Privacy

The only personal data I collect: your email address

If you sign up for the newsletter, I store:

• your email address
• the date you signed up and the date you confirmed
• whether your sign-up is confirmed, and a random code used for the confirmation and unsubscribe links
• which newsletter issue you last received, so nobody gets the same issue twice

That’s all. I use it for one thing only: sending you the newsletter, about once a month. I never sell or share your address, never use it for advertising and never combine it with other data.

Sign-up uses double opt-in: you only receive the newsletter after you click the link in the confirmation email.

Where your email address is stored

The sign-up form sends your address to a small script that stores it in a spreadsheet in the site’s own Google account. The confirmation email and the newsletter are sent from that account as well. Google acts as the service provider for this and may process the data on servers outside the EU, under its own safeguards.

How long I keep it

Until you unsubscribe. Every newsletter has an unsubscribe link, and you can also email me. Your address is then removed from the list. Sign-ups that are never confirmed are removed within three months.

What this site does not do

• No analytics or visitor statistics
• No cookies
• No ads, tracking pixels or social media buttons
• No affiliate links
• No account or login

Settings saved in your own browser

If you switch between light and dark mode, or between English and Dutch, your browser remembers that choice in its local storage. It stays on your device and is never sent to me. Clearing your browser’s site data removes it.

Hosting

The site is hosted by Cloudflare. Like any web host, Cloudflare’s servers need your IP address to deliver the pages to you and to block attacks. I have not switched on any Cloudflare visitor analytics, and I do not look at visitor logs.

Images from other websites

On two pages your browser loads images from Google: the YouTube reviews page shows video thumbnails from YouTube, and the journalist reviews page shows the publishers’ small site icons via Google. Loading those images means your browser connects to Google. Links to other sites take you to their own privacy policies.

Your rights

You can ask what data I hold about you, and ask me to correct or delete it, at any time. Email [email protected] and I’ll handle it within a few days. You also have the right to complain to your national data protection authority.

Who runs this site

WeKnowSmartHome is a private, non-commercial project run by tech lovers. Contact: [email protected].