Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2025-10-05

Overview This Privacy Policy explains how Greenhouse Score (greenhousescore.blog) collects, uses, and protects your information when you visit our site, use our climate/site quiz, subscribe to updates, or interact with our content.

Data We Collect

Information you provide: email address (newsletter/contact), quiz inputs (zone, exposure, wind/snow context, goals), and messages you send to us.
Automatic data: IP address, device/browser type, pages viewed, referring URLs, and approximate location derived from IP, collected via standard web server logs and analytics.
Cookies and similar technologies: used for preferences, session management, analytics, and (where applicable) affiliate attribution.

How We Use Your Data

To deliver content, recommendations, and tools (e.g., mapping your quiz results to kit categories and upgrade paths).
To improve site performance, testing methods, and content relevance.
To communicate updates, respond to inquiries, and provide support.
To conduct anonymized research and reporting (e.g., aggregated climate quiz trends by region).

Legal Bases for Processing (EEA/UK)

Consent: newsletter subscriptions, cookies requiring consent.
Legitimate interests: site security, basic analytics, preventing abuse, improving services.
Contract: responding to your requests when you expect a reply.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Essential cookies: site functionality and security.
Analytics cookies: understanding page performance and improving usability.
Affiliate cookies: attributing purchases to support our work; these do not increase your price. You can manage cookies via your browser settings and, where required, via our consent banner.

Analytics and Third Parties We may use privacy-respecting analytics providers that process data on our behalf. We do not sell your personal data. Limited information may be shared with service providers (e.g., email delivery, analytics) under contracts that require confidentiality and data protection.

Affiliate Disclosure Greenhouse Score may include affiliate links to vendors. If you click and purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. Affiliate relationships do not influence our testing protocol, scores, or recommendations. Brands cannot pay for favorable coverage. See our Editorial Policy for details.

Data Sharing We share personal information only with:

Service providers who support site operations (hosting, email, analytics) under strict data-processing terms.
Authorities when legally required (e.g., to comply with a lawful request). We do not sell personal data.

Data Retention

Contact emails: retained as long as needed to respond and maintain context for ongoing support.
Newsletter data: retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion.
Quiz responses: stored pseudonymously for research and product-matching; we may retain anonymized aggregates.

Security We use reasonable technical and organizational measures (encryption in transit, access controls, minimal data collection). No method is 100% secure; please use strong, unique passwords for any accounts you choose to create.

Your Rights Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal data, and to object or request portability. To exercise these rights, contact [email protected].

Children’s Privacy Our site is intended for adults and older students under educator supervision. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or relevant age in your jurisdiction). If we learn we’ve collected such data, we will delete it.

International Transfers If you access our site from outside the hosting country, your information may be transferred internationally. We use safeguards such as standard contractual clauses where applicable.

Changes to This Policy We may update this policy as our services and laws evolve. Material changes will be posted here with an updated date.

Contact Questions about this Privacy Policy? Email [email protected].