Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 27, 2026

Nook & Noted (“Nook & Noted,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, disclosed, and protected when you visit nookandnoted.com (the “Website”), interact with our content, subscribe to communications, or otherwise use the Website.

By using the Website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with Nook & Noted.

Information You Provide to Us

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when you:

  • Contact us by email or through a contact form

  • Subscribe to an email newsletter

  • Leave a comment, if commenting is enabled

  • Request or download a resource

  • Participate in a survey, promotion, or other Website feature

  • Otherwise communicate with Nook & Noted

This information may include your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through comments, contact forms, or other public areas of the Website.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, certain information may be collected automatically by us or by service providers that help us operate the Website.

Depending on the services in use, this information may include:

  • IP address

  • Browser type

  • Device type

  • Operating system

  • Referring website or page

  • Pages viewed

  • Links clicked

  • Date and time of visits

  • General or approximate geographic information

  • Website usage and interaction information

  • Cookie or similar technology identifiers

We may use this information to operate, secure, analyze, and improve Nook & Noted.

How We Use Information

We may use information collected through the Website to:

  • Operate and maintain Nook & Noted

  • Provide and improve our content and Website features

  • Understand how visitors find and use the Website

  • Respond to questions, messages, and requests

  • Send newsletters or other communications you have requested

  • Manage comments or other interactive features

  • Detect spam, fraud, abuse, or security issues

  • Measure Website traffic and performance

  • Evaluate the effectiveness of our content

  • Support affiliate marketing and other Website monetization

  • Comply with legal obligations

  • Protect our rights, users, Website, and others

We do not sell personal information in exchange for money.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Nook & Noted and third-party service providers may use cookies, pixels, tags, local storage, or similar technologies.

Cookies are small pieces of information that may be stored on your device when you visit a website.

These technologies may be used to:

  • Enable Website functionality

  • Remember preferences

  • Maintain security

  • Understand Website traffic and usage

  • Measure the performance of content

  • Support affiliate referral tracking

  • Support advertising, if advertising is added to the Website

  • Provide or measure other Website features and services

Some cookies may be temporary and disappear when you close your browser. Others may remain on your device for a longer period.

You can generally control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Depending on where you live and the technologies used on the Website, additional cookie or consent controls may also be made available.

Blocking certain cookies may affect how some Website features function.

Analytics

Nook & Noted may use third-party analytics tools to better understand how visitors find and use the Website.

Depending on the service used, analytics providers may collect information such as:

  • Pages viewed

  • Links clicked

  • Time spent on pages

  • Referring websites

  • Browser and device information

  • IP address or related network information

  • General geographic information

We use analytics information to understand which content is useful to readers and to improve the Website.

If we implement or materially change analytics services, this Privacy Policy may be updated to reflect those services and their privacy practices.

Affiliate Links

Nook & Noted may participate in affiliate marketing programs.

This means some links on the Website may be affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and make a qualifying purchase or take another qualifying action, Nook & Noted may receive a commission or other compensation at no additional cost to you.

Affiliate networks, retailers, and other partners may use cookies or similar tracking technologies to recognize referrals, attribute transactions, prevent fraud, and administer their programs.

Information collected when you visit a retailer or affiliate partner is subject to that company’s own privacy practices.

Our participation in an affiliate program does not change the price you pay unless specifically stated otherwise.

For more information about our use of affiliate links and compensated relationships, please see our Affiliate Disclosure.

Advertising

Nook & Noted may display advertising in the future.

If advertising services are used, advertising providers and their partners may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to deliver, measure, personalize, or otherwise support advertisements, subject to applicable law and the privacy choices available to you.

If advertising services are added, we may update this Privacy Policy and provide additional consent or opt-out mechanisms when required.

Email Newsletter and Marketing Communications

If you subscribe to the Nook & Noted email list, we may collect information such as your name and email address.

We may use this information to send:

  • Newsletters

  • Home and organization ideas

  • Useful product finds

  • New article notifications

  • Website updates

  • Other related Nook & Noted content

We may use a third-party email service provider to manage subscriptions and deliver messages. That provider may process subscriber information on our behalf.

You may unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in those emails.

Unsubscribing from marketing communications does not necessarily prevent us from sending non-promotional messages when necessary, such as a response to a request you sent us.

Comments

If comments are enabled and you leave a comment on the Website, we may collect the information entered into the comment form as well as technical information such as your IP address and browser information for purposes such as spam detection, moderation, and Website security.

Comments and associated information may be retained so that we can manage conversations, recognize follow-up comments, and maintain the Website.

Information you include in a publicly displayed comment may be visible to other Website visitors. Please do not include information in a public comment that you do not want others to see.

Third-party spam detection, avatar, or comment-management services may process information associated with comments if those services are used.

User Accounts

Nook & Noted does not necessarily require visitors to create an account.

If user registration or account features are offered in the future, we may collect and store information visitors provide as part of their user profile.

Additional information about account-related data practices may be added to this Privacy Policy if account functionality is introduced.

Media and Uploaded Content

If the Website allows visitors to upload images or other media, you should avoid uploading images containing embedded location information, such as EXIF GPS data.

Depending on how uploaded media is displayed or processed, other visitors may be able to access information contained in the file.

Embedded Content

Articles on Nook & Noted may include embedded content from other websites, such as videos, images, social media posts, or other interactive content.

Embedded content may behave in substantially the same way as if you visited the third-party website directly.

The third party may collect information about you, use cookies or similar technologies, and monitor your interaction with its content according to its own privacy practices.

If you have an account with the third party and are logged in, that service may also associate your interaction with your account.

Social Media

Nook & Noted may use Pinterest and other social media platforms to share content and help readers discover the Website.

If you visit our social media pages, interact with our content through a social platform, or use social-sharing features, the platform may collect information about your activity according to its own privacy policy.

Your interactions with third-party social media services are governed by the privacy policies and terms of those services.

Third-Party Websites and Links

Nook & Noted contains or may contain links to websites operated by third parties, including retailers, affiliate partners, social media platforms, and other websites we believe may be useful to readers.

Once you leave nookandnoted.com, the third party’s privacy practices apply.

Nook & Noted does not control and is not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or practices of third-party websites.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of websites and services you visit.

Service Providers

We may use third-party companies and services to help operate Nook & Noted.

Depending on the services we use, these providers may assist with:

  • Website hosting

  • Content delivery

  • Website security

  • Spam prevention

  • Analytics

  • Email marketing

  • Affiliate marketing

  • Advertising

  • Social media

  • Website forms

  • Technical support

  • Website performance and optimization

These service providers may process information as necessary to provide services to us or as otherwise permitted by their own terms, privacy policies, and applicable law.

How We May Share Information

We may disclose information:

  • To service providers that help us operate the Website

  • To affiliate, analytics, advertising, email, security, or other partners as necessary for their services

  • When required by law, regulation, subpoena, court order, or other legal process

  • When reasonably necessary to investigate fraud, abuse, security threats, or violations of our terms

  • To protect the rights, property, or safety of Nook & Noted, our visitors, or others

  • In connection with a merger, acquisition, sale, transfer, or other change involving all or part of the Website or business

We do not sell personal information in exchange for money.

Certain uses of advertising, analytics, affiliate, or tracking technologies may be considered “sharing,” “selling,” targeted advertising, or similar activity under some privacy laws even when no money is exchanged directly for personal information. Where applicable, we will provide privacy choices required by law.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including providing requested services, maintaining Website operations and security, resolving disputes, meeting legitimate business needs, and complying with legal obligations.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and why it was collected.

For example, comments and associated metadata may be retained for an extended period to maintain comment history and facilitate moderation.

Data Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect information collected through Nook & Noted.

However, no website, electronic storage system, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

You provide information online at your own risk.

Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live and the privacy laws that apply, you may have rights regarding your personal information.

These rights may include the ability to:

  • Request information about personal information collected about you

  • Request access to certain personal information

  • Request correction of inaccurate personal information

  • Request deletion of certain personal information

  • Opt out of certain uses or disclosures of personal information

  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

  • Appeal certain decisions regarding a privacy request

  • Exercise other rights provided by applicable law

These rights may be subject to exceptions and limitations.

You may also unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link in the email.

Privacy-related requests may be sent to:

hello@nookandnoted.com

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.

California Privacy Rights

California residents may have additional privacy rights under California law.

Depending on whether applicable legal requirements and thresholds apply to Nook & Noted, these rights may include rights to:

  • Know what categories or specific pieces of personal information have been collected

  • Know the sources and purposes for which personal information is collected or used

  • Know categories of third parties to whom information is disclosed

  • Request deletion of certain personal information

  • Request correction of inaccurate personal information

  • Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information where applicable

  • Limit certain uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information where applicable

  • Exercise applicable privacy rights without unlawful discrimination

Nook & Noted does not sell personal information in exchange for money.

Some third-party advertising, analytics, affiliate, or tracking activities may potentially be treated as “sharing” or “selling” under applicable privacy laws depending on how those services are configured and used.

If Nook & Noted becomes subject to legal requirements requiring additional notices or opt-out mechanisms, we will provide those notices and choices as required.

California privacy requests may be submitted to:

hello@nookandnoted.com

Global Privacy Control and Other Opt-Out Signals

Some browsers and browser extensions allow users to send privacy preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control (“GPC”).

Where Nook & Noted is legally required to recognize such signals, we will process supported signals as required by applicable law.

Children’s Privacy

Nook & Noted is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed to children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 in circumstances where parental consent or another legal basis was required, we will take reasonable steps to delete the information.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to Nook & Noted, please contact us at hello@nookandnoted.com.

International Visitors

Nook & Noted is operated from the United States.

If you access the Website from another country, information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other countries