This Privacy Policy explains how Root & Yard may collect, use, store and disclose information when you visit rootandyard.com, contact us or interact with services used on the website.
We aim to collect only information that is reasonably useful for operating, protecting and improving the website, communicating with readers and supporting services that may be introduced as Root & Yard grows.
Information we may collect
The information available to Root & Yard depends on how you use the website and which services are enabled. It may include:
- Information you provide directly, such as your name, email address and the contents of a message when you contact us.
- Technical information, such as IP address, browser and device information, operating system, referring pages and approximate location derived from technical data.
- Usage information, such as pages viewed, interactions, visit duration and other website-performance information collected through analytics or similar technologies when enabled.
- Cookie and identifier information used to remember preferences, measure website use, provide functionality or support advertising when those services are enabled.
Why we use information
Information may be used for purposes including:
- Operating, maintaining and securing Root & Yard.
- Responding to enquiries, feedback and correction requests.
- Understanding how readers use the website and improving content and performance.
- Detecting spam, abuse, fraud or technical problems.
- Complying with applicable legal obligations.
- Supporting advertising, analytics or other website services where those services are implemented.
Cookies and similar technologies
Root & Yard and services used by the website may use cookies and similar technologies. A cookie is a small piece of data stored by a browser that can help a website remember information or allow a service to recognise a browser or device.
Depending on the services enabled on the website, cookies may be used for essential functionality, preferences, security, measurement, analytics and advertising.
Your choices: Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Blocking some cookies may affect website functionality. Where applicable, Root & Yard may also provide a consent or privacy control for optional technologies.
Analytics and Google services
Root & Yard may use Google services to understand website performance, search visibility and audience behaviour. Depending on the service and configuration, Google may process information such as cookies or other identifiers, IP addresses, device/browser information and interactions with the website.
You can learn more about how Google processes information from sites and apps that use its services on Google’s privacy and partner-sites information pages.
Advertising and Google AdSense
Root & Yard may introduce advertising, including Google AdSense, as the publication grows. When Google advertising services are active, third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s previous visits to this website or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on visits to Root & Yard and/or other sites on the internet. Third parties may also place and read cookies in users’ browsers or use web beacons, IP addresses and other identifiers to collect information as a result of ad serving.
Users can manage personalised advertising through Google’s Ads Settings. If additional third-party advertising vendors or networks are introduced, this policy may be updated to identify or provide appropriate information about those services and available opt-out choices.
Current and future services: A section describing a service that Root & Yard plans to use does not necessarily mean that the service is active on every page today. We update this policy as the website’s actual data practices and service providers change.
Affiliate links
Root & Yard may use affiliate links in the future. An affiliate link can allow a retailer or affiliate network to recognise that a visitor arrived from Root & Yard, usually through cookies or similar identifiers. If a qualifying purchase is made, Root & Yard may receive a commission without increasing the price paid by the reader.
When affiliate programmes are introduced, relevant disclosures and this Privacy Policy will be updated where necessary to reflect the services actually in use.
Contacting Root & Yard
If you email us, we receive the information contained in your message, including your email address and any other personal information you choose to provide. We use this information to review and respond to the enquiry and for reasonable administrative, security and record-keeping purposes.
Please avoid sending sensitive personal information that is not necessary for your enquiry.
Sharing information
We do not sell readers’ personal information. Information may be disclosed where reasonably necessary to service providers that help operate the website, provide hosting, security, analytics, communications or advertising services; where required by law; to protect legal rights or website security; or in connection with a legitimate business transfer.
Service providers may process information in countries outside New Zealand. Where personal information is disclosed or processed internationally, applicable privacy requirements and the provider’s safeguards may affect how that information is handled.
Data retention and security
We aim to keep personal information only for as long as it is reasonably required for the purpose for which it was collected, legitimate administrative or security needs, or applicable legal obligations.
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect information. However, no website, email system or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Your privacy rights
New Zealand’s Privacy Act 2020 provides rights relating to personal information, including rights to request access to personal information held about you and to request correction of that information. Other privacy laws may provide additional rights depending on where you live and how a particular service processes your information.
If you want to make a privacy request concerning information held directly by Root & Yard, contact us using the address below. We may need enough information to understand and verify the request before responding.
Children’s privacy
Root & Yard is a general gardening and outdoor-living publication and is not designed as a service directed specifically at children. We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children through the website.
External links
Articles may link to third-party websites, retailers, organisations and other resources. Root & Yard does not control the privacy practices of those websites. Their own privacy policies apply when you leave rootandyard.com.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when Root & Yard introduces new services, changes service providers, modifies its data practices or when legal or platform requirements change. The latest revision date will be shown on this page.
Privacy enquiries
For questions about this Privacy Policy, or to request access to or correction of personal information held directly by Root & Yard, contact:
Privacy Policy last updated: 10 September 2026.