Last Updated: September 18, 2026
Great Memories The Easy Way LLC (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates RelaxedHostess.com under the Storybook Cottage brand (the “Website”).
This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit or interact with the Website, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide personal information when you contact us or subscribe to our newsletter. This information may include your name and email address.
If you subscribe through features powered by Mediavine Grow, your email address and related subscription information may also be processed through Grow as described below.
The Website itself does not process customer purchases or payment information. Purchases offered through our Shopify store or Etsy shop take place on those separate platforms and are governed by the privacy practices and terms applicable to those services.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Website, certain technical and usage information may be collected automatically.
Depending on the service involved, this may include information such as your IP address, browser and device information, operating system, approximate geographic location, referring website, pages viewed, time spent on pages, interactions with the Website, and cookie or similar identifier information.
This information may be used for website operation, security, analytics, advertising, affiliate attribution, consent management, and other purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
Cookies and Consent Management
The Website uses cookies and similar technologies for functions such as website operation, analytics, reader features, embedded content, affiliate tracking, and advertising.
We use Complianz Privacy Suite for WordPress to manage cookie and privacy preferences in applicable jurisdictions. Depending on your location and choices, non-essential cookies or scripts may be blocked or otherwise controlled until the appropriate consent has been provided.
Complianz is also used to maintain records of consent. For this purpose, information such as a browser-based consent identifier, anonymized IP address, region, selected cookie categories, and the date and time of a consent choice may be stored.
Our consent tools are configured to recognize supported privacy signals, including Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track where applicable.
For additional information about cookies and services used on the Website, please see our Cookie Policy.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors use the Website and to help us improve its content and performance.
Google Analytics may process information such as website activity, session information, approximate geographic location, browser and device information, and related technical data.
Google receives an IP address as part of normal internet communication when Analytics data is collected. Google states that IP addresses are not logged or stored in Google Analytics.
Google Analytics is implemented through Complianz, and we use Google Consent Mode. Google Analytics adjusts its behavior based on applicable visitor consent choices. When Analytics storage is denied, Analytics cookies are not set or read, although Google may receive limited cookieless measurement signals.
We have accepted Google’s applicable data processing terms and have disabled Google Analytics account data-sharing settings for Google products and services, modeling contributions, technical support, and recommendations for our business.
Mediavine Grow and Email Subscriptions
The Website uses Grow by Mediavine for reader engagement features, including newsletter subscriptions, Save features, Exclusive Content, and related reader functionality.
When you subscribe to our newsletter, we may receive and use your email address to provide the communications you requested. You may unsubscribe at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.
Grow may process information associated with subscriptions, Grow reader accounts, authenticated readers, saved content, reader activity, and consent.
Mediavine may also use Grow and authenticated first-party data in connection with advertising where the appropriate consent has been obtained.
Information associated with a Grow reader account may be controlled or processed by Mediavine according to Mediavine’s own privacy practices.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing 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.
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 All About 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. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
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 National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
Affiliate Links
The Website participates in affiliate marketing programs, including the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and programs administered through impact.com.
When you click an affiliate link, the merchant or affiliate network may use cookies, tracking links, or other technologies to identify the referral and determine whether a qualifying action or purchase occurred.
If you make a qualifying purchase through one of these links, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Embedded Content
Articles on the Website may contain embedded content from third-party services, including services such as YouTube and Pinterest.
Embedded content may behave in the same way as if you visited the third-party website directly. Those providers may collect information about your device or activity, use cookies or similar technologies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content according to their own privacy practices.
Where required, our consent-management tools may prevent certain embedded third-party content or associated technologies from loading until appropriate consent has been provided.
Website Hosting
The Website is hosted by BigScoots, which provides managed WordPress hosting and related technical services.
In providing hosting, security, and technical services, BigScoots may process technical information such as IP addresses, browser information, server logs, and other information necessary to operate, maintain, and secure the Website.
Third-Party Links and Purchases
The Website may contain links to websites and services that we do not operate.
These may include our ecommerce store hosted through Shopify, our Etsy shop, affiliate merchants, social-media platforms, and other third-party websites.
When you leave RelaxedHostess.com, the privacy practices of the destination website apply. We do not control the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites or services.
Sale or Sharing of Personal Information
We do not sell personal information in exchange for money.
However, some privacy laws define the terms “sale” or “sharing” broadly enough to include certain disclosures of identifiers, online activity, or similar information for interest-based or cross-context behavioral advertising.
Mediavine and its advertising partners may process or share information for interest-based advertising as described in the Mediavine Programmatic Advertising section above.
Where applicable, privacy choices and opt-out mechanisms may be available through Mediavine, Complianz, your browser, or other privacy-control mechanisms.
How We Use Information
We may use information collected through the Website to:
- operate, maintain, and secure the Website;
- respond to communications;
- provide newsletter subscriptions and requested reader features;
- understand Website usage;
- analyze and improve content and Website performance;
- provide embedded content;
- administer affiliate relationships and referral attribution;
- serve and measure advertising;
- maintain consent and privacy-preference records; and
- comply with applicable legal requirements.
Where applicable privacy law requires consent for particular cookies, analytics, advertising, embedded content, or similar technologies, we use consent mechanisms in connection with that processing.
Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, taking into account operational, security, legal, and recordkeeping requirements.
Newsletter information may be retained while you remain subscribed and as otherwise reasonably necessary to administer the subscription or comply with applicable requirements.
Consent records may be retained as reasonably necessary to document privacy choices and demonstrate compliance.
Information processed by third-party providers may be retained according to the settings we select and the provider’s own retention practices.
International Processing
Great Memories The Easy Way LLC is located in the United States.
If you access the Website from another country, information associated with your use of the Website may be transferred to or processed in the United States or other countries in which our service providers operate.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live and which privacy laws apply, you may have rights concerning your personal information.
These rights may include the right to:
- request access to personal information;
- request correction of inaccurate information;
- request deletion of personal information;
- restrict or object to certain processing;
- obtain a portable copy of certain information;
- withdraw consent where processing is based on consent; or
- opt out of certain uses, disclosures, or forms of targeted advertising where applicable.
You may withdraw or change consent for optional cookies through the privacy or cookie controls available on the Website.
You may unsubscribe from newsletter communications using the unsubscribe link included with those communications.
To submit a privacy request concerning information controlled by Great Memories The Easy Way LLC, contact contact@relaxedhostess.com.
We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain privacy requests. We may also retain information when required or permitted by law or when reasonably necessary for legal, security, fraud-prevention, or recordkeeping purposes.
Where applicable, you may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data-protection authority responsible for your jurisdiction.
Children’s Privacy
The Website is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed to children.
We do not knowingly solicit personal information from children. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child in circumstances where parental or guardian authorization is required by applicable law, we will take appropriate steps to delete the information or otherwise comply with applicable requirements.
Security
We use reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect personal information associated with the Website.
However, no method of transmitting information over the Internet or storing information electronically can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Website, the services we use, or applicable privacy requirements.
The date at the top of this page indicates when this Privacy Policy was last updated.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to submit a privacy request, contact:
Great Memories The Easy Way LLC
Storybook Cottage / RelaxedHostess.com
430 E 8th St #295
Holland, MI 49423
contact@relaxedhostess.com