Effective Date: May 2, 2026
At TheDIYPlan (“we,” “us,” or “our”), accessible from https://www.thediyplan.com, protecting your privacy is a priority. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.
If you have any questions, contact us at: admin@thediyplan.com
1. Information We Collect
Personal Information
When you interact with our website, we may collect:
- Name
- Email address
- Payment details (processed securely by third-party providers)
Automatically Collected Information
We may automatically collect:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device information
- Pages visited and time spent on the site
- Referring/exit pages
- Date and time of visits
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
- Process and deliver your digital product purchases
- Provide customer support and respond to inquiries
- Improve website performance and user experience
- Send order confirmations and account-related emails
- Prevent fraud and ensure security
- Send marketing emails (only if you opt in)
3. WooCommerce Store (Digital Products)
When you purchase digital plans (PDFs) from our store:
- Your information is used to process your order and provide downloads
- We store order details for legal, tax, and accounting purposes (typically up to 7 years)
- If you create an account, your information is saved for faster checkout in the future
We do not sell physical products—only downloadable digital content.
4. Payments
We use third-party payment processors to securely handle transactions:
PayPal
Payments may be processed through PayPal.
PayPal may collect and process your data according to their privacy policy.
Stripe
Payments may also be processed via Stripe.
Stripe handles payment information securely and may collect data necessary to complete transactions.
We do not store your full credit card details on our servers.
5. Email Marketing (Brevo)
If you subscribe to our emails:
You can unsubscribe at any time using the link in our emails
We use Brevo to send newsletters and updates
Your email and interaction data may be stored by Brevo
6. Advertising (Mediavine)
We partner with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising on our site.
Mediavine may use cookies, tracking pixels, and similar technologies to:
- Show personalized ads
- Measure ad performance
- Track user behavior across websites
To learn more or opt out, visit Mediavine’s privacy policy.
7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies to:
- Remember user preferences
- Improve website functionality
- Analyze traffic and performance
- Deliver personalized ads
Types of cookies we use include:
- Essential cookies – required for site functionality
- Analytics cookies – track usage and performance
- Advertising cookies – personalize ads
You can disable cookies through your browser settings.
8. Third-Party Services
We may share data with trusted third parties to operate our business, including:
- Payment processors (Stripe, PayPal)
- Advertising partners (Mediavine)
- Email service provider (Brevo)
- Analytics providers
These third parties only receive data necessary to perform their services.
9. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only as long as necessary:
- Order data: up to 7 years for tax/legal purposes
- Email subscriptions: until you unsubscribe
- Analytics data: as needed for performance tracking
10. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to:
- Access your personal data
- Request correction of inaccurate data
- Request deletion of your data
- Withdraw consent for data processing
- Opt out of marketing communications
To exercise your rights, contact us at: admin@thediyplan.com
11. California Privacy Rights (CCPA/CPRA)
If you are a California resident:
- You have the right to request disclosure of data we collect about you
- You may request deletion of your personal information
- You may opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal data
We do not sell personal data in the traditional sense, but advertising partners may use tracking technologies for personalized ads.
12. Children’s Information
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe your child has provided personal data, contact us immediately and we will remove it.
13. Data Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, misuse, or disclosure.
14. External Links
Our website may contain links to other websites.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those external sites.
15. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.
16. Consent
By using our website, you consent to this Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
17. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at:
Email: admin@thediyplan.com
Website: https://www.thediyplan.com
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising
The Website uses Mediavine to manage all third-party advertising on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website. The cookie may collect information relating to your use of the Website, information about your device such as the device’s IP address and browser type, demographic data and, if you arrived at the Website via a link from a third-party site, the URL of the linking page.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site.
The Website may collect IP addresses and location information to serve personalized ads and pass it to Mediavine. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp. You may also visit http://optout.aboutads.info/#/ and http://optout.networkadvertising.org/# to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at http://www.aboutads.info/appchoices to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
Mediavine partners with the following data processors:
- Pubmatic. You may find Pubmatic’s privacy policy through this link. The data collected on the Website may be transferred to Pubmatic and its demand partners for interest-based advertising. Statistical information and other non-cookie technologies (such as eTags and web or browser cache) may be used by third parties on this Website. Browser settings that block cookies may have no effect on these technologies, but you may clear your cache to delete such trackers. Data collected from a particular browser or device may be used with another computer or device that is linked to the browser or device on which such data was collected.
- Criteo. You may find Criteo’s privacy policy through this link. The data collected on the Website may be transferred to Criteo and its demand partners for interest-based advertising. Criteo may collect, access, and use non-identifying data to improve the Criteo Technology and other Criteo products, programs, and/or services. This non-identifying data may include on-site user behavior and user/page content data, URLs, statistics, or internal search queries. The non-identifying data are collected through the ad call and stored with a Criteo cookie for a maximum period of 13 months.
- Pulsepoint. You may find Pulsepoint’s privacy policy through this link.
- LiveRamp. You may find LiveRamp’s privacy policy through this link. When you use the Website, we share information that we may collect from you, such as your email (in hashed, de-identified form), IP address or information about your browser or operating system, with LiveRamp Inc, and its group companies (‘LiveRamp’). LiveRamp may use a cookie on your browser and match your shared information to their on- and offline marketing databases and those of its advertising partners to create a link between your browser and information in those other databases. This link may be shared by our partners globally for the purpose of enabling interest-based content or advertising throughout your online experience (e.g. cross device, web, email, in-app, etc.) by third parties unaffiliated with our website. These third parties may in turn link further demographic or interest-based information to your browser. To opt out of LiveRamp’s targeted advertising, please go here: https://liveramp.com/opt_out/
- RhythmOne. You may view RhythmOne’s privacy policy through this link. RhythmOne uses cookies and similar tracking technologies (such as mobile device identifiers and digital fingerprinting) to provide its services. RhythmOne may use aggregated information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please visit the following webpage: http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp.
- District M. You may find District M’s privacy policy through this link.
- YieldMo. You may find YieldMo’s privacy policy through this link. If you want to opt out of receiving interest based ads from Yieldmo or exercise your right under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, you may do so through this link.
- The Rubicon Project. You may find Rubicon’s privacy policy through this link. If you want to opt out of receiving interest based ads from Rubicon or exercise your right under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to opt-out of the sale of your personal information, you may do so through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page.
- Amazon Publisher Services. You may find Amazon Publisher Services’ privacy policy through this link.
- AppNexus. You may find the AppNexus privacy policy through this link.
- OpenX. You may find OpenX’s privacy policy through this link.
- Verizon Media formerly known as Oath. You may find Verizon Media’s privacy policy through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising.
- TripleLift. You may find TripleLift’s privacy policy through this link. To opt out of receiving interest-based advertising (including retargeting) from TripleLift’s services through the use of cookies in your current browser and for more information on what it means to opt-out, please go to www.triplelift.com/consumer-opt-out.
- Index Exchange. You may find Index Exchange’s privacy policy through this link. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising.
- Sovrn. You may find Sovrn’s privacy policy through this link.
- GumGum. You may find GumGum’s privacy policy through this link. GumGum may (i) use place and use cookies on end users’ browsers or use web beacons to collect information about end users who visit such Publisher Websites and (ii) link such collected end user information to other end user information provided by third parties in order to deliver targeted Advertisements to such end users.
- Digital Remedy. You may find Digital Remedy’s privacy policy through this link.
- MediaGrid. You may find MediaGrid’s privacy policy through this link. MediaGrid may collect and store information about end-user interactions with this website through cookies, advertising IDS, pixels and server-to-server connections. MediaGrid was receive the following information: the page an End-User has requested and the referring/exit pages; Timestamp information (i.e., the date and time the End-User has visited the page); IP address; mobile device identifier; device model; device operating system; browser type; carrier; gender; age; geolocation (including GPS coordinates); clickstream data; cookie information; first-party identifiers’; and hashed email addresses; demographic and inferred interest information; and post-conversion data (from both online and offline behaviour). Some of this data is gathered from this website and others is gathered from advertisers. MediaGrid uses this data to provide its services. You may also utilize the Network Advertising Initiative’s opt-out page, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page, or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out page to opt-out of the use of cookies for interest-based advertising or review their privacy policy for more information.
- RevContent – You may find RevContent’s privacy policy through this link. RevContent may collect information about your browser or device, including browser type, IP Address, device type, user agent string, and operating system. RevContent also collects information about the websites you visit through their services, such as date and time of access and specific pages accessed and the content and ads you click on. You may opt-out of any personalization track by opting-out of RevContent’s data collection.
- Centro, Inc. – You may find Centro’s privacy policy through this link. You may find opt-out information for Centro’s services through the privacy policy link.
- 33Across, Inc. – You may find 33Across’s privacy policy through this link. To opt-out of personalized advertising, please visit https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1.
- Conversant. LLC – You may find Conversant’s privacy policy through this link. Conversant uses information that does not directly identify you, such as information about your browser type, time and date of visit, your browsing or transaction activity, the subject of advertisements clicked or scrolled over, and a unique identifier (such as a cookie string, or a unique advertising identifier provided by your mobile device) during your visits to this and other websites and apps in order to provide advertisements about goods and services likely to be of greater interest to you. Conversant may use technologies such as cookies and other tracking technologies to collect this information. To learn more about interest-based advertising, or to opt-out, you can visit www.youronlinechoices.eu or https://www.networkadvertising.org/.