Decor Compass (“Decor Compass,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates decorcompass.com and publishes home decorating, organization, and room-planning content. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices available to visitors in the United States.
Information we collect
Information you provide
When you contact us, we collect the information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, inquiry type, article URL, subject, and message. When comments are available, a comment may include your name, email address, website, comment text, IP address, and browser user-agent information for moderation and spam prevention.
Information collected automatically
Our hosting, security, content-delivery, analytics, and marketing tools may automatically receive technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring page, pages viewed, approximate location, and the date and time of a request. We use cookies and similar technologies as described in our Cookie Policy.
How we use information
- Respond to questions, editorial corrections, story ideas, and partnership inquiries.
- Publish and moderate comments and prevent spam, fraud, abuse, and security incidents.
- Operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and improve Decor Compass.
- Understand site usage and evaluate content and marketing performance.
- Comply with legal obligations and protect our rights and the rights of others.
Cookies, analytics, and marketing
Decor Compass uses essential technologies needed to deliver and protect the site. We also use third-party analytics and marketing services, including tools deployed through Google Tag Manager, to understand site activity and measure the performance of our content and campaigns. These providers may set or read their own cookies and process information under their own privacy policies.
How we share information
We may share information with service providers that support hosting, content delivery, security, spam prevention, analytics, marketing, and form processing. We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect Decor Compass or others, or in connection with a merger, sale, financing, or transfer of all or part of the site. We do not sell contact-form messages as a standalone product.
Data retention
Contact-form submissions and related correspondence are generally retained for up to six months, unless a longer period is reasonably necessary to resolve an inquiry, maintain required business records, prevent abuse, or comply with law. Published comments may remain available while the related content is published; moderation and security records may be retained as reasonably necessary. Analytics and marketing providers apply their own retention settings and policies.
Your privacy choices
You can control many cookies through your browser settings and may use opt-out tools offered by analytics or advertising providers. Depending on where you live in the United States, applicable law may give you rights to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information, or to opt out of certain processing. To submit a request, email [email protected]. We may need to verify your request before acting on it.
Children’s privacy
Decor Compass is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, contact us so we can review and delete it when appropriate.
Security and external links
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures designed to protect information, but no online system is completely secure. Our articles may link to or embed content from other websites. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, not this Privacy Policy.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices, services, or legal obligations. The date shown at the top of this page identifies the latest revision.
Contact us
For privacy questions or requests, contact Decor Compass at [email protected].