Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2, 2026

House Made Clear respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly and transparently.

This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit https://housemadeclear.com/, how that information may be used, when it may be shared, and what rights may be available to you.

1. Who We Are

House Made Clear is an independent editorial website publishing practical content about interior design, home improvement, smart-home technology, and home security.

Website: https://housemadeclear.com/
Website operator and data controller: Deepish Digital LLC
State and country of establishment: Delaware, United States
General contact email: admin@housemadeclear.com
Privacy enquiries: privacy@housemadeclear.com

For privacy-related questions or requests, contact us using the privacy email address above.

2. Information We May Collect

The information collected depends on how you interact with House Made Clear.

Information You Provide Directly

You may voluntarily provide information when you:

• Contact us through a form or email
• Leave a comment
• Submit a correction or enquiry
• Participate in a survey, giveaway, or promotion
• Request information about a collaboration
• Communicate with us through social media

This information may include:

• Your name
• Email address
• Website address
• Social-media profile information
• The contents of your message
• Any other information you choose to provide

Please do not send confidential home-security details, access codes, precise camera locations, alarm credentials, financial information, or other sensitive information through public comments or unsecured contact forms.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit House Made Clear, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, analytics services, security tools, or other service providers.

This may include:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser type and version
• Device type
• Operating system
• Referring website
• Pages viewed
• Date and time of access
• Approximate geographic location
• Time spent on pages
• Links clicked
• Website errors and performance information
• Cookie or device identifiers

This information is generally used to operate, secure, analyse, and improve the website.

3. Comments

When visitors leave comments on House Made Clear, we may collect the information entered in the comment form, together with the visitor’s IP address and browser information.

This information may be used to:

• Display and manage comments
• Detect spam
• Prevent abuse
• Protect the website
• Respond to questions

An anonymised string created from your email address may be provided to an avatar service, such as Gravatar, to determine whether you use that service. If your comment is approved, your profile image may become publicly visible alongside your comment.

Comments and associated metadata may be retained so that follow-up comments can be recognised and moderated.

Do not include private or sensitive information in a public comment.

4. Contact Forms and Email Communications

When you contact House Made Clear, we may collect your name, email address, message, and any other information you submit.

We use this information to:

• Respond to enquiries
• Review corrections
• Handle partnership requests
• Address technical or legal concerns
• Maintain records of relevant communications
• Prevent spam and abuse

We do not add you to a marketing mailing list solely because you contacted us unless you separately consent to receive marketing communications.

5. Newsletter and Marketing Emails

House Made Clear does not currently operate an email newsletter or marketing mailing list.

If a newsletter is introduced in the future, this Privacy Policy will be updated before subscriber information is collected. Where required, subscribers will be asked to provide consent and will be given a clear method to unsubscribe.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

House Made Clear may use cookies, pixels, local storage, tags, and similar technologies.

Cookies are small files placed on your device that help websites remember information and understand how visitors use their services.

Cookies may be used for:

• Essential website functionality
• Security and fraud prevention
• Remembering preferences
• Comment functionality
• Website analytics
• Measuring content performance
• Embedded media and social features

Non-essential cookies generally require appropriate consent where applicable.

Essential Cookies

These cookies may be required for functions such as:

• Website security
• Page delivery
• Login functionality
• Comment management
• Cookie-consent settings
• Load balancing

Essential cookies may operate without consent where legally permitted because the website may not function properly without them.

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand:

• Which pages receive visits
• How visitors navigate the website
• Which devices and browsers are used
• Where errors occur
• How content performs

Where required by law, analytics cookies will not be activated until you provide consent.

Managing Cookies

You may be able to manage cookies through:

• The House Made Clear cookie-consent banner
• Your browser settings
• Your device privacy settings

Blocking cookies may affect some website functionality.

A separate Cookie Policy may provide additional details about the cookies used on House Made Clear.

7. Google Analytics

House Made Clear uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the website and to improve its content, performance, and usability.

Google Analytics may collect or process information such as:

• Approximate geographic location
• Browser and device information
• Pages viewed
• Session activity
• Referral sources
• Interactions with website features
• Cookie or device identifiers

Where consent is required, Google Analytics will not be activated until the visitor has provided the relevant consent through the cookie banner.

8. Advertising

House Made Clear does not currently display third-party advertising or use advertising-tracking technologies.

If advertising is introduced in the future, this Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy will be updated before advertising technologies are activated.

9. Affiliate Links

House Made Clear does not currently participate in an affiliate programme and does not currently use affiliate links or affiliate-tracking technologies.

If House Made Clear introduces affiliate relationships in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy and provide clear disclosures within relevant articles before affiliate links are used.

10. Embedded Content

House Made Clear articles may include embedded content from third-party platforms, such as:

• YouTube
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• Facebook
• X
• Maps
• Product widgets
• Video players

Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party website directly.

Those services may:

• Collect information about you
• Use cookies
• Track your interaction
• Link activity to an existing account
• Process data outside your country

House Made Clear does not control the privacy practices of embedded-content providers.

11. Social-Media Links and Features

House Made Clear may link to or integrate with social platforms, including LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, and X.

When you use these features, the relevant platform may collect information under its own privacy policy.

Following a link from House Made Clear to a social platform does not make House Made Clear responsible for that platform’s data practices.

12. How We Use Personal Information

We may use information for the following purposes:

• Operating and maintaining House Made Clear
• Responding to enquiries
• Publishing and moderating comments
• Improving articles and website usability
• Measuring website performance
• Detecting spam, fraud, and misuse
• Protecting website security
• Troubleshooting technical issues
• Complying with legal obligations
• Establishing or defending legal claims
• Enforcing website terms
• Maintaining business and editorial records

We will not use personal information for materially unrelated purposes without an appropriate legal basis or additional notice where required.

13. Legal Bases for Processing

For visitors in the European Economic Area, European Union, or United Kingdom, we may rely on one or more of the following legal bases.

Consent

We may rely on consent for:

• Non-essential cookies
• Certain analytics activities

You may withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.

Legitimate Interests

We may process information where reasonably necessary for legitimate interests such as:

• Operating the website
• Protecting website security
• Preventing abuse
• Understanding general website performance
• Responding to communications
• Managing editorial operations

We will consider whether those interests are overridden by your rights.

Contractual Necessity

We may process information where necessary to provide something you have requested or to take steps before entering into an agreement.

Legal Obligation

We may process information where required to comply with applicable law, regulation, court order, or legal process.

Legal Claims

Information may be processed where necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

14. How We Share Information

House Made Clear does not sell personal information in the ordinary meaning of exchanging it directly for money.

We may share limited information with service providers that help operate the website, such as:

• Website-hosting providers
• WordPress service providers
• Security and spam-prevention services
• Analytics providers
• Cloud-storage providers
• Technical consultants
• Legal or professional advisers

These providers may process information only as necessary to perform their services, subject to their contractual and legal obligations.

We may also disclose information:

• When required by law
• In response to valid legal process
• To protect rights, safety, or property
• To investigate fraud or abuse
• During a merger, sale, restructuring, or transfer of website assets
• With your consent

15. International Data Transfers

House Made Clear may use service providers located in countries other than your own.

This means personal information may be processed in India, the United States, the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or other countries where our providers operate.

Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers, we will rely on appropriate mechanisms, which may include:

• Adequacy decisions
• Standard contractual clauses
• Contractual safeguards
• Other legally recognised transfer mechanisms

16. Data Retention

House Made Clear retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including operational, security, legal, and recordkeeping requirements.

When determining an appropriate retention period, we consider:

• The purpose for which the information was collected
• The nature and sensitivity of the information
• Website-security and fraud-prevention requirements
• Applicable legal or contractual obligations
• Whether the information is needed to respond to a dispute, enquiry, or privacy request

Contact enquiries are retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond and maintain an appropriate record of the communication.

Comments and related metadata may be retained until the comment is removed or is no longer required for moderation and website operation.

Security and technical logs are retained according to the settings of the relevant hosting, security, and website systems.

Google Analytics information is retained according to the retention settings configured in the House Made Clear Google Analytics property.

Cookie-consent records may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to document and manage consent choices.

17. Data Security

House Made Clear uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organisational measures intended to protect personal information.

These measures may include:

• Secure website connections
• Software updates
• Access controls
• Security monitoring
• Spam filtering
• Backups
• Limited administrative access
• Trusted hosting and security providers

No method of transmission or storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

18. Your Privacy Rights

Your rights depend on your location and applicable law.

European Economic Area and European Union

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

• Access personal information
• Correct inaccurate information
• Request deletion
• Restrict processing
• Object to processing
• Receive portable data
• Withdraw consent
• Complain to a supervisory authority
• Receive information about automated decision-making, where applicable

United Kingdom

UK residents may have rights under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act, including rights of access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, and data portability.

You may also lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office where applicable.

California

To the extent that the California Consumer Privacy Act or other applicable California privacy law applies to House Made Clear, California residents may have rights to:

• Know what personal information is collected
• Request access to eligible personal information
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion, subject to applicable exceptions
• Opt out of covered sales or sharing
• Limit certain uses of sensitive personal information
• Exercise applicable rights without unlawful discrimination

House Made Clear will respond to verified requests as required by applicable law.

Other United States Residents

Residents of certain US states may have additional rights under applicable state privacy laws.

Where those laws apply, House Made Clear will process verified requests in accordance with legal requirements.

19. How to Submit a Privacy Request

To exercise an applicable privacy right, email:

privacy@housemadeclear.com

Use the subject line:

Privacy Request – House Made Clear

Include:

• Your name
• Your email address
• The nature of your request
• The country or state in which you reside
• Enough information for us to locate relevant records

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

Do not send identity documents unless specifically requested through a secure method.

Authorised agents may submit requests where permitted by law, but proof of authority and identity verification may be required.

20. Opting Out of Sale, Sharing, or Targeted Advertising

Some privacy laws may define advertising-related data transfers as “sharing” even when no money changes hands.

Where legally required, House Made Clear will provide a method to opt out of:

• Sale or sharing of personal information
• Targeted advertising
• Certain profiling
• Non-essential cookies

This may be provided through the cookie banner or a link titled:

• Your Privacy Choices
• Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

21. Children’s Privacy

House Made Clear is intended for a general adult 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 provided personal information through House Made Clear, contact us so that we can review and delete the information where appropriate.

For users in jurisdictions with a higher age threshold for online consent, we will apply the locally required standard where applicable.

22. External Links

House Made Clear contains links to third-party websites, retailers, products, services, and social-media platforms.

We are not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or practices of third-party websites.

You should review the privacy policy of any external website before submitting personal information.

23. Automated Decision-Making

House Made Clear does not currently use personal information to make decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects through solely automated processing.

24. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when:

• Website features change
• New services are introduced
• Vendors change
• Legal requirements evolve
• Data practices are modified

The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.

Material changes may also be communicated through the website or by other appropriate means.

25. Contact Us

For questions, concerns, complaints, or privacy requests, contact:

House Made Clear
Website operator: Deepish Digital LLC
General email: admin@housemadeclear.com
Privacy email: privacy@housemadeclear.com
Website: https://housemadeclear.com/
Contact page: https://housemadeclear.com/contact/