The DIY Lighthouse captains appreciate our crew! Thank you for viewing and following! We respect your privacy and want to inform you of our privacy policy on thediylighthouse.com. This policy dives into the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information from you—a user of The DIY Lighthouse.
Please know that we only use your personal information for providing and improving our website. By using this website, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
Information Collection & Use
While using The DIY Lighthouse, in order to better serve you, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This information may include, but is not limited to your name, email address, etc. For example, we may collect your name, email, website address, and website name when you leave a comment on our blog so that we can respond to and connect with you. Leaving a comment is always elective. We may also collect information if you choose to participate in a survey, contest, giveaway, promotion, etc.
We want to protect the personal information of our crew, so we do not publically display or sell your personal information to third parties. (Your blog comments are automatically displayed along with the personal information you choose to enter.) However, we may transmit information like shipping information to third parties (like shipping companies, etc.) in the event of a giveaway or similar event. Otherwise, we will not disclose your information unless we have obtained your permission to a specific use, if we are required to do so in order to comply with a valid legal process or governmental request, or as we otherwise believe is required.
If you have previously made a comment on our blog that is displaying your information and you would like this deleted from our blog, please let us know and we are happy to delete your comment and information. Likewise, we are happy to delete any other information you have sent us. For requests on removing information please fill out the Contact Us form on our website.
Log Data
Like many other sites, The DIY Lighthouse uses log data, a.k.a. log files. To explain, this collects information that your browser sends whenever you visit our site. This data may include information like your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type/version, pages you visit on our site, the time/date of your visit, the time spent on our pages, etc.
Cookies
Cookies are delicious—especially white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies, but that’s not what we’re talking about here. We’re referring to more boring cookies: files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your computer’s hard drive. Like many sites out there, we use cookies to collect information. We store and use information we collect about your visit to our blog to analyze our blog and content performance. For example, we use Google Analytics that send targeted ads to you. (Click here for information explaining how Google manages data in its ads products.) We currently retain your user data on our Google Analytics account for 50 weeks. We also use Amazon Affiliate links that keep track of your Amazon.com behavior after clicking through a product link on our site. Google Analytics and Amazon Affiliate links help support The DIY Lighthouse at no extra cost to you. If you’d like, you can disable cookies through your browser.
Like many other websites, we may use third party advertisers on our site. These companies may collect non-personally identifiable information like your IP address, click stream information, time and date, etc. The DIY Lighthouse is not responsible for the collection or use of information by such marketing companies or third party websites.
Links & Advertisers
We like giving our crew links to helpful blog posts, tutorials, etc. Because of that, The DIY Lighthouse has links on it to other websites. The truth is, we don’t have magical powers. Therefore, we do not have control nor are we responsible for the privacy practices that you will find on the other websites. Please read the privacy policy of those websites because each website has their own privacy policies.
Security
The security of your personal information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. For example, we are not responsible for the republishing on the content found on our blog to other websites without our permission. Accordingly, you use our site at your own risk and we disclaim liability for any loss or unauthorized access or damage to any data or communications. By using our site, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
The DIY Lighthouse may update this Privacy Policy from time to time; therefore, read this policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions whatsoever about this Privacy Policy, don’t hesitate to contact us! You can use our Contact Us page on the website, or send us an email at thediylighthouse@gmail.com. Thank you!