Effective date: September 2, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Yard Care Guide (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and shares information when you visit YardCareGuide.com (the “Site”), contact us, or interact with links and services on the Site.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
When you use our contact form, we may collect your name, email address, subject, message, and any other information you choose to provide. Please do not submit sensitive personal information.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Site, our hosting, security, analytics, performance, and content-delivery tools may automatically receive technical information such as your IP address, browser and device type, operating system, referring page, pages viewed, approximate location derived from IP address, timestamps, and diagnostic or security events.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Site and its service providers may use cookies, pixels, local storage, or similar technologies to operate the Site, remember preferences, measure traffic and performance, protect against abuse, and understand how visitors use content. You can control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect Site features.
How We Use Information
- Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Site;
- Respond to messages, correction requests, and support inquiries;
- Measure readership, performance, and content usefulness;
- Detect spam, fraud, malicious activity, and technical problems;
- Comply with law and enforce our terms; and
- Maintain business, tax, and compliance records where required.
How We Share Information
We may share information with service providers that help us operate the Site, such as web hosting, security, caching, analytics, email, contact-form, and technical-support providers. These providers process information for the services they supply and are subject to their own terms and privacy obligations.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, protect rights or safety, investigate misuse, or complete a business transfer such as a merger, acquisition, or asset sale. We do not sell personal information for money.
Third-Party Services and Links
The Site may use or link to services provided by companies such as Google, Automattic/Jetpack, Amazon, and other retailers or technology providers. When you follow an external link or interact with an embedded or third-party feature, that provider may collect information under its own privacy policy. We do not control third-party privacy practices.
Analytics and Advertising
Analytics tools may use cookies or similar technologies to help us understand traffic and Site usage. If advertising is added in the future, this policy and any applicable consent controls will be updated as needed.
Affiliate Links
Some outbound links are affiliate links. A retailer or affiliate network may use cookies or other identifiers to attribute a qualifying purchase to Yard Care Guide. For more information, see our Affiliate Disclosure.
Comments and User Accounts
Public comments are currently disabled. The Site is not intended to offer general public account registration. Administrative account information is processed as necessary to operate and secure WordPress.
Data Retention
We retain information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including responding to requests, maintaining security and records, resolving disputes, and meeting legal obligations. Retention periods vary by data type and service provider.
Data Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards designed to protect information. No online service, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.
Your Privacy Choices and Rights
You may ask to access, correct, or delete personal information you submitted directly to us. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under applicable state or national privacy law, including rights to know, delete, correct, limit, or opt out of certain processing. We may need to verify your request, and legal exceptions may apply.
To submit a privacy request, use our Contact page and include “Privacy Request” in the subject. Authorized agents may submit requests where permitted by law, subject to verification of authority and identity.
California Privacy Notice
California residents may have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended, subject to applicability thresholds and legal exceptions. We do not sell personal information for money. If our practices change in a way that creates a right to opt out of sale or sharing, we will provide the required notice and mechanism.
Children’s Privacy
The Site is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has submitted such information, contact us so we can review and delete it where appropriate.
International Visitors
The Site is operated for a U.S. audience. If you access it from another country, your information may be processed in the United States or other locations where our service providers operate, which may have different data-protection laws.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices, services, or legal obligations. The effective date at the top shows when it was last revised.
Contact Us
For privacy questions or requests, use our Contact page.