Introduction and Overview

Thank you for visiting House Scenery. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit our website at housescenery.com (the “https://www.housescenery.com”). By accessing or using our services, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to this Privacy Policy. This policy governs our collection, use, and disclosure of your personal data to provide you with a safe and tailored experience. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not access or use our services.

What personal data we collect and why

When you visit the site, we automatically collect “Device Information” (web browser, IP address, time zone, and cookies) and “Usage Data” (the pages you view, referral sites, and how you interact with our content). We collect this information using:

  • Cookies: Small data files placed on your device to help us analyze traffic and remember your preferences.
  • Log files: Track actions on the site, including IP address, browser type, and time stamps.
  • Web beacons, tags, and pixels: Electronic files used to record how you browse the site. This information helps us understand which product listings and buying guides visitors find useful.

Cookies

To ensure our website functions correctly, we use cookies. They help us tailor our operations to your needs. We categorize our cookies as:

  • Essential: Required for the operation of our site.
  • Functional: Allow us to remember your preferences and customize your experience.
  • Performance: Help us understand how effective our content is.
  • Traffic and Advertising: Help us analyze traffic and manage online advertising. You can control or decline cookies through your browser settings, though doing so may prevent you from taking full advantage of some website features. For more details, visit allaboutcookies.org.

Data Privacy Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

We respect your privacy rights, whether you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or California.

  • For EEA Residents (GDPR): Our processing of your data is based on your consent, the necessity to perform a contract, compliance with legal obligations, or our legitimate interests in providing and improving our content. You have the right to withdraw consent at any time by contacting us.
  • For California Residents (CCPA): You have the right to know what personal information we collect, the right to request the deletion of your data, and the right to non-discrimination for exercising these rights. We do not sell your personal information. To exercise these rights, please contact us at mail@housescenery.com. We may require verification of your identity to process these requests.

Third-Party Services

We use a small number of third parties. Each one only receives what it needs:

  • Hosting (Cloudflare): every request passes through Cloudflare (IP address, user agent, request logs) for security and caching.
  • Affiliate tracking (Impact.com and merchant sites): clicking a /go/... link redirects you to the merchant — sometimes through our affiliate network Impact.com, sometimes straight to the retailer; a cookie may be set to attribute a purchase. It is used only to measure referrals, never for advertising targeting.
  • Email (EmailOctopus): if you subscribe, your email address is stored by EmailOctopus and used to send occasional emails; every email includes a one-click unsubscribe link.

We do not run third-party analytics, advertising pixels or social plug-ins — the share buttons on our articles are our own code and load no third-party scripts.

Comments, Media, and Embedded Content

  • Comments: When you leave a comment we collect your name, email address and IP address. Your name is shown publicly; your email address is required but never published, and is used only to verify and moderate your comment. Submitting a comment does not subscribe you to anything — we only add you to our newsletter if you tick the optional “send me the newsletter” box while commenting, and you can withdraw that consent at any time using the unsubscribe link in any email we send.
  • Media: Please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can extract this information.
  • Embedded Content: Articles on this site may include embedded content (videos, images, etc.). These behave as if you visited the source website, which may collect its own data, use cookies, and monitor your interaction.

Security

We implement security measures, including SSL encryption, to protect your information. Please note that no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. You are responsible for the security of your own login credentials.

Your Rights

You may request access to personal data, corrections, deletion, or to unsubscribe from communications. Contact us at mail@housescenery.com.

Data Retention

Comment data (name, email, IP address, comment text) and its metadata are retained for moderation purposes until you ask us to delete it. If you subscribe to our newsletter, your information is kept until you unsubscribe or request deletion.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Do not track

Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

Changes

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

Our contacts information

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at mail@housescenery.com for any questions.