Effective date: October 20, 2026
Last updated: October 20, 2026
Rooted & Wild respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect through rooted-wild.com, why we collect it, how it may be shared, and the choices available to you.
By using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this policy.
Who we are
Rooted & Wild provides Christian reflections and resources centered on faith, formation, community, and the outdoors.
Website: https://www.rooted-wild.com
Privacy contact: kayla@rooted-wild.com
Business: Rooted & Wild, LLC
In this policy, “Rooted & Wild,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the owner and operator of rooted-wild.com
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Information You Provide
We may collect information you voluntarily provide when you:
• Request the free Rooted & Wild 7-Day Study
• Join the Rooted & Wild email list
• Submit the Contact form
• Communicate with us by email
• Respond to a survey or provide feedback
Depending on the form, this information may include:
• First and last name
• Email address
• How you heard about Rooted & Wild
• Marketing-email consent
• The contents of your message
• Any other information you choose to provide
Please do not submit sensitive personal, medical, financial, identification, or confidential information through our forms.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the website, our hosting platform and website tools may automatically collect limited technical information, such as:
• Internet Protocol address
• Browser and device type
• Operating system
• Referring website
• Pages requested
• Date and time of access
• Cookie and consent preferences
• Information used to detect spam, abuse, or security threats
We use this information to operate, protect, troubleshoot, and improve the website.
HOW WE USE INFORMATION
We may use collected information to:
• Deliver the free 7-day study you request
• Respond to questions and Contact-form submissions
• Send Rooted & Wild updates when you have consented to receive them
• Maintain our subscriber list and honor unsubscribe requests
• Operate and secure the website
• Prevent spam, fraud, and abuse
• Understand and improve website performance
• Comply with legal obligations
• Protect our rights, users, and services
We do not sell or rent your personal information.
FORMS & FREE-STUDY REQUESTS
Our forms are created using WPForms.
Form submissions may be:
• Sent to Rooted & Wild by email
• Stored in the website’s WordPress database
• Temporarily retained in website backups
• Processed by our hosting, email-delivery, spam-prevention, or form-service providers
We collect the information necessary to respond to your request and provide the resource or communication you requested.
WPForms’ own privacy practices are described at https://wpforms.com/privacy-policy/
EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS
If you choose to join the Rooted & Wild email list, we may use your name and email address to send occasional:
• Rooted & Wild news and updates
• New writing or resources
• Information about books, products, or related projects
Our email service provider is SendLayer.
You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in an email or by contacting kayla@rooted-wild.com.
Unsubscribing stops future marketing messages, but we may retain limited information necessary to honor your opt-out request, maintain records, prevent abuse, or comply with the law.
Requesting the free study does not automatically subscribe you to marketing emails.
Cookies & SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
Cookies are small filed stored on your device that help websites function and remember information.
Rooted & Wild may use:
• Essential cookies, required for security, forms, consent preferences, and basic website operation
• Preference cookies, used to remember choices
• Analytics cookies, used to understand website usage, if enabled and permitted
• Third-party cookies, which may be placed when you interact with embedded or external services
Where required, nonessential cookies are used only after you provide consent. You may accept, reject, or manage available cookie categories through the cookie-consent controls on the website.
For additional information, see our Cookie Policy at: https://rooted-wild.com/cookie-policy
You can also control cookies through your browser. Disabling some cookies may affect website functionality.
ANALYTICS
We do not currently use a separate third-party website analytics service. Our hosting provider may still collect standard server logs needed to operate, secure, and troubleshoot the website.
SPAM & SECURITY PROTECTION
We may use automated tools to identify spam, fraudulent submissions, and security threats.
Our forms or website use ActiveLayer.
When such a service is active, it may receive technical information including your IP address, browser details, device information, and interaction data to determine whether activity is legitimate.
For more information, see the provider’s privacy policy: https://activelayer.com/privacy/
THIRD-PARTY SERVICES AND EXTERNAL LINKS
Substack
The website links to writing and subscription services hosted by Substack. When you visit or subscribe through Substack, Substack processes information under its own privacy policy. https://substack.com/privacy
Rooted & Wild may receive subscriber information or engagement data provided through the Substack publication dashboard.
Printify
The Shop link sends you to an external storefront powered by Printify. Printify and participating payment, fulfillment, and shipping providers process information necessary to handle purchases.
Rooted & Wild does not directly collect or store your complete payment-card details through this website.
Printify’s privacy policy is available at: https://printify.com/privacy-policy/
External Publisher and Other Websites
The website may link to publishers, social platforms, stores, or other third-party websites. Rooted & Wild does not control those websites or their privacy practices. Review their policies before providing personal information.
Following an external link does not make the third party’s practices party of this Privacy Policy.
SERVICE PROVIDERS & DISCLOSURE
We may share information with service providers that help us operate Rooted & Wild, including providers of:
• Website hosting and server infrastructure
• Form processing
• Email delivery and newsletter services
• Spam and security protection
• Website backups
• Cookie-consent management
• Analytics, if enabled
• Store, payment, fulfillment, and shipping services
These providers receive information only as reasonably necessary to provide their services, subject to their own agreements and privacy practices.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to:
• Comply with law, legal process, or government requests
• Investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents
• Enforce applicable terms
• Protect the safety, rights, and property of Rooted & Wild or others
• Complete a business reorganization, transfer, or sale, subject to appropriate protections
DATA RETENTION
We retain information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including to provide services, maintain records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and comply with legal obligations.
Our expected retention practices are:
• Contact-form submissions: Indefinitely, unless you request deletion
• Free-study requests: Indefinitely, unless you request deletion
• Marketing-subscriber information: until you unsubscribe or request deletion, subject to a limited suppression record
• Website security and server logs: As determined by our hosting provider
• Backups: As determined by our hosting provider
We may retain information longer where required by law or reasonably necessary for fraud prevention, security, dispute resolution, or legal claims.
DATA SECURITY
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect personal information.
However, no website, electronic transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure. You provide information through the website at your own risk.
If you believe information submitted to Rooted & Wild has been compromised, contact us at kayla@rooted-wild.com.
YOUR CHOICES & PRIVACY RIGHTS
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
• Ask what personal information we hold about you
• Request access to or a copy of your information
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of information
• Withdraw consent
• Object to or restrict certain processing
• Opt out of marketing communications
• Request portability of certain information
• Appeal or complain to an applicable privacy authority
To make a request, email kayla@rooted-wild.com with the subject line “Privacy Request.”
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request. We will respond in accordance with applicable law.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising an applicable privacy right.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Rooted & Wild is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us, contact kayla@rooted-wild.com so that we can review and delete it where appropriate.
INTERNATIONAL VISITORS
Rooted & Wild and its service providers are based in or operate from the United States. If you access the website from another country, your information may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other countries where applicable service providers operate.
Those countries may have privacy laws different from the laws in your location.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may revise this Privacy Policy as the website, services, or legal requirements change.
When we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page and provide any additional notice required by applicable law.
CONTACT US
For questions about this Privacy Policy or requests concerning your information, contact:
Rooted & Wild
Attn: Rooted & Wild, LLC
Email: kayla@rooted-wild.com
