Who we are

Our website address is: https://housegist.com
HouseGist is a blog dedicated to sharing reviews, recommendations, and guides about home improvement, furniture, lawn and garden, and pet products.

Comments

When visitors leave comments, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string (hash) from your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After your comment is approved, your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the site.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for convenience so you don’t have to re-enter details for future comments. These cookies last for one year.

When you log in, temporary cookies will determine if your browser accepts cookies. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last one year. If you select “Remember Me,” login will persist for two weeks.

Additionally, affiliate links on this site may use cookies to track purchases and commissions through Amazon or other partners. These cookies do not store personal information but help identify when a sale originates from our site.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or product listings from Amazon).
Embedded content from other websites behaves the same way as if you had visited those websites directly.
These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
We may also share non-personal, aggregated traffic data with analytics providers to improve website performance.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
Registered users (if any) can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, or request its deletion.
This does not include data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

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 or our affiliate practices, please contact us at:
📧 support@housegist.com