Last Updated: February 8, 2026

Who We Are

Our website address is https://carolynabest.com. This site is operated by Carolyn A Best and provides information about AI technology for aging in place, caregiving resources, and related product recommendations.

What Information We Collect

Comments

When visitors submit questions or email us on the site, we collect the data from these forms, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After reading and/or approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Email Subscriptions

If you subscribe to our email list, we collect your email address and any additional information you voluntarily provide (such as your name). We use MailerLite to manage our email list and deliver newsletters. MailerLite may collect data such as your email open rates and link clicks to help us improve our content. You can view MailerLite’s privacy policy at https://www.mailerlite.com/legal/privacy-policy.

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 website.

Cookies and Tracking

Website Cookies

If you choose to comment or email us on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will 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.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Analytics

We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors interact with our website. These tools may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on the site, and general geographic location to help us improve our content and user experience.

Affiliate Links

We participate in affiliate programs, including the Amazon Associates Program. When you click on affiliate links on our site, the respective companies may use cookies to track referrals. These cookies are governed by the privacy policies of those third-party companies. For more information, please see our Affiliate Disclosure page.

Embedded Content From Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (such as videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has 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 with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell your personal data. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

Your email address is shared with MailerLite for the purpose of managing our email newsletter. We may also share data with affiliate program partners through cookies when you click on affiliate links.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). 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 to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not 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.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at info@carolynabest.com.