Last updated: 5 August 2026
Fernhavenly (“the site”, “we”, “I”) is operated from United States. This page explains what information the site collects, why, who it goes to, and what you can do about it.
The short version: I collect very little on purpose, quite a lot automatically through analytics and advertising, and I don’t sell anything about you to anyone. The long version is below.
If you have questions, email fernhavenly@gmail.com and I’ll answer.
1. Information you give me directly
Email address. If you subscribe to the newsletter or download a free printable, you give me your email address and sometimes a first name. That’s stored with Mailchimp, who process it on my behalf. I use it to send new posts, seasonal ideas and occasional recommendations. Every email has an unsubscribe link and it works immediately.
Comments. If you leave a comment, the site stores your name, your email address, your comment, your IP address and your browser user agent string. The email is not published. Comments and their metadata may be retained indefinitely so that follow up replies stay readable.
Contact messages. If you email me or use a contact form, I keep the message and your address so I can reply and so I have a record of the conversation.
I never ask for and never store payment card details. If digital products are sold here in future, payment is handled entirely by a third party processor and card data never touches this site.
2. Information collected automatically
When you visit any website, including this one, some data is collected by default:
- IP address, or a truncated version of it
- Browser type and version, operating system and device type
- Pages you viewed, how long you stayed, and which site or pin sent you here
- Approximate location, usually at city or region level
- Date and time of your visit
This comes from server logs and from the analytics and advertising services listed below. I use it in aggregate to understand which posts are useful and which are not. I don’t use it to identify individual readers, and I have no interest in doing so.
3. Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. This site uses them in four ways:
| Type | What it does | Who sets it |
| Essential | Keeps the site working, remembers your cookie choices | Fernhavenly |
| Analytics | Counts visits and shows which pages get read | Google Analytics |
| Advertising | Serves ads and limits how often you see the same one | Google and their partners |
| Email and social | Remembers whether you’ve already seen a signup form, enables Pinterest saving | Mailchimp, Pinterest |
You can refuse or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Essential cookies aside, refusing them will not break the site. If you’re in the EU, UK or another region with consent requirements, you’ll see a consent banner on your first visit and your choices are stored and respected.
4. Advertising
This site is supported by display advertising. Advertising partners, including Google, may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
You can opt out of personalised advertising from Google at adssettings.google.com, and from many other vendors through the Digital Advertising Alliance at optout.aboutads.info or the European equivalent at youronlinechoices.eu.
Opting out does not remove ads. It only makes them less relevant to you.
5. Affiliate links
Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, I earn a commission and you pay the same price you would have paid anyway.
Affiliate programs use cookies to record that the visit came from here, usually for somewhere between 24 hours and 30 days depending on the program. That cookie is set by the retailer, not by me, and the retailer’s own privacy policy governs what happens next. I never see your name, your address, your card details or what you bought. I see a number in a dashboard telling me a sale happened.
As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
7. Why I’m allowed to process your data
If you’re in the EU or UK, the lawful bases are:
- Consent, for newsletter emails, non essential cookies and personalised advertising. You gave it and you can withdraw it at any time.
- Legitimate interest, for basic analytics, site security and answering messages you send me. The interest is running a site that works and knowing whether anyone reads it. It’s balanced against your privacy, which is why analytics data is used in aggregate.
- Legal obligation, where record keeping is required.
8. Your rights
Wherever you live, you can email fernhavenly@gmail.com and ask me to tell you what I hold, correct it, or delete it. I’ll do it. There’s no form and no hoops.
If you’re in the EU or UK, you have the right to access your data, correct it, erase it, restrict or object to processing, request a portable copy, and withdraw consent at any time. You also have the right to complain to your national data protection authority.
If you’re in California, you have the right to know what personal information is collected and disclosed, the right to delete it, the right to correct it, and the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. I do not sell personal information for money. Some advertising cookie activity may be considered “sharing” under the CPRA, and you can opt out using the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information link in the site footer. Exercising these rights will never get you worse service here.
Everyone else, ask anyway. I’ll treat the request the same way.
9. How long data is kept
Newsletter subscribers are kept until you unsubscribe, and I clear out addresses that haven’t opened anything in two years. Comments stay as long as the post does. Analytics data follows Google’s retention settings, currently set to the shortest practical period. Emails you send me are kept for as long as they’re useful, which is usually a year or two.
10. Security
The site runs over HTTPS. Access to the email list and site admin is protected by strong unique passwords and two factor authentication. No website can promise perfect security, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something, but the sensible precautions are in place.
11. Links to other sites
Posts here link out to retailers, brands and other blogs. Once you follow a link, you’re on their site under their rules. I’m not responsible for their privacy practices and I’d encourage you to read their policies if it matters to you.
12. Changes to this policy
If this policy changes materially, the date at the top changes and the update is noted here. Small corrections happen without announcement.
13. Contact
Questions, requests, or a correction to something on this page: fernhavenly@gmail.com