Privacy Policy for Puffins Finds

Last Updated: June 10, 2025

Welcome to Puffins Finds! This Privacy Policy explains how Puffins Finds ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects your information when you visit and interact with our website, www.puffins-finds.com (the "Service").

By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Service.

1. Information We Collect

We collect different types of information to provide and improve our Service to you.

A. Information You Voluntarily Provide

While using our Service, you may provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address: If you sign up for our newsletter or contact us directly.
  • Name: If you provide it when signing up for a newsletter, leaving a comment, or contacting us.
  • Any other information: You choose to provide when interacting with our contact forms, surveys, or comment sections.

Please do not submit any sensitive personal information through our website (e.g., health information, financial account details, credit card numbers, social security numbers, or information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, criminal background, or trade union membership).

B. Information Automatically Collected

When you access or use our Service, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage patterns. This "Usage Data" may include:

  • Your computer's Internet Protocol (IP) address.
  • Browser type and version.
  • The pages of our Service that you visit.
  • The time and date of your visit.
  • The time spent on those pages.
  • Unique device identifiers.
  • Referring/exit pages.
  • Operating system.
  • Other diagnostic data.

This data helps us understand how users engage with our Service, identify popular content, and improve our website's performance and user experience.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for various purposes, including:

  • To provide and maintain our Service.
  • To improve, personalize, and expand our Service.
  • To analyze how you use our Service.
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues.
  • To send you newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, and other information that may be of interest to you, if you have opted in to receive such communications. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send.
  • To respond to your comments, questions, or inquiries.
  • To monitor the usage of our Service.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. Cookies are small data files placed on your device. We use them for purposes such as:

  • Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function.
  • Analytics Cookies: To analyze how users interact with our website, monitor performance, and improve our content. This often involves services like Google Analytics.
  • Affiliate Cookies: When you click on an affiliate link on our site (e.g., a link to Amazon.com), a cookie may be placed on your browser by the affiliate partner. This cookie tracks that you were referred from our site, allowing us to earn a commission on qualifying purchases. **We do not collect or store any of your personal purchase information from these third-party sites.**

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

For more information about how to manage cookies in your browser, please refer to your browser's help documentation.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information in the following situations:

  • With Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (e.g., analytics providers, email marketing services). These third parties have access to your information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
  • Affiliate Partners: When you click on links to our affiliate partners (like Amazon.com), you will be directed to their respective websites. These partners have their own privacy policies governing their collection and use of your information. **Puffins Finds does not directly share your personal information with these affiliate partners.** Any data collected by the affiliate partner (e.g., related to your purchase) is subject to their privacy policy.
  • For Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).
  • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your information is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
  • With Your Consent: We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.

5. Data Security

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

7. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for anyone under the age of 13 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will also update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.