Privacy policy

Who we are

This policy covers howtobuyplots.com (“How To Buy Plots”, “we”, “us”). It explains what information is collected when you visit, who collects it, and what you can do about it.

Information you give us

If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in the message. We use it to reply and to fix errors you report. We do not add you to our email list unless you sign up for it.

The email list

When you request our free checklist, we ask for your email address and, optionally, your first name, the state you are looking to buy in, and where you are in the buying process. After you sign up we may ask what you plan to do with the land. We also record which page of the site you signed up from. We use this information to send you the checklist, to send occasional emails about buying land and about new guides, and to choose which guides to send you. Your address is not added to the list until you click the confirmation link we email you.

The list is held by MailerLite, an email service provider, under its own privacy policy. We do not sell, rent, or share the list with anyone. If we ever include a sponsor in an email, we send that email ourselves and the sponsor never receives your address. Every email we send includes an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing takes effect immediately. To have your details deleted from the list entirely, use the contact address below.

Information collected automatically

Server logs

Our hosting provider, Vercel, processes standard technical data for every request, such as IP address, browser type, and the page requested. This is used to deliver the site and keep it secure.

Analytics

We use Vercel Web Analytics and Speed Insights to see which pages are read and how fast they load. These tools report aggregate figures and do not use cookies to track you across sites. We may also use Google Analytics, which uses cookies to measure visits and reports information such as approximate location, device type, and pages viewed. You can block Google Analytics with Google's opt-out browser add-on.

Advertising

We may show ads served by Google AdSense and its partners. When ads are running:

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site and other sites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this and other sites on the internet.
• You can opt out of personalized advertising from Google in Google Ads Settings. You can opt out of many other vendors' personalized ads at aboutads.info.

You can read how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland are asked for consent before advertising cookies are used.

Affiliate links

Some links lead to merchants that pay us a commission. When you click one, the merchant or its affiliate network may set a cookie so the purchase can be credited to us. Those cookies are governed by the merchant's own privacy policy. Links of the form howtobuyplots.com/go/… are simple redirects to the merchant. See our affiliate disclosure.

Cookies and your choices

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. The guides and tools on this site work without them. The calculators run entirely in your browser, and the numbers you enter are not sent to us.

What we do not do

We do not sell personal information, we do not run user accounts, and we do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. This site is intended for adults making property decisions. We never ask for a phone number.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask what personal information we hold about you and to have it corrected or deleted. In practice that means your email list details and any emails you have sent us. To make a request, contact us at: kenneth@howtobuyplots.com

Changes

If this policy changes, the date at the top of the page changes with it. Significant changes will be described here.