Effective date: March 31, 2026
Website: CarnivorousPlantHunter.com
Business name: Carnivorous Plant Hunter DBA
Contact email: [email protected]

Carnivorous Plant Hunter is an educational media platform focused on carnivorous plants, habitat ecology, cultivation, and natural history storytelling. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, and the rights you have in relation to that data.

At launch, the website does not process credit card payments or sell products directly. The main personal data we collect is your email address when you sign up for the Explorer’s Notebook newsletter or request the Ultimate Carnivorous Plant Nursery Guide.

1. Who we are

Carnivorous Plant Hunter DBA is the operator of this website and the controller of the personal data described in this policy.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, you can contact us at:

[email protected]

2. What personal data we collect

We may collect and process the following personal data:

• your email address
• your name, if you choose to provide it
• any information you send when contacting us directly
• basic technical data such as IP address, browser type, device type, referring pages, and similar website usage information
• analytics data collected through Google Analytics

At launch, we do not collect payment card information through the website.

3. How we collect your data

We collect data when you:

• sign up for the Explorer’s Notebook
• request the Nursery Guide or any other free resource
• contact us by email or through a website form
• use the website, including through cookies, analytics tools, and standard server logs

4. How we use your data

We use personal data to:

• send you the Nursery Guide or other requested resources
• send you the Explorer’s Notebook newsletter and occasional updates about Carnivorous Plant Hunter content, field notes, articles, guides, and related projects
• respond to enquiries or messages
• operate, secure, maintain, and improve the website
• understand how visitors use the website through analytics
• keep records of consent, opt-outs, and suppression lists so we can respect unsubscribe requests

5. Legal bases for processing

If you are in the UK or EEA, we rely on the following legal bases under the UK GDPR / EU GDPR:

Consent. We rely on consent when you sign up to receive the Explorer’s Notebook, the Nursery Guide, or other email updates. UK PECR generally requires consent for marketing emails to individuals unless a limited “soft opt-in” applies, and at launch the clearest basis for this site is consent.

Legitimate interests. We may rely on legitimate interests for limited operational purposes, such as securing the site, preventing abuse, troubleshooting, and maintaining essential records, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.

6. Email newsletter and lead magnet

When you sign up for the Explorer’s Notebook or request the Nursery Guide, we use the details you provide to send you the requested resource and, where you have opted in, future email updates from Carnivorous Plant Hunter.

We aim to use a clear opt-in process. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email or by contacting us at [email protected]. Under UK PECR, consent for email marketing must be specific and can be withdrawn; under CAN-SPAM, recipients must have a clear way to opt out of future commercial messages.

7. Cookies and analytics

At launch, the site uses very limited cookies together with Google Analytics.

Some cookies may be strictly necessary for the website to function properly and securely. In addition, Google Analytics may place cookies or use similar technologies to help us understand how visitors use the site and improve performance. Under UK PECR and related EU rules, non-essential cookies generally require consent, while strictly necessary cookies do not.

If required under applicable law, we will request consent before placing non-essential analytics cookies on your device.

You can also control cookies through your browser settings.

8. Service providers

We use trusted third-party service providers to help us operate the website and newsletter. At launch, these include:

• MailerLite, to manage email signups and send the Explorer’s Notebook and requested resources
• Google Analytics, to understand website usage and improve performance
• website hosting and related technical services, where applicable

These providers may process personal data on our behalf only to provide services to us.

9. No sale of personal data

We do not sell your personal data.

We do not rent, trade, or share your personal data with third parties for their own direct marketing or advertising purposes.

However, we may share data with service providers that help us run the website, send newsletters, host forms, or provide analytics, as described above.

10. International transfers

Because our service providers may operate internationally, your personal data may be processed outside your country, including outside the UK or EEA.

Where that happens, we aim to use providers and arrangements that include appropriate safeguards for international data transfers where required by law.

11. Data retention

We keep personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.

In practice:

• newsletter subscriber data is kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it, subject to any limited records we need to retain to honour opt-out requests
• contact enquiries may be retained for as long as needed to respond and maintain appropriate records
• analytics and technical logs may be retained for a limited period for security, reporting, and site improvement purposes

12. Your rights

If you are in the UK or EEA, you may have the right to:

• be informed about how your data is used
• access the personal data we hold about you
• ask us to correct inaccurate data
• ask us to delete your data
• ask us to restrict processing
• object to certain processing
• receive your data in a portable format in some circumstances
• withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent

Under GDPR, individuals have these core rights over their personal data.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected].

If you are in the United States, you may also contact us to request access, deletion, or other privacy-related assistance to the extent applicable law provides those rights.

13. Data security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, or disclosure.

No website or transmission method is completely secure, but we take privacy and security seriously and seek to use reputable providers and appropriate safeguards.

14. Children

This website is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13.

If you believe a child has provided personal data through the site, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

15. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the website, our practices, or applicable law.

When we do, we will post the updated version on this page and revise the effective date at the top.

16. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or about how your data is handled, contact:

Carnivorous Plant Hunter DBA
[email protected]