At TheHomeImpro.com, the privacy of our visitors is of extreme importance to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy document in order for you to understand how we collect or use, communicate or disclose and make use of personal information. Read this Privacy Policy before using the site or submitting any personal information. By using the site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Who we are

Our website address is: https://thehomeimpro.com. The following outlines our Privacy Policy.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

If you contact The Home Impro for any kind of your query, it is mandatory to disclose your name and email address to reach back to you. We do not sell your credentials to any outside party.

Cookies and Web Beacons

TheHomeImpro.com uses cookies to store information about visitor’s preferences, record user-specific information on which pages the user access or visit, customize Web page content based on visitor’s browser type or other information that the visitor sends via their browser.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

We use ConvertKit to give you freebie content in the form of PDF download. You have to leave your name and email address for this availability and your email address will be used to send you further subsequent mails. An “Unsubscribe” option will be available to control your enlistment with The Home Impro.

Links to Third Party Websites

We have included links on this website for your use and reference. We are not responsible for the privacy policies on these websites. You should be aware that the privacy policies of these websites may differ from our own.

Log Files

Like many other websites, TheHomeImpro.com makes use of log files. The information inside the log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses and other such information are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable.

Analytics

Provider: Google
Purpose: Analytics
Personal Data collected: Cookies, Usage data
Privacy Policy: Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities, and to share them with other Google services. Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

Who we share your data with

The Home Impro does not share your personal data with any third party. The data is only used for its own purpose to get the inside depth regarding the user base.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

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

Your contact information

Your contact information like email address and anything else is only limited to up to the extent you provide to us. We do not try to collect your other contact info without your permission with the use of any third-party tool.

Additional information

Commitment to Data Security

Note that your information will be stored and processed on our secret database system. We ensuring your personal identifiable information will be kept secure. To prevent unauthorized access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Choice/Opt-In/Opt-Out

We allow visitors to unsubscribe (Opt-out) so that they will not receive future updates from us. After unsubscribing we will discontinue sending the particular messages as soon as technically feasible.

Policy Modifications

We, TheHomeImpro.com reserve the right to make necessary changes to this Privacy Policy page from time to time. If/when changes are made to this privacy policy; we will update this page and also email users who have given us their mail address in our subscriber list. Be assured that if the Privacy Policy changes in the future, we will not use the personal information you have submitted to us before.

What data breach procedures we have in place

What third parties we receive data from

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

If you require any more information or have any questions about our privacy policy, feel free to contact us.