Advertising Disclosure

Transparency is a value we hold seriously at Hearthly — both in how we serve our clients and in how we operate this website. This disclosure explains our advertising and commercial relationships so that visitors can make fully informed judgements about the content they read here.

This disclosure is made in accordance with applicable consumer protection guidelines, including those published by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the United States and equivalent bodies in other jurisdictions.

1. Affiliate Relationships

From time to time, this website may contain links to products or services offered by third parties. Where these links are affiliate links, we may receive a commission if you make a purchase or take an action after clicking through. This comes at no additional cost to you.

• —Affiliate relationships do not influence the editorial integrity of our content. We only reference products or services that we believe may be genuinely useful to our audience.
• —Where a recommendation is made in connection with an affiliate arrangement, this will be noted clearly in the relevant content.
• —Commissions received through affiliate programmes are used to support the maintenance and development of this website.
• —We do not allow financial relationships to determine or bias our recommendations. Our views remain our own.

2. Sponsored Content

Where content on this website has been produced in partnership with, or financially supported by, a third party, it will be clearly identified as sponsored or promoted content.

• —Sponsored posts and brand partnerships are labelled accordingly, so readers can distinguish them from independent editorial content.
• —Even where content is sponsored, we maintain control over the accuracy and fairness of what is published.
• —We do not publish sponsored content that we believe to be misleading or harmful to our audience.
• —Hearthly is the publisher of all content on this site. Any views expressed remain subject to our editorial standards regardless of commercial arrangements.

3. Third-Party Advertising

This website may display advertisements served by third-party advertising networks. These networks may use technologies such as cookies and pixel tags to serve ads that are relevant to your interests.

• —Third-party advertisers and ad networks may collect non-personally identifiable data about your visits to this and other websites to provide relevant advertisements.
• —Behavioural targeting may be used to serve ads based on your browsing history, subject to your cookie preferences.
• —Hearthly does not control the content of third-party advertisements displayed on this site and is not responsible for their accuracy.
• —Cookie usage related to advertising is governed by your preferences, which you can manage at any time via our Cookie Policy.

4. User Rights and Controls

You have meaningful choices about how your data is used in connection with advertising:

• —Manage ad preferences: Use the cookie preference panel on our Cookie Policy page to control whether advertising-related cookies are set.
• —Opt out of personalised advertising: You may opt out of personalised advertising from participating networks via industry opt-out tools such as the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) or the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI).
• —Data rights: You retain the right to access, correct, or request deletion of any personal data collected through advertising activities. See our Privacy Policy for how to exercise these rights.
• —Opting out of targeted advertising does not mean you will see no advertisements — it means that any ads displayed will not be based on your personal browsing profile.