Privacy & Cookies Policy

Last updated: June 25, 2026

This Privacy & Cookies Policy explains how Caring for Someone With Bipolar Disorder may collect, use, store, and protect information when you visit this website, contact us, use forms, sign up for future resources, or interact with our content.

By using this website, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy & Cookies Policy.

1. Information We May Collect

We may collect information in the following ways:

Information You Provide Voluntarily

You may voluntarily provide information when you:

• Submit a contact form
• Send us feedback or questions
• Sign up for a future email list or downloadable resource
• Request information about caregiver resources, printables, or guides

This may include your name, email address, subject line, message content, and any other information you choose to share.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit this website, certain information may be collected automatically through cookies, analytics tools, server logs, or similar technologies. This may include:

• Your browser type
• Your device type
• Your approximate location
• Pages visited
• Time spent on pages
• Referral source
• General interaction with the website
• IP address or similar technical information

2. Sensitive Personal Information

This website is intended for general educational and caregiver support. We cannot review personal medical situations, provide diagnosis, recommend treatment, or respond to emergencies.

3. How We May Use Information

We may use information collected through this website to:

• Respond to contact form messages
• Improve website content and user experience
• Understand which caregiver topics are most useful to readers
• Maintain website security and performance
• Manage future email signups or downloadable resources
• Comply with legal, technical, or administrative requirements
• Measure traffic, page views, and content performance

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. Cookies may help the website function properly, remember preferences, measure traffic, understand visitor behavior, support affiliate tracking, or display advertising if advertising is added in the future.

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies may be necessary for basic website functions, security, spam protection, cookie consent preferences, forms, or page navigation.

Analytics Cookies

We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors use the website. Analytics tools may collect information such as pages visited, device type, browser type, referral source, approximate location, and time spent on the site.

Email and Form Cookies

If we offer email signups, newsletters, downloadable resources, or contact forms, related tools may use cookies or similar technologies to process submissions, prevent spam, manage preferences, or deliver resources.

Affiliate Cookies

If affiliate links are added in the future, affiliate partners may use cookies to track whether a purchase was made after clicking a link from this website. This may allow the site to earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

Advertising Cookies

If advertising is added in the future, advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to show ads, measure ad performance, limit repeated ads, or personalize advertising depending on your settings and applicable laws.

5. Third-Party Services

This website may use third-party tools or services for website hosting, analytics, spam protection, contact forms, email marketing, affiliate tracking, advertising, embedded content, or website security.

These third-party services may collect or process information according to their own privacy policies. We do not control every third-party tool, cookie, or tracking technology.

Examples of third-party services that may be used now or in the future include:

• Website hosting providers
• Google Analytics or Google Search Console
• Email marketing platforms
• Contact form plugins
• Spam protection tools
• Affiliate programs
• Advertising networks
• Embedded media or social platforms

6. Affiliate Links and Future Monetization

Some pages may contain affiliate links in the future. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, this website may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

Affiliate links, sponsored content, advertising, or product mentions do not change the educational nature of this website. Products or services mentioned on this site should not be considered medical treatment, therapy, diagnosis, or a guaranteed solution.

For more details, please read our Affiliate Disclosure.

7. Email List and Downloadable Resources

If we offer a newsletter, free printable, checklist, caregiver starter kit, guide, or downloadable resource, we may collect your name and email address to send the requested resource and related caregiver support content.

You may unsubscribe from marketing or newsletter emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link in the email.

8. Comments

If comments are enabled on this website, information submitted through comments may be visible publicly. Please do not share private medical details, identifying information about loved ones, emergency details, or sensitive family situations in public comments.

We may remove comments that are abusive, unsafe, promotional, stigmatizing, or inappropriate.

9. Data Retention

We may retain information for as long as needed to respond to messages, manage website operations, maintain records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent spam, or improve the website.

If you contact us and would like your message deleted, you may request this through our Contact page. We will review the request and respond when reasonably possible.

10. Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect information submitted through this website. However, no website, email system, form, plugin, hosting service, or internet transmission is completely secure.

Please avoid sending sensitive personal, medical, legal, financial, or emergency information through this website.

11. Children’s Privacy

This website is intended for adults, caregivers, and family members. It is not directed to children under 13 years old.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through this website, please contact us so we can review and remove it when appropriate.

12. Your Choices

You may be able to control cookies through your browser settings. You can usually block, delete, or manage cookies through your browser preferences.

You may also:

• Choose not to submit contact forms
• Unsubscribe from future email communications
• Disable cookies in your browser
• Request that we review or delete information you submitted directly

Blocking some cookies may affect how the website functions.

13. External Links

This website may contain links to external websites, organizations, products, books, tools, or resources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, policies, or security of third-party websites.

Please review the privacy policies of any external website you visit.

14. International Visitors

This website is primarily intended for readers in the United States, but it may be accessed from other locations. If you visit this website from outside the United States, you understand that information may be processed in the United States or by third-party services located in other countries.

15. Changes to This Privacy & Cookies Policy

We may update this Privacy & Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in website tools, analytics, advertising, affiliate programs, email services, legal requirements, or site operations.

The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will show when the policy was most recently revised.

16. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy & Cookies Policy, please contact us through our Contact page.