Privacy Policy
Last updated: September 22, 2026
Cozy with Bennett (cozywithbennett.com) is a home décor and home improvement blog. This page explains, in plain English, what information is collected when you visit the site, how it is used, and what choices you have.
If anything here is unclear, you can ask about it through the Contact page.
Who Is Responsible for Your Information
Cozy with Bennett is operated by its site owner, who decides what information this site collects and how it is handled. Under privacy laws such as the GDPR, that makes the site owner the “data controller.”
Every privacy question or request should go through the Contact page.
What Is Collected When You Simply Read the Site
Like every website, this one runs on a server that keeps basic logs so the site stays online, fast, and protected. Those logs record your IP address, the browser and device you use, the pages you request, the site that referred you (if any), and the date and time. Nobody sits and reads them individually.
The site also uses standard technical cookies — small files stored in your browser — for basic functions such as caching (so pages load quickly) and remembering details you enter, like your name and email if you leave a comment. These cookies don’t identify you personally and aren’t used for advertising.
When You Write to Us
The contact form asks for your name, email address, and message. Those details are stored in the site’s database and emailed to the site owner so your message can be answered. They are used to reply to you and for nothing else — writing in does not add you to any mailing list.
Form submissions are screened for spam, which involves checking the submission and the IP address it came from against known spam patterns.
Comments
If comments are enabled on an article, leaving a comment collects the name, email address, and website you enter, along with your comment and IP address for spam prevention. Your email address is never displayed publicly. If comments are switched off, no comment data is collected at all.
Email Newsletter
If you sign up for our newsletter using the signup form on our site, we collect your email address so we can send you home decor ideas, new articles, and occasional updates. We only send emails to people who signed up, and you can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email. We never sell or share your email address with anyone.
Embedded Content and Links to Other Sites
Articles may include embedded content such as videos, images, or social media posts from services like YouTube or Pinterest. Embedded content behaves as if you visited that service directly — it may set its own cookies and collect data according to its own privacy policy.
Articles also link out to retailers, manufacturers, and other websites for product references and further reading. Once you follow a link off this site, what happens next is between you and that site. We encourage you to read their privacy policies rather than assume they match this one.
Affiliate Links
Some articles may contain affiliate links. If you click one and buy something, the retailer or affiliate network places a cookie recording that you arrived from Cozy with Bennett, usually lasting from a day to a month depending on the program. What comes back to us is a summary — items ordered and commission earned — not your name, address, or payment details. Our Editorial Guidelines explain how affiliate relationships do and don’t affect what gets recommended.
Cookies, Briefly
A cookie is a small file a website stores in your browser and reads back on your next visit. The ones in use here fall into these groups:
- Necessary — caching and basic site function. Without these, parts of the site won’t work properly.
- Preferences — remembering details like your name and email for comments, if you choose to save them.
- Affiliate — set by a retailer or network only when you click an outbound shopping link.
- Third-party — set by embedded content (such as video players) according to those services’ own policies.
Every browser lets you see which cookies are stored, delete them, and block new ones. Blocking everything may break parts of this site and most others, so it’s worth being selective.
Your Rights Over Your Information
Depending on where you live, privacy laws (including the GDPR in Europe and various US state laws) may give you rights such as:
- The right to know what personal information is held about you.
- The right to get a copy of it.
- The right to have it corrected if it’s wrong.
- The right to have it deleted.
- The right to object to or restrict certain uses of it.
To make a request, send a message through the Contact page saying what you’d like. We may need to verify your identity first — usually by replying from the email address already associated with your information — and we aim to respond within 30 days. Exercising these rights will never cost you access to the site.
How Long Information Is Kept
- Server logs — kept for a short period set by the web host, then rotated out automatically.
- Contact form messages — kept while the conversation is relevant, then cleared out periodically.
- Comments — kept for as long as the article they belong to remains published, unless you ask for removal.
- Affiliate data — held by the retailers and networks under their own policies, not by us.
Keeping Information Secure
The site runs over an encrypted connection (HTTPS), WordPress and its components are kept up to date, and administrative access is limited and password-protected.
No website can promise it is impossible to breach. What we can promise is that very little about you is held here in the first place — and that if something went wrong in a way that affected you, we would tell you rather than hope you didn’t notice.
Children
Cozy with Bennett is written for a general adult audience interested in home décor. The site is not directed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child has sent us their details, contact us and we will delete them.
Changes to This Policy
When something changes — a new tool, a new feature, a new legal requirement — this page will be updated and the date at the top will change. If the change is significant, we’ll say so clearly rather than editing quietly.
Getting in Touch
Questions about this policy, requests about your information, or anything that doesn’t seem right: please use the Contact page. We read every message and aim to reply within a few days.