Effective Date: August 12, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to HomeDecorDen.com (the “Website”, “Site”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and users (“you”, “your”). This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit HomeDecorDen.com, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This policy applies to information we collect:
- On this Website.
- In email, newsletters, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
- Through third-party services integrated with our Website, such as Google Analytics and affiliate networks.
It does not apply to information collected by:
- Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by us or any third party.
- Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from the Website (except as explicitly detailed below regarding Analytics and Affiliate Links).
Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you disagree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Section 11: Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.
2. Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including:
- Personal Information: Information by which you may be personally identified, such as:
- Email Address and Name (Optional): When you voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter.
- Non-Personal Information: Information that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as:
- Information about your internet connection and the equipment you use to access our Website (e.g., browser type, operating system).
- Usage details like your IP address, referring/exit pages, date/time stamps, and pages visited on our Site.
We collect this information:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us (e.g., subscribing to the newsletter).
- Automatically as you navigate through the Site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:
- To present our Website and its contents to you.
- To provide you with information or services that you request from us, such as sending you our newsletter if you subscribe.
- To analyze and improve our Website content, layout, and user experience using aggregated, non-personal data (primarily through Google Analytics).
- To track referrals from affiliate links and earn commissions (see Section 5: Affiliate Disclosure).
- To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
- To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights.
- To notify you about changes to our Website or any services we offer.
- In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
- For any other purpose with your consent.
We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
4. Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose aggregated information about our users and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.
We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:
- To Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, or contractors who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include:
- Email Marketing Provider: To manage and send our newsletters. We will only share the information necessary for them to perform this service (e.g., your email address if you subscribe).
- Website Hosting Provider: Our hosting provider may have access to server logs containing non-personal information.
- To Analytics Providers: As detailed in Section 6 (Google Analytics).
- To Affiliate Networks: As detailed in Section 5 (Affiliate Disclosure).
- For Legal Reasons: To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to any government or regulatory request.
- To Enforce Rights: To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements.
- To Protect Safety and Rights: If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of HomeDecorDen.com, our users, or others.
- With Your Consent: For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
5. Affiliate Disclosure
HomeDecorDen.com participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on products purchased through our links to retailer sites. Our participation in these programs does not influence the content, topics, or posts made on this blog.
- How it Works: When you click on an affiliate link on our Site and make a purchase on the linked website (e.g., Amazon.com, Wayfair.com, etc.), a cookie is placed on your browser to track the referral for commission purposes. This cookie contains tracking information but does not store your personal information directly.
- Amazon Associates Program: HomeDecorDen.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
- Other Affiliate Programs: We may also participate in other affiliate programs from various merchants. Clicking these links may also result in a cookie being placed on your browser for tracking purposes.
These affiliate programs use cookies to track visits for the purpose of assigning commission on sales. Using our affiliate links does not cost you anything extra.
6. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), to help us analyze how users use the Site and improve our content and user experience.
- Data Collected: Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. This information is typically aggregated and non-personally identifiable.
- Google’s Privacy Policy: Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can find more information here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Opt-Out: You can prevent Google Analytics from tracking your activity by disabling cookies on your browser or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
As mentioned, we and our third-party partners (like Google Analytics and affiliate networks) use cookies and other tracking technologies.
- What are Cookies? A cookie is a small file placed on your computer’s hard drive. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website.
- How We Use Cookies:
- Analytics: To understand website traffic and usage patterns (Google Analytics).
- Affiliate Tracking: To track referrals to our affiliate partners.
- Managing Cookies: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. For more information on how to manage cookies, visit the help section of your browser or a site like www.allaboutcookies.org.
8. Data Security
We have implemented measures designed to secure your information from accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its security. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.
9. Your Data Rights (e.g., GDPR/CCPA)
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include the right to:
- Access: Request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- Correction: Request correction of inaccurate personal information we hold about you.
- Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions.
- Opt-Out of Newsletter: You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of each email.
To exercise any applicable rights, please contact us using the information in Section 13. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable laws.
10. Children’s Privacy
Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age (or 16 in certain jurisdictions, e.g., the EEA). No one under these ages may provide any personal information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are under the applicable age, do not use or provide any information on this Website. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child, please contact us at [email protected].
11. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We will post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we may notify you through a notice on the Website’s home page. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.
12. Links to Other Websites
Our Website contains links to other websites (including affiliate links) that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
13. Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, or to exercise your data rights, please contact us at: