Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 28, 2026

Welcome to HotBuzzes (“HotBuzzes,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), your go-to resource for houseplant care, gardening tips, and plant collecting, accessible from HotBuzzes.com. Your privacy is important to us, and this Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have. By using our website, you consent to the practices described in this policy.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide

We collect personal information only when you choose to provide it, such as your name and email address, when you:

  • Submit a comment on an article (your name and comment are shown publicly; your email is not published)
  • Contact us through our contact form
  • [Subscribe to our newsletter. Delete this line if you have no newsletter.]

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit, we and our service providers may automatically collect:

  • Browser type and version, device type and operating system
  • IP address and approximate location derived from it
  • Referring and exit pages
  • Date and time stamps
  • Pages viewed and time spent on the site
  • Cookie identifiers

2. Cookies and Web Beacons

HotBuzzes uses cookies to store information about visitors’ preferences, to record which pages visitors access, and to personalize page content based on browser type or other information sent by the browser.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. More detailed information about cookie management can be found on each browser’s website.

[Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are asked for consent to non-essential cookies through a cookie banner provided by (Google Funding Choices / Complianz / CookieYes). You can change your choice at any time using the “Privacy settings” link in the footer. Keep this paragraph only once the banner is live.]

3. Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertising

We use Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service, to display ads on this website.

  • Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
  • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to HotBuzzes and/or other sites on the Internet.
  • Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) for this purpose. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
  • To learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services, visit https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
  • Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or web beacons in their advertisements and links that appear on HotBuzzes. These are sent directly to users’ browsers, and they automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. They are used to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content you see.

HotBuzzes has no access to or control over the cookies used by third-party advertisers.

3.1 Opting Out

You can manage your ad personalization settings and opt out of personalized advertising at:

4. Google Analytics

[We use Google Analytics to understand how our website is used, such as which articles are most read. It uses cookies to collect information like your IP address, device and pages viewed. You can learn more at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and opt out using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. Delete this whole section if you don’t use Google Analytics.]

5. How Long We Keep Information

  • Comments, with the related name and email, are kept until you ask us to delete them or the post is removed.
  • Contact form messages are kept for up to 12 months, then deleted.
  • Analytics and advertising data are kept according to those providers’ own retention settings.

6. Children’s Privacy (COPPA)

HotBuzzes does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you believe your child has provided this type of information on our website, please contact us immediately and we will make reasonable efforts to promptly remove it from our records.

7. GDPR Data Protection Rights (EEA, UK and Switzerland)

If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, you are entitled to the following rights:

  • The right to access: request copies of your personal data
  • The right to rectification: request correction of inaccurate information
  • The right to erasure: request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions
  • The right to restrict processing: under certain conditions
  • The right to object to processing: under certain conditions
  • The right to data portability: request that we transfer your data to you or another organization, under certain conditions
  • The right to withdraw consent at any time, and to complain to your local data protection authority

When you make a request, we have one month to respond.

8. CCPA/CPRA Privacy Rights (California Visitors)

California residents have the right to:

  • Know what personal information we collect and the categories of sources and purposes
  • Request deletion of personal information we have collected
  • Request correction of inaccurate personal information
  • Opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising

We do not sell personal information in exchange for money. To opt out of personalized advertising, use the links in Section 3.1. We have one month to respond to a request.

9. Links to Other Websites

Our website contains links to external sites that are not operated by us. We have no control over the content and practices of these sites and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their privacy policies.

10. Consent

By using our website, you consent to this Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or want to use your rights, contact us at hotbuzzes@gmail.com