Here at homesteadfansite.com, we take your privacy very seriously. This page explores what information we collect and how we use it, hopefully in an easy to understand way. This can be as exciting as watching wheat grow, but please try to stick with me to the end. This policy only covers the content of homesteadfansite.com, meaning any link you click on that takes you away from this page will have it's own policy that you should look at.

At homesteadfansite.com, we will never sell your personal information.

What We Collect

By visiting and interacting with homesteadfansite.com, your provide us with information. The information we collect can be broken down into 2 categories:

Information that you give to us, that can include (and is not limited to):

• Information that you put into forms on the site. This may include your name, email address, farm name, farm details, comments or images you submit
• Information needed to sign in or log into the site, including third party log-in details
• Communications sent to us through the contact form
• Information from surveys, if you choose to participate
• Details about your farm and farming habits
• Subscription, notification and site preferences

Information that we may collect from you using our site, that can include (and is not limited to):

• Technical information about how you access the site. This may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, login information, browser type and version, time zone and local language settings, geographical location, browser plug-ins and version, operating system, and type of device
• Information about your visit. This may include the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), your navigation through the site (click stream), pages you have viewed, response times, errors, length of time on pages, page interactions information like scrolling, swipes, clicks, mouse-over, and method used to exit the page

Information collected in the second category is general and users are not identifiable to homesteadfansite.com

How We Use Your Information

The information we collect is used to customize the site, improve our services, and/or improve your experience.  For example, it manages your news notifications so you only get new news once. Google's Search Console tells us that 75% of users that enter the site from Search are using a mobile device, which influences site design and layout.

At various times, homesteadfansite.com will provide generalized feedback to Big Farm Homestead regarding the state of the community, issues, and concerns and get advice, like "many users don't have an OK button on their keyboard - what is the workaround?"

Contests and Feedback

From time to time, homesteadfansite.com will host contests and collect feedback from the community. For contests and raffles, homesteadfansite.com will submit only the farm names or player IDs of the winners to Big Farm, who will then issue prizes.

Information collected from feedback events may be submitted to Big Farm, either in summary or in whole. Farm names, player IDs (and contact information, if applicable) will be redacted from the submission unless there is a specific reason to not redact it.

Cookies

Cookies are typically a small, flat and sweet baked snack or dessert. They can also be little packages of data stored on and used by your browser. Since baked goods don't travel well over the internet and leave your device sticky, this site uses data cookies. They are used to help our users navigate the website and customize their experience. You can read more about cookies at allaboutcookies.

Cookies are the best known type of storage used by modern browsers. Cookies are sent from your device to the server (website host) when you request content to help ensure relevant data is delivered. Cookies have an expiration. There is also Local Storage (never expires) and Session Storage (expires when tab is closed), which are only used on your device (not sent to the server). Something like news notifications is stored in Local Storage. Cookies, Local Storage and Session Storage are cleared if you delete your browsing data.

Third Party Cookies

This site includes third party cookies (including Google) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site and other websites. Google's (AdSense) use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads personalized to you. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings and/or for all third party use of cookies by visiting YourAdChoices (powered by Digital Advertising Alliance).

Where Your Data Is Stored

Cookies, Local Storage and Session Storage are stored in your browser (client) on your device and isn't accessible to homesteadfansite.com staff. If you clear your browsing data, any information or customizations will be deleted and your experience will be reset. Your data is safe on your device.

homesteadfansite.com utilizes a third party database to store user and session details (if you are logged in) and data submitted for contests and feedback events.

homesteadfansite.com has a Gmail email address to receive and respond to contact form content. Your personal information entered into the contact form, including contact name, email, message, and any response(s) are stored in an email on that Gmail account. These emails are typically deleted after 2 to 4 months.

Consent

This site is built from data and information gathered and submitted by fans. By providing data or information, you are consenting to that information being added anonymously to the site. Consent is obtained in the event the source (author) is named.

By accessing this site, you agree to our policy.

Questions

If you have any further questions about your information and privacy on homesteadfansite.com, please contact us.

This policy was last updated on Nov 24, 2025 and supersedes any previous policy.