Last updated: December 2025

At Maison & Glow, your privacy is very important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, and the choices available to you when you visit maison-and-glow.com.

1. Who We Are

Maison & Glow is a lifestyle and beauty content website based in Canada.
Our website address is: https://maison-and-glow.com

2. What Personal Data We Collect

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect:

  • the information entered in the comments form
  • the visitor’s IP address
  • the browser user agent

This helps us detect spam and protect the website.

An anonymized hash created from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to display your profile picture. Their privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/

Media Uploads

If you upload images to the site, please avoid uploading photos that contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract this data from images on the website.

Cookies

We use cookies to improve your browsing experience, including:

  • saving your name and email when you leave a comment
  • remembering login or display preferences (admin only)
  • analyzing website performance (Google Analytics)
  • supporting embedded content from third-party platforms

These cookies do not store sensitive personal information.
You can disable cookies at any time in your browser settings.

Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, social media posts). Embedded content behaves the same way as if you visited the external website directly.

These external sites may collect data, use cookies, or track your interactions.

Analytics & Affiliate Programs

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. Google may collect:

  • anonymized IP address
  • device type
  • pages visited
  • time spent on the site

We also participate in affiliate programs such as Amazon Associates.
When you click an affiliate link, the external merchant may use cookies to track the referral.

No personally identifiable information is shared with us.

3. How Long We Keep Your Data

Comments and comment metadata are stored indefinitely to help recognize and approve future comments automatically.

4. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service such as Akismet.

Analytics and affiliate tracking data may be processed by external platforms (e.g., Google, Amazon).

5. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy occasionally.
Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

Maison & Glow