Privacy Policy

Your privacy is important to us. This policy explains how we handle your information.

Last Updated: 28 October 2026

Welcome to Homes Archives. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website. Please read this privacy policy carefully. By accessing or using our website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by all the terms outlined in this policy.

If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access or use the website.

1. Introduction

Homes Archives is a celebrity house tour website that publishes articles and content about luxury celebrity homes, interior design, and real estate. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to all visitors, users, and others who access or use our website.

Homes Archives is the data controller for personal information collected through this website. If you have any question about how your information is handled, or you wish to exercise any of the rights described in this policy, contact us at info@homesarchives.com.

We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of any updates.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you interact with our website, including but not limited to:

  • Contact Information — When you contact us through our contact form or email, we may collect your name, email address, and any message content you provide.
  • Newsletter Subscription — If you subscribe to our newsletter or mailing list, we collect your email address.
  • Comments and Feedback — If our website allows comments, we may collect your name, email address, IP address, and browser user agent string.

2.2 Non-Personal Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain non-personal information, including but not limited to:

  • Browser Information — Browser type, version, and language settings.
  • Device Information — Operating system, device type, screen resolution, and device identifiers.
  • IP Address — Your Internet Protocol (IP) address for analytics and security purposes.
  • Usage Data — Pages visited, time spent on pages, click patterns, scroll depth, and referral sources.
  • Location Data — General geographic location based on your IP address (city/region level only).

3. Cookies and Web Beacons

Like most websites, Homes Archives uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience. Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website.

We use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential Cookies — Required for the basic functionality of the website, such as page navigation and access to secure areas.
  • Analytics Cookies — Help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously (e.g., Google Analytics).
  • Advertising Cookies — Used by Mediavine and its advertising partners to serve, measure and limit advertisements and, where you have agreed or the law allows, to make them more relevant. See Section 4.
  • Consent Cookies — Remember the choices you make in our consent banner.
  • Preference Cookies — Allow the website to remember your preferences and settings for a better user experience.

Web Beacons (also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs) may be used in our web pages and emails to track usage patterns, measure campaign effectiveness, and determine if an email has been opened.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain features on our website. To learn more about managing cookies, visit your browser’s help documentation.

4. Advertising, Mediavine and Grow

Homes Archives is funded by advertising. We use Mediavine (also operating as Journey by Mediavine), an ad management company, to manage and serve the advertisements that appear on our website. Mediavine and the advertising partners it works with use cookies, device identifiers, pixels and similar technologies to deliver, measure and limit ads.

4.1 What Advertising Technologies May Collect

When you visit our website, Mediavine and its advertising partners may collect or receive:

  • your IP address and approximate location (city or region level);
  • browser type, device type and operating system;
  • cookie and device identifiers, and identifiers derived from information you have given to a service you use elsewhere (for example a hashed email address) where that is permitted and, where required, you have agreed;
  • the pages you view and how you interact with ads (for example impressions, clicks and viewability).

They use this information to serve and measure ads, to show ads that are more relevant to you where the law and your choices allow, to limit how often you see the same ad, to detect fraud and invalid traffic, and to report to us how our advertising performs.

4.2 Advertising Partners

Mediavine works with a changing group of advertising and technology partners. Some act on Mediavine’s behalf, and some decide for themselves how to use the data they receive. We do not control these partners. Mediavine publishes the current list of partners at https://www.mediavine.com/ad-partners/, and its privacy information for visitors to publisher websites is at https://www.mediavine.com/legal-and-privacy-center/. You can send Mediavine a request about information it holds at https://privacy.mediavine.com/.

4.3 Grow by Mediavine

Our website also uses Grow by Mediavine, a reader tool that lets visitors create an account and choose an experience with fewer ads. When Grow is active, it may set cookies or use local storage to recognise returning readers and remember choices. If you create a Grow account or sign in, your information is handled by Mediavine under its own privacy notice (see the link above) and not by Homes Archives.

4.4 Managing Your Advertising Choices

  • Consent banner. Where the law requires it (for example for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and some US states), our consent platform, provided by consentmanager, asks for your choices when you first visit. Advertising and analytics technologies that need your consent are meant to run only after you agree. consentmanager’s own privacy notice is at https://www.consentmanager.net/en/privacy/.
  • Industry opt-out tools. You can also opt out of personalised advertising from many companies at once:
  • Browser settings. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Doing so may stop some site features from working and will not remove ads, only make them less relevant.
  • Ask us. You can also email us at info@homesarchives.com with a request about your advertising choices.

4.5 Google

Some of Mediavine’s partners are Google advertising services (for example Google Ad Manager). Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies, including the DART cookie, to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites. You can opt out of the DART cookie by using Google’s Ads Settings or by reading how Google uses information from sites that use its services at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

5. Google Analytics

Homes Archives uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to track and analyze website traffic. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website, including:

  • Number of visitors to the website
  • Pages visited and time spent on each page
  • Referral sources (how you arrived at our website)
  • General geographic location (country, city level)
  • Browser and device information

We have not asked Google Analytics to identify individual visitors, but it uses cookies and online identifiers, so we treat this data as personal data where the law does and use it only with your consent where consent is required. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On.

6. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect from you for the following purposes:

  • To Operate and Maintain the Website — Ensuring our website functions properly and securely.
  • To Improve User Experience — Analyzing usage patterns to improve our content, layout, and features.
  • To Respond to Inquiries — Answering your questions, feedback, or requests submitted through our contact form or email.
  • To Send Periodic Emails — If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may use your email to send you updates about new articles, celebrity house tours, and website news. You can unsubscribe at any time.
  • To Personalize Content and Ads — Displaying relevant content and advertisements based on your interests and browsing behavior.
  • To Analyze Website Traffic — Understanding how visitors interact with our website to improve our services.
  • To Detect and Prevent Fraud — Monitoring for suspicious activity, spam, and security threats.
  • To Comply with Legal Obligations — Meeting any applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes.

7. How We Protect Your Information

We implement appropriate security measures to protect the safety and integrity of your personal information. These measures include:

  • SSL Encryption — Our website uses HTTPS protocol to encrypt data transmitted between your browser and our servers.
  • Secure Hosting — Our website is hosted on secure servers with regular security updates and monitoring.
  • Access Controls — Access to personal information is restricted to authorized personnel only.
  • Regular Monitoring — We regularly monitor our systems for security vulnerabilities and potential threats.

However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

8. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information for money. Some US state laws treat the sharing of identifiers with advertising partners for targeted advertising as a “sale” or “sharing”; see Sections 4.4 and 14 for how to opt out. We do not trade or rent your personal information to others. However, we may share your information in the following limited circumstances:

  • Service Providers — We may share information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users (e.g., hosting providers, analytics services, email services). These parties are contractually obligated to keep your information confidential.
  • Advertising Partners — Mediavine and its advertising partners collect information directly through technologies on our website, as described in Section 4.
  • Legal Requirements — We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency).
  • Protection of Rights — We may disclose information where necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Homes Archives, our users, or others.
  • Business Transfers — In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction.

9. Log Files

Homes Archives follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. The information collected by log files includes:

  • Internet Protocol (IP) addresses
  • Browser type and version
  • Internet Service Provider (ISP)
  • Date and time stamps
  • Referring/exit pages
  • Number of clicks

This information is not linked to any personally identifiable information. The purpose of this data is for analyzing trends, administering the website, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

10. Third-Party Links and Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, products, or services that are not owned or controlled by Homes Archives. These may include:

  • External websites linked within our articles
  • Social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, Pinterest)
  • Real estate listing websites
  • Third-party advertising networks
  • Affiliate partner websites

We have no control over the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

11. Third-Party Privacy Policies

Homes Archives’ Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers, websites, or services. We advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party services for more detailed information:

12. Children’s Information (COPPA Compliance)

Protecting the privacy of children is especially important to us. Homes Archives does not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13.

If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take immediate steps to remove that information from our servers.

We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their children’s online activity in accordance with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

13. GDPR Data Protection Rights (For EU Users)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Homes Archives aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your personal data.

You have the following rights:

  • Right to Access — You have the right to request copies of your personal data that we hold.
  • Right to Rectification — You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Right to Erasure — You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Restrict Processing — You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Object to Processing — You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Data Portability — You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent — You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your personal information.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

14. CCPA Privacy Rights (For California Users)

If you are a California resident, you have specific privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Under the CCPA, California consumers have the right to:

  • Right to Know — Request that a business disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data it has collected about you.
  • Right to Delete — Request that a business delete any personal data about you that it has collected.
  • Right to Opt-Out — Request that a business not sell your personal data to third parties.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination — Not be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us. We will respond to verifiable consumer requests within 45 days.

Note: Homes Archives does not sell personal information for money. Advertising partners that collect information through our website for targeted advertising may be treated as receiving it in a “sale” or “sharing” under California and other US state laws. You can opt out through our consent banner or by using the tools in Section 4.4.

15. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. The criteria we use to determine retention periods include:

  • The duration of your ongoing relationship with our website
  • Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject
  • Whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (e.g., applicable statutes of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigations)

When we no longer need personal information, we will securely delete or anonymize it.

16. Do Not Track Signals

Some web browsers offer a “Do Not Track” (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. At this time, there is no uniform standard for how websites should respond to DNT signals. Homes Archives does not currently respond to DNT signals. We do provide the choices described in Section 4.4 of this policy.

17. International Data Transfers

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on servers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data to the United States and process it there. By submitting your personal information, you agree to this transfer.

18. Email Communications

If you contact us via email or subscribe to our newsletter:

  • We will use your email address solely to respond to your inquiry or send you subscribed content.
  • We will never add you to a mailing list without your explicit consent.
  • You can unsubscribe from any email communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us directly.
  • We do not share your email address with third parties for their marketing purposes.

19. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on Homes Archives may include embedded content such as videos, images, maps, or social media posts. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly. These external websites may:

  • Collect data about you
  • Use cookies
  • Embed additional third-party tracking
  • Monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website

20. Consent

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to all of its terms and conditions, together with our Terms and Conditions.

21. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page. Your continued use of the website after any modifications constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

22. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, the data we hold about you, or if you wish to exercise any of your data protection rights, please contact us:

We will respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 30 days.

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