Privacy & Advertising Policy

Effective date: August 26, 2026

This Privacy & Advertising Policy explains how Xerophyte.Garden handles information associated with use of this website, including email communications, website operations, analytics, cookies, external services, affiliate links, and advertising.

Information You Choose to Provide

You may voluntarily provide information when contacting Xerophyte.Garden by email. This may include:

• Your name and email address
• The contents of your message
• Plant photographs or attachments
• Image ownership or licensing information
• Page URLs
• Correction requests
• Any other information you choose to provide

Please do not send sensitive personal, financial, medical, account, password, or identity information by email.

How Email Information Is Used

Information submitted by email may be used to:

• Read and respond to messages
• Investigate plant database corrections
• Review image attribution or licensing concerns
• Resolve broken links or technical problems
• Evaluate relevant business or advertising inquiries
• Protect the website from spam, abuse, or unlawful activity
• Maintain records of important corrections and permissions

Email may be processed by the hosting and email services used to operate Xerophyte.Garden.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit Xerophyte.Garden, the website, hosting provider, security tools, analytics services, advertising services, or third-party features may automatically receive technical information such as:

• IP address
• Browser and device type
• Operating system
• Approximate location derived from an IP address
• Referring and exit pages
• Pages viewed and links selected
• Date and time of access
• Cookie or similar identifier information
• Errors, security events, and performance information

This information may be used to operate, secure, maintain, measure, and improve the website.

Server Logs and Website Security

Web servers and security systems may process technical information when visitors request pages or files. Hosting, caching, spam-prevention, firewall, and security services may use this information to deliver content, detect errors, prevent attacks, and identify potentially abusive or unauthorized activity.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Xerophyte.Garden and its service providers may use cookies, local storage, pixels, web beacons, IP addresses, or similar technologies for purposes including:

• Maintaining website functionality
• Remembering preferences
• Measuring traffic and performance
• Preventing fraud and abuse
• Understanding how visitors use the website
• Displaying and measuring advertising
• Providing personalized or non-personalized content and advertisements where permitted

You can use your browser settings to block or delete cookies. Doing so may affect some website features, analytics, preferences, or advertising.

Analytics

Xerophyte.Garden may use analytics and performance services to understand how the website is used. These services may process information such as page views, approximate location, device information, referral sources, and website interactions. This information helps identify popular plant records, navigation problems, broken pages, technical issues, and opportunities to improve the database.

Advertising

Xerophyte.Garden may participate in Google AdSense or use other advertising services. Google and other third-party vendors may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or similar technologies to provide, measure, personalize, and improve advertising.

• You can learn more about how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
• You can also manage certain Google advertising preferences through Google My Ad Center.

Consent Choices

Visitors in certain locations may be shown privacy or consent controls concerning cookies, analytics, personal data, or advertising. Where required, consent may be requested before certain technologies are used. Available choices depend on location, applicable law, and the services active on the website.

External Links

Xerophyte.Garden links to botanical databases, universities, government resources, horticultural organizations, gardening websites, nurseries, image sources, retailers, social networks, and other external websites. External websites maintain their own privacy, advertising, security, and data-collection practices. Xerophyte.Garden does not control those practices.

Embedded Content

Pages may contain embedded or externally supplied content such as images, videos, social media features, maps, or other third-party material. These services may receive technical information, use cookies, or record interactions according to their own policies.

Affiliate Disclosure

Xerophyte.Garden participates in affiliate marketing programs, including the Amazon Associates Program. We may earn a commission when visitors purchase qualifying products through affiliate links on this website, at no additional cost to the purchaser. Affiliate relationships do not determine botanical classifications, plant database information, safety information, or factual corrections.

Advertising and Editorial Independence

Advertising and affiliate relationships help support operation of Xerophyte.Garden but do not determine the factual information contained in the plant database. An advertisement displayed near a plant profile or article does not constitute an endorsement of the advertiser, product, seller, service, or claim.

Information Sharing

Information may be processed or shared with service providers when reasonably necessary to:

• Host and deliver the website
• Provide email services
• Measure website traffic and performance
• Display or measure advertising
• Prevent spam, fraud, and security threats
• Comply with legal obligations
• Protect the website and its users

Xerophyte.Garden does not sell email correspondence as a mailing list.

Data Retention

Information may be retained as long as reasonably necessary for website operations, communication, correction documentation, image permissions, security, dispute resolution, or legal compliance. Information controlled by third-party hosting, analytics, advertising, email, or security providers may be retained according to those providers’ policies.

Children’s Privacy

Xerophyte.Garden provides general plant and gardening information and is not directed to children under 13. If you believe a child has submitted personal information to Xerophyte.Garden, contact us so the situation can be reviewed.

Information Security

Reasonable measures are used to protect the website and communications, but no website, email service, storage system, or internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure. Do not send passwords, payment-card information, government identification numbers, medical information, or other highly sensitive information by email.

Your Privacy Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have rights or choices concerning certain personal information, including requesting access, correction, deletion, or restrictions on particular processing.

• Privacy requests can be sent to contact@xerophyte.garden.

You may also control some data collection through your browser settings, device privacy settings, website consent controls, and advertising preferences.

Policy Changes

This policy may be updated when website features, service providers, advertising practices, affiliate programs, or legal requirements change. The effective date at the top of this page identifies the current version.

Contact

Questions about this policy may be sent to contact@xerophyte.garden.