Ourhouseplants.com found at https://www.ourhouseplants.com/ "Website" / "We") is governed by the following Privacy Policy.
It's important that we are open and honest with our visitors, and therefore this page of the site details how your Privacy is treated and how Cookies are used.
This page may occasionally be updated or amended therefore we advise you to revisit this page regularly. This privacy and cookie policy was last reviewed on 18 April 2023.
What is a cookie? A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or mobile device when you visit one of our web pages.
In general, certain cookies contain personal information although most cookies will not collect information that personally identifies you. They will collect more basic information such as how users arrive at and use websites, or provide a user's general location. A cookie will typically contain the name of the domain from which the cookie has come (i.e. ourhouseplants.com), the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.
Two types of cookies may be used; session cookies, which are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site and persistent cookies; which remain in the cookie file of your browser for a longer period.
How does ourhouseplants.com directly use cookies? Like the majority of websites, when you visit our site we send you a cookie. We use both temporary and persistent cookies. Currently they may be used by us in the following ways:
At present Ourhouseplants.com uses cookies for the reasons outlined above. However because we do include and offer third party products or services on our website we'd like to give you a bit more detail about what this actually means to you.
Firstly, we need to let you know that these third party sites can use cookies in different ways and they have separate and independent privacy policies which we have no influence over. We therefore cannot take responsibility for the activities of these third party sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our website and welcome any feedback about these sites so we can investigate further. Below is the full list of third party websites we use and directly engage with.
Ourhouseplants.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 links to Amazon. We will post customized links, provided by Amazon, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
Amazon has its own privacy and cookie policy which can be found in the following links - .CO.UK / .COM
Ourhouseplants.com is a participant in the eBay Partner Network Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to eBay. We will post customized links, provided by eBay, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
As an eBay Partner Network Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
Ourhouseplants.com is a participant in the (UK) Etsy Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and links to Etsy. We will post customized links, provided by Etsy, to track the referrals to their website. This program utilizes cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales.
The Etsy Associates Program is managed by Awin. Their Privacy Policy can be found here.
As an Etsy Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
Ourhouseplants.com uses Google Adsense (a third party company) to provide advertising. Full details of this can be found on Google's Privacy Pages
Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our website. Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on ourhouseplants.com.
Google's use of cookies enables it to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and other sites you may have visited already. You may opt out of the use of these cookies for interest-based advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings
Ourhouseplants.com uses Analytics to track and analyse traffic to our website to enable us to understand visitor behavior on our website. 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. Further information can be found here.
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:
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.
If you follow Ourhouseplants.com through a social media platform (Facebook, Flickr, Instagram, Linkedin, Pinterest, Twitter or Youtube) then we will be using it to keep you updated about this website. We may post relevant plant related information or links that we believe our followers would find of interest.
If at any time you wish to "unfollow" us or want to know how the social media site itself handles your privacy then you should refer to the social media platform's "Help" or "Privacy" sections.
If you post spam related links or offensive content we will remove you.
Ourhouseplants.com use Disqus to power our commenting functionality. It's simple to use and we hope you get involved with the conversations. You can register with Disqus or post as a "guest" (no sign up is therefore required). You must agree to the Disqus privacy and cookie policy before you're permitted to post comments.
Disqus does not moderate the comments or the people who use it, however we do. If you post spam related links or offensive content we will delete your comments and potentially block you.
Any website which we directly link to outside of the www.ourhouseplants.com domain is done so in good faith that we are directing you some where worthwhile and "safe". However we are not able to take responsibly if that website has hidden unscrupulous intent. If there is ever a problem however, get in touch, we will look into removing the link.
From time to time, we may use anonymous data, which does not identify you alone, or when combined with data from other parties. This type of anonymous data may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses. Examples of this anonymous data may include analytics or information collected from cookies.
Ourhouseplants.com can only gather personal identifiable information about you, such as your name and e-mail address, through direct contact. This would happen if we are in Email Contact, are communicating through Social Media or you sign up to our Mailing List.
As an example, if you used our Contact Form to send us a message we would then know your name and e-mail address. This is needed in order for us to provide a response.
We also offer a mailing list so we can send you occasional newsletters by email. Again we collect you name and email in order for us to be able to send you these newsletters.
As regular newsletters are essentially long term communication, we would be storing your email address.
The initial collection and then storage of your name and email is managed by a third party, GROW. They have their own privacy policy.
In order to send the newsletters to you, we use Hubspot. Therefore they will also store your name and email. Again they have their own privacy policy.
You can unsubscribe from these newsletters at anytime by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any of our newsletter emails. You can also contact us directly to ask us to remove you from the mailing list.
At any time you can ask us to delete email conversations or remove social media posts or Disqus comments. Please drop us a line at [email protected] or use our "contact us" form.
We do not sell, or trade to outside parties any personally identifiable information. However we may release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property, or safety.
Finally, again we would like to make clear that non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to our listed third parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses through cookies. If you are unhappy with this please read the following section.
All browser technologies enable you to manage the cookies in the cookie folder of your web browser. This means that you can either delete cookies from your cookie folder once you have finished your visit at our website or you can set your preferences with regard to the use of cookies before you begin browsing our website.
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If you have any questions about our Policy or how we make use of your Personal Information, or your dealings with this website, please feel free to contact us.