Who we are
Our website address is: https://caregivingzen.com.
Comments
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Media
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**Caregiving Zen SMS Privacy Policy***Last Updated: [01/30/26]*
This SMS Privacy Policy explains how Caregiving Zen (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you subscribe to our SMS services. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring compliance with applicable privacy laws.
1. Information We Collect
When you opt-in to receive SMS messages from us, we may collect the following information:–
Phone Number: Required to send you SMS messages.
Message History: Records of SMS communications with you.
We may also collect additional information you choose to provide through SMS, such as customer service inquiries.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information to:– Send you transactional or promotional messages, including alerts, offers, updates, and notifications.– Respond to your requests, inquiries, or feedback.– Improve our services and develop new offerings.
3. Your Consent
By opting into our SMS services, you consent to the collection and use of your information as described in this policy. You can withdraw your consent at any time by replying “STOP” to any SMS message received from us or contacting us at
4. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information with service providers who help us deliver SMS messages. These third parties are obligated to protect your information and use it solely for the purposes specified by us.
5. Data Retention
We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide our SMS services or comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.
6. Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this SMS Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by SMS or through other appropriate channels.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this SMS Privacy Policy, please contact us at: gary@caregivingzen.com or call
Cookies
If you leave a comment 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.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). 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
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
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 (if any), 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.