Disclosure
Over the years, more companies that I have talked about in the blog have created affiliate programs to link to them, so over time, the blog has more links.
More and more products are now available on Amazon as well, which is the preferred supplier for many people in the US.
The blog is research-heavy, and compared to other blogs and competitors, I make it a priority to provide information first. This means all of the “best of” in a category will be included, whether they have an affiliate program or not. I first select products that I like and then check for affiliate programs, always.
None of the posts are sponsored, I don’t allow people to buy links, and I have not allowed paid guest posts on the site.
Disclaimer
Information provided by Corinne Segura and other staff of My Chemical-Free House is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not meant as official building science, architectural, engineering, remediation or health/medical advice.
Please seek professional advice and counsel from the appropriate areas of expertise before making building science, mold remediation or health-related decisions.
Neither My Chemical-Free House, Corinne Segura, nor its members, make any representations as to the validity, accuracy, or suitability of any claims made here, and does not assume any liability regarding any technical, building or health results based on the use of information on this site.
Information is only as accurate as what the companies say, what I perceive as a sensitive person, what other sensitive people report, and what other websites report in their testing.
We attempt to fact-check these claims or provide disclaimers to these claims by looking at other sources where possible, but we make no guarantee that claims from these other parties, including the companies themselve,s are true. We do not do VOC or chemical testing on products to guarantee what others report.
Privacy Policy
Mychemicalfreehouse.net (as well as referring domains: mychemicalfreehouse.com, mychemicalfreehouse.ca) is governed by the following Privacy Policy. Known in this policy as “The Website”.
By visiting our website, you are consenting to our privacy policy.
This Website collects some Personal Data from its Users. We take your privacy very seriously. Your information is never sold to another party.
Owner and Data Controller
Corinne Segura is the owner of the website and company which bears the name My Chemical-Free House Consulting. The company name My Chemical-Free House Consulting and website are a Canadian-owned business.
Owner contact email: corinne (at) mychemicalfreehouse.com or mychemicalfreehouse (at) gmail.com
Types of Data collected
Among the types of Personal Data that this Website collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: Cookies; Usage Data; username, and if you sign up for the newsletter: name and email address.
Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.
Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Website.
Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Website is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Website to provide its services. In cases where this Website specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.
Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.
Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools – by this Website or by the owners of third-party services used by this Website serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.
Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application and confirm that they have the third party’s consent to provide the Data to the Owner.
Cookies
My Chemical-Free House and affiliate advertisers uses cookies to store information about a visitor’s preferences and history to better serve our audience and provide appropriately targeted information.
The term cookies refers to small bits of information a website may distribute to your computer’s hard drive while you are visiting a website. There are session cookies which expire once you close your browser and persistent cookies which stay on your computer until you delete them according to your browser instructions for deleting cookies.
Third parties/advertisers on our site may also use cookies, scripts and/or web beacons to track our site’s visitors to provide advertising and specific information for that audience. Third-party tracking is done via their own servers and is subject to their own privacy policies.
As an internet user, you are entitled to change your browser’s setting for cookies, tracking etc. by going into browser settings and making the appropriate changes.
Mode and place of processing the Data
Methods of processing
The Owner takes appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or unauthorized destruction of the Data.
The Data processing is carried out using computers and/or IT-enabled tools, following organizational procedures and modes strictly related to the purposes indicated. In addition to the Owner, in some cases, the Data may be accessible to certain types of persons in charge, involved with the operation of this Website (administration, sales, marketing, legal, system administration) or external parties (such as third-party technical service providers, mail carriers, hosting providers, IT companies, communications agencies) appointed, if necessary, as Data Processors by the Owner. The updated list of these parties may be requested from the Owner at any time.
Legal basis of processing
The Owner may process Personal Data relating to Users if one of the following applies:
- Users have given their consent for one or more specific purposes. Note: Under some legislations, the Owner may be allowed to process Personal Data until the User objects to such processing (“opt-out”), without having to rely on consent or any other of the following legal bases. This, however, does not apply, whenever the processing of Personal
- Data is subject to European data protection law;
- provision of Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with the User and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof;
- processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Owner is subject;
- processing is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Owner;
- processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner or by a third party.
In any case, the Owner will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Place
The Data is processed at the Owner’s operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located.
Depending on the User’s location, data transfers may involve transferring the User’s Data to a country other than their own. To find out more about the place of processing of such transferred Data, Users can check the section containing details about the processing of Personal Data.
Users are also entitled to learn about the legal basis of Data transfers to a country outside the European Union or to any international organization governed by public international law or set up by two or more countries, such as the UN, and about the security measures taken by the Owner to safeguard their Data.
If any such transfer takes place, Users can find out more by checking the relevant sections of this document or inquire with the Owner using the information provided in the contact section.
Retention time
Personal Data shall be processed and stored for as long as required by the purpose they have been collected for.
Therefore:
- Personal Data collected for purposes related to the performance of a contract between the Owner and the User shall be retained until such contract has been fully performed.
- Personal Data collected for the purposes of the Owner’s legitimate interests shall be retained as long as needed to fulfill such purposes. Users may find specific information regarding the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner within the relevant sections of this document or by contacting the Owner.
The Owner may be allowed to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever the User has given consent to such processing, as long as such consent is not withdrawn. Furthermore, the Owner may be obliged to retain Personal Data for a longer period whenever required to do so for the performance of a legal obligation or upon order of an authority.
Once the retention period expires, Personal Data shall be deleted. Therefore, the right to access, the right to erasure, the right to rectification and the right to data portability cannot be enforced after expiration of the retention period.
The purposes of processing
The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its Services, as well as for the following purposes: Analytics, Content commenting, third-party apps and advertising networks.
Users can find further detailed information about such purposes of processing and about the specific Personal Data used for each purpose in the respective sections of this document.
Detailed information on the processing of Personal Data
Personal Data is collected for the following purposes and using the following services:
Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors engage with our site. Google explains how it uses information from sites or apps that use its services here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about your use of this site and to report on activities and trends.
You can learn more about Google’s practices at https://policies.google.com/privacy and opt out of Google Analytics by installing Google’s browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
If we enable Google Analytics Advertising Features (e.g., Remarketing, Demographics and Interests), we will disclose the specific features used, how we and Google use first-party identifiers together with Google advertising cookies/identifiers, and how you can opt out (e.g., Google Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com).
Acuity and PayPal
This site also uses a booking payment processing service Acuity which integrates with PayPal which is strictly in order to process your payment upon voluntary purchase of a service through our website. Our website never has access to or stores any of your private banking or credit card information.
We only use information related to seeing Payment was received providing the service after payment is received, such as your email address and your name as written on Paypal.
PayPal Privacy. Our website never receives any sort of information on your personal banking or credit card information at any time. We only receive information necessary to fill your order of the service such as email address.
Affiliate Networks
All posts that contain affiliate links state this near the top of the post prior to any the affiliate links. Any references to third-party products, rates, or websites are subject to change without notice. Please do the appropriate research before participating in any third-party offers.
Corinne Segura is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases through the Amazon links.
This Website uses affiliate advertising networks including Amazon Affiliates, Impact, Shareasale, Awin, CJ, Sovrn, Rakuten Advertising, and other smaller affiliate programs that differ from brand to brand. These advertisers provide text links, links, banners, and dynamic picture links.
Advertising networks (the Website currently uses Raptive (formerly AdThrive) and Google Analytics collect data through this site. This personal data is stored in a secure platform. The use of your personal data is specified as follows:
Usage data may be collected via Google Analytics (GA4), including pages viewed, links clicked, session duration, referring URLs, and general device and browser information; in GA4, IP addresses are processed only to derive approximate location and are not logged or stored.
User Data can include communication data that you send to us via email or social media communications. This personal user data is used to communicate with you and deliver website content. The legal basis for this process is for the legitimate purposes of improving our business and storing records which could be needed in the case of legal actions and all that entails for proper record keeping.
Cookies: More information is in the section on cookies.
Children’s privacy (site-wide) Our site isn’t directed to children under 13.
Display Ads/ Advertising
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use cookies (more information on the section on cookies). No personally identifiable information is shared with the Website’s ad providers.
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
Newsletter
Email Newsletter (Substack). Signing up is voluntary. If you subscribe, we collect your email address and, if you choose to provide it, your name. My Chemical-Free House is the data controller for this list and uses Substack, Inc. as our email service provider. Your information is stored and processed by Substack to deliver emails and measure performance.
Purpose & lawful basis. We use your details to send newsletters, updates, and related content. Our lawful basis is your consent, which you may withdraw at any time by clicking “unsubscribe” in any email or by contacting us at [your email]. We may send essential service or transactional notices on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g., important changes to your account or to these terms).
Analytics/pixels. Our emails may include a standard tracking pixel that lets us know if an email was opened, approximate time of open, general location (derived from IP), device type, and which links were clicked. We use this to understand what readers find useful and to improve future content. You can disable image loading in your email client to reduce pixel tracking, or unsubscribe.
Sharing. We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with Substack as our service provider and as required by law.
International transfers. Substack may process data in the United States and other countries. We rely on appropriate safeguards (such as standard contractual clauses) for such transfers. Personal data may be processed outside Canada and may be accessible to foreign authorities; we use contractual or other means to ensure a comparable level of protection.
Retention. We keep your newsletter data until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it, plus a short period for suppression and backup compliance.
Your rights. Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or export your data, and to withdraw consent. To exercise these rights, contact mychemicalfreehouse@gmail.com. The newsletter is not intended for children.
Paid Subscriptions (Substack). If you purchase a paid subscription to My Chemical-Free House on Substack, we receive limited information about your subscription from Substack and its payment processor (e.g., Stripe). This typically includes your email address, name (if provided), subscription tier, purchase date(s), price, currency, payment status (e.g., active/canceled/refunded), and limited payment metadata (such as the last four digits and expiration month/year of your card). We do not receive or store full payment card numbers. Depending on your location and tax laws, Substack/its processor may also collect billing address, postal/ZIP code, country, and VAT/GST or other tax identifiers to calculate and remit taxes.
(For more on how Substack handles data, see Substack’s own privacy documentation.)
Commenting
Content commenting services allow Users to make and publish their comments on the contents of this Website.
Depending on the settings chosen by the Owner, Users may also leave anonymous comments. If there is an email address among the Personal Data provided by the User, it may be used to send notifications of comments on the same content. Users are responsible for the content of their own comments.
If a content commenting service provided by third parties is installed, it may still collect web traffic data for the pages where the comment service is installed, even when Users do not use the content commenting service.
Comment system managed directly (Comments are managed through WordPress)
This Website has its own internal content comment system through WordPress.
Personal Data collected: Cookies; username, real name if provided, email address if provided, IP address.
WordPress may collect other data to assess whether comments are spam those are visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string.
The rights of Users
Users may exercise certain rights regarding their Data processed by the Owner.
In particular, Users have the right to do the following:
- Withdraw their consent at any time. Users have the right to withdraw consent where they have previously given their consent to the processing of their Personal Data.
- Object to processing of their Data. Users have the right to object to the processing of their Data if the processing is carried out on a legal basis other than consent. Further details are provided in the dedicated section below.
- Access their Data. Users have the right to learn if Data is being processed by the Owner, obtain disclosure regarding certain aspects of the processing and obtain a copy of the Data undergoing processing.
- Verify and seek rectification. Users have the right to verify the accuracy of their Data and ask for it to be updated or corrected.
- Restrict the processing of their Data. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to restrict the processing of their Data. In this case, the Owner will not process their Data for any purpose other than storing it.
- Have their Personal Data deleted or otherwise removed. Users have the right, under certain circumstances, to obtain the erasure of their Data from the Owner.
- Receive their Data and have it transferred to another controller. Users have the right to receive their Data in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and, if technically feasible, to have it transmitted to another controller without any hindrance. This provision is applicable provided that the Data is processed by automated means and that the processing is based on the User’s consent, on a contract which the User is part of or on pre-contractual obligations thereof.
- Lodge a complaint. Users have the right to bring a claim before their competent data protection authority.
Details about the right to object to processing
Where Personal Data is processed for a public interest, in the exercise of an official authority vested in the Owner or for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Owner, Users may object to such processing by providing a ground related to their particular situation to justify the objection.
Users must know that, however, should their Personal Data be processed for direct marketing purposes, they can object to that processing at any time without providing any justification. To learn, whether the Owner is processing Personal Data for direct marketing purposes, Users may refer to the relevant sections of this document.
How to exercise these rights
Any requests to exercise User rights can be directed to the Owner through the contact details provided in this document. These requests can be exercised free of charge and will be addressed by the Owner as early as possible and always within one month.
Additional information about Data collection and processing
Legal action
The User’s Personal Data may be used for legal purposes by the Owner in Court or in the stages leading to possible legal action arising from improper use of this Application or the related Services.
The User declares to be aware that the Owner may be required to reveal personal data upon request of public authorities.
Additional information about User’s Personal Data
In addition to the information contained in this privacy policy, this Website may provide the User with additional and contextual information concerning particular Services or the collection and processing of Personal Data upon request.
System logs and maintenance
For operation and maintenance purposes, this Website and any third-party services may collect files that record interaction with this Application (System logs) use other Personal Data (such as the IP Address) for this purpose.
Information not contained in this policy
More details concerning the collection or processing of Personal Data may be requested from the Owner at any time. Please see the contact information at the beginning of this document.
Global Privacy Control (GPC) and Opt-Out Preference Signals
Where required by law (e.g., California), we recognize and process browser- or device-based opt-out preference signals, such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC), as a request to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
If you send a GPC signal, we will treat it as an opt-out for the specific browser and device you use. You can also manage cookies in your browser settings and, if available, through our Cookie Settings.
We do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined under California law.
Changes to this privacy policy
The Owner reserves the right to make changes to this privacy policy at any time by giving notice to its Users on this page and possibly within this Website and/or – as far as technically and legally feasible – sending a notice to Users via any contact information available to the Owner. It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.
Should the changes affect processing activities performed on the basis of the User’s consent, the Owner shall collect new consent from the User, where required.
Definitions and legal references
Personal Data (or Data)
Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically through this Application (or third-party services employed in this Application), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilized by the Users who use this Application, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilized to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilized by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User’s IT environment.
User
The individual using this Application who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
Data Subject
The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.
Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.
Data Controller (or Owner)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Website. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Website.
This Website
The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.
Service
The service provided by this Website as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.
European Union (or EU)
Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.
Cookies
Small sets of data stored in the User’s device.
Legal information
This privacy statement has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations, including Art. 13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).
This privacy policy relates solely to this Website, if not stated otherwise within this document.