Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how ApplianceMat (“we”, “our”, or “the Site”) collects, uses, and protects your information when you visit our website. Our website publishes informational content and product reviews, including reviews of products sold on Amazon.

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://appliancemat.online

ApplianceMat is a content-based blog focused on providing honest reviews, comparisons, and recommendations of home and kitchen products to help users make informed purchasing decisions.

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 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 on Automattic’s 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 website.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies to improve user experience.

If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies.
Login cookies last for two days, and screen option cookies last for one year.

In addition, third-party cookies may be set by services we use, including Amazon affiliate links and analytics tools.

Amazon may use cookies to track referrals from our website as part of the Amazon Associates Program. This tracking is governed by Amazon’s own privacy policy.

Amazon Associates Disclosure

ApplianceMat is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and its regional marketplaces.

This means that some links on this website are affiliate links. If you click on an Amazon affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. These commissions help support the operation and maintenance of this website.

We do not directly sell products, process payments, or handle shipping. All purchases are completed on Amazon’s secure platform.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, product widgets, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell, trade, or rent users’ personal identification information to others.

However, your data may be shared with trusted third-party services strictly for:

Website analytics
Spam detection
Affiliate tracking (Amazon)

These third parties are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
For users that register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile.

You can request to edit or delete your personal information at any time, except where we are required to keep it for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

You have the right to:

Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
Request correction or deletion of your personal data
Withdraw consent where data processing is based on consent

To make a request, please contact us using the information below.

Where Your Data Is Sent

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

Affiliate tracking and analytics data may be processed by third-party services located outside your country, in accordance with their respective privacy policies.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, you may contact us through the contact page available on this website.