Who we are
Fairy Garden Finder is the ultimate dedicated resource for localizing and exploring magical miniature gardens. Our mission is to connect fairy garden creators with enthusiasts through our interactive maps and expert guides.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Affiliate Disclosure
Fairy Garden Finder is a participant in the Etsy Affiliate Program and other curated affiliate marketing programs. This means that when you click on links to our favorite supplies and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Additionally, we use advertising partners, such as Google AdSense, to help support the maintenance of our magical maps and community resources. We only recommend products and services that we believe will help you create a more magical garden experience.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website. Fairy Garden Finder is not responsible for any location data shared by users in public image uploads.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Third-Party Advertising Cookies: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to Fairy Garden Finder or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet. We also use third-party cookies from our affiliate partners, such as Etsy and Awin, to ensure commissions are correctly attributed. These cookies do not store personal identification information.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. maps, videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
Your Privacy Choices
You have the right to control how your data is used for advertising. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings.
Additionally, you can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings. You can also opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Aside from necessary service providers (like our map hosting and email services) and our advertising or affiliate partners for tracking and attribution purposes, we do not sell or share your personal data with third parties.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service to ensure the safety and integrity of our magical community.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your magical data, please visit our Contact Us page