Privacy Policy

Who we are

EcoNest (econest.site) is an independent recommendation site — we help you find gifts, home and travel ideas, and more, without an account or a long form to fill in first. EcoNest is run by Nidhi, and you can reach us directly at nidhi@helpmesafety.co.uk with any question about this policy or your data.

What this site collects

EcoNest is built to work without needing to know who you are. None of the nine category tools require an account, a login or your email before showing you a shortlist. The only information we collect directly is:

• Your email address, only if you choose to give it. The newsletter sign-up forms on this site are optional — we only use the address you give us to send the occasional update, and never for anything else.
• Basic usage data collected automatically by the hosting and analytics tools behind the site, such as which pages are visited, roughly how, and general location at country or city level. This helps us understand which categories are useful and which need work — it isn't used to identify you personally.

Cookies and similar technology

Like most websites, EcoNest uses a small number of cookies and similar technologies to make the site work and to understand how it's used:

• Affiliate tracking cookies. Some links on EcoNest go through an affiliate network (currently Skimlinks). If you click through and buy something, a cookie lets the retailer know the sale came via EcoNest, which is how we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
• Advertising cookies. EcoNest may show adverts served by Google AdSense and other ad partners. These partners can use cookies to show ads that are more relevant to you based on your visits to this and other sites. You can see and adjust how Google personalises ads at Google Ads Settings, and find wider opt-out options at youronlinechoices.com or aboutads.info.
• Basic analytics cookies, used only to understand overall traffic and site performance.

Most browsers let you block or delete cookies in their settings. Blocking cookies won't stop the core tools on EcoNest from working, though personalised ads and affiliate commission tracking may stop working correctly.

Links to other websites

Every idea on EcoNest links out to a third-party retailer or service so you can compare prices and buy wherever suits you. Once you leave EcoNest, that site's own privacy policy applies, not this one — we'd always recommend checking it, particularly before you enter any payment details. EcoNest doesn't see or store anything about what you buy once you've clicked through.

How we use what we collect

Any information EcoNest does hold is used only to:

• Send you the newsletter, if and only if you signed up for it;
• Understand which parts of the site are actually useful, so we can improve or expand them;
• Keep the site secure and working as intended.

We don't sell your personal data to anyone, and we don't share your email address with third parties except where a service provider (such as an email delivery tool) needs it purely to send the newsletter on our behalf.

Your rights

If you're in the UK or the EU, data protection law gives you a number of rights over any personal data we hold about you, including the right to:

• Ask what personal data we hold about you, and get a copy of it;
• Ask us to correct anything that's inaccurate;
• Ask us to delete your data — for example, to unsubscribe and remove your email from our list entirely;
• Object to how your data is used, or ask us to restrict it.

To use any of these rights, email nidhi@helpmesafety.co.uk. If you're ever unhappy with how we've handled your data, you also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Children's privacy

EcoNest isn't directed at children, and we don't knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 16. If you believe a child has given us their email address, contact us and we'll remove it.

Changes to this policy

We may update this page from time to time, for example as we add new tools or change ad or affiliate partners. The "last updated" date at the top will always reflect the most recent change. We'd encourage checking back occasionally rather than relying on being notified individually.