Who We Are
Our website address is: http://smartmachinedigest.com.
At Smart Machine Digest, we take your privacy seriously. This policy outlines the types of information we collect, how we use it, and the steps we take to protect it.
Affiliate Disclosure
Some articles on Smart Machine Digest may contain affiliate links. This means that if you click on a link and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. These commissions help support the maintenance and content creation for the site. We only recommend products or services we genuinely believe add value to our readers.
Analytics and Tracking
We use third-party analytics tools such as Google Analytics to track website usage, improve performance, and understand visitor behavior. These services may use cookies to collect anonymized data such as page views, referral sources, and time spent on site.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be publicly visible alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract location data from images.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies will last for one year.
Login-related cookies may also be set when visiting or editing posts, which help maintain functionality and user preferences.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These sites may collect data, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with that content.
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. For registered users (if any), we also store personal information in their profile. Users can edit or delete their info anytime.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the data we hold about you, or request that we erase it. This doesn’t include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Advertising (Google AdSense)
This site uses Google AdSense to display ads. Google may use cookies to personalize ads based on your interests and prior browsing behavior.
You can manage your ad settings at: Google Ads Settings.
Learn more about how Google uses data at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
Email and Newsletter Subscriptions
If you sign up for our newsletter, we collect your email address to send you updates, offers, or content alerts. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link in the email. We do not sell or share your email outside of necessary delivery services.
Questions?
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how your data is handled, contact us via our Contact Page.
