Legal
Privacy Policy
This policy explains what information Olive & Abbey may collect and how it may be used.
Effective date: September 6, 2026.
Information you provide
When you subscribe to the newsletter, contact Olive & Abbey, or leave a comment, you may provide information such as your name, email address, and message. Please do not submit sensitive personal information.
Information collected automatically
The website and its service providers may automatically collect technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, referring pages, pages visited, and approximate location. Cookies and similar technologies may be used for site operation, security, preferences, analytics, and measuring content performance.
How information is used
- To operate, secure, and improve the website
- To deliver requested newsletters and manage subscriptions
- To respond to messages and comments
- To understand readership and website performance
- To comply with legal obligations and enforce site policies
WordPress.com and service providers
Olive & Abbey is hosted on WordPress.com and may use WordPress.com or Jetpack features for hosting, security, analytics, comments, and newsletters. Those services may process information according to their own privacy terms. Other carefully selected providers may process information only as needed to supply website services.
Pinterest analytics
Olive & Abbey uses the Pinterest Tag to understand how visitors arrive from Pinterest, measure visits and content performance, and build aggregated audiences for future campaign analysis. The tag may process information such as pages visited, referring pages, IP address, browser and device information, and Pinterest cookie or advertising identifiers. Pinterest processes this information under its Privacy Policy.
Automatic Enhanced Match is disabled. Olive & Abbey does not intentionally send names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, or similar contact details to Pinterest through this tag.
Cookies and tracking choices
You can limit or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect some website features. Pinterest users can also review their privacy, personalization, and advertising settings within their Pinterest account.
Affiliate links
Some pages contain affiliate links. If you follow one, the retailer or affiliate network may use cookies or similar technologies to attribute a purchase. Olive & Abbey does not receive your payment-card information from those retailers.
Email choices
Newsletter messages include an unsubscribe option. You may unsubscribe at any time. Transactional or service messages related to a request may still be sent when necessary.
Data retention and security
Information is retained only as reasonably needed for the purposes described above, legal compliance, dispute resolution, and security. No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.
Children’s privacy
Olive & Abbey is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed to children under 13. The site does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Your choices and requests
You may ask a privacy question or request access, correction, or deletion of information you provided by using the Contact page. Some records may need to be retained for legal, security, or operational reasons.
Policy updates
This policy may be updated as the website and its services change. The effective date at the top will be revised when material changes are made.