Privacy Policy
Last Updated: August 12, 2026
At Chimney Insight, accessible from ChimneyInsight.com, we respect your privacy and are committed to being transparent about how information is collected, used, and shared when you use our website.
This Privacy Policy applies to visitors to Chimney Insight, including users of our articles, product reviews, calculators, tools, newsletter, contact forms, and other website features.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when you:
- Subscribe to our newsletter
- Contact us
- Submit a question or feedback
- Send us a guest-post or contributor pitch
- Communicate with our editorial team
This information may include your name, email address, message, and any other information you choose to provide.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit Chimney Insight, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Referring website
- Pages viewed
- Date and time of visits
- Approximate location derived from IP address
- Website interactions
- Affiliate-link clicks
- Cookie and similar technology identifiers
We may use cookies, analytics tools, advertising technologies, and similar services to collect this information.
How We Use Information
We may use information to:
- Operate and maintain Chimney Insight
- Respond to messages and inquiries
- Provide requested information or services
- Send newsletters when you have subscribed
- Analyze website traffic and performance
- Improve articles, tools, calculators, and user experience
- Understand which content visitors find useful
- Measure affiliate-link performance
- Display or measure advertising where applicable
- Protect the website against fraud, spam, abuse, and security threats
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Chimney Insight may use cookies and similar technologies for essential functionality, analytics, preferences, advertising, and affiliate attribution.
For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.
Where required by applicable law, non-essential cookies will be used only after the appropriate consent has been obtained.
Google Services
We may use Google services such as Google Analytics and, where enabled, Google advertising products.
These services may use cookies, device information, IP information, and browsing activity to provide analytics, advertising, measurement, security, and related services.
You may be able to control personalized advertising through Google’s advertising settings and through our cookie-consent controls where available.
Amazon Associates
Chimney Insight participates in the Amazon Associates Program.
When you click an Amazon affiliate link, Amazon may collect information according to its own privacy practices, including information necessary to attribute qualifying purchases to our affiliate account.
We do not control Amazon’s websites, cookies, or data practices.
Other Service Providers
We may use third-party companies to provide services such as:
- Website hosting
- Security and spam protection
- Website analytics
- Advertising
- Affiliate tracking
- Email delivery
- Content delivery
- Website performance optimization
These providers may process information as necessary to provide their services.
How We Share Information
We do not sell personal information for money.
We may disclose information to service providers, analytics providers, advertising partners, affiliate partners, legal authorities, or other parties when reasonably necessary to operate the website or comply with applicable law.
Certain advertising or tracking activities may constitute “sharing,” “targeted advertising,” or similar processing under some privacy laws.
Please see Your Privacy Choices for available opt-out options.
Email Communications
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we may send you website updates, chimney safety information, guides, or similar content.
You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link contained in the email.
Legal Bases for Processing
Where laws such as the GDPR or UK GDPR apply, we may process personal information based on:
- Your consent
- Our legitimate interests in operating and improving the website
- Responding to your request
- Compliance with legal obligations
You may withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including legal, security, accounting, and operational requirements.
International Data Transfers
Some service providers may process information in countries other than the country in which you live.
Where required, appropriate safeguards will be used for international transfers of personal information.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to:
- Request access to your personal information
- Request correction
- Request deletion
- Request a copy of certain information
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Withdraw consent
- Opt out of marketing communications
- Opt out of certain targeted advertising or data sharing
- Lodge a complaint with an applicable data-protection authority
To submit a privacy request, contact:
We may need to verify your request before completing it.
California and U.S. State Privacy Rights
Residents of California and certain other U.S. states may have additional privacy rights where applicable, including rights relating to access, deletion, correction, sale, sharing, and targeted advertising.
Visit our Your Privacy Choices page for additional information and opt-out options.
Children
Chimney Insight is intended for a general adult audience and is not designed to collect personal information knowingly from children.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete the information.
Data Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Third-Party Websites
Our website contains links to third-party websites, including retailers and service providers.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, services, technologies, or legal obligations change.
The “Last Updated” date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was most recently revised.
Contact Us
For privacy-related questions:
For general questions: