Privacy Policy

Earth Friendly Blogs is a sustainable-living blog published by Sarah Mitchell at earthfriendlyblog.com. If you have any questions about this policy, you can reach us at admin@earthfriendlyblog.com.

We keep data collection to a minimum. There are two kinds:

• Information you give us — your email address if you subscribe to our newsletter, and your name, email, and message if you use our contact form.
• Information collected automatically — like most websites, our servers and analytics tools record standard log data such as your IP address, browser and device type, the pages you view, the site that referred you, and the date and time of your visit. Some of this is collected through cookies.

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use them to keep the site working properly and to understand how visitors use it so we can improve it.

This site is supported by advertising. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of a number of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info. Most browsers also let you block or delete cookies in their settings.

• To send the newsletter you asked for (and nothing else) — every email includes a one-click unsubscribe link.
• To reply to questions and messages you send us.
• To understand which content is useful so we can write more of it.
• To keep the site secure and working, and to comply with the law.

We never sell your personal information.

We rely on a few trusted third parties to run the site. These may process limited data under their own privacy policies:

• Google AdSense, which serves the ads that keep this blog free — see Google's Privacy Policy.
• Analytics tools that report anonymous, aggregate traffic trends.
• An email provider that delivers our newsletter.

You are in control of your information. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, and you can ask us to access, correct, or delete any personal data we hold about you by emailing admin@earthfriendlyblog.com. If you are in California (CCPA) or the EU/UK (GDPR), you have additional rights over your data, including the right to request it or have it erased — just contact us and we'll take care of it.

We keep your newsletter email only until you unsubscribe. Messages sent through the contact form are kept only as long as needed to respond to you. Automatically collected log data is retained for a limited period for security and analytics.

This site is intended for a general, adult audience. It is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided us information, please contact us and we'll delete it.

We take reasonable measures to protect your information, but no method of transmission or storage on the internet is completely secure. We can't guarantee absolute security, but we work to keep what little data we hold safe.

We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we'll revise the “last updated” date at the top of this page. Continued use of the site after any change means you accept the revised policy.