Effective date: [OPEN: date of publication]
Last updated: [OPEN: date of publication]

Draft for review. Items marked [OPEN] depend on decisions not yet made (legal entity, contact email, email and commerce platforms). This policy must be reviewed, ideally by a lawyer, before launch.

1. Who We Are

The Home School Barn is an independent publisher of printable educational resources for children, sold and offered for free to parents and educators at https://thehomeschoolbarn.com/.

This Privacy Policy explains how [OPEN: legal entity name] (“The Home School Barn,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, shares and protects personal information when you visit the website, download a free resource, buy a resource, or join the newsletter.

Business address: [OPEN: business address]
Privacy contact: [OPEN: contact email]

2. Information We Collect

Information you give us

  • Email address, when you request a free resource or join the newsletter.
  • Purchase information, when you buy a resource: your name, email address, billing details and what you bought. Payment card details are handled by our payment provider; we do not see or store full card numbers.
  • Messages you send us, and anything you include in them.

Information collected automatically

  • Usage data if analytics are enabled: pages visited, referring pages, approximate location derived from your IP address, browser and device type. We use Google Analytics only if it is switched on for the site, and this policy will name it when it is.
  • Server logs kept by our hosting provider, such as IP address, time of request and the page requested.
  • Automated crawler requests. We record visits by automated crawlers (for example, search engine and AI crawlers) to understand how our pages are indexed. This does not track individual human visitors.

3. Children’s Privacy

Our resources are made for children, but this website is intended for parents, carers and educators, and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age where you live). Free downloads, purchases and newsletter signups are for adults.

If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

[OPEN: legal review] Because the products are for children aged roughly 3 to 10, confirm how the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), and the UK Age Appropriate Design Code or EU GDPR if selling outside the U.S., apply to the final site, the checkout and any email platform before launch.

4. How We Use Information

  • To deliver the free or paid resources you request, and to let you download them again where offered.
  • To process payments, send receipts and handle refunds and support.
  • To send the newsletter, only if you have separately agreed to receive it. Asking for a free resource does not sign you up to the newsletter.
  • To answer your messages.
  • To understand how the website is used and improve it.
  • To prevent fraud and abuse, and to meet legal, tax and accounting obligations.

We do not sell your personal information.

5. Your Email and the Newsletter

Your email address is needed to send you a free resource. Joining the newsletter is a separate choice, made with its own unticked box or its own signup form. Every newsletter includes a link to unsubscribe, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

[OPEN: whether free-download emails include a welcome sequence. Describe it here if one is added.]

6. How We Share Information

We share personal information only with service providers that help us run the business, under contracts that limit their use of it:

  • Email platform: [OPEN: provider]
  • Payments and digital delivery: [OPEN: provider(s)]
  • Website hosting: Vercel
  • Analytics: Google Analytics, if enabled

We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect our rights or the safety of others, or as part of a sale or transfer of the business.

7. Cookies

The website itself does not need cookies to work. If analytics are enabled, Google Analytics uses cookies to measure visits. Our payment and email providers may set their own cookies on their pages. [OPEN: add a cookie notice or consent banner if required for the markets you sell to.]

8. How Long We Keep Information

  • Newsletter subscribers: until you unsubscribe.
  • Free-download requests: [OPEN: retention period].
  • Purchase records: as long as needed for tax and accounting rules.
  • Analytics data: according to the retention setting in Google Analytics.

9. Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or receive a copy of your personal information, and to object to or restrict how we use it. To make a request, contact us at [OPEN: contact email]. California residents have the right to know, delete and correct personal information, and not to be discriminated against for exercising these rights.

10. Security

We use reputable providers and reasonable measures to protect personal information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure.

11. International Transfers

Our service providers may process information in the United States and other countries. Where required, transfers are protected by appropriate safeguards.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy. The “Last updated” date shows when it last changed.

13. Contact Us

[OPEN: legal entity name]
[OPEN: business address]
[OPEN: contact email]