Privacy Policy

1Who We Are

Gladewick (“Gladewick,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the website located at www.gladewick.com, including all pages, subdomains, and content published thereon (collectively, the “Site”). Gladewick is a home and garden content publisher based in the United States, providing expert-written guidance on home improvement, interior design, gardening, DIY projects, and home product reviews to American homeowners.

This Privacy Policy describes how Gladewick collects, uses, stores, and protects the personal information of visitors and users of our Site. By accessing or using Gladewick.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the practices described in this policy.

If you have questions about this policy, you may contact us at any time at support@gladewick.com.

2Information We Collect

We collect two categories of information: information you provide to us directly, and information collected automatically when you visit our Site.

2.1 Information You Provide Directly

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:

• Submit our Contact Form — including your name, email address, and the content of your message
• Subscribe to our email newsletter — including your email address and any preferences you provide
• Email us directly at support@gladewick.com or hello@gladewick.com
• Submit a contributor inquiry, press request, or advertising inquiry through any Gladewick form or email channel

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit Gladewick.com, certain information is collected automatically by our servers and third-party analytics tools, including:

• Your IP address and approximate geographic location (city/country level)
• Browser type, version, and operating system
• Device type (desktop, tablet, mobile) and screen resolution
• Pages visited, time spent on each page, and navigation patterns
• Referring URL (how you arrived at our Site)
• Search terms that led you to our Site (where available from search engines)
• Date and time of each visit
• Links clicked within the Site

This information is collected through cookies, web beacons, server logs, and third-party services including Google Analytics and Google AdSense. See Sections 4–6 for full details on these technologies.

2.3 Information We Do NOT Collect

Gladewick does not collect or process:

• Payment card information or financial account details (we do not sell products directly)
• Government identification numbers (Social Security numbers, passport numbers, etc.)
• Sensitive personal information such as health data, biometric data, or precise GPS location
• Information from children under 13 years of age (see Section 11)

3How We Use Your Information

Gladewick uses the information we collect for the following specific purposes:

4Cookies & Tracking Technologies

Gladewick uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to operate and improve the Site. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device when you visit a website. We use both first-party cookies (set by Gladewick directly) and third-party cookies (set by services we use, such as Google).

Types of Cookies We Use

Managing & Disabling Cookies

You have the right to control which cookies are set on your device. You can manage cookie preferences at any time through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View and delete cookies currently stored on your device
• Block third-party cookies from being set
• Set your browser to notify you when a cookie is being placed

Please note that blocking certain cookies (particularly strictly necessary cookies) may affect how the Site functions. Blocking advertising cookies will not remove ads from the Site; it will simply make them less relevant to your interests.

For detailed instructions on managing cookies in your browser, visit aboutcookies.org. For our full cookie details, see our Cookie Policy.

5Google AdSense & Advertising

Gladewick uses Google AdSense to display advertisements on our Site. Google AdSense is operated by Google LLC, located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

Google AdSense uses cookies and web beacons to serve advertisements based on your prior visits to Gladewick and other websites. Google may use this information to personalize the ads you see. This is known as interest-based or behavioral advertising.

What Google Collects Through AdSense

• Pages visited on Gladewick and other Google partner websites
• Search history (if Google search is used and not opted out)
• Device identifiers and IP address
• Location data at the city or country level
• Inferred interest categories based on browsing behavior

Google’s use of advertising cookies is governed by Google’s Privacy Policy. Gladewick has no control over the data Google collects through the AdSense service beyond the disclosures required by Google’s publisher policies.

6Google Analytics

Gladewick uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to understand how visitors use our Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to arriving on ours.

Google Analytics uses first-party cookies to track visitor interactions. The data collected is transmitted to and stored on Google’s servers in the United States. Google may transfer this data to third parties in cases required by law or where such third parties process the data on Google’s behalf.

What We Learn From Google Analytics

• Which articles and pages receive the most traffic
• How visitors navigate through the Site
• Approximate geographic breakdown of our audience (country/city level)
• Device and browser statistics to improve mobile compatibility
• Traffic sources (search, social media, direct, referral)

We have enabled IP anonymization in Google Analytics, which means Google truncates your IP address before storing or using it, preventing the storage of your full IP address on Google’s servers.

Google Analytics data is used solely to understand and improve our content and website performance. We do not use this data to identify individual users or to make decisions about individual people.

7Affiliate Links & Third-Party Products

Gladewick participates in affiliate marketing programs, including but not limited to the Amazon Associates Program and programs offered by home improvement, garden, and home products retailers. This means that when you click on certain product links in our articles and make a qualifying purchase, Gladewick may receive a small commission — at no additional cost to you.

Our full Affiliate Disclosure is available on its own page and is referenced within all articles that contain affiliate links. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires that we disclose these relationships clearly, which we do as follows:

What Affiliate Links Do Not Do

• Affiliate relationships never influence which products we recommend, feature, or review
• We do not accept payment from brands in exchange for positive editorial coverage
• Affiliate commission rates do not influence our product ratings or recommendations

When you click an affiliate link on Gladewick, you may be redirected to a third-party website (such as Amazon.com). Those websites have their own privacy policies and terms of use that apply once you leave our Site. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party website you visit.

8How We Share Your Information

Gladewick does not sell your personal information. We do not rent, trade, or transfer your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes. Period.

We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:

1. Service Providers: We share data with trusted third-party vendors who help us operate the Site and our business — such as our web hosting provider (Hostinger), email marketing platform, and form processing tools (WPForms). These vendors are contractually required to use your data only to provide services on our behalf and to maintain appropriate security measures.
2. Analytics Providers: Anonymous, aggregated usage data is shared with Google Analytics as described in Section 6. This data cannot be used to identify you personally.
3. Advertising Networks: Cookie-based data is processed by Google AdSense for the purpose of serving advertisements, as described in Section 5. We do not share your name, email, or contact details with any advertising network.
4. Legal Compliance: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, regulation, or legal process (such as a court order or subpoena), or if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Gladewick, our users, or the public.
5. Business Transfer: In the event that Gladewick is acquired, merged with another company, or undergoes a similar business transaction, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity. We will notify you of any such change via a prominent notice on our Site and, where required by law, obtain your consent.

9Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, or as required by law.

You may request deletion of your personal data at any time by contacting us at support@gladewick.com. We will process your request within 30 days. Note that we may be required to retain certain information for legal, tax, or fraud-prevention purposes even after a deletion request.

10Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your state of residence, you may have specific rights regarding your personal information under U.S. privacy law.

Rights Available to All U.S. Residents

• Right to Know: You may request information about what personal data we hold about you and how it is used.
• Right to Correct: You may request that we correct inaccurate personal information we hold about you.
• Right to Delete: You may request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain legal exceptions.
• Right to Opt Out of Sale: Gladewick does not sell personal information. This right is therefore not applicable, as no sale occurs.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights.

Additional Rights for California Residents (CCPA / CPRA)

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) grants you additional rights, including:

• The right to know the categories of personal information collected, the sources from which it is collected, the business purpose for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom it is shared
• The right to opt out of sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising
• The right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information
• The right to request data portability (receiving your data in a portable format)

Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas & Other State Residents

Residents of states with enacted consumer data privacy laws (including the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, Colorado Privacy Act, Connecticut CTDPA, and Texas TDPSA) have similar rights to access, correct, delete, and opt out of certain data processing. We honor these rights on request for all U.S. residents regardless of state.

How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise any of your privacy rights, submit a request to us at support@gladewick.com with the subject line “Privacy Rights Request.” Include your full name, email address used with our Site, and the specific right you wish to exercise. We will respond within 45 days. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

11Children’s Privacy

Gladewick is intended exclusively for adults. Our Site is a home and garden content resource directed at adult homeowners and is not designed for, directed at, or intended to attract children under 13 years of age.

We do not knowingly collect, solicit, or process personal information from children under 13 years of age. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete that information from our records immediately.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child under 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately at support@gladewick.com and we will take prompt action to remove that information.

12Data Security

We take the security of your personal information seriously and implement commercially reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect it from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

These measures include:

• SSL/TLS encryption — All data transmitted between your browser and Gladewick.com is encrypted via HTTPS using an SSL/TLS certificate
• Secure hosting — Our Site is hosted on Hostinger’s secured server infrastructure with active firewall protection
• Security plugin monitoring — We use active security software (Wordfence) to monitor for and prevent unauthorized access, malware, and intrusion attempts
• Limited data access — Access to personal information submitted through our forms is restricted to authorized team members only
• Regular backups — Site data is backed up regularly to prevent data loss

13Third-Party Links

Gladewick’s content regularly links to third-party websites, including manufacturer websites, retailer product pages, government resources, industry publications, and other reference sources. These links are provided for your convenience and informational value.

Gladewick has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party website. When you click a link that takes you away from Gladewick.com, this Privacy Policy no longer applies. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of every website you visit.

The inclusion of a link to a third-party website does not constitute Gladewick’s endorsement of that site, its content, its owners, or their privacy practices.

14Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make material changes, we will:

• Update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page
• Post a prominent notice on the Gladewick homepage for at least 30 days after material changes take effect
• Notify newsletter subscribers by email for changes that materially affect how we handle their personal information

Your continued use of Gladewick.com after any update to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy. We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.

The previous version of this Privacy Policy is available upon request by contacting us at support@gladewick.com.

15Contact Us About Privacy

If you have questions, concerns, or requests related to this Privacy Policy or how Gladewick handles your personal information, please contact us using one of the methods below. We take all privacy inquiries seriously and will respond within 45 days.

You may also wish to review our related policies:

• Terms of Use — Your agreement with Gladewick for using the Site
• Cookie Policy — Full details on every cookie we use and how to manage them
• Affiliate Disclosure — How our affiliate relationships work and what they mean for you
• Disclaimer — Limitation of liability for our home and garden content