Where fans have fun together.Privacy Policy
This Happy Place is an independent, fan-made website operated by Hunter Swift. This policy explains how information is handled when you visit thishappyplace.com or use its forms. Contact info@thishappyplace.com with privacy questions or requests.
Information you provide
- Newsletter waitlist: we store your email address and signup date to manage the list and contact you about the newsletter launch. Automated newsletter delivery is not currently active.
- Creator listings: we store the submitted name, email, website and social links, description, topics, audience tags, optional feed URL and submission date for review. Listings are not published automatically. Approved public listing information may appear in the directory; contact emails are not published as part of a listing.
- Facts and planning tips: we store your submitted content, sources, category or guide, any name and email you provide, and submission date. Content is reviewed before publication. Tips can include a credit preference.
- Profile claims and email: we store your name, email, profile, ownership note, audience tags and submission date privately for manual review. Information you send by email is used to respond, verify your request and manage your listing.
Information collected when you browse
Our hosting and security providers may process IP addresses, browser and device details, requested pages, timestamps and access logs to deliver and protect the site. Fact submissions use a time-based hash of your IP address to limit repeated submissions. Those rate-limit records are marked to expire after approximately two hours and are removed during later successful submissions.
Analytics and advertising
We use Google Analytics to understand visits and interactions, including clicks to creators. Google may process device and browser information, page activity and cookie identifiers. See how Google uses information from sites that use its services and the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
The site includes Google AdSense code. Google and other advertising vendors may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses and similar identifiers to deliver and measure advertising, including ads based on previous visits to this and other websites. You can manage personalized advertising through Google My Ad Center and participating vendors through YourAdChoices. See Google’s advertising policy. Browser settings can also restrict or delete cookies; some features may be affected.
Heatmaps and session recordings
We use Microsoft Clarity to understand which parts of the site visitors click, how far they scroll, and where navigation is confusing. Clarity collects usage and interaction data, including session recordings, device and browser details, and may use cookies and similar technologies. Form content is masked, and tracking is excluded from admin, profile-claim and fact-submission pages. We do not send email addresses or submission text as analytics identifiers. Microsoft processes this information under its Privacy Statement. These tools help us improve the website.
Embedded content, images and external links
YouTube players, Instagram posts and remote preview images connect your browser to their providers, which can receive your IP address, browser details and activity and may use cookies under their own policies. Some embeds load as you browse, before you press play. See the Google privacy policy and Instagram privacy policy. Outbound and affiliate links take you to separate websites with their own privacy practices.
Affiliate links
We participate in Amazon Associates. When you click a marked Amazon link, Amazon receives your visit and the public referral tag used to credit qualifying purchases to This Happy Place. Amazon may use cookies and other technologies under its Privacy Notice. We record the item category and page where an affiliate link is clicked in Google Analytics; we do not receive your Amazon account details, payment information or personal order details.
Use and disclosure
We use submitted information to operate the waitlist, review content, respond to requests and maintain the site. We do not sell waitlist emails or submission contact details. Resend processes internal notification emails containing review counts and links; submission text and contact details stay in our private review queue. Hosting, storage, analytics, advertising and embedded-content providers process information as described above. Information may also be disclosed when required by law or to protect the site and its visitors. Providers may process information outside your country.
Retention and your choices
Waitlist and submission records are currently retained until removed; there is no automatic deletion schedule for these records. To leave the waitlist, request access, correction or deletion, or ask about your information, email info@thishappyplace.com, preferably from the address used to submit. We may ask for information needed to verify the request. Public content, backups and records needed for security or legal reasons may require separate handling.
Children and changes
The signup and submission forms are intended for adults. Please do not submit personal information about children. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us so we can investigate and remove it. We will update this page when our practices change and show the revision date above.