Welcome to House Havenly. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information of our visitors.
This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, stored, and shared when you visit househavenly.com (“Website”), contact us, interact with our content, or use links and services available through the Website.
This policy is intended to provide information relevant to visitors in the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as visitors from other locations where applicable.
By using this Website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
House Havenly is a home decor and lifestyle website providing articles, inspiration, shopping guides, product recommendations, and related lifestyle content.
For privacy-related questions, you can contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
For the purposes of applicable UK data protection law, House Havenly acts as the data controller for personal information we collect directly through this Website.
2. Information We May Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with the Website.
Information You Provide Voluntarily
You may provide personal information when you:
- Contact us by email
- Submit a contact form
- Subscribe to a newsletter, if available
- Leave a comment, if commenting is enabled
- Participate in surveys, promotions, or similar features
This information may include:
- Your name
- Email address
- Message or enquiry
- Any other information you choose to provide
Please avoid sending sensitive personal information unless it is necessary.
3. Information Collected Automatically
When you visit House Havenly, certain technical information may be collected automatically through server logs, cookies, analytics technologies, and similar tools.
This may include:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Approximate location based on IP address
- Pages visited
- Referring website
- Date and time of visits
- Time spent on pages
- Links clicked
- General interaction with the Website
We use this information to understand how visitors use our Website, maintain security, improve performance, and develop better content.
4. Cookies and Similar Technologies
House Havenly may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files stored on your device that can help websites remember preferences, measure traffic, understand visitor behaviour, and support advertising or affiliate functions.
Cookies may include:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for basic Website functionality and security.
Analytics Cookies
These cookies may help us understand information such as:
- Which pages are popular
- How visitors find the Website
- How long visitors stay
- Which devices are being used
Affiliate Cookies
When you click certain product or retailer links, an affiliate network or merchant may place a cookie on your device.
This allows the merchant or affiliate network to determine whether a purchase resulted from a link on House Havenly.
Advertising Cookies
If advertising services are used on the Website, advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to measure advertising performance or, where permitted, personalise advertising.
Where required by applicable law, including UK privacy and electronic communications requirements, we will seek consent before using non-essential cookies.
You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some Website functions.
5. Affiliate Marketing
House Havenly participates or may participate in affiliate marketing programs, including programs operated by networks such as Awin.
This means some links on our Website may be affiliate links.
When you click an affiliate link and purchase a product or service, we may receive a commission from the retailer or affiliate network at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate partners may use:
- Cookies
- Tracking identifiers
- Referral information
- Device information
to attribute purchases and measure affiliate activity.
These third parties process information according to their own privacy policies.
House Havenly does not normally receive your full payment information, such as your complete credit card details, when you purchase products from third-party retailers.
6. Analytics
We may use third-party analytics services to help understand Website traffic and usage.
Analytics providers may collect information such as:
- Pages viewed
- Approximate geographic region
- Browser and device information
- Referral source
- Time spent on the Website
This information helps us improve House Havenly and understand what content readers find useful.
Where required, analytics technologies will be used only after appropriate consent has been obtained.
7. How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
- Operate and maintain House Havenly
- Respond to enquiries
- Improve our articles and Website
- Analyse Website traffic
- Understand visitor interests
- Prevent fraud, spam, and abuse
- Maintain Website security
- Manage affiliate relationships
- Measure Website and affiliate performance
- Comply with legal obligations
- Protect our legal rights
We do not use personal information for purposes that are materially incompatible with the reason it was originally collected unless permitted by law.
8. Legal Bases for Processing – UK Visitors
If UK data protection law applies, we process personal information only when we have an appropriate legal basis.
Depending on the circumstances, this may include:
Consent
For example, where you consent to non-essential cookies or marketing communications.
Legitimate Interests
We may process certain information where it is reasonably necessary for legitimate business purposes, including:
- Operating the Website
- Understanding Website performance
- Improving our content
- Preventing fraud and abuse
We consider your privacy rights when relying on legitimate interests.
Legal Obligations
We may process information when necessary to comply with applicable laws or regulatory requirements.
Contractual Necessity
Where relevant, we may process information when necessary to provide a service you have requested.
9. How We Share Information
We do not sell your personal information for money.
However, we may share limited information with trusted third-party service providers that help us operate the Website.
These may include:
- Website hosting providers
- Analytics providers
- Security providers
- Email service providers
- Affiliate networks
- Advertising providers
- Website maintenance providers
We may also disclose information where required:
- By law
- By a court or government authority
- To investigate fraud or security incidents
- To protect our rights or the rights of others
Some affiliate or advertising technologies may be considered “sharing,” “targeted advertising,” or similar activity under certain U.S. state privacy laws.
Where applicable, users may have the right to opt out of such processing.
10. Third-Party Links
House Havenly frequently links to third-party websites, including retailers, brands, affiliate partners, and other online resources.
Once you leave our Website, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any external website before providing personal information.
11. International Data Transfers
House Havenly may use service providers located in different countries.
As a result, information may be processed outside the country where you live.
Where required under UK data protection law, appropriate safeguards will be used when transferring personal information internationally.
These safeguards may include legally recognised contractual protections or other approved transfer mechanisms.
12. Data Retention
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Retention periods may depend on:
- The type of information
- Why the information was collected
- Legal requirements
- Security considerations
- The need to resolve disputes
Information that is no longer required may be deleted, anonymised, or securely retained where required by law.
13. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organisational measures to protect personal information from:
- Unauthorised access
- Loss
- Misuse
- Alteration
- Disclosure
However, no method of transmitting or storing information online can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
14. Your Rights in the United Kingdom
If UK data protection law applies to you, you may have rights including the right to:
- Request access to your personal information
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of certain information
- Request restriction of processing
- Object to certain processing
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Request certain information in a portable format
- Complain to a data protection authority
You may exercise applicable rights by contacting:
We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
UK users also have the right to raise concerns with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
15. Privacy Rights for U.S. Residents
Depending on where you live and whether a particular U.S. state privacy law applies to House Havenly, you may have rights relating to your personal information.
These may include the right to:
- Know what personal information is collected
- Request access to personal information
- Request correction
- Request deletion
- Obtain a copy of certain information
- Opt out of certain targeted advertising
- Opt out of certain sharing or sale of personal information
- Appeal certain privacy request decisions
- Not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights
To submit a request, contact:
Not all rights apply in every state or in every situation.
16. California Privacy Information
Where the California Consumer Privacy Act and related California privacy requirements apply, California residents may have additional rights.
House Havenly does not sell personal information for monetary payment.
However, certain advertising, analytics, or affiliate technologies may potentially be treated as “sharing” under California law depending on how those services are configured.
Where required, eligible California residents may request to opt out of applicable sharing.
Requests can be sent to:
We will not unlawfully discriminate against users who exercise applicable privacy rights.
17. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Signals
Some browsers provide privacy preference signals, including “Do Not Track” or legally recognised opt-out preference signals.
Where applicable law requires us to recognise a supported privacy preference signal, we will take reasonable steps to honour it.
Browser-level “Do Not Track” signals are not interpreted consistently across all websites and services.
18. Children’s Privacy
House Havenly is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed toward children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact:
We will take reasonable steps to review and, where appropriate, delete the information.
19. Email Communications
If House Havenly offers email newsletters or promotional communications, you may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe option included in those emails.
We may still send non-promotional communications when necessary, such as responses to messages you send us.
20. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect:
- Changes to our Website
- New services or technologies
- Changes in legal requirements
- Changes to our business practices
When changes are made, the “Last updated” date at the top of this page will be revised.
We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
21. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how House Havenly handles personal information, please contact us:
House Havenly
Website: househavenly.com
Email: [email protected]
We will make reasonable efforts to respond to legitimate privacy enquiries and requests in accordance with applicable law.
