Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Senior Smart Home Lab collects, uses, and protects information when you visit this website.
Who We Are
Senior Smart Home Lab is an independent website that publishes educational content about smart home technology for older adults, aging in place, home safety, and family support tools.
What Information We Collect
We may collect limited information when you visit the site, such as basic browser data, device type, pages visited, time spent on pages, and general traffic patterns. If you contact us directly, we may also receive the information you choose to send.
Analytics
We use analytics tools such as Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site. This helps us improve content, navigation, and overall usability. Analytics tools may collect technical information such as browser type, approximate location, pages viewed, referral source, and on-site behavior.
On this site Google Analytics 4 is added through the Site Kit by Google plugin. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Google Analytics storage is denied by default (Google Consent Mode) and analytics cookies are only set if you accept statistics cookies in our cookie banner. Even when storage is denied, Google tags may send limited signals that do not use cookies. The analytics cookies (_ga and _ga_RSFKJ6GK5P, about 400 days each) are listed in our Cookie Policy.
Advertising and Affiliate Links
This site may display advertising through Google AdSense and may include affiliate links in some articles. Google and its advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies, including cookies set by Google and by third-party vendors, to serve ads on this site based in part on a visitor’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
This is sometimes referred to as personalized or interest-based advertising. You can review how Google uses information from sites that use its services, and adjust your ad personalization settings, through Google’s Ads Settings (adssettings.google.com) and Google’s advertising policies and technologies page. You can also opt out of personalized advertising from participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance at optout.aboutads.info, or by adjusting your browser’s cookie settings.
Affiliate relationships do not change our commitment to clear, useful, reader-first content. We do not control, and are not responsible for, how third-party advertising or affiliate partners collect or use data.
Google AdSense code is loaded on this site, and your cookie choices are passed to Google through Google Consent Mode where it applies. Some articles also contain affiliate links to Amazon (Amazon Associates) and, for selected services, to partners through the Awin network; these links are explained in our Affiliate Disclosure.
Cookies
This site may use cookies and similar technologies to improve site performance, remember preferences, measure traffic, and support advertising or affiliate functions. Some cookies are set by this site directly, and some are set by Google and other third-party advertising, affiliate, or analytics providers. You can usually control or disable cookies through your browser settings; doing so may affect how ads are shown and how some site features work.
The full list of cookies, their purpose and their duration is in our Cookie Policy. You can change your choice at any time with the cookie settings button on the site.
Google Fonts
The site displays text in the Open Sans and Raleway fonts loaded from Google Fonts. These fonts are not requested until you accept the matching cookie category in our cookie banner (Google Fonts is listed under marketing in our Cookie Policy); when Google serves them, Google receives your IP address. Until then, your browser uses a default font.
Embedded Content and External Links
Articles on this site may include embedded content or links to external websites. Embedded content and third-party websites may behave as if you visited those sites directly, and they may collect data according to their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of third-party sites.
Data Sharing
We do not sell personal data to third parties. Some information may be processed by trusted third-party services that help operate the website, measure traffic, deliver advertising, or support affiliate reporting.
User Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights related to the personal information you share with websites and online services. If you want to ask about the information you have shared directly with us, or request an update or deletion where appropriate, please contact us.
Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us through the Contact page at Senior Smart Home Lab.