Privacy Policy for HauntNest
Effective Date: June 1, 2026
At HauntNest, accessible from https://hauntnest.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information collected and recorded by HauntNest and how we systematically utilize it.
We maintain absolute operational transparency in compliance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and strict Google Publisher Policies.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact our corporate desk at contact@hauntnest.com.
- Information We Collect and How We Use It
HauntNest operates as an elite digital editorial platform specializing in home decor, architecture, and interior design. We collect information in the following ways:
- Voluntary Direct Correspondence: When you utilize our secure communication interface on our ‘Contact Us’ page, we collect your name, email address, subject line, and the specific contents of your message. This data is used exclusively to evaluate and respond to your editorial or business inquiries within our standard 24 to 48-hour response protocol.
- Log Files: HauntNest follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
- Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other professional digital publication, HauntNest uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
- Google DoubleClick DART Cookie and Advertising Policies
Google is one of the third-party vendors on our site. It also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve ads to our site visitors based upon their visit to hauntnest.com and other sites on the internet.
- AdSense Compliance: We intend to implement Google AdSense programmatic advertising. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visits to our site or other sites on the Internet.
- User Opt-Out: Visitors may choose to decline the use of DART cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network Privacy Policy at the following URL – https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
- Our Advertising Partners
Some of the advertisers on our site may use cookies and web beacons. Our primary advertising partner is Google AdSense. Each of our advertising partners has their own Privacy Policy for their policies on user data. For easier access, we hyperlinked to their Privacy Policies above.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on HauntNest, which are sent directly to users’ browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note that HauntNest has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
- CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:
- Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
- Request that a business delete any personal personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
- Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at contact@hauntnest.com.
- GDPR Data Protection Rights
We want to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
- The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
- The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
- Children’s Information Protection
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
HauntNest does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately at contact@hauntnest.com and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
- Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its Terms and Conditions.