Privacy Policy

Last updated: 14 December 2022

Overview: Who we are

Our website address is: https://minigardenspaces.com/

Our privacy and data protection measures are outlined below. Your online information will never be sold, lent, or rented to any 3rd parties and you retain the right to remove or view any data held by Mini Garden Spaces.

Data that is voluntarily given

The following sections refer to any information that is voluntarily given by you the user. This includes comments, contact form use and subscribing to a mailing list.

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.

Data that is automatically collected

The following sections refer to data that is collected by minigardenspaces. This information has never and will never be sold to third parties. Examples of how information may be used include:

Mailchimp

If you sign up for the minigardenspaces newsletter your email will be shared with our email service provider mail chimp. This is only when you have opted in to receive the newsletter.

Google Analytics

To optimize and maintain minigardenspaces we use google analytics. Google Analytics uses first-party cookies and IP address collection to generate reports on user geolocation and page actions.

Google Adsense

When using the minigardenspaces site, your web browser will automatically send certain information to Google Adsense. This data includes the URL of the web page that you’re visiting and also your IP address. Google Adsense may also set cookies or view cookies that are already present in your web browser. This information is collected by Google Adsense to improve its services and allows it, and its partners, to personalise the ad content that you receive. It can also help to protect against fraud and abuse. Check out the Google privacy policy for more detailed information on how this works and also the Google advertising policy.

To provide you with more relevant ads, this site uses ad personalisation. This can be turned off (directly using the Google My Add Center). Google will still collect cookies to serve even non-personalised ads on this website and adverts will still appear on the site, however, they will be less relevant or useful and Google will not be using your search and browsing history to display a relevant ad.

Find out more about how Google uses personal data by visiting the Google Privacy and Terms site.

Cookies

This website uses cookies. These are small text files that are stored on your computer to make your online experience more efficient. Cookies are used to personalize ads and analyze our website traffic. Many cookies are necessary for a website to function, others will require your permission to be used.

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.

Cookies can be disabled in your browser settings.

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.

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.

Where we send your data

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

External Links

Websites that are linked to or from minigardenspaces are each subject to their own privacy policies.

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.

Right to be forgotten

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.

Please contact us using the contact form if you wish to have your data removed.

Google Adverts

The Website uses Google Adsense to manage placement advertising throughout the Website. To provide relevant adverts, Google Adsense uses cookies. These cookies can collect information on your use of the Website. This includes your device type, IP address and also browser type, as well as broad demographic data.

As mentioned in our cookie section, these cookies can be turned off in your browser settings. If you would like to read more about cookies, their functionality and how to disable them, you can find out more at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Acceptance of these terms

By using minigardenspaces.com you consent to the use of data as detailed through the privacy policy above. If you do not accept these terms please refrain from using this website.