field of behavioral economics was born.Kahneman was awarded the Nobel Memorial prize in 2002 for his work with Tversky, who died before the award was bestowed. In a lovely passage in his Nobel biography, Kahneman looks back on his deep collaboration with Tversky and calls for a new form of academic cooperation, marked not by turf battles but by "adversarial collaboration," a good-faith effort by unlike minds to conduct joint research, critiquing each other in the service of an ideal of truth to which both can contribute.
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ANY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ORDERED OR PROVIDED VIA THE SITES ARE PROVIDED BY US “AS IS,” EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT, IF AT ALL, OTHERWISE SET FORTH IN A LICENSE OR SALE AGREEMENT SEPARATELY ENTERED INTO IN WRITING BETWEEN YOU AND US OR OUR LICENSOR, VENDOR OR PROVIDER.Limitation of LiabilityIN NO EVENT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO NEGLIGENCE, SHALL WE, OUR AFFILIATES, OR ANY OF OUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR CONTENT OR SERVICES PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARTISING FROM, OR DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO, THE USE OF, OR THE INABILITY TO USE, THE SITES OR THE CONTENT, MATERIALS AND FUNCTIONS RELATED THERETO, YOUR PROVISION OF THE INFORMATION VIA THE SITES, LOST BUSINESS OR LOST SALES, EVEN IF SUCH PROTECTED ENTITY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO CERTAIN USERS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROTECTED ENTITIES BE LIABLE FOR OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CONTENT POSTED, TRANSMITTED, EXCHANGED OR RECEIVED BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY USER OR OTHER PERSON ON OR THROUGH THE SITES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE PROTECTED ENTITIES TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES AND CAUSES OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING FROM THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OR YOUR USE OF THE SITES EXCEED, IN THE AGGREGATE, THE AMOUNT, IF ANY, PAID BY YOU FOR YOUR USE OF THE SITES OR PURCHASE OF PRODUCTS VIA THE SITES.Applicable LawsWe control and operate the Sites from our offices in the United States of America. We do not represent that materials on the Sites are appropriate or available for us in other locations. Persons who choose to access the Sites from other locations do so on their own initiative, and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable. All parties to these terms and conditions waive their respective rights to a trial by jury.TerminationWe may terminate, change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Sites or the Sites’ services at any time. We may restrict, suspend or terminate your access to the Sites and/or its services if we believe you are in breach of our Terms and Conditions or applicable law, or for any other reason without notice or liability. If your access is restricted, suspended or terminated, by you or by us, we have no obligation to retain or remove any User Content from our Sites.JurisdictionThe Terms and Conditions, and the relationship between you and us, shall be governed by the law of the State of Texas, United States of America. You agree that any cause of action that may arise under the Terms and Conditions shall be commenced and be heard in the appropriate court in the State of Texas, County of Dallas, United States of America. You agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located within Dallas County in the State of Texas. Our failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of the Terms and Conditions shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision. If any provision of the Terms and Conditions is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the parties nevertheless agree that the court should endeavor to give effect to the parties’ intentions as reflected in the provision, and the other provisions of the Terms and Conditions remain in full force and effect.Changes to Terms and ConditionsWe reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify, add or remove any portion of the Terms and Conditions, in whole or in part, at any time. Changes in the Terms and Conditions will be effective when posted. Your continued use of the Sites and/or the services made available on or through the Sites after any changes to the Terms and Conditions are posted will be considered acceptance of those changes.Contact UsIf you have any concerns about the website or these Terms, please send an e-mail to customerservice@livehappy.com. We will make every reasonable effort to address your concerns and remedy any problems you bring to our attention.Happiness Ambassador AccountThe Happiness Ambassador Account a person who “joins the movement”. There are no costs or fees involved with creating a Happiness Ambassador Account. Happiness Ambassador Accounts may be accessed by logging in at LiveHappy.com.Happiness Ambassador Account ClosuresA Happiness Ambassador Account may be closed at our discretion if no Points are accrued during an 18-month period.Happiness Ambassador Account ActivityWe reserve the right to revoke, cancel or suspend any Happiness Ambassador Account, Reward and/or take other action at our discretion, at any time with immediate effect and without written notice, if we believe a Happiness Ambassador has (1) violated any of the Program Rules, (2) failed to pay any bills or accounts due to us, (3) acted in a manner inconsistent with applicable law, regulations or ordinances, (4) engaged in any misconduct or wrongdoing in connection with the Program, including without limitation, (5) violated any of the Terms and Conditions herein.Last revised on October 28, 2015
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Privacy Policy

Your privacy is very important to us. This Privacy Policy describes our information practices and how information about you is collected and used by Live Happy, LLC and its subsidiaries. This Privacy Policy applies to all Live Happy websites and downloadable applications. This Policy does not apply to non-Live Happy websites, including those linked to or advertised on any Live Happy site. Any information you provide when you visit a website other than those covered by this policy will be subject to the privacy policies posted on those sites. The Information We Collect Through Live Happy websites and other media, you can order products and publications; subscribe to one of our services, such as newsletters; engage in activities like taking quizzes or expressing an opinion; or participate in an online discussion or community. Your Personally Identifiable Information may be required to engage in these activities as well as to receive products and services that you may have requested. The types of Personally Identifiable Information that may be collected at these pages include but are not limited to: name, gender, address, email address, telephone number and credit or debit card information. At some Live Happy websites and through certain activities, you can submit information about other people. For example, you might submit a person’s name, mailing and/or email address to send a gift. The types of Personally Identifiable Information that may be collected about other people at these pages include: recipient’s name, address, email address and telephone number. We may also collect certain non-Personally Identifiable Information when your visit our websites, such as the type of browser and operating system you are using, your IP address, your device identifiers, your Internet or wireless service provider and location based information. We may receive Personally Identifiable Information about you and your computer, mobile or other device through third-party social networking services that may be integrated with the site. For example, some social networking services allow you to push content from our Service to your contacts. Your decision to use a social networking service in connection with our Site is voluntary. However, you should make sure you are comfortable with the information your third-party social networking services may make available to our Site by visiting those services’ privacy policies and/or modifying your privacy settings directly with those services. From time to time you may voluntarily provide Personal Information to complete questionnaires or to participate in contests, polls or personalized assessments. We use this information to improve our products and services. We may also use your Personal Information to provide you newsletters and other marketing information we think would be of particular interest to you concerning things such as new products or website features. But you always have the opportunity to let us know if you do not wish to receive unsolicited promotional materials from us, and we will make every reasonable effort to honor such requests. If you are visiting the website from outside the United States and provide Live Happy with personal information, please note that your personal information will be transferred, stored and processed within the United States. The data protection laws in the United States may not be as comprehensive as those in your country. By doing business or interacting with Live Happy, you are consenting to the transfer of your personal information to facilities located in the United States and other facility locations selected by Live Happy and to the application of United States law regarding the collection, transfer and maintenance of your personal information. The Information We Share We do not sell or otherwise disclose Personal Information about you, except as described in this Privacy Policy. Personal Information may be shared with trusted third parties, primarily companies and organizations partnered with Acts of Happiness. Personal Information will not be sold or otherwise transferred to unaffiliated third parties without the approval of the website user at the time of collection. The user will have the opportunity to indicate whether he or she would like to "opt out" of receiving promotional and/or marketing information about other products, services and offerings from Live Happy and/or any third parties. Live Happy may disclose Personal Information to a third party in the event that Live Happy sells all or part of its assets to such third party or merges with or is acquired by the third party. We may disclose the information that we collect about you when we have reason to believe that it is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against persons or entities that may be causing injury to you, to us or to others. At times we may be required by law or legal process to disclose your personal information, and we may also disclose information when we believe the law requires it. We may also disclose information about you if we believe that disclosure is necessary for the public interest. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies To enhance your experience on our sites, we may place “cookies” on your computer or device. Cookies are small text files, often including a unique identifier, that are stored on your device or computer’s hard drive. By themselves, cookies do not contain Personally Identifying Information unless you have chosen to provide it to us, such as by subscribing to one of our services. The unique identifier may allow us to recognize you as the same user who has visited our sites before and relate this visit to other information about you. We use cookies and other tracking technologies (described below) in ways such as to analyze the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns, to control the display of ads, to gather broad demographic information and to deliver editorial content. Some of our third party partners, such as advertisers, may set and access cookies and similar technologies on your computer as well, or we may do so on their behalf. We do not have control over how these third parties use such cookies or the information obtained through their use. Most browsers automatically accept cookies. If you don’t want cookies, you can set your browser option so that you will not receive cookies, and you can also delete existing cookies from your browser. However, some parts of the site will not function properly if you have refused or deleted cookies. Check your browser’s instructions for how to block or delete cookies. Cache Cookies: Cache cookies, such as eTags, may be used to identify your computer or device as the same computer or device that visited our Sites in the past. Local Shared Objects: Local shared objects, such as Flash cookies, may also be stored on your computer or device. Blocking or deleting cookies as described above will not remove Flash cookies.Click here for more information on managing local shared objects. Web Beacons: We may use small pieces of code called “web beacons,” “clear gifs” or “pixel tags” in the sites and in our communications with you to enable us to know whether you have visited a web page or received a message. A web beacon is typically a one-pixel, transparent image. A web beacon may allow us to relate your viewing or receipt of a web page or message to other information about you, including your Personally Identifiable Information. Google AdSense.: - Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website. - Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet. - Users may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visitingAds Settings. (Alternatively, you can direct users to opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for interest based advertising by visitingaboutads.info.) How We Use Information About You We may use the information you provide about yourself or others to fulfill requests for our publications, products or services; to respond to inquiries; and to offer other products, programs or services that may be of interest. When you request a magazine, service or other product, we will forward the information you give us to the publisher, provider or other services to the extent necessary to fulfill your request. We may use this information to communicate with you, such as to fulfill a request from an online newsletter, to contact you about your account or to notify you of changes to subscriber agreements. If you choose to submit content (e.g., a comment on an article, a post on our social media pages or a letter to the editor), we may publish your name, screen name and other information you have provided to us. We will disclose information we maintain when required to do so by law, or example, in response to a court order or a subpoena. We may also disclose such information in response to a law enforcement agency’s request and in other matters in the public interest. We may combine and use any and all information we collect or receive about you either online or otherwise, including from third parties, for marketing purposes. We will use non-Personally Identifying Information for business purposes, such us to gather broad demographic information, analyze trends and to improve the content and design of our publications and websites. Although we take appropriate measures to safeguard against unauthorized disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that Personally Identifiable Information we collect will never be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy. Third Party Websites The Site may provide hyperlinks, which are highlighted words, pictures or advertisements within a hypertext document that, when clicked, take you to another place within the document, to another document altogether, or to other web sites not controlled by Live Happy. These hyperlinked web sites may contain privacy provisions that are different from those provided herein. Live Happy is not responsible for the content of, or the collection, use, or disclosure of information collected through these web sites or links, and Live Happy expressly disclaims any and all liability related to such collection, use, or disclosure. Security We use industry-standard security technologies and procedures to help protect your Personally Identifiable Information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is completely secure; we use reasonable efforts to protect your Personally Identifiable Information, but we cannot guarantee its absolute security and are not responsible for any loss of such information. Kids and Parents The Live Happy websites and downloadableapplications are not intended for use by children, especially those under age 13. If your children disclose information about themselves in publicly accessible areas of the site, they may get unsolicited messages from other parties. Accordingly, you should tell them not to do so. We do not knowingly collect, use or disseminate any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If, however, we become aware that personally identifiable information regarding a child under the age of 13 has been collected at the Site, we will delete such information from our records. Privacy Options If you do not with to receive commercial messages from us, simply follow the unsubscribe instructions contained within the message you receive or click here. Note that you may continue to receive certain communications from us, such as transactional or relationship messages and/or messages about you account. Live Happy will not use or transfer your Personally Identifiably Information in ways unrelated to the ones described above without providing you with an opportunity to opt out of these unrelated uses. Your California Privacy Rights California’s “Shine the Light” law, Civil Code section 1798.83, requires certain businesses to respond to requests from California customers asking about the businesses’ practices related to disclosing personal information to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. Alternatively, such businesses may have in place a policy not to disclose personal information of customers to third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes if the customer has exercised an option to opt out of such information sharing. We have such a policy in place. If you wish to opt out of our sharing of your information with third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes, please contact us at the addresses set out below. How to Access or Correct Your Information If you identify any inaccuracy in your personal information, or you need to make a change or would like to verify such information, please contact us so that we may update our records or you may go online to Live Happy's website and update your own information. Live Happy contact information is set forth below. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to accommodate all such requests. Opt-Out Requests and Contact Us If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or its implementation, please contact us by email by clicking here or by writing to: Live Happy Attn: Customer Service 4201 Spring Valley Road, Suite 900 Dallas, TX 75244 You may opt out of having your Personally Identifiable Information shared with third parties for their marketing purposes. If you wish to exercise this right, please contact us at the address or email address above and state that you want to opt out of our sharing with third parties. You may click here to be removed from our promotional mailing lists. Note that you may continue to receive certain communications from us, such as transactional or relationship messages and/or messages about your account. Changes to this Privacy Policy This Privacy Policy is subject to occasional revision. The revised Privacy Policy will be posted to this page so that you are aware of the information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we may disclose it. Last revised November 6, 2014.
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