Last updated: September 21, 2026.
This Privacy Policy explains the types of information CardinalDecor.com may collect, how that information may be used, and what happens when you interact with calculators, comments, forms, affiliate links, embedded content, and third-party websites.
Who We Are
CardinalDecor.com is an independent home-improvement planning website published by Gerri. The website address is https://www.cardinaldecor.com/.
For a public contact route, privacy questions, or correction requests, see the About Cardinal Decor page.
Information You Choose to Provide
Depending on the features available on the site, you may provide information through:
- comments
- contact or feedback forms
- account or login features
- project tools that let you enter measurements or project details
Do not enter sensitive personal information into a paint, tile, wallpaper, cost, or project-planning calculator. Those tools are intended for project measurements and planning inputs.
Comments
When visitors leave comments, WordPress may collect the information shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user-agent string for spam detection and security.
An anonymized string created from an email address may be provided to Gravatar to determine whether the commenter uses that service. Gravatar is operated by Automattic and has its own privacy policy.
Calculators and Project Tools
Cardinal Decor provides calculators and project-planning tools for paint, tile, wallpaper, cost estimates, and related tasks.
Tool inputs may include measurements, product coverage assumptions, quantities, costs, or project choices. Depending on the tool, information may be processed in the browser, stored temporarily or locally in the browser, included in a saved/printed estimate, or measured through aggregate analytics events.
Cardinal Decor may measure actions such as:
- calculator starts
- calculator completions
- saved-estimate actions
- shopping-list views or clicks
- links from a guide to a calculator
- retailer or affiliate-link clicks
These measurements are intended to show whether a tool is useful and where visitors move next. The site should not require sensitive personal information merely to display a calculator result.
Analytics and Usage Data
Cardinal Decor may use analytics services, including Google Analytics or similar measurement tools, to understand page views, traffic sources, device/browser information, and aggregate interactions with site tools.
Analytics services may use cookies, device information, IP-derived information, or other identifiers according to their own configuration and privacy terms. Cardinal Decor’s analytics setup may change as tools are tested, replaced, or reconfigured.
Analytics measurements are used for site performance, content planning, tool QA, and understanding which pages or tools visitors find useful.
Cookies
WordPress, plugins, analytics services, embedded content, login features, and other site functions may use cookies or similar browser storage.
Examples can include:
- comment convenience cookies
- login/session cookies
- analytics cookies or identifiers
- preferences or browser-stored tool data
- cookies set by embedded third-party services
Your browser may let you block, clear, or restrict cookies. Some site functions may behave differently when cookies or local storage are disabled.
Affiliate Links, Benable, Amazon, and Retailer Links
Some links on Cardinal Decor are affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and make a qualifying purchase, Cardinal Decor may earn a commission.
Current affiliate or referral paths can include:
- Amazon Associates links
- Benable curated lists
- other retailer or partner links when disclosed on the page
An affiliate URL may contain an identifier showing that Cardinal Decor referred the visit. After you leave CardinalDecor.com, the retailer, Benable, Amazon, or other third party may collect information, set cookies, measure purchases, or process payment according to its own privacy policy.
Cardinal Decor does not process a retailer’s payment-card transaction merely because you clicked an affiliate link. Purchases made on third-party sites are handled by those sites.
Project Shop and External Retailers
The Cardinal Decor Project Shop contains links to guides, calculators, curated shopping pages, and third-party retailers.
When you follow a link to a retailer or manufacturer, you leave CardinalDecor.com. That third party’s privacy policy, cookies, account system, payment processing, and data practices apply to your activity there.
Embedded Content
Pages may include embedded videos, images, social content, maps, or other material from third-party websites.
Embedded content can behave as though you visited the third-party website directly. The provider may collect data, use cookies, or measure interaction with the embed, especially if you have an account with that provider and are logged in.
Media and Uploaded Files
If a feature allows you to upload an image or file, avoid uploading files that contain unnecessary location or other sensitive metadata. Some files can contain embedded metadata that may be readable by others if the file becomes public.
Who May Receive Data
Information may be processed by service providers used to operate or protect the site, depending on the active site configuration. Examples can include:
- website hosting providers
- WordPress and plugin services
- spam and security services
- analytics providers
- embedded-content providers
- email or form-processing services
Third-party services have their own privacy terms and retention practices.
How Long Information May Be Retained
Retention depends on the type of information and the service involved.
For example:
- comments and comment metadata may be retained so follow-up comments can be recognized and moderated
- account information may remain while an account exists
- security and server logs may be retained according to hosting/security settings
- analytics retention is controlled by the active analytics configuration
- browser-stored calculator/project information may remain until it expires, is replaced, or is cleared from the browser
Your Data Rights
Your privacy rights depend on where you live and the type of information involved.
If you have an account, submitted a comment, or otherwise provided personal information directly to Cardinal Decor, you may be able to request access, correction, or deletion where applicable, subject to information the site must retain for security, legal, accounting, or administrative purposes.
Use the public contact route on the About page for privacy-related requests. Include enough information to identify the relevant interaction without sending passwords, payment-card information, or other unnecessary sensitive data.
Children’s Privacy
Cardinal Decor is a general home-improvement website and is not designed as a service for children to submit personal information.
Security
Reasonable site, hosting, and plugin security measures may be used to protect the website and its data. No website, storage system, or internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.
Changes to This Policy
This policy may be updated when site tools, analytics, affiliate relationships, forms, or data practices change. The date at the top of the page shows the most recent update.