Privacy Policy
Miriam Gill operates Royally Inspired as a sole proprietorship. This Privacy Policy explains how Royally Inspired (“we,” “our,” “us”) handles information when you visit royallyinspired.com, contact us, or subscribe to our newsletter. Privacy rights vary by location; contact us if you have a question or request about your information.
Last updated: November 3, 2026
We aim to make our practices understandable. The sections below describe the information we receive, the services that help run the site, and the choices available to you.
Information we collect
Information you provide: Our contact form asks for your name, email address, and message. Our newsletter signup asks for your email address. Article comments collect the information you choose to enter and your comment text. An email address and login are not required to leave a guest comment.
Information collected when you browse: Our hosting, security, and statistics services may process technical details such as IP address, browser and device information, pages visited, referrers, and approximate location inferred from an IP address. Cookies and similar technologies may store preferences or help measure use of the site.
How We Use Your Information
We use information to operate and protect the site, respond to messages, send our newsletter to people who sign up, understand how readers use our content, moderate comments, and meet applicable legal obligations. Newsletter emails include an unsubscribe option. A contact-form message does not by itself subscribe you to marketing emails.
How We Share Your Information
We use service providers to run the site and its features. WordPress.com and Jetpack support hosting, forms, security, font and image delivery, performance measurement, and site statistics. Mailchimp processes our newsletter signups and delivery. WordPress and wpDiscuz operate article comments; Akismet helps detect spam; and Gravatar may supply profile images. Google provides analytics and advertising technology. Independent Analytics processes site statistics within our WordPress installation. Optimole helps deliver optimized images. Email delivery, backups, and security tools also support site operation. These providers handle information according to their roles and terms. We may disclose information if required by law, to protect the site and its users, or with your direction. Links, embeds, advertising, and affiliate destinations may have their own privacy practices. We do not sell newsletter or contact-form lists for money.
Your Rights
Depending on where you live and which laws apply, you may be able to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information, or object to certain uses. To make a request, use the contact address below. We may need to verify your request and may retain information when legally permitted or required. You can unsubscribe from the newsletter using the link in an email. Cookie choices are described below.
Data Security
We use the security features of our hosting and service providers and take reasonable steps to protect information. No online service can guarantee absolute security.
Backups and retained copies
Our managed hosting includes WordPress.com and Jetpack backups. We also keep manual UpdraftPlus backup sets in our hosting account. Backup copies may include earlier versions of site content and database records, so removing information from the live site does not immediately remove every backup copy. Retention and restoration availability differ by backup method and provider; our manual backup sets do not currently have an automatic age-based expiry. See WordPress.com’s backup information.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use WPConsent to store cookie choices, Google Analytics 4 and Jetpack Stats to understand site use, and Google AdSense advertising technology. Google Analytics may use cookies such as _ga and _ga_* to distinguish browsers and measure sessions. Analytics services can receive browser, device, page, referral and approximate-location information. See Google’s Privacy Policy and Automattic’s Privacy Policy.
Our GA4 retention settings are two months for event data and 14 months for user data. The user-data period resets with new activity, so repeated visits can extend retention of a user identifier. These settings do not set the expiry of most standard aggregated reports. See Google’s data retention guidance.
Our GA4 property has Google signals enabled for demographic and interest reporting. Where a visitor’s Google settings and consent allow, Google may associate site visits with information from their signed-in Google account, using analytics and advertising cookies or identifiers. The property also permits Analytics data to be used for ad personalization through eligible linked Google products. You can manage your Google ad choices in My Ad Center or use Google’s Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Google and other participating advertising vendors may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses and other identifiers to deliver, measure and protect advertising. Where personalized advertising is enabled and permitted, Google and its partners may use visits to this and other websites to select ads. The advertising treatment can depend on region, consent and our advertising settings. You can manage Google ad personalization through My Ad Center, learn about Google’s advertising technologies, or visit YourAdChoices for participating vendors’ choices.
Our cookie banner offers choices for the categories currently configured. WPConsent is configured to block recognized scripts and selected iframe providers before consent. This does not cover every third-party technology, and a browser may still make requests without setting cookies. You can revisit the panel through Cookie Preferences in the footer. Your browser also lets you clear or restrict cookies.
Cookie-free site statistics
Independent Analytics runs within our WordPress site and does not set analytics cookies or send its analytics records to an external analytics server. It uses an IP address to determine approximate location and creates a hashed visitor identifier from the IP address, browser user agent and a site-specific salt. Its visitor-identification salt refreshes daily. Its reports and identifiers are stored in our WordPress database; automatic deletion of historical analytics reports is not currently configured. Cookie-free does not mean that no visitor information is processed. See Independent Analytics’ privacy information.
Newsletter and comments
Mailchimp maintains our mailing list and delivers our newsletter. We use open and click tracking to understand newsletter readership. Tracking pixels and tracked links can record opens and clicks, together with technical information such as IP address and event time. Reporting depends on campaign settings and your email software, and automated activity can affect the results. These email technologies are separate from our website cookie choices. You can unsubscribe through any newsletter. See Mailchimp’s privacy information.
Approved comments and the name you provide are visible publicly. We also process IP addresses and browser information for moderation, security and spam detection. If you provide an email address, a hash derived from it may be sent to Gravatar to retrieve a profile image. Profile images displayed on the site can also cause your browser to request images from Gravatar. If you choose to save commenter details, WordPress or wpDiscuz may remember the details in browser cookies for future comments. Optional reply notifications use the email address supplied for that purpose. Please avoid posting private information in a comment. See Automattic’s privacy information for Akismet and Gravatar.
Embedded content and external platforms
Articles may include official posts, videos or other content embedded from Instagram/Meta, X, YouTube or other platforms identified beside the content. When an embed loads, its provider may receive your IP address, browser or device details, the page visited and information from its cookies or account session. Interacting with embedded content may be linked to your account with that platform. Instagram and X post embeds in article content wait until you choose to load an individual post or allow the Marketing category in Cookie Preferences. You can also follow the direct link to the original platform. Declining Marketing through Cookie Preferences reloads the page and stops future embedded-post loads. Their providers’ privacy practices apply. See Meta’s Privacy Policy, X’s Privacy Policy and Google’s Privacy Policy.
Some pages display news feeds through RSS.app widgets. Loading a widget connects your browser to RSS.app and can send technical information such as your IP address, browser details and the page requesting the widget. RSS.app magazine, list and carousel widgets in page content wait until you choose to load an individual feed or allow the Marketing category in Cookie Preferences. Loading one feed does not change your saved category choices. Declining Marketing reloads the page and stops future feed loads until you choose to load one again. Following a story link opens the publisher’s website under its own privacy practices. See RSS.app’s Privacy Policy.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy. Changes will be posted with an updated “Last Updated” date.
Contact Us
For privacy questions or requests, email contact@royallyinspired.com and include “Privacy” in the subject line.
Terms of Service
Last updated: November 3, 2026
Miriam Gill operates Royally Inspired as a sole proprietorship. These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of Royally Inspired (“we,” “our,” “us”). By accessing or using our website, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use our Site.
Use of Our Site
You may use our Site only for lawful purposes. You agree not to:
– Violate any applicable laws
– Engage in unauthorized data collection or scraping
– Post harmful, defamatory, or misleading content
Comments and community
You are responsible for the comments and other contributions you submit. Guest article comments do not require an account or email address. We may moderate or remove contributions and restrict access when these Terms or community rules are violated. Please do not post private information or material that infringes another person’s rights. If you have an account, keep its credentials secure.
Intellectual Property
Articles, design, branding, and other original material on the Site belong to Royally Inspired or their respective rights holders. Images, quotations, embeds, and linked material may be owned by others and used under license, permission, or applicable law. Do not reproduce our original content without permission except as allowed by law.
Disclaimers & Limitation of Liability
Our articles and recommendations are for general information. We work to correct errors, but information can change and we cannot guarantee that every item is complete or current. To the extent permitted by applicable law, we are not responsible for losses arising from use of the Site or third-party services. Nothing here limits rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded.
Third-Party Links
We may link to third-party websites, products and services. Purchases through retailer or affiliate links take place on the third party’s website. Payments, pricing, delivery, returns, warranties and customer service are governed by that third party’s terms and privacy practices. We do not process those transactions. We are not responsible for third-party content or practices.
Termination
We reserve the right to terminate access to our Site for users who violate these Terms.
Governing Law
Applicable law governs disputes involving the Site. Nothing in these Terms takes away rights that cannot be waived under the law where you live.
Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms at any time. Continued use of the Site constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
Advertising and Affiliate Links
Some pages may contain display advertising, sponsored material, or affiliate links. If you buy through an affiliate link, Royally Inspired may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. Individual articles or recommendations include additional disclosures where a paid relationship applies. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.
Advertising and affiliate income can help support the publication. Third-party advertisers, retailers, and platforms set their own prices, terms, and privacy practices. A product or service recommendation is editorial judgment, and availability or details can change.
Contact Us
For questions about these Terms, contact contact@royallyinspired.com.
You can read our Privacy Policy above and revisit your cookie choices from the footer.