Privacy, plainly.
Effective October 4, 2026. House Spill LLC operates housespill.com. This notice covers the website, its newsletter signup and privacy-request forms.
What we collect and why
| Information | Use and retention |
|---|---|
| Email and subscription records | You provide your email and consent. We save subscription status, consent version, dates and an unsubscribe identifier to manage the newsletter. Active records remain while your subscription is active and the newsletter operates. Minimal opt-out records remain to prevent unwanted re-enrollment or sending. |
| Site and security information | Our hosting provider Cloudflare processes network and request information, such as IP address, browser and requested page, to deliver and protect the site. Our form’s abuse-control records use a hashed network identifier, expire after two hours, and are cleared on subsequent form requests. Hosting logs are governed by the provider’s configuration and retention practices. |
| Privacy preferences | An essential first-party cookie saves your browser opt-out for up to one year. Global Privacy Control is also honored. There is no site login; preferences apply to the current browser, not every device you use. |
| Privacy requests | We save your email, request type, message, receipt date and handling record to respond and document the request. We retain the request record for 24 months after closure, unless longer retention is required for an unresolved legal matter. Do not send identity documents, financial, health or other sensitive details through the form. |
Who receives information
Authorized site operators and our hosting/database provider process information to operate the site and manage your requests. Newsletter signup is not a contractor quote request, and we do not provide the subscriber list to the advertisers in our stories. We may disclose information when legally required or to protect the site and its users. This site’s current custom code does not load third-party advertising pixels or audience-profiling scripts.
Advertising links and your choices
We earn money from advertising and referrals. When you choose a labeled ad link, it normally passes through our affiliate network before reaching the advertiser. The network and destination can receive your IP address, browser information, referral/click identifiers and information you choose to submit. Their websites may use cookies and have their own privacy practices. We do not send your newsletter email in an ad link.
California privacy law can treat certain disclosures for value as a “sale” and certain cross-context advertising disclosures as “sharing.” Rather than ask you to classify a link, we offer an opt-out: Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. With that preference or Global Privacy Control enabled, our ad links bypass our affiliate tracking redirects and open the advertiser’s direct site. The advertiser still receives information needed for your visit and controls its own website. We cannot delete or change records already held by another site.
Our site does not use cross-site behavioral advertising scripts. We honor the Global Privacy Control signal; the older Do Not Track signal is not used as a separate preference setting. Your browser can block cookies, but then a manually saved preference may not persist. No payment, signup or identity verification is required for the browser opt-out.
Access, correction and deletion
You can ask to access, correct or delete your information through our privacy request form or email [email protected]. These request channels are available to all readers. California residents may have additional rights under the CCPA where it applies, including knowing the categories and specific information collected, its sources, purposes and recipients; deletion and correction; opting out of sale/sharing; and exercising rights without discriminatory treatment.
We may need to verify your control of the email address before disclosing, correcting or deleting records. An authorized agent may submit a request and identify that role; we may seek proof of authorization as permitted by law. We aim to respond within 45 calendar days and will explain any permitted extension. Deletion may preserve minimal records needed to honor an opt-out or satisfy legal obligations. A privacy request is not automatically a newsletter unsubscribe: unsubscribe here for an immediate opt-out.
Children and sensitive information
House Spill is intended for adults making consumer decisions. We do not knowingly collect newsletter information from children under 13 or knowingly sell or share personal information of anyone under 16. We do not ask for sensitive personal information or use it to infer characteristics about you. Contact us if you believe a child has provided information.
Changes and contact
We will update the effective date when this notice changes and provide additional notice where required for a material change. For privacy questions, alternative-format assistance or a request, use the form or [email protected].