Privacy Policy

Last updated: December 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how SmoothsLife (“we”, “our”, or “us”) collects, uses, and protects your information when you visit our website https://smoothslife.com/. By using this site, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

Who we are

SmoothsLife is a blog that publishes product reviews, comparisons, and recommendations, primarily featuring products sold on Amazon.

Website: https://smoothslife.com/

Comments

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

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available on their website. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

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 site

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to improve your browsing experience.

  • If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies 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.

  • Login cookies last for two days, and screen option cookies last for one year.

  • If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and expires after one day.

Amazon may also set cookies through affiliate links to track referrals and purchases. These cookies are governed by Amazon’s own privacy policy.

 

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, product widgets, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor had 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 if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

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

We may share limited data with trusted third-party services used for:

  • Spam protection

  • Website analytics

  • Affiliate tracking (Amazon)

These third parties are required to handle your data in accordance with their own privacy policies.

How long we retain your data

  • Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely.

  • For registered users (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profile.

Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except usernames). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request:

  • An exported file of the personal data we hold about you

  • That we erase any personal data we hold about you

This does not include data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

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

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: contact@smoothslife.com