Privacy Policy

What White Barn Candles Collects When You Visit Our Home Fragrance Site

White Barn Candles collects information in three ways:

Information You Provide Directly: When you submit a contact form or subscribe to communications from White Barn Candles, we collect your name and email address.

Information Collected Automatically: When you browse our candles, hand soaps, room sprays, wallflowers, and laundry care collections, we automatically collect device type, browser type, operating system, IP address, approximate geographic location, pages visited, time spent on site, and referral source. This data is collected through cookies and analytics tools.

Information from Third Parties: White Barn Candles receives affiliate tracking data from Amazon Associates to attribute qualifying purchases to our affiliate links. We also receive aggregated analytics data from Google Analytics.

How White Barn Candles Uses Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Operate and improve this site and our home fragrance product coverage
• Respond to your inquiries about candles, hand soaps, room sprays, wallflowers, and laundry care products
• Send communications you have opted into regarding White Barn Candles product selections and updates
• Analyze site traffic and user behavior to understand which candle scents and product categories are most popular
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce our policies
• Maintain site security and prevent fraud
• Track affiliate referrals to Amazon.com for our featured home fragrance products

Cookies and Tracking Technologies White Barn Candles Uses

White Barn Candles uses the following types of cookies:

Essential Cookies: Required for basic site functionality, including navigation between our hand soaps, room sprays, 3-wick candles, wallflowers, laundry care, and seasonal collections.

Analytics Cookies: Google Analytics tracks site usage including pages visited, session duration, and traffic sources. This helps White Barn Candles understand which candle scents and product categories resonate with our visitors. Data is aggregated and anonymized.

Advertising Cookies: Amazon Associates uses cookies to attribute qualifying purchases of White Barn candles, hand soaps, room sprays, wallflowers, and laundry care products to our affiliate links.

You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect your ability to browse our full product collections and access certain site features.

How White Barn Candles Shares Your Information

White Barn Candles may share your information with:

• Service Providers: Companies that help us operate this site, including hosting providers and analytics services
• Amazon.com: As part of the Amazon Associates Program, affiliate tracking data is shared with Amazon to process commissions on qualifying purchases of home fragrance products
• Law Enforcement: When required by law or to respond to legal process
• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity

White Barn Candles does not sell personal information to third parties.

Data Security Measures at White Barn Candles

White Barn Candles implements reasonable technical and organizational security measures to protect your information, including SSL encryption for data transmission between your browser and our site. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure. While we work to protect your data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your Privacy Rights When Using White Barn Candles

All Users:

• Access the personal information White Barn Candles holds about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your personal information
• Opt out of marketing communications about candles and home fragrance products
• Request restriction of processing

GDPR Rights (EU/EEA Residents):

• Right to access, rectification, and erasure of your data
• Right to restrict processing and data portability
• Right to object to processing
• Right to withdraw consent at any time
• Right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority

CCPA/CPRA Rights (California Residents):

• Know what personal information White Barn Candles collects and how it’s used
• Know whether personal information is sold or disclosed and to whom
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information
• Request deletion of personal information
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Limit use of sensitive personal information
• Non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights

Virginia (VCDPA), Colorado (CPA), Connecticut (CTDPA), Utah (UCPA):

Residents of Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah have rights to access, correction, deletion, data portability, and opt-out of targeted advertising, substantially similar to CCPA rights, subject to state-specific provisions.

How to Exercise Your Rights: Submit a request by email to the address listed in the Contact section below, or use the contact form on this site. White Barn Candles will respond within 30–45 days. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

Children’s Privacy and White Barn Candles

White Barn Candles is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided White Barn Candles with personal information, please contact us immediately and we will promptly delete it in compliance with COPPA (Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act).

Third-Party Links on White Barn Candles

White Barn Candles contains links to Amazon.com where you can purchase our featured candles, hand soaps, room sprays, wallflowers, and laundry care products. We may also link to other third-party sites. White Barn Candles is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party site you visit.

International Data Transfers for White Barn Candles Users

White Barn Candles operates in the United States. If you access this site from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the US. We take steps to ensure adequate protections are in place for such transfers, in compliance with applicable law.

How Long White Barn Candles Retains Your Data

White Barn Candles retains personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Contact form submissions are typically retained for up to 12 months. Analytics data is governed by Google’s data retention policies.

Email Communications from White Barn Candles

If you subscribe to White Barn Candles communications, you will receive periodic emails about our candle collections, hand soap selections, room spray offerings, wallflower updates, and laundry care products. You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email or contacting us directly at the address below.

Do Not Track Signals and White Barn Candles

Some browsers transmit “Do Not Track” signals. At this time, White Barn Candles does not respond to Do Not Track signals. We continue to collect information as described in this policy.

Changes to White Barn Candles’ Privacy Policy

White Barn Candles may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will indicate the effective date of the latest revision at the top of this page. Material changes will be communicated with reasonable notice. Continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

Contact White Barn Candles About Your Privacy

To exercise your privacy rights or ask questions about this policy, contact White Barn Candles at:

California “Shine the Light” Law

California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California residents to request information about personal information White Barn Candles has shared with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, contact us at the address above.

Consent

By using White Barn Candles, you consent to the collection and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.