Privacy Policy - Fairview Floral Shop

Last updated: August 2026

Fairview Floral Shop (fairviewfloralshop.com) helps people in Allegheny County find flower delivery options by pointing them toward independent florists and delivery services. We're not a florist ourselves, and we don't handle payments, accounts, or order fulfillment - our role is purely informational. Because visitors still share some information with us and interact with our site in ways that generate data, this policy explains what that looks like and how we handle it.

1. Our Role as a Referral Site

To set expectations up front: when you use this site to explore delivery options and click through to place an order, you'll typically end up on a third-party website that handles the actual transaction. That third party operates under its own privacy policy, which governs any payment or order information you provide there. We encourage you to review it before completing a purchase. We have no access to, and take no responsibility for, what happens on that third-party site.

2. Information You Give Us Directly

The only place on our site where you're asked to submit personal information is the contact form. If you use it, we collect:

- Your name
- Your email address
- The content of your message

We use this solely to respond to your inquiry - whether that's a question about our site, a suggestion, or general feedback.

3. Information Collected Automatically

Like most websites, ours picks up certain technical details automatically whenever someone visits, even if they never fill out a form. This can include your IP address, browser and device type, the pages you view, the site or link that referred you here, and a rough geographic location inferred from your IP address (typically city or region level - not precise pinpoint tracking).

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and comparable tracking tools for a few purposes: keeping the site running smoothly, understanding how visitors use it, and measuring how well referral or affiliate links to third-party florists perform. You're not obligated to accept cookies - most browsers let you block, limit, or delete them through their settings. Doing so may affect how certain features of the site behave, but it won't prevent you from browsing.

5. Analytics Tools We Use

We rely on standard third-party analytics services (such as Google Analytics or similar tools) to understand traffic patterns and site performance. These providers collect data according to their own privacy policies and terms, which operate independently of ours. We'd encourage you to look into how those specific providers handle data if you want more detail than we cover here.

6. Why We Collect This Information

Putting it together, here's what all of the above is used for:

- Running and improving the website itself
- Responding to messages sent through the contact form
- Understanding which referral or affiliate links are being used, and how effectively
- Identifying and preventing misuse, abuse, or security issues

7. What We Don't Do With Your Information

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. Full stop. Any sharing that happens is limited to the operational uses described in this policy - like relying on analytics vendors - not commercial sale of your data.

8. How Long We Keep Information

Contact form submissions are generally retained only as long as needed to address your inquiry and for a reasonable period afterward in case of follow-up, after which they may be deleted. Analytics data is typically retained according to the standard retention windows set by the tools we use, which commonly range from several months to a couple of years, depending on the platform's default settings.

9. Your Choices

You have a few ways to control your information here:

- You can simply choose not to submit the contact form if you'd rather not share your name, email, or message.
- You can adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies.
- Depending on the analytics tool in use, you may be able to opt out directly - for example, through browser extensions offered by some analytics providers or through general "Do Not Track" settings, though support for these varies.

10. Children's Privacy

This site is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under that age. If we become aware that a child under 13 has submitted information through our contact form, we'll take steps to delete it.

11. Security

We take reasonable measures to protect the information we collect, but no website can guarantee absolute security. Data transmitted over the internet always carries some inherent risk, and we can't promise that information will never be accessed or disclosed in ways inconsistent with this policy.

12. Updates to This Policy

We may revise this policy from time to time - to reflect changes in our practices, new tools we adopt, or legal requirements. When we do, we'll update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continuing to use the site after changes are posted means you accept the revised terms.