Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 18, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to CozyLayout.com (the “Website”, “Site”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We are committed to protecting the privacy of our visitors and users (“you”, “your”). This Privacy Policy outlines the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit CozyLayout.com, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

  • On this Website.
  • Email, newsletters, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
  • Through third-party services integrated with our Website, such as Google Analytics and affiliate networks.

It does not apply to information collected by:

  • Us offline or through any other means, including on any other website operated by us or any third party.
  • Any third party, including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from the Website (except as explicitly detailed below regarding Analytics and Affiliate Links).

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Privacy Policy. This policy may change from time to time (see Section 11: Changes to Our Privacy Policy). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

2. Information We Collect About You and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including:

  • Personal Information: Information by which you may be personally identified, such as:
    • Email Address and Name (Optional): When you voluntarily subscribe to our newsletter.
  • Non-Personal Information: Information that is about you but individually does not identify you, such as:
    • Information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website (e.g., browser type, operating system).
    • Usage details like your IP address (which may be anonymized by certain services), referring/exit pages, date/time stamps, and pages visited on our Site.

We collect this information:

  • Directly from you when you provide it to us (e.g., subscribing to the newsletter).
  • Automatically as you navigate through the Site. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

  • To present our Website and its contents to you.
  • To provide you with information or services that you request from us, such as sending you our newsletter if you subscribe.
  • To analyze and improve our Website content, layout, and user experience using aggregated, non-personal data (primarily through Google Analytics).
  • To track referrals from affiliate links and potentially earn commissions (see Section 5: Affiliate Disclosure).
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
  • To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights.
  • To notify you about changes to our Website or any services we offer or provide through it.
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
  • For any other purpose with your consent.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

  • To Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include:
    • Email Marketing Provider: To manage and send our newsletters. We will only share the information necessary for kit.com to perform this service (e.g., your email address if you subscribe).
    • Website Hosting Provider: Our hosting provider may have access to server logs containing non-personal information.
  • To Analytics Providers: As detailed in Section 6 (Google Analytics).
  • To Affiliate Networks: As detailed in Section 5 (Affiliate Disclosure).
  • For Legal Reasons: To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including responding to any government or regulatory request.
  • To Enforce Rights: To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements.
  • To Protect Safety and Rights: If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of CozyLayout.com, our users, or others.
  • With Your Consent: For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.

5. Affiliate Disclosure

CozyLayout.com participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on purchases made through our links to retailer sites. Our participation in these programs does not influence the content, topics, or posts made on this blog.

  • How it Works: When you click on an affiliate link on our Site and make a purchase on the linked website (e.g., Amazon.com or others), a cookie is placed on your browser to track the referral for commission purposes. This cookie typically contains tracking information but does not store personal information about you directly.
  • Amazon Associates Program: CozyLayout.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
  • Other Affiliate Programs: We may also participate in other affiliate programs from various merchants. Clicking these links may also result in a cookie being placed on your browser for tracking purposes.

These affiliate programs use cookies to track visits for the purposes of assigning commission on these sales. Using our affiliate links does not cost you anything extra.

6. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), to help us analyze how users use the Site and improve our content and user experience.

  • Data Collected: Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. This information is typically aggregated and non-personally identifiable. We may have configured Google Analytics to anonymize IP addresses.
  • Google’s Privacy Policy: Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can find more information here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  • Opt-Out: You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

As mentioned above, we and our third-party partners (like Google Analytics and affiliate networks) use cookies and potentially other tracking technologies (like web beacons).

  • What are Cookies? A cookie is a small file placed on the hard drive of your computer. You may refuse to accept browser cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our Website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website.
  • How We Use Cookies:
    • Analytics: To understand website traffic and usage patterns (Google Analytics).
    • Affiliate Tracking: To track referrals to affiliate partners.
    • Functionality: Potentially for basic site functions (though less likely if not selling products or having user logins).
  • Managing Cookies: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. For more information on how to manage cookies, visit the help section of your browser or sites like www.allaboutcookies.org.

Here is our Cookie Policy.

8. Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your information, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website.

9. Your Data Rights (GDPR/CCPA Considerations)

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information. These may include the right to:

  • Access: Request access to the personal information we hold about you.
  • Correction: Request correction of inaccurate personal information we hold about you.
  • Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
  • Opt-Out of Newsletter: You can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link provided at the bottom of each email.

To exercise any applicable rights, please contact us using the information in Section 13. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable laws.

10. Children’s Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age (or 16 in certain jurisdictions like the EEA). No one under age 13 (or 16, where applicable) may provide any personal information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or 16). If you are under 13 (or 16), do not use or provide any information on this Website, including subscribing to the newsletter. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 (or 16) without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13 (or 16), please contact us at [email protected].

11. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users’ personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the Website home page or potentially via email if you are subscribed to our newsletter. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for ensuring we have an up-to-date active and deliverable email address for you (if you subscribe to the newsletter), and for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

12. Links to Other Websites

Our Website contains links to other websites (including affiliate links) that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

13. Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, or to exercise your data rights, please contact us at:

[email protected]