Privacy Policy

01 What This Privacy Policy Covers

This policy applies to all pages, content, and features on mygardening.blog. It covers information collected online through your interaction with the website, our email newsletter, and our contact forms. It does not apply to third-party websites, plug-ins, or applications that may link to or be linked from our site.

02 Information We Collect

We collect information in three ways: information you provide voluntarily, information collected automatically as you browse, and information collected through comments.

Information you provide directly

• Newsletter subscription: Your email address and, optionally, your name, when you sign up to receive The Sunday Dig or other email updates.
• Contact forms: Your name, email address, topic, and the contents of any message you submit through our contact form.
• Comments: If commenting is enabled, your name, email address, optional website URL, and comment text.

Information collected automatically

When you browse our site, our web servers and analytics tools may automatically record standard technical data, including your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, and time spent on pages.

Information stored through comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor's IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

03 How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect only for specific, legitimate purposes:

• To deliver and improve the website, ensuring content displays correctly across all devices.
• To send you our newsletter, updates, and gardening resources you opted in to receive.
• To respond to your inquiries, questions, feedback, and guest-post pitches.
• To detect, prevent, and protect against security incidents, spam, and malicious activity.
• To comply with applicable legal obligations and enforce our Terms and Conditions.

04 Analytics

We may use privacy-respecting analytics tools to understand website traffic trends and popular guides. These tools collect aggregated, non-personally identifiable data to help us create more helpful content.

05 Advertising

We do not currently serve intrusive third-party display ad networks. If we partner with sponsors or ad providers in the future, this policy will be updated with full disclosure of any cookie usage.

06 Affiliate Links

Some links on My Gardening Blog may be affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. We only recommend tools, seeds, and supplies we personally stand behind.

07 Email Newsletter

Our email newsletter is powered by MailerLite. When you subscribe, your email address is transferred to MailerLite for processing in accordance with their privacy policy. You can unsubscribe at any time with a single click using the link at the bottom of every email.

08 Cookies & Tracking

We keep cookie usage to an absolute minimum. Cookies are used for essential site operations and to remember basic preferences. You can disable cookies at any time via your browser settings.

09 Data Sharing & Disclosure

We do not sell, rent, trade, or monetize your personal data. We only share information with trusted service providers who assist us in operating the website (such as our email delivery platform and hosting provider).

10 Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, or until you request its deletion.

11 Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard your information against unauthorized access, loss, or alteration. All site traffic is encrypted over HTTPS (SSL).

12 Children's Privacy

Our website is directed at general audiences and is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13.

13 International Transfers

Because our servers and third-party service providers may be located in various countries, your data may be transferred internationally with appropriate legal safeguards.

14 Your Privacy Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

Depending on your location, you have rights under laws like the GDPR or CCPA to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

15 Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.