Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Building Calculator (“we,” “our,” or “us”) collects, uses, and protects information when you visit buildingcalculator.net. We’re committed to keeping things simple and transparent: we don’t sell your data, and we collect only what’s needed to operate this website.
1. Information We Collect
We collect minimal information to operate this website. The categories below cover everything we may collect.
a) Information You Provide Voluntarily
If you contact us through the contact form or email, we receive your name, email address, and the contents of your message. We use this information solely to respond to your inquiry.
b) Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, our hosting provider and analytics tools automatically receive certain technical data, including:
- Your IP address (anonymized where possible)
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Pages visited and time spent on each page
- Referring website
- Date and time of your visit
This information is aggregated and used to improve our website’s performance and user experience. It does not personally identify you.
c) Cookies and Similar Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to remember your preferences (such as unit selection in calculators) and to understand how visitors use our site. Cookies are small text files stored on your device. You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but some features of the website may not work as expected.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To operate, maintain, and improve our website
- To respond to your inquiries and provide customer support
- To analyze website usage and improve our content
- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
- To comply with legal obligations
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.
3. Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services that may collect or process data on our behalf:
- Google Analytics — to understand website traffic and user behavior. Google Analytics uses cookies and may collect your IP address. You can opt out using Google’s opt-out browser add-on.
- Google AdSense (when active) — may serve personalized ads based on your visits to our site and other sites. You can manage ad personalization in your Google Ad Settings.
- Hosting Provider — our website is hosted on a third-party server, which may log access information for security purposes.
Each third-party service has its own privacy policy, which we encourage you to review.
4. Affiliate Links and Advertising
This website may contain affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. Affiliate relationships do not influence the calculations or recommendations provided by our calculators.
We may display advertisements through third-party ad networks. These ads may use cookies to deliver relevant content based on your interests.
5. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. Inquiry emails are typically retained for 12 months unless ongoing communication is required.
6. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Access — request a copy of the data we hold about you
- Correction — ask us to correct inaccurate data
- Deletion — request that we delete your data
- Objection — object to certain types of processing
- Portability — request your data in a portable format
To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details at the bottom of this page.
For EU Residents (GDPR)
If you’re a resident of the European Economic Area, you have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. Our legal basis for processing your information is typically your consent or our legitimate interest in operating this website.
For California Residents (CCPA)
California residents have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, including the right to know what personal information we collect and the right to request deletion. We do not sell personal information.
7. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately and we will delete it.
8. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we’ll update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please reach out using the contact details below.
