Privacy Policy

Last Updated: January 2026 | Effective Date: January 1, 2026

Welcome to Easy Smart Home Tips. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information.

This policy complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide Directly

  • Contact Information: Name, email address, and message content when you use our contact form.
  • Account Information: Username, password, and profile details if you create an account.
  • Comments: Information you provide when commenting on our articles.
  • Newsletter Subscriptions: Email address when you subscribe to our newsletter.

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

  • Device Information: Browser type, operating system, device type, screen resolution.
  • Log Data: IP address, access times, pages viewed, referring URL.
  • Cookies: Small data files stored on your device.
  • Analytics Data: Usage patterns, click behavior, and interaction data.

2. How We Use Your Information

  • To provide and maintain our website and services
  • To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
  • To send newsletters and updates (with your consent)
  • To analyze website usage and improve user experience
  • To display relevant advertisements through Google AdSense
  • To detect and prevent fraud or security threats
  • To comply with legal obligations

3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

  • Consent: Where you have given explicit consent for specific purposes.
  • Legitimate Interests: For website analytics, security, and improving our services.
  • Contract Performance: To provide services you have requested.
  • Legal Obligation: To comply with applicable laws and regulations.

4. Cookies and Tracking

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your experience.

4.1 Essential Cookies

Required for basic website functionality. These cannot be disabled.

4.2 Analytics Cookies

Help us understand how visitors interact with our website (e.g., Google Analytics).

4.3 Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)

We use Google AdSense to serve ads. Please be aware of the following:

  • Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website or other websites.
  • Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
  • Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings.
  • Third-Party Ad Opt-out: aboutads.info

5. Your Privacy Rights

5.1 GDPR Rights (European Users)

  • Right of Access: Request a copy of your personal data.
  • Right to Rectification: Correct inaccurate personal data.
  • Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data.
  • Right to Restrict Processing: Limit how we use your data.
  • Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a portable format.
  • Right to Object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw previously given consent at any time.

5.2 CCPA Rights (California Residents)

  • Right to Know: What personal information we collect, use, and share.
  • Right to Delete: Request deletion of personal information.
  • Right to Correct: Request correction of inaccurate information.
  • Right to Opt-Out: Opt-out of the sale or sharing of personal information.
  • Right to Non-Discrimination: Not be discriminated against for exercising your rights.

6. Data Retention

  • Contact form submissions: 2 years
  • Account information: Until account deletion
  • Analytics data: 26 months
  • Comments: Indefinitely (unless deletion requested)

7. Data Security

  • SSL/TLS encryption for all data transmission
  • Secure server infrastructure
  • Regular security assessments
  • Access controls and authentication

8. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights:

  • Email: privacy@easysmarthometips.com
  • Contact Form: Contact Form

Who we are

Suggested text: Our website address is: https://easysmarthometips.com.

Comments

Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select "Remember Me", your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.