Privacy Policy
Last updated: 15 October 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to Smart.Lighting ("Smart.Lighting," "we," "us," or "our").
We respect your privacy and are committed to handling personal information responsibly and transparently.
This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, stored, shared, and protected when you visit https://www.smart.lighting/, subscribe to our newsletter, submit an inquiry, participate in website features, or interact with our content.
We aim to comply with applicable data protection legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) where applicable.
Website: https://www.smart.lighting/
Data controller: Elly Arnold
Privacy contact: support@smart.lighting
2. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with Smart.Lighting, we may process the following categories of information.
Information You Provide
- Name, email address, and optional telephone number when contacting us.
- Messages and information submitted through contact forms.
- Email address and subscription preferences when joining our newsletter.
- Account details, profile information, and comments if those features are enabled and used.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain technical information may be processed by our hosting platform and enabled website services, including:
- IP address and approximate geographic location.
- Browser type, operating system, and device information.
- Pages visited and referring websites.
- Dates, times, and technical details of website requests.
- Cookie identifiers and website preferences.
- Website performance and interaction data, where relevant tracking services are enabled.
We do not ask visitors to provide sensitive personal information through ordinary contact forms.
3. How We Use Your Information
We process personal information for the following purposes:
Website operation and security: To maintain site functionality, protect against abuse, troubleshoot errors, and provide a reliable browsing experience.
Responding to inquiries: To answer questions, process messages, and communicate with visitors who contact us.
Newsletter communications: To send updates, articles, product guides, and other communications to subscribers who have opted in.
Website improvement: To understand how visitors use our content, improve navigation, and identify subjects readers find useful, where analytics are enabled.
Community features: To administer accounts, comments, and other interactive services when available.
Legal compliance: To meet applicable legal obligations and respond to lawful requests.
4. Legal Bases for Processing
Where the GDPR applies, our processing relies on an appropriate legal basis, including:
- Consent: For optional newsletters and non-essential tracking technologies where consent is required.
- Legitimate interests: For appropriate website administration, security, fraud prevention, and responding to ordinary inquiries, subject to applicable safeguards and individual rights.
- Contractual necessity: Where processing is necessary to provide a service specifically requested by a visitor.
- Legal obligations: Where information must be processed or retained to comply with applicable law.
Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting processing that lawfully occurred before withdrawal.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Smart.Lighting uses a website platform that may employ cookies and related technologies.
These technologies can serve different purposes:
Essential cookies: Support core website operations, security, sessions, and features requested by visitors.
Functional cookies: Remember certain user preferences and support optional functionality.
Analytics cookies: Where enabled, help measure website usage and performance.
Marketing and affiliate tracking: Where enabled, help measure advertising effectiveness or referrals to third-party merchants.
The actual cookies and services used depend on our active website configuration.
Where consent is legally required, non-essential technologies must not be activated until the visitor has provided the required consent.
Visitors can manage browser cookies through their browser settings and, where available, through the website's cookie preference controls.
We encourage visitors to review the privacy and cookie policies of external websites they choose to visit.
6. Analytics and Website Performance
We may use website analytics services to understand traffic patterns, article engagement, website performance, and navigation.
Depending on the tools enabled, analytics information may include page views, general device characteristics, referral sources, and interaction events.
We use this information to improve website content and usability.
Any analytics service involving personal information or non-essential tracking is subject to applicable privacy and consent requirements.
7. Affiliate Links and Third-Party Products
Smart.Lighting publishes product reviews, comparisons, buying guides, and recommendations.
Some articles may contain affiliate links. If you purchase a product through an eligible affiliate link, we may receive a commission without additional cost to you.
Affiliate partners or merchants may use cookies or other tracking mechanisms to attribute referrals and purchases.
When you visit an external retailer or affiliate partner, its own privacy policy and data practices apply.
We do not receive your complete payment-card information merely because you purchase a product through an external retailer.
Affiliate partnerships do not guarantee positive reviews or recommendations.
8. Newsletter Subscriptions
Visitors may voluntarily subscribe to receive articles, updates, and relevant smart-home technology information.
Subscription information is used to deliver the requested communications and manage subscriber preferences.
You may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe mechanism provided in our emails or by contacting us.
We do not sell newsletter subscriber lists.
9. Contact Forms, Accounts, and Comments
When you submit a contact form, we use the information provided to respond to your inquiry and administer related correspondence.
If website accounts or comments are enabled, we may process the information necessary to provide those functions.
Please avoid posting private or sensitive information in public comments or profile fields.
Information voluntarily submitted to public-facing website features may be visible to other visitors.
We may moderate or remove content where necessary to protect users, enforce our Terms of Use, or comply with legal obligations.
10. Third-Party Service Providers
Smart.Lighting is hosted and managed using Wix, which provides website infrastructure and may support forms, hosting, member functions, and other services.
We may also use appropriately selected providers for website analytics, communications, security, and affiliate management.
Service providers may process personal information as necessary to deliver their services, according to their contractual roles and applicable privacy obligations.
Where relevant, visitors can review Wix's privacy information at https://www.wix.com/about/privacy.
We do not sell personal information to data brokers.
11. International Data Transfers
Some technology providers may process or store information in different countries.
Where international transfers of personal information are subject to legal restrictions, appropriate transfer mechanisms and safeguards must be used.
These may include adequacy decisions or approved contractual protections, depending on the provider and transfer.
You may contact us for information about safeguards applicable to your personal information.
12. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, subject to applicable legal requirements.
Retention is determined by factors including:
- The time needed to resolve inquiries and related correspondence.
- Whether a newsletter subscription remains active.
- Whether an account, comment, or community feature remains in use.
- Security, backup, and technical administration requirements.
- Applicable legal obligations and the establishment or defence of legal claims.
- Retention settings of the relevant website service provider.
When information is no longer required, we take appropriate steps to delete or anonymize it, subject to legal and technical limitations.
13. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or loss.
These measures may include secure website connections, controlled access, and security features provided by our website infrastructure.
No internet-based system can guarantee absolute security.
14. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Request access to personal information held about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of eligible personal information.
- Request restrictions on certain processing activities.
- Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
- Request data portability where applicable.
- Withdraw consent for consent-based processing.
- Lodge a complaint with an appropriate data protection authority.
To exercise your rights, contact us using the privacy address provided in this policy.
We will review and respond to requests within the timeframes required by applicable law.
15. Children's Privacy
Smart.Lighting provides general educational content about smart-home technology and is not specifically directed toward children.
We do not intentionally solicit personal information from children who cannot lawfully provide it without appropriate authorization.
If you believe personal information relating to a child has been submitted inappropriately, please contact us so that we can review the matter.
16. External Websites
Our website may contain links to manufacturers, retailers, product documentation, video platforms, and other third-party resources.
We do not control the privacy practices of independently operated websites.
Visitors should review the relevant third-party privacy policies before sharing information.
17. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in website functionality, technology, legal requirements, or our information practices.
The latest version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.
Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent before materially changing relevant processing activities.
18. Contact
For questions about privacy, data protection, or your personal information, please contact:
Smart.Lighting
Website: https://www.smart.lighting/
Operator: Elly Arnold
Email: support@smart.lighting