Privacy Policy

This privacy policy will explain how smallfootprintfamily.com uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.

What data do we collect?

When commenting or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your email address or other details to help you with your experience.

How do we collect your data?

We collect information from you when you

• subscribe to a newsletter,
• use the contact form,
• comment on our site,
• use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.

Smallfootprintfamily.com may also receive data indirectly from the following sources:

Google Analytics installed on the site collects anonymous user demographic data from every visitor or bot to the site. Google’s Privacy Policy here.

How do we use your data?

If you comment on this blog, you agree that your comment and username will be public on the post you are commenting on. Your email is required to comment, but it is not public, nor is it used for any purpose other than to register you to comment on this site. You may request to have a comment removed by contacting here.

If you provide your name and email address to receive a free e-book, you will also be added to our newsletter, which delivers green living advice, recipes and occasional special offers on green living events, products and services. Your email is held securely by BirdSend, and is never used for anything other than delivering your free e-book and sending the newsletter. You are welcome to unsubscribe and permanently remove your name and email anytime using the link at the bottom of every newsletter.

If you use the contact form, your personal info and email address will only be used to respond to your inquiry, and will be deleted within 30 days.

In sum, if you sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or email communication, comment on a post, or use the contact form, your data might be used in order to:

• Send you free e-books and our monthly newsletter
• Send special offers and discounts to newsletter subscribers
• Respond to your email inquiries from the Contact Form
• Approve your comments on articles, and determine you are not a spambot.
• Determine anonymous traffic demographics to better target our readers’ needs

How do we protect visitor data?

• We use regular Malware Scanning and maintain up-to-date SSL certificates.
• We use a secure, third party mailing list service, BirdSend.

What are your data protection rights?

Smallfootprintfamily.com would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request smallfootprintfamily.com for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that smallfootprintfamily.com correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

Removing your information

If at any time you would like to have your comment, email address or other information removed from this site, you may:

• Use the unsubscribe button on any newsletter or other email correspondence.
• Use the contact form to request your comment or newsletter subscription be removed.
• We delete all email correspondence and related data within 30 days.

Users are able to change their personal information:

• By unsubscribing to your newsletter account, and resubscribing with a new email.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Advertising

CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) is a service provider of this Site for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive’s data usage, click here: https://raptive.com/creator-advertising-privacy-statement

Users can visit our site anonymously.

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology

For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

How do we use cookies?

smallfootprintfamily.com and its advertisers use cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

• Keeping you signed in
• Understanding how you use our website
• Delivering advertising targeted to the content you view on the site

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

Functionality – We use these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.

Advertising – We use these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address. We sometime shares some limited aspects of this data with third parties for advertising purposes. We may also share online data collected through cookies with our advertising partners. This means that when you visit another website, you may be shown advertising based on your browsing patterns on our website.

How to manage cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

The smallfootprintfamily.com website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy. We have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of linked sites.

Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our recommendations, and welcome any feedback about these sites.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under 13, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under 13.

Fair Information Practices

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

We will notify the users via email within 7 business days

We also agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or a government agency to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN-SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to:

• Send e-books, newsletters and other marketing communications to subscribers
• Register and approve blog post comments
• Receive and reply to email inquiries from the Contact Form

To be in accordance with CAN-SPAM we agree to the following:

• NOT use false, or misleading subjects or email addresses
• Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way
• Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters
• Monitor third party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used.
• Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly
• Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email

If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can

• Follow the instructions at the bottom of each email and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

Changes to our privacy policy

Smallfootprintfamily.com keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 10 October 2025.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below or use our contact form.

hello @ smallfootprintfamily.com
2512 E Evergreen Blvd #3015
Vancouver, WA 98661
United States