Effective Date: June 2026
When you spend time on Shelf Moss, whether you’re reading about storage solutions, browsing layout guides, or signing up for updates, you’re trusting this site with some amount of your personal information. This policy explains exactly what is collected, why it’s collected, how it’s used, and what your rights are. Using Shelf Moss means you’ve read and agreed to the practices described here. If anything in this policy doesn’t sit right with you, please don’t use the site.
Privacy Protection for Visitors Under 13
Shelf Moss is written for adults. This site does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13, and nothing here is directed at that age group. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has submitted personal information through this site, please contact us at contact@shelfmoss.com and that information will be deleted promptly.
What Information Shelf Moss Collects
Information on Shelf Moss is collected in two ways: information you provide directly, and information collected automatically when you visit.
Information you provide directly may include:
- Your name and email address when you subscribe to the newsletter or fill out a contact form
- Any other details you choose to include in a message or comment
Information collected automatically includes:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Internet service provider
- Pages visited on Shelf Moss and time spent on them
- Referring URL (the page that brought you here)
- Date and time of each visit
This automatically collected data is gathered through server log files, cookies, and third-party analytics tools described further below.
Log Files
Like most websites, Shelf Moss uses server log files. These logs record standard technical information about every visit: IP addresses, browser types, internet service providers, referring pages, dates and times. Log data is used to analyze traffic patterns and improve the site. It is not linked to any personally identifiable information.
How Shelf Moss Uses Your Information
Information collected on Shelf Moss is used to:
- Operate and maintain the site
- Respond to messages, questions, and reader inquiries
- Send newsletters and content updates to subscribers
- Understand how visitors use the site so it can be improved
- Detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive activity
Shelf Moss does not sell your personal information. Full stop.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Shelf Moss uses cookies to understand how visitors find and use the site, to remember preferences where applicable, and to support third-party tools like analytics and advertising.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. If you disable cookies, some features of Shelf Moss may work differently or not at all. Your browser’s help documentation will explain how to manage cookie preferences for your specific browser.
Web Beacons, Pixels, and Tags
Shelf Moss may use web beacons, tracking pixels, and similar technologies. These are small invisible elements embedded in pages or emails that communicate with third-party servers when loaded. They are used to measure how content is performing, track email open rates, and support advertising functions. Third parties that place these technologies on Shelf Moss are governed by their own privacy policies.
Google Analytics
Shelf Moss uses Google Analytics to understand site traffic and reader behavior. Google Analytics collects information about how visitors use the site, including which pages are visited and how long visitors stay. This data is aggregated and does not identify individual users.
Google’s data practices are governed by Google’s own Privacy Policy, which can be reviewed at https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Comments and Social Interactions
When you leave a comment on Shelf Moss, the name, email address, and any other information you provide are collected and stored. Comments are retained to support ongoing conversation and moderation. Your email address is not displayed publicly.
If you interact with Shelf Moss content on social media platforms, those platforms have their own data practices. This policy does not cover what those platforms collect or do with your information.
Embedded Content
Some pages on Shelf Moss may include embedded content such as videos, images, or interactive tools hosted by third parties. Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited those websites directly. Those third parties may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including if you are logged into an account on their platform.
Affiliate Links and Commission Disclosures
Shelf Moss participates in affiliate programs, including the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and other affiliate networks. When you click a link to a product or service and make a purchase, Shelf Moss may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you.
Affiliate relationships do not influence the content published on Shelf Moss. Products and ideas are recommended because they are worth recommending. Commission links are disclosed clearly in the articles where they appear.
Third-Party Advertising
Shelf Moss may work with third-party advertising partners now or in the future. Those partners may use cookies, pixels, and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your visits to this site and other websites in order to serve interest-based advertisements.
You can opt out of personalized advertising through:
- Network Advertising Initiative: https://optout.networkadvertising.org
- Digital Advertising Alliance: https://optout.aboutads.info
Opting out does not mean you will stop seeing ads. It means the ads you see will not be based on your browsing behavior.
When Shelf Moss Shares Your Information
Shelf Moss does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. Information may be shared in a limited number of circumstances:
- Service providers: Third-party tools and platforms that help operate Shelf Moss, such as email service providers, analytics platforms, and hosting services, may have access to your data to the extent needed to perform their functions. They are required to handle that data appropriately.
- Legal compliance: If required by law, court order, or governmental authority, Shelf Moss may disclose information as necessary.
- Business transfers: If Shelf Moss is ever sold, merged, or transferred to another owner, user data may be part of that transfer. If this occurs, you will be notified through a prominent update to this policy.
Newsletter and Email Communications
Shelf Moss sends email newsletters to subscribers who have opted in to receive updates about small-space living, new articles, and related content. In compliance with CAN-SPAM requirements, every email from Shelf Moss includes:
- A clear identification of Shelf Moss as the sender
- An accurate subject line
- A physical address or P.O. box
- A clear and functioning unsubscribe link
You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any email from Shelf Moss. Requests are processed promptly.
Your Opt-Out Options
You have the right to stop receiving marketing communications from Shelf Moss at any time. To opt out:
- Email: Click the unsubscribe link in any email from Shelf Moss
- Direct request: Send an email to contact@shelfmoss.com with “Unsubscribe” in the subject line
Opt-out requests for email marketing will be honored within 10 business days.
Links to Other Websites
Shelf Moss may link to external websites for reference or convenience. Once you leave Shelf Moss and visit a third-party site, this privacy policy no longer applies. Shelf Moss has no control over the privacy practices of external sites and is not responsible for their content or data handling.
How Your Data Is Secured
Shelf Moss uses reasonable, industry-standard technical and organizational measures to protect the information collected through this site. That said, no method of transmitting or storing data over the internet is completely secure. Shelf Moss cannot guarantee absolute security and does not make that promise here.
If you have reason to believe your interaction with this site has been compromised, please contact us at contact@shelfmoss.com.
How Long Data Is Retained
- Newsletter subscriber data is retained for as long as you remain subscribed. When you unsubscribe, your email address is removed from active lists.
- Contact form submissions are retained long enough to respond to your inquiry and for a reasonable period afterward.
- Comments are retained indefinitely to support ongoing moderation and reader conversation.
- Automatically collected data (log files, analytics) is retained according to the data retention settings of the tools used to collect it.
Rights for Visitors in the European Union (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Union or European Economic Area, you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation:
- Right of access: You may request a copy of the personal data Shelf Moss holds about you.
- Right to rectification: You may request that inaccurate or incomplete data be corrected.
- Right to erasure: You may request that your personal data be deleted, subject to certain legal conditions.
- Right to restriction: You may request that processing of your data be limited in certain circumstances.
- Right to object: You may object to processing of your personal data where Shelf Moss relies on legitimate interests as the legal basis.
- Right to data portability: You may request your data in a structured, machine-readable format where applicable.
- Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
- Right to lodge a complaint: You have the right to file a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.
To exercise any of these rights, contact Shelf Moss at contact@shelfmoss.com. Requests will be handled within 30 days.
Rights for California Residents (CCPA)
If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act gives you the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Right to know: You may request disclosure of what personal information Shelf Moss has collected about you, where it came from, how it is used, and whether it is shared.
- Right to delete: You may request that Shelf Moss delete personal information it has collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to opt out of the sale of personal information: Shelf Moss does not sell personal information. If that ever changes, you will be notified and given a clear way to opt out.
- Right to non-discrimination: Shelf Moss will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
To submit a request, email contact@shelfmoss.com. California residents can expect a response within 45 days.
Changes to This Policy
Shelf Moss may update this privacy policy from time to time. When changes are made, the effective date at the top of this page will be updated. Continued use of Shelf Moss after a policy update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy. It is your responsibility to review this page periodically to stay informed.
If changes are material, Shelf Moss will make a reasonable effort to notify subscribers by email or through a notice on the site.
Questions and Privacy Requests
If you have questions about this privacy policy, want to request access to or deletion of your personal information, or need to report a privacy concern, please reach out directly.
Email: contact@shelfmoss.com
Shelf Moss takes privacy seriously and will respond to all legitimate inquiries as promptly as possible.
Shelf Moss Privacy Policy | Effective June 2026
