Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website, smart house reviews (https://smarthousereviews.com), publishes reviews and guides for home improvement, furniture, lawn & garden, and pet products. We participate in the Amazon Associates Program, which means we may earn commissions from qualifying purchases made through our affiliate links.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the information shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.

If you provide a Gravatar, your profile picture may be visible alongside your comment. An anonymized string from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check for an account.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid including sensitive location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images if it’s included.

Cookies

We use cookies to improve your experience on our site:

  • Saving your name, email, and website if you leave a comment.

  • Temporary cookies to check if your browser accepts cookies.

  • Cookies to remember your login information if you sign in.

Cookies do not contain personal data and are discarded when your session ends, except for login persistence.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or product listings from Amazon). These behave as if you visited the original website. Embedded sites may collect data about you, use cookies, or track your interaction if you have an account on that site.

Who we share your data with

We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties, except when required by law, to maintain security, or as part of automated services such as spam detection.

How long we retain your data

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to help us recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.

Users who register on our site can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, except their username.

Your rights over your data

You have the right to request a copy of any personal data we hold about you, or request deletion of your data. Please note that some data may be retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Affiliate Disclosure

Our site participates in the Amazon Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by linking to Amazon.com. Some of the links on this site are affiliate links, meaning we may earn a commission if you click a link and make a purchase. This comes at no additional cost to you and helps support the maintenance of the website.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.