PRIVACY POLICY

PRIVACY POLICY 

At Little House of DIY, we believe very strongly in keeping your personal information confidential and secure. The following privacy policy describes what information we collect and how it is used and shared.
Little House of DIY, found at https://littlehouseofdiy.com/ (“Website”) is governed by the following privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how it may be used. This statement only applies to this Website.

GDPR COMPLIANCE

  • We promise that we take data safety seriously and we use your private data only to offer a personalized experience.
  • We use cookies to track analytics and to personalize ads. 
  • We have never sold, we are not selling, and we will not sell any of your personal data provided to us.
  • All of our affiliates are GDPR compliant.
  • You have the right to:
    – be informed regarding how the data is collected and used
    – have access to the data we have collected about you
    – ask us to change the data about you
    – ask us to delete the data about you

Little House of DIY abides by GDPR regulations, so if you wish to have your information (e.g. comments removed) and you’re an EU resident, please get in touch with us. We are happy to amend and/or remove your information and/or comments if you contact us. We do not retain secondary copies of reader contact information without permission. We do not resell or share your contact information with third parties. 

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Information Voluntarily Submitted to the Website by Readers: We may collect personal information from you such as your name or email address if you submit them personally. You may voluntarily submit information to the Website by leaving a comment. This is the ONLY way we collect information. It is done voluntarily by you, our readers. No voluntary information needs to be submitted in order to use our website.

Automatically-Collected Information: We automatically collect certain information about you and the device with which you access the Website. When you use the Website, our site will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Website. We could also collect details of the actions you take on the Website, such as links clicked. Your information has been made ANONYMOUS and only is viewed on an aggregate basis.

Cookies: Cookies are used on the website. Cookies are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website. You are notified of the use of cookies as soon as you arrive on the site.

HOW YOUR INFORMATION MAY BE USED

  • In website operation and maintenance
  • To respond to your comments or inquiries
  • To track and measure statistics/advertising on the Website
  • To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity

THIRD-PARTY USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information. Additionally, the Website may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Website. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.

Little House of DIY is currently using the following third-party service providers:

Google Analytics – this service tracks Website usage and provides information such as referring websites and user actions on the Website. Google Analytics may capture your IP address, but no other personal information is captured by Google Analytics. We have anonymized our Google Analytics data and never look at non-aggregated data.

COOKIES

We may log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the Website. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until deleted, to provide you with a more personalized experience on the Website. You are notified of the use of cookies as soon as you arrive on the site.

The Website uses cookies to store visitors’ preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, ensure that visitors are not repeatedly sent the same banner ads, customize Website content based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Cookies may also be used by third-party services, such as Google Analytics, as described herein.

Users may, at any time, prevent the setting of cookies, by the Website, by changing the setting of your internet browser and may permanently deny the setting of cookies. Already set cookies may be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. If users deactivate the setting of cookies in your Internet browser, not all functions of our Website may be entirely usable.

RETARGETING ADS

From time to time, the Website may engage in remarketing efforts with third-party companies, such as Google, Facebook, or Instagram, in order to market the Website. These companies use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits to the Website.

SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA

If you leave a comment, certain information (your name and/or website) may be publicly visible; however, your email address will never be displayed. We will NOT contact you using your email. This is against GDPR regulations. 

At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to the Website. This includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships. If you elect to submit such information to us, it will be subject to this Privacy Policy.

INFORMATION REGARDING CHILDREN

The Website does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that the Website has personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16 in its database, please contact us immediately. We will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please get in touch at littlehouseofdiy.com

Privacy Policy last updated December 15, 2023