Privacy policy

Overview

Farm Diecast is an independent reference catalog and price guide for die-cast farm toys. This policy describes what information the site collects from visitors, how it is used, and how a visitor can contact Farm Diecast about their data. Farm Diecast does not sell personal information.

Information collected

Farm Diecast collects information in four ways:

Site analytics. Farm Diecast uses Cloudflare Analytics Engine to record aggregate usage events, including page views and outbound marketplace link clicks. These events may include the page path, link destination, referring page, approximate price context, and campaign parameters (such as utm_source) present in the visitor's URL. This data is used to understand which pages and listings collectors find useful and is not used to build individual visitor profiles for advertising.

Contact form submissions. The contact form collects the name, email address, and message a visitor chooses to submit, along with the submitting IP address. This information is stored to respond to the message and to detect abusive or automated submissions, and is not used for marketing.

Price-alert email signups. The price-alert signup available on model pages collects an email address and the model it was submitted for, along with the submitting IP address. This information is used solely to send the double opt-in confirmation and, once confirmed, transactional price-drop and new-listing alerts for that model. A subscriber can unsubscribe at any time using the link included in every alert email.

Model requests. The model request form on the search page collects the model details a visitor chooses to submit. To count how many different visitors asked for the same model, the site stores a one-way scrambled form of the submitting IP address that cannot be turned back into the address. An email address is optional. If one is given, it is used only to send a confirmation and, once confirmed, a single email if that model is added to the archive.

Cookies and tracking

Farm Diecast does not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies. Analytics events are sent to Cloudflare Analytics Engine and, in the visitor's browser, to a dataLayer used for internal engagement reporting. The contact form, price-alert form and model request form use Cloudflare Turnstile, a challenge widget that runs a verification check in the browser to filter automated submissions; it does not track visitors across other sites.

To count daily visits without cookies, the site asks the browser for a small timestamp from its standard HTTP cache on each page view. The timestamp records only how many pages were viewed that day (one, two, or three or more), resets at midnight UTC, and contains no identifier. It is used to report aggregate visitor and bounce counts, and it can be removed by clearing the browser cache.

Outbound links to eBay, Amazon, and other merchant partners are affiliate links (see below). When a visitor clicks these links, affiliate networks (such as Rakuten Advertising) and the target marketplaces may use cookies, web beacons, or tracking technologies to track sales and credit commissions. Farm Diecast does not control and is not responsible for tracking performed by these third parties once a visitor clicks a link or visits their site.

Affiliate disclosure

Farm Diecast participates in affiliate advertising programs, including Rakuten Advertising, the eBay Partner Network, and the Amazon Associates Program, along with other marketplace programs featured on the site. When a visitor clicks a marketplace link on this site and makes a qualifying purchase, Farm Diecast may earn a small commission at no additional cost to the visitor. Affiliate relationships do not influence product descriptions, price data, or editorial content; information is researched independently. See legal & disclosures for the full disclosure.

How information is used

Information collected through the channels above is used to operate the site, respond to visitor messages, deliver requested price alerts, review model requests, and understand aggregate usage patterns so the archive and price guide can be improved. Farm Diecast does not share contact form, model request or price-alert data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

Data retention

Contact form submissions and price-alert subscriber records are retained for as long as needed to respond to a message or maintain an active subscription. An email address given with a model request is deleted once its one email is sent. Other request email addresses and the scrambled IP records are deleted after 90 days. Analytics events are aggregate and are not tied to an individual visitor's identity.

Children's privacy

Farm Diecast is a general-audience reference site and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Contact

To ask a question about this policy, exercise data access or deletion rights under applicable state privacy laws (such as CCPA), or request that a contact submission, price-alert subscription, or model request email be removed, please use the contact form. To unsubscribe from price alerts directly, use the unsubscribe link included in any alert email.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated as Farm Diecast's data practices change. The effective date above reflects the most recent revision.