The fine print
Affiliate Disclosure & Privacy
Short version: I run no advertising, I sell nothing directly, and the only personal information I hold is what you choose to send me.
Affiliate links
Some of the links on Lifestyle & Lagniappe are affiliate links. If you click one and make a purchase, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I recommend what I’ve used, and I label close substitutes as similar. Every opinion here is my own.
Posts that contain affiliate links say so at the top. Shop the Look lists name the exact product and store whether or not a link earns anything.
What I collect
When you send a message or join the newsletter. Your name and email address, plus whatever you write. I use it to reply to you and to send the newsletter you asked for. Newsletter addresses are kept in MailerLite; message content is not. It is never sold or shared, and you can unsubscribe from any email or by asking me directly.
When you simply read. Standard, anonymous measurements: which pages were opened, roughly where in the world the reader was, which site sent them, and how quickly pages loaded. None of it identifies you.
Cookies
This site uses two measurement tools, and they are deliberately different.
Cloudflare Web Analytics runs for everybody. It sets no cookies, stores nothing on your device and does not build a profile of you, which is why it needs no permission.
Google Analytics does set cookies, so it only ever loads if you accept the banner. Declining means the Google tag is never added to the page at all, not merely hidden. Your choice is remembered in your own browser, and you can change it any time using the Cookie choices link at the bottom of any page.
Who else handles your information
I use a small number of companies to run the site. They only ever see what is needed to do their job.
- Cloudflare hosts the site, serves the pages and provides the cookieless analytics above.
- Google Analytics provides the detailed reading statistics, and only with your consent.
- Resend delivers messages from the contact and newsletter forms to my inbox.
- MailerLite stores the newsletter list and sends the newsletter. Your address goes to them only when you fill in a signup form; their tracking scripts are not loaded on this site, so reading a page here tells them nothing about you.
How long I keep things
Newsletter addresses stay on the list until you unsubscribe or ask me to remove you, and unsubscribing removes you straight away. Messages sent through the contact form live in my email like any other mail, and I delete them once they are dealt with. Analytics data is aggregated and is not tied to you.
Children
This site is written for adults and is not directed at children under 13. I do not knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child has sent me their details, write to me and I will delete it.
Seeing or deleting your information
Write to lifestyleandlagniappe@gmail.com and ask. I will tell you what I hold, correct it, or delete it. There is no form to fill in and no reason you need to give.
If you are in the UK or the EU
I am based in Louisiana, so your information is handled in the United States. You still have the right to ask for a copy of what I hold, to have it corrected or deleted, and to withdraw consent at any time — the Cookie choices link at the bottom of any page withdraws consent for Google Analytics, and every newsletter has an unsubscribe link. I rely on your consent for analytics cookies and the newsletter, and on my legitimate interest in replying to you for anything you send through the contact form. If you think I have got something wrong, you may complain to your national data protection authority.
Changes to this policy
If what I collect or who handles it changes, I will update this page and the date at the bottom. I will not quietly start collecting something new and leave this page saying otherwise.
Recommendations
Prices, availability and product details change often. Please double-check anything before you buy, especially paint colors, which look different on every screen.
For safety and liability on the DIY projects, see the disclaimer.
Who runs this site
Lifestyle and Lagniappe, LLC, P.O. Box 1636, Abita Springs, LA 70420. Questions about anything on this page go to lifestyleandlagniappe@gmail.com.
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