Scent & Botanicals customer privacy policy

This privacy policy describes how and when I collect, use, and share information. This privacy policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that I do not own or control.

What information I collect, use, and why

To help me respond to your comments and/or queries, you must provide me with certain information such as your name and email address.

Why I need your information and how I use it

I rely on a number of bases to collect, use and share your information, including:

As needed to communicate with you, such as when you fill out a webform or posted a blog comment; and when you have provided your affirmative consent, which you may revoke at any time, such as by signing up for my mailing list.

Analytics

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data behind a secure firewall when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Web pages you view while on this website

  • Your IP address

    Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses the data in a de-personalised form.

    When you submit a webform

    When you submit information to this website via webform, I collect the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. This information is shared with Squarespace, my online website host, so that they can provide website services to me.

    When posting blog comments

This website includes commenting functionality on some pages which enables you to post a comment. This website collects personal data when you post a comment, including:

  • Your name (which will be displayed as part of your posted comment)

  • Your email address (optional, to let you know if someone replies to your comment)

  • Your website URL (optional)

    This website includes ‘likes’ functionality on some blog posts which enables you to ‘like’ a post. This website collects personal data when you like a post to try to prevent the same person from liking the same post during the same visit, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Details about the webpage or content you shared or proposed to share

  • Your IP address

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit here

These necessary and required cookies are always used, which allow Squarespace, my hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.

These analytics and performance cookies are used on this website, as described below, only when you acknowledge the cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.

Data Retention

I retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide you with my services as described in my privacy policy. However, I may also be required to retain this information to comply with my legal and regulatory obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce my agreements. I generally keep your data for the following time period: 4 years.

Your rights

Scent & Botanicals complies with UK data protection law and must have a ‘lawful basis’ for collecting and using your personal information. I explain my lawful bases above in my privacy policy.

Under UK data protection law, you have a right to access the personal data that is held about you by contacting me using my contact details below. You may also have rights to change, restrict the use of, or delete your personal information. To obtain a copy of the personal information Scent & Botanicals holds about you, or to request that your data be deleted, please use my contact details below.

Contact details

For the purposes of UK data protection law, I, Kirstin Kuschy, am the data controller of your personal information. If you have any questions or concerns about my use of your personal data, please contact me at scentandbotanicals@outlook.com

Last updated

17 March 2025