Privacy Policy

This page explains what information may be logged when someone visits Garden Horizons, uses search, submits a comment, or emails the site team.

Information Generated by Browsing

Like most websites, Garden Horizons may receive routine request data when pages are opened. That can include IP address, browser type, device information, referrer data, and the pages requested from the server.

Information You Choose to Submit

Some information only reaches us if you provide it directly. This can include search queries, comment form submissions, moderation requests, or messages sent to our support inbox.

  • Name, email address, and comment text entered into public forms.
  • Emails sent for support, corrections, moderation, or legal matters.
  • Any attachments or explanatory details you include in those messages.

Why That Information Is Used

We use collected information to keep the site functional, diagnose broken pages, improve findability, and respond to requests sent by users, creators, or rights holders.

  • Operating search, page delivery, embeds, and navigation.
  • Reviewing spam, abuse, and moderation issues.
  • Investigating performance problems or incorrect page data.
  • Answering support, correction, and legal requests.

Cookies and Local Storage

The site may use cookies or local storage for basic functionality, measurement, and convenience. That may include temporary state for search, comments, moderation, or other interface behavior. Browser settings can usually clear or block these items, although some features may reset as a result.

Public Comments and External Services

Comments posted through the site may be visible to other visitors. Some parts of the site may also rely on third-party services for embeds, media delivery, analytics, or advertising. Those providers may process technical data under their own privacy terms.

Google Advertising and Ad Choices

Garden Horizons has not applied to Google AdSense and does not currently serve Google AdSense ads. If Google ads are added, Google and other third-party vendors may use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this site or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this site and/or other sites. Depending on the ad and your settings, Google and its partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, browser or device identifiers, and information about your visits and interactions with ads to deliver, measure, and personalize advertising.

You can manage or opt out of personalized advertising from Google in Google Ads Settings. You can opt out of some participating third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info. These choices may be browser- or device-specific, and opting out of personalization does not necessarily stop all ads from appearing. For more information, see Google's advertising technologies and Privacy Policy.

Google Analytics

This site uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use Garden Horizons and to measure site performance. Google Analytics may use cookies or similar identifiers and collect information such as page views, session activity, approximate location, and browser or device information. Learn more about how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and Google's Privacy Policy. You can opt out of Google Analytics measurement with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Third-Party Advertising Services

Game pages currently load a third-party advertising script from bauval.org. The script or its advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies and process technical information, such as browser or device data, IP address, page activity, and ad interactions, to deliver or measure ads. Their practices are governed by their own privacy terms. We have not verified the full list of downstream advertising partners or whether each partner offers a separate opt-out. You can use aboutads.info to opt out of some participating vendors' personalized advertising; where a vendor provides its own privacy or opt-out page, consult that vendor's information as well.

Retention and Security

We retain information for as long as it is reasonably useful for operating the site, resolving disputes, moderating content, and responding to requests. We use practical administrative and technical safeguards, but no storage or transmission method is perfectly secure.

Questions or Removal Requests

If you want a published comment reviewed, have a privacy question, or need to contact us about submitted information, email [email protected].