Privacy Policy

The "Human" Summary: > We believe in total transparency: we use industry-standard tools to see which of our guides you find most helpful, but we aren't in the business of selling your personal life. Whether you're using our interactive tools or reading our stories, your data stays protected and your trust remains our top priority.

1. Introduction
At House Sitters Guide, accessible from https://www.housesittersguide.com, we prioritize the privacy of our visitors. This policy outlines the types of information we collect and how we use it to improve your experience on our site.

2. Information We Collect & How We Use It
Newsletter: When you sign up via the Grigora tool, we collect your name and email address. We use this to send you house-sitting tips and site updates. You can opt out at any time.
Onsite Chat: Our chat app (Tawk.io) may collect your IP address and any information you voluntarily share during a conversation so we can assist you in real-time.
Advertising & Marketing Pixels: We use the Meta (Facebook) Pixel and Pinterest Pixel. These allow us to understand how you interact with our site and help us show you relevant content or ads on social media platforms in the future.
3. Analytics & SEO Tools

To understand our traffic and make our guides better, we use the following third-party services:
Google Analytics & Google Search Console
Microsoft Clarity (for session recordings and heatmaps to see where users get stuck)
Bing Webmaster Tools
Ubersuggest
These tools use cookies to track behavior, session duration, and referral sources. This data is aggregated and used solely to improve the website's performance and content strategy.
4. Affiliate Links & Advertising

House Sitters Guide is a participant in FlexOffers and other affiliate programs.
Link Tracking: We use Linko.me to track clicks on affiliate links. This tells us which links are getting clicked so we can measure the success of our partnerships. It does not identify you personally.
Future Advertising: We reserve the right to display advertisements on our website in the future. These ads may use cookies to serve relevant content based on your interests.
5. Interactive Tools & Data Privacy (The "Local-Only" Promise)

We provide (and are constantly building) interactive resources like our Car Use Agreement Tool. Critical Note: All our interactive tools are "Client-Side" applications. This means all data entered into form fields is processed locally in your own web browser. We do not store, save, or transmit any data entered into these tools to our servers or any third parties. Once you refresh the page or close your browser, the data is permanently cleared.
6. Your Rights (GDPR/CCPA/Australian Privacy Act)

Regardless of where you live, we respect your data rights. You have the right to:
Request copies of your personal data.
Request that we correct any inaccurate information.
Request that we erase your personal data (the "Right to be Forgotten").
7. Contact Us

For any privacy-related inquiries, please contact us at: https://www.housesittersguide.com/contact-us/
Address: 17a Cullen St, Nimbin, NSW, Australia 2480.