Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.smarthomewinner.com, and you can read more about us on our About & Contact Us page.

Our contact email address is:

jamesbeetie (at) smarthomewinner (dot) com

Advertising

This website may display adverts, and certain data may be collected and used by third party advertising networks and exchangers for advertising purposes.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Smart Home Winner is committed to protecting your privacy. We will only use collected information lawfully, and in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) EU regulations and the California 2020 legislation the CCPA.

European Economic Area Resident Information

If you reside in a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), then under the GDPR and applicable data protection laws you have the rights, among other things, to access your personal data, have us erase it, and/or restrict its further processing. If you wish to access or delete any of your personal data (if any) maintained by us, you can contact us at:

jamesbeetie (at) smarthomewinner (dot) com

If you wish to see a list of the advertising partners we work with or change which of those partners track your behavior using cookies, you can click into the ad preferences section when the site first loads (for EU citizens) or alternatively please refer to the ‘Advertising’ section.

California Resident Information

California law gives residents the right to opt out of the “sale” of their personal information to third parties, including for advertising purposes. Under California law, the sharing of your information with a service provider for advertising purposes could be considered a “sale.” To opt out of the sharing of your information for advertising information, click the opt out link provided in the footer of this page (for California residents) or alternatively please refer to the ‘Advertising’ section.

You also have the right to request from us the categories of personal information that we have shared and the categories of third parties to whom the information was provided.

To make such a request, please contact us at:

jamesbeetie (at) smarthomewinner (dot) com

To be clear we do not share your name, contact information, or any other sensitive information with third parties, and the categories of third parties that we share information with for advertising purposes are supply side platforms, programmatic advertising exchanges, and demand side platforms.

Cookies

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.

We use cookies to help us to display advertisements that will be relevant to you.

Finally, we use cookies to help us to analyze the use and performance of our website and services. You can read more about this under the “Analytics” section.

Controlling cookies within your browser

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies and to delete cookies. The methods for doing so vary from browser to browser, and from version to version. You can however obtain up-to-date information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:

  1. Chrome – https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en 
  2. Firefox – https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
  3. Opera – http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ 
  4. Internet Explorer – https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies 
  5. Safari – https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411
  6. Edge – https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy 

Embedded content from other websites

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.

Analytics

Like many other Web sites, we make use of analytics and log files.

Log Files

The information inside such analytics and log files may include internet protocol ( IP ) addresses, type of browser, Internet Service Provider ( ISP ), date/time stamp, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks to analyze trends, administer the site, track user’s movement around the site, and gather demographic information. IP addresses, and other such information.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our website. Google Analytics gathers information about website use by means of cookies. The information gathered relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of our website. Google’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Who we share your data with

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

How long we retain your data

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

If you have an account on this site, 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.