I can see your blog has that honest, “I-actually-tested-this” vibe—really refreshing in the AI review space. A privacy policy doesn’t have to kill that personality. Let me write you something that keeps things human but covers everything a site like yours actually needs in 2026.
I’ve checked out your homepage, looked at the kind of content you’re running (AI comparison posts, personal testing stories), and matched the tone while making sure you’re covered for AdSense, Google Analytics, GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and those new 2026 state laws.
Privacy Policy for EveryUsefulAI.com
Last Updated: May 9, 2026
Hey There — Let’s Talk About Your Privacy
Look, I know nobody actually reads privacy policies. I get it. Most of them are written by lawyers who get paid by the syllable, and you leave feeling like you need a shower and a law degree.
That’s not how we do things here.
EveryUsefulAI is a blog where I test AI tools, burn dinners with bad ChatGPT recipes, and write honest comparisons so you don’t waste your time. I want you to trust what you read here — and that includes being upfront about what happens with your data when you visit this site.
So here’s the deal: no corporate fluff, no tiny print designed to hide stuff. Just a straight-up explanation of what information gets collected, why it gets collected, and what control you have over it.
Sound fair? Let’s dig in.
What Kind of Site Is This, Anyway?
EveryUsefulAI.com is a personal technical blog. I write on AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, Meta AI, Google Gemini, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek, and Perplexity. I test them against each other, discuss what works, and try to make difficult AI concepts simple to understand.
I am not a faceless corporation. I’m a single person with a laptop and far too many AI tabs open. That is significant because the amount of data collected here is rather small when compared to, say, a social media platform. However, minimal does not equal zero, and you have the right to know exactly what is going on.
What Data Gets Collected When You Visit
This is the part where most policies throw twenty paragraphs of jargon at you. Here’s the plain-English version:
Stuff That Gets Collected Automatically
When you visit EveryUsefulAI.com, your browser automatically sends certain information. This happens on almost every page you visit; it is simply how the internet works. Here’s what this includes:
- Your IP address is essentially a return address for your internet connection. It tells us generally where you are in the world (city or area level, nothing more precise).
- Browser type and version: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or whatever you’re using.
- Device type: phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop.
- Pages you visit and how long you stay – what articles you read, how you found us, whether you left after three seconds or stayed the entire time.
- The website you came from to get here (such as Google, social networking, or another blog).
This is just typical analytics information. I can’t identify you from it. It’s aggregated data that helps me understand things like “people really like the ChatGPT vs Claude article” or “nobody read the post I published at 3 AM on a Saturday” (fair).
Stuff You Voluntarily Give Us
EveryUsefulAI currently does not feature comment sections, newsletter signups, or contact forms. That may change someday — I’d love to hear from readers — but as of May 2026, you’re not entering any personal information directly into our site.
If that changes in the future, I will amend this policy to explain what is being collected and why. There are no quiet data grabs. Promise.
Cookies are not the tasty kind.
Cookies are little text files that websites store on your device. Some are required (the site will not function without them), while others are used for statistics and advertising purposes.
Here’s what’s actually happening on EveryUsefulAI:
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These are the dull but important ones. They help the site load correctly and remember basic information such as your cookie consent preference. Without these, things break. These do not track you somewhere else.
Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)
Google Analytics is a service I use to learn about how people use this website, such as which pages are most popular, where users come from and how long they stay. Google Analytics uses cookies to track this data and send me reports.
Google Analytics collects information such as your IP address, browser information, pages visited. Google can use this information in accordance with their own privacy policies. You can read more about Google’s privacy policy here . If you want to opt out of Google Analytics on all websites completely, Google has a browser add-on that does just that .
Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)
Yes, Ads are served and are displayed on this site. I place Ads on my site with Google AdSense. That’s how the blog earns money (“AI blog tool subscriptions don’t give a profit,” you say).
How this will affect your privacy:
Third parties like Google can place adverts on this website based on their former visits to this website and other websites through the use of a Cookie. In fact, you may see an ad for that item that you were just looking at in another ad option – it’s called interest-based advertising and is made with the help of cookies.
By using advertising cookies, Google and its partners can serve ads to you based on your use of this site and/or on other sites on the Internet. It’s typically found on almost any web page you’ve ever visited.
Google Ads Settings can be a place to turn off the personalized advertising. You can also take steps to reject the use of many third party vendors’ cookies to serve personalised advertising; please visit www.aboutads.info to learn how.
Additionally, if you receive our content from within the EEA and UK, we employ the Google AdSense’s Privacy & messaging tool that displays a consent banner along with options to accept or refuse sorts of cookies and data processing.
You can turn cookies off to prevent ads from being based on your browsing history, though this’ll still show you ads, just not customized according to your browsing history. The ads will be non-specific. Maybe less annoying. Maybe more. Hard to say.
How Your Data Gets Used
I keep things simple here. Any data collected is used for:
Making the site work. Without some basic data (like your browser accepting cookies for the consent banner), the site can’t function properly.
Understanding my readers. Google Analytics tells me which topics you care about so I can write more of that and less of the boring stuff.
Serving ads and keeping the lights on. AdSense uses data to display relevant ads and measure how those ads perform. This generates revenue that pays for hosting, domain fees, and the occasional coffee that fuels these AI comparison marathons.
Improving the site. If I notice a page has a really high bounce rate, I know something’s off and I’ll go fix it.
I do not sell your personal data. Not to data brokers, not to shady marketing companies, not to anyone. The ad revenue comes from Google’s platform — I’m not in some back room auctioning off reader profiles. I don’t even have access to individual reader profiles. Google handles the ad targeting; I just see aggregated reports.
Third-Party Services That Might Collect Your Data
EveryUsefulAI relies on a few external services. Each of these has its own privacy policy, and I encourage you to read them if you want the full picture:
Google AdSense — serves advertisements on this website. Uses cookies for ad personalization, frequency capping, and fraud prevention. Google’s Privacy Policy.
Google Analytics — website analytics. Tracks page views, session duration, traffic sources, and similar metrics. Google Analytics Privacy & Terms.
Website Hosting — the server that hosts EveryUsefulAI may collect standard server logs (IP addresses, access timestamps). This is standard hosting operation and is not used for anything beyond keeping the site online.
I don’t embed social media feeds, YouTube videos with tracking, or third-party commenting systems. If that changes, this policy gets updated.
How Long Do We Keep Your Data?
Analytics data (from Google Analytics) is retained for 26 months, per Google’s default settings. After that, it gets automatically deleted from Google’s servers.
Server logs from the hosting provider are typically rotated and deleted within a few weeks to a few months, depending on the provider’s standard practices.
If you ever contact me directly (email, future contact form, etc.), I’ll keep your message for as long as needed to address your question, and then delete it unless there’s a good reason to keep it (like an ongoing conversation or a legal obligation).
Basically: I don’t hoard data. There’s no reason to.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you have specific legal rights over your personal data. Here’s the breakdown:
If You’re in the European Union or United Kingdom (GDPR / UK GDPR). Under the GDPR, you have the right to:
- Access — ask what personal data of yours is being processed.
- Rectification — correct inaccurate data.
- Erasure — request deletion of your data (“right to be forgotten”).
- Restrict processing — limit how your data is used.
- Data portability — get a copy of your data in a usable format.
- Object — object to processing based on legitimate interests.
- Withdraw consent — if processing is based on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
The legal basis for processing your data through Google Analytics and AdSense is your consent (which you give through the cookie consent banner). Essential cookies are based on legitimate interest — the site literally can’t function without them.
If You’re in California (CCPA / CPRA)
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, California residents have the right to:
- Know — request information about what personal data is collected, used, shared, or sold.
- Delete — request deletion of personal data collected.
- Correct — fix inaccurate personal information.
- Opt out — opt out of the sale or sharing of personal data for cross-context behavioral advertising.
- Limit use of sensitive personal information — we don’t collect sensitive personal information, but you have this right if that ever changes.
- Non-discrimination — you can exercise these rights without being denied goods or services.
To be crystal clear: EveryUsefulAI does not “sell” personal information in the traditional sense of exchanging data for money. However, the CCPA’s definition of “sale” and “sharing” may include certain uses of advertising cookies (like those from Google AdSense) for cross-context behavioral advertising. You can opt out of this by adjusting your cookie preferences in the consent banner or visiting Google Ads Settings.
If You’re in Other U.S. States
As of 2026, several states have active comprehensive privacy laws: Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Indiana, Kentucky, Rhode Island, and others. These laws generally give you rights similar to those described above — access, correction, deletion, opt-out of targeted advertising, and the right to know what data is collected about you.
If you live in any of these states and want to exercise your rights, just reach out using the contact info at the bottom of this page. I’ll respond within the timeframe required by your state’s law.
Children’s Privacy
EveryUsefulAI is not directed at children under 13 — or under 16, for that matter. I write about AI chatbots, coding, productivity, and tech comparisons. The content is aimed at adults and possibly older teens.
I do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If I discover that a child under 13 has provided personal information, I’ll delete it immediately. If you’re a parent or guardian and believe your child has shared information with this site, please contact me right away.
If you’re under 16 (or the relevant age in your country) and reading this: hey, it’s cool that you’re interested in AI, but make sure a parent or guardian knows what sites you’re visiting. Safety first.
How We Protect Your Data
- I take reasonable security measures to protect the data that passes through this site. This includes:
- HTTPS encryption — all traffic between your browser and EveryUsefulAI is encrypted.
- Keeping software and plugins updated to prevent security vulnerabilities.
- Using reputable third-party services (Google) that have their own robust security practices.
That said, no website can guarantee 100% security. I’m a blogger, not the NSA. If a data breach ever occurs, I’ll notify affected users as required by law.
International Data Transfers
EveryUsefulAI is hosted in the United States. The third-party services I use (Google Analytics, Google AdSense) are also US-based companies that may process data on servers located around the world.
If you’re visiting from the EU, UK, or another region with data transfer restrictions, please be aware that your data may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States or other countries. Google participates in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and uses Standard Contractual Clauses, which provide legal safeguards for these transfers.
By using this site and consenting to cookies, you acknowledge these transfers.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
I’ll update this policy whenever something changes — new services, new data collection, new legal requirements, whatever. When that happens, I’ll update the “Last Updated” date at the top of the page.
If the changes are significant, I’ll post a notice on the homepage for a while so regular readers see it. For minor tweaks (fixing typos, clarifying language), I’ll just update the date and move on.
This policy isn’t a static document. Privacy laws keep changing. Services keep changing. I’ll keep this current to the best of my ability.
Links to Other Websites
EveryUsefulAI links to other websites — AI tools, research papers, comparison resources, all that. I can’t control what happens when you click away from this site. Other websites have their own privacy policies, and you should read them if you’re concerned about how they handle your data.
Linking to a site doesn’t mean I endorse everything about it — including its privacy practices. I link to things I find useful or relevant for the topic at hand. That’s it.
Disclaimer
I’m a tech blogger, not a lawyer. This privacy policy is written in good faith to be transparent about data practices and compliant with applicable laws. If you have specific legal concerns about your data, consult a qualified privacy professional.
Got Questions? Here’s How to Reach Me
I mean it when I say I want to be upfront about this stuff. If something in this policy is confusing, if you want to exercise your data rights, or if you just want to say hi — here’s where to find me:
📧 Email: hello@everyusefulai.com
📬 Mailing Address: Available upon request — just email me.
I check email regularly (probably more regularly than I should). If you’re writing about a privacy concern, put “Privacy” in the subject line and I’ll prioritize it.