Privacy

Effective Date: May 21, 2026

1. Who We Are

Welcome to Decor Within Reach. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your information when you visit our website.

2. Information We Collect and How We Use It

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

Note on Gravatar: An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: Automattic Privacy Policy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact Forms & Communications

When you use our “Get in Touch” features or email us directly, we collect your name, email address, and the contents of your message. We use this solely to assist you, answer your queries, and provide customer support.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience. Here is how we utilize them:

Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
Login & Session Cookies: * If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
- When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year.
- If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
Publishing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This includes no personal data, simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited, and expires after 1 day.

4. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, Pinterest boards, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These external websites may:

Collect data about you.
Use their own cookies.
Embed additional third-party tracking.
Monitor your interaction with that embedded content (including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that external website).

5. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell your personal data to third parties. Your data is only shared in the following necessary circumstances:

Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Hosting & Infrastructure: Our website is built on WordPress and hosted on Hostinger. These platforms may process basic network traffic data (like IP addresses) to ensure server security and performance.
Administrative Requests: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

6. How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
Registered Users: For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile indefinitely.
Profile Management: All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (with the exception that they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

7. What Rights You Have Over Your Data

Under applicable privacy laws, including India’s Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and international frameworks like the GDPR, you have significant rights regarding your personal data:

Right to Access: You can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
Right to Correction: You may request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete data we have on file.
Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
- Please note: This does not include any data we are legally obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Right to Nominate (India Specific): In accordance with the DPDP Act, Indian residents have the right to nominate an individual to exercise these rights in the event of death or incapacity.

8. Data Security and International Transfers

Your data is stored securely on servers provided by Hostinger. While our primary audience is in India, digital data may occasionally be routed through international servers (for example, via global spam detection services or Content Delivery Networks). We implement standard security measures, including SSL certificates, to protect your data during transit.

9. Get in Touch & Grievance Redressal

We are here to assist you. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your data rights, or have a grievance regarding how your data is handled, please reach out to us:

Email / Contact Page: ramya_dwr@proton.me
Response Time: We aim to respond to all data-related queries and grievances promptly and in accordance with legal timelines.