Privacy policy

# Information you provide

You may choose to provide personal information when you interact with the site:

• The contact form collects your name, email address, and message so Hamster Corner can respond
• Forms handled through WordPress may collect your name, email address, and message so Hamster Corner can respond
• Post comments may collect the name, email address, comment, and optional details you submit

# Information collected automatically

When you visit, the website and its service providers may receive technical information such as your IP address, browser and device type, referring page, pages viewed, and approximate location. Server logs, cookies, web beacons, or similar identifiers may be used for security, site operation, audience measurement, and advertising.

# Google Analytics and Search Console

Hamster Corner uses Google Analytics 4 to understand aggregated website usage, such as pages visited, device type, approximate location, and how visitors arrive at the site. Google may process online identifiers, including IP address and cookie identifiers, to provide this service. Google Search Console is used to monitor how the site appears in Google Search and does not add a visitor-facing tracking cookie through this theme. You can learn more from Google's explanation of data use on partner sites.

# Cookies and Google advertising

Hamster Corner uses Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, may place or read cookies, use web beacons, or process IP addresses to serve and measure ads. Google's advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to show ads based on a visitor's previous visits to this website or other websites.

You can manage or opt out of personalized Google advertising in Google Ads Settings. You can also review how Google uses information from sites that use its services. Blocking some cookies may affect certain site features.

# Service providers and external links

WordPress and the site's hosting provider process information needed to operate the website and deliver form messages. Google processes analytics and advertising data. Product links may lead to Amazon, which operates under its own privacy policy and may use affiliate tracking technology. See the affiliate disclosure for more information.

# How information is used and retained

Information is used to operate and secure the site, respond to messages, manage requested subscriptions, understand site performance, and support advertising. Personal information is kept only for as long as reasonably needed for these purposes or to meet legal obligations. Hamster Corner does not sell personal information.

# Your choices

You may ask to access, correct, or delete personal information submitted directly to this site, subject to any legal reason it must be retained. Browser settings can be used to limit or delete cookies. Where a consent message is shown, you can use its controls to accept, reject, or change your choices for optional cookies.

# Security and children's privacy

Reasonable technical and administrative measures are used to protect information, although no method of online transmission or storage can be guaranteed completely secure. Hamster Corner is intended for a general audience and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. A parent or guardian who believes a child has submitted personal information may contact us to request its deletion.

# Policy changes

This policy may be updated when the site's services or legal obligations change. The date above shows the latest revision.