Last updated: July 2026
PlantMyBalcony.com ("we", "us", "our") is an independent editorial website publishing free balcony and container gardening guides for Indian conditions. This policy applies to all pages on plantmybalcony.com. For any privacy-related question or request, contact us at hello@plantmybalcony.com.
If you use our contact form or email us, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message, solely to respond to you. We do not sell or rent this information to anyone.
Like most websites, we and our service providers (including Google) automatically collect some technical data when you visit: your IP address (used for approximate location and security, not stored as identifiable to you beyond standard server logs), browser type and device information, pages visited and time spent, and referring website. This is collected via cookies and similar technologies described below.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use the following categories:
You can change these choices anytime via the "Privacy Choices" link in the site footer, or by clearing your browser's local storage for this site.
This site is monetized in part through Google AdSense. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or by using the "Manage Choices" option in our cookie banner. For more on how Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps, see How Google uses information from sites that use our services.
If you are located in India, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 gives you specific rights as a "Data Principal" over your personal data, including the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, email hello@plantmybalcony.com with the subject line "DPDP Request." We will respond within a reasonable timeframe.
If you are located in the European Economic Area or the UK, you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing of, and port your data, and to object to processing including for personalized advertising. Our cookie banner lets you reject non-essential cookies before any such processing begins.
We retain contact form submissions only as long as needed to respond to your query and for a reasonable period afterward for record-keeping. Cookie consent choices are stored in your browser's local storage, not on our servers, and persist until you clear your browser data or change your choice.
PlantMyBalcony.com is a general-audience gardening website and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us and we will delete it.
Our site links to external resources (nurseries, suppliers, sister sites like JungleBharat.com and TirthaBharat.com). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external sites — please review their own privacy policies.
We may update this policy as our site, regulations, or practices evolve. Material changes will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.
Questions about this policy or your data: hello@plantmybalcony.com, or use our Contact page.