Effective Date: April 16, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to DecorFeed.com (“we,” “us,” “our”). We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and users. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we may collect when you visit our website (https://decorfeed.com), how we use that information, and the choices you have regarding your data.
Our website address is: https://decorfeed.com.
2. Information We Collect and Why
We collect information about you in the following ways:
- Information You Provide Voluntarily:
- Comments: When you leave comments on our blog posts, we collect the data shown in the comments form (typically your name, email address, and optionally your website URL), your IP address, and your browser user agent string. This helps us detect spam and approve legitimate comments. An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it (Gravatar privacy policy: https://automattic.com/privacy/). If your comment is approved, your profile picture (if associated with Gravatar) may be visible publicly alongside your comment.
- Contact Forms: When you contact us using the contact form (powered by WPForms Lite), we collect the information you provide in the form fields, typically including your name, email address, and your message content. We use this information solely to respond to your inquiries or requests.
- Information Collected Automatically:
- Website Analytics (via Google Site Kit): We use Google Site Kit to connect our website with Google Analytics. Google Analytics collects information about your visit, such as the pages you view, the time you spend on the site, the device and browser you use, your general geographic location (e.g., city, country), and your IP address (we recommend enabling IP anonymization within your Google Analytics settings via Site Kit). We use this data in an aggregated form to understand how visitors use our website, improve our content, and enhance user experience. Google’s use of this data is governed by Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. Site Kit may also connect to Google Search Console, which helps us understand how our site performs in Google search results, but this typically involves aggregated, non-personal site performance data.
- Security Logs (via Wordfence Security): To protect our website from malicious activity, we use Wordfence Security. This plugin logs certain visitor activities, primarily IP addresses, attempted logins, and requests that might indicate malicious intent. This data is crucial for maintaining the security and integrity of our website and is used to block suspicious traffic. Wordfence may share IP data with its central threat intelligence database. Wordfence’s privacy policy can be found here: https://www.wordfence.com/privacy-policy/
- Server Logs (via Hostinger): Our hosting provider, Hostinger, maintains standard server logs which may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and pages visited. These logs are used for analyzing site performance, administering the server, and security purposes. Hostinger’s privacy policy applies: https://www.hostinger.com/privacy-policy
- Cookies: We use cookies to enhance your experience, ensure site functionality, gather analytics, and manage user consent. Please see the “Cookies” section below for more details.
3. Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. We use them for several purposes:
- Necessary/Functional Cookies:
- WordPress sets cookies for logged-in users and commenters (e.g., to remember your details if you opt-in when leaving a comment).
- Wordfence may set cookies essential for its security functions (e.g., determining if you are a human or a bot).
- LiteSpeed Cache may use cookies to help deliver cached content efficiently, improving site speed.
- Analytics Cookies:
- Google Analytics (via Site Kit) sets cookies to track your usage of our website, as described in the Analytics section above.
- Consent Management:
- We use the WP Consent API plugin framework. This system helps manage your consent choices regarding cookies, particularly non-essential ones like analytics cookies. You may be presented with a banner or tool to manage your preferences upon your first visit.
You can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling necessary cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
4. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos from YouTube, images from Pinterest, articles from other blogs). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you had visited the other website directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use their own cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to that website. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party sites.
5. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell your personal data. We may share your data with the following third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website and conducting our business:
- Google: For website analytics (Google Analytics) and site performance data (Google Search Console), as enabled via Site Kit.
- Wordfence: For website security monitoring and protection.
- Automattic: If you use Gravatar, your hashed email and potentially profile picture are shared.