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This Privacy Policy explains how Shelter Set (“Shelter Set,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you visit or use shelterset.com and any related pages, content, forms, emails, or services we provide.
Shelter Set is an outdoor living and shade solutions website focused on pergolas, gazebos, tents, canopies, patio covers, outdoor shade products, and related home and garden topics. We may publish product guides, comparisons, reviews, tutorials, affiliate content, and other informational resources.
Contact Information
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, you can contact us at:
Shelter Set
2311 Campden Dr
Austin, TX 78745
Email: contact@shelterset.com
Information We Collect
We may collect information that you provide directly to us, information collected automatically when you use the website, and information provided by third-party tools or service providers we use to operate the website.
Information You Provide
You may provide personal information when you contact us, submit a form, leave a comment, subscribe to updates, request information, or otherwise communicate with us. This information may include:
- Your name
- Email address
- Message content
- Website or social profile, if submitted
- Any other information you choose to provide
You are not required to provide personal information, but some features, such as contacting us or receiving replies, may not work without it.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit Shelter Set, we or our service providers may automatically collect certain technical and usage information, including:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Pages viewed
- Links clicked
- Referring website or search engine
- Date and time of visit
- Approximate location based on IP address
- General interaction with our website content
This information helps us understand how visitors use the website, improve our content, troubleshoot technical issues, protect the site, and measure performance.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Shelter Set may use cookies, pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and similar technologies. These technologies may be used to:
- Keep the website functioning properly
- Remember preferences
- Measure website traffic and performance
- Understand which content visitors find useful
- Track affiliate referrals
- Support advertising, analytics, and security tools
Most browsers allow you to block, delete, or manage cookies through browser settings. If you disable cookies, some website features may not work as intended.
Analytics
We may use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics or similar services, to help us understand how visitors use Shelter Set. These tools may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on pages, links clicked, device information, browser type, approximate location, and referral sources.
Analytics providers may use cookies or similar technologies to collect and process information according to their own privacy policies. We use this information to improve our content, website structure, user experience, and marketing decisions.
Affiliate Links and Product Recommendations
Shelter Set may participate in affiliate marketing programs. This means we may earn a commission when you click certain links on our website and make a purchase from a third-party retailer, marketplace, manufacturer, or service provider.
Affiliate links do not increase the price you pay. However, affiliate partners may use cookies, tracking links, pixels, or similar technologies to identify that your visit or purchase came from Shelter Set.
When you click an affiliate link, you leave Shelter Set and visit a third-party website. That third-party website may collect information from you, process payments, manage shipping, handle customer support, and apply its own privacy policy and terms.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, products, services, or policies of third-party websites.
Advertising
We may display ads or use advertising services in the future. Advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to show ads, measure ad performance, limit repeat ads, and understand visitor interests.
Some advertising may be personalized based on your activity on this or other websites. You may be able to manage certain advertising preferences through your browser, device settings, or advertising industry opt-out tools.
Comments
If comments are enabled and you leave a comment on the website, we may collect the information shown in the comment form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help detect spam and protect the website.
If you use a profile image service such as Gravatar, an anonymized version of your email address may be sent to that service to check whether you have a profile image. After your comment is approved, your profile image may be visible publicly next to
your comment.
Contact Forms and Email
If you contact us by email or through a form, we may use the information you provide to respond to your inquiry, provide requested information, manage our records, and improve our website or services.
We do not sell your email address. If we later offer newsletters or marketing emails, we will provide a way to unsubscribe from promotional emails.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on Shelter Set may include embedded content, such as videos, images, maps, social media posts, product widgets, comparison tools, or other content from third parties.
Embedded content from another website behaves as if you visited that third-party website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you are logged into that third-party service.
How We Use Information
We may use collected information for the following purposes:
- To operate, maintain, and improve Shelter Set
- To publish and improve outdoor living and shade-related content
- To respond to questions, messages, and support requests
- To monitor website traffic and performance
- To understand visitor interests and improve user experience
- To track affiliate referrals and commissions
- To prevent spam, fraud, abuse, and security threats
- To troubleshoot technical issues
- To comply with legal obligations
- To protect our rights, website, users, and business interests
How We Share Information
We may share information with third parties in limited situations, including:
- Service providers: hosting providers, analytics tools, email providers, security tools, spam protection services, and website plugins that help operate the website.
- Affiliate partners: affiliate networks or merchants may receive information needed to track referrals and commissions.
- Advertising and analytics partners: if we use advertising or analytics services, those partners may collect or receive usage information.
- Legal and safety purposes: we may disclose information if required by law, legal process, or to protect rights, safety, property, or website security.
- Business transfers: if Shelter Set is sold, merged, reorganized, or transferred, relevant information may be included as part of that transaction.
We do not sell personal information such as your name or email address as a customer list.
Third-Party Websites
Shelter Set may link to third-party websites, including retailers, marketplaces, manufacturers, affiliate partners, social media platforms, and informational resources.
We do not control third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy practices, terms, content, product claims, availability, pricing, shipping, returns, or customer service. Please review the privacy policy and terms of any third-party website before submitting personal information or making a purchase.
Payments and Purchases
Shelter Set primarily provides informational content and affiliate links. If you buy a product through a third-party link, your purchase is completed on the third-party website, not directly on Shelter Set.
We generally do not collect or store payment card information for affiliate purchases. Payment processing, shipping, returns, warranties, and customer service are handled by the third-party retailer or service provider.
Data Retention
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
For example, we may retain contact messages to respond to inquiries, maintain business records, prevent abuse, resolve disputes, or comply with legal obligations. Comments, if enabled, may be retained indefinitely unless deleted, so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments and maintain discussion history.
Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect information. However, no website, server, database, email system, or internet transmission is completely secure.
You should avoid sending sensitive personal, financial, or confidential information through ordinary website forms or email unless necessary.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, such as the right to:
- Request access to personal information we have about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of certain information
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Opt out of certain marketing communications
To make a privacy request, contact us at contact@shelterset.com. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.
California Privacy Notice
If you are a California resident, California privacy laws may provide additional rights regarding personal information, depending on how the law applies to our website and activities.
The categories of personal information we may collect include identifiers such as name and email address, internet or device activity information, approximate location information, commercial or affiliate interaction information, and any information
you voluntarily provide through messages, comments, or forms.
We may use this information for website operation, analytics, communication, affiliate tracking, advertising, security, legal compliance, and business purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Some analytics, advertising, or affiliate tracking activities may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information under certain privacy laws. You may contact us at contact@shelterset.com with privacy requests or opt-out questions.
International Visitors
Shelter Set is operated from the United States. If you access the website from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.
By using the website, you understand that privacy laws in those countries may differ from the laws where you live.
Children’s Privacy
Shelter Set is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, contact us at contact@shelterset.com, and we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers offer “Do Not Track” settings. Because there is no consistent industry standard for responding to these signals, our website may not respond to Do Not Track signals. You can still manage cookies and tracking through your browser settings and available opt-out tools.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, website features, legal requirements, or business operations. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.
Your continued use of Shelter Set after changes are posted means you acknowledge the updated Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to make a privacy-related request, contact us at:
Shelter Set
2311 Campden Dr
Austin, TX 78745
Email: contact@shelterset.com