Welcome to Concrete Yard Planner (https://concreteyardplanner.com/). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and share information when you visit our website, use our free concrete calculators, browse our project planning resources, or contact us.
Concrete Yard Planner is operated by Jose Climax (referred to as “we,” “us,” or “our”). By using our website, you acknowledge the information provided in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information in different ways depending on how you interact with Concrete Yard Planner.
1.1 Information You Provide Voluntarily
When you contact us through email or a contact form, we may collect:
- Your name, if provided.
- Your email address.
- The content of your message or inquiry.
- Any additional information you voluntarily provide.
You do not need to register, create an account, or provide personal contact information to use our publicly available concrete calculators.
1.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, our hosting provider and website technologies may automatically process certain technical information, including:
- Internet Protocol (IP) address.
- Browser type and version.
- Device type and operating system.
- Pages visited and referring websites.
- Date and time of website visits.
- Approximate geographic location derived from an IP address.
- Technical information needed to maintain website security and performance.
We may use this information to maintain website functionality, investigate errors, prevent abuse, and improve the visitor experience.
1.3 Concrete Calculator Inputs
Concrete Yard Planner provides free tools to estimate concrete volume, bag quantities, slab dimensions, footing requirements, and other construction-related measurements.
Our calculators are designed to process measurements entered by visitors and display estimated results without requiring user registration.
Calculator measurements are generally processed within your browser. We do not ask visitors to enter personally identifying information into these tools. Website logging and analytics technologies, when enabled, may still record interactions with calculator pages.
2. How We Use Your Information
Information collected through Concrete Yard Planner may be used for the following purposes:
- Providing and maintaining our free concrete calculators and planning resources.
- Improving website functionality, navigation, and content quality.
- Responding to questions, feedback, and support requests.
- Identifying technical errors and maintaining website security.
- Preventing spam, fraudulent activity, and misuse of our services.
- Understanding website usage when analytics tools are enabled.
- Displaying and measuring advertisements if advertising services are activated.
- Complying with applicable legal obligations.
We do not require visitors to purchase products or provide personal information to access our free calculators.
Concrete Yard Planner and third-party service providers may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, analyze visitor activity, and deliver advertisements when applicable.
Cookies are small text files stored on your device by websites or services you visit. Different cookies serve different purposes.
Essential cookies may be used to support website functionality, security, and basic technical operations.
If analytics services are enabled, cookies or similar technologies may help us understand how visitors interact with our website, which pages are visited, and how our tools are used.
If advertising services are activated, advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to display, personalize where permitted, and measure advertisements.
You can manage, block, or delete cookies through your browser settings. Restricting certain cookies may affect some website functions.
Where required by applicable law, we will request consent before using non-essential cookies or similar tracking technologies. Visitors may be able to manage their preferences through the cookie consent controls available on the website.
4. Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertising
Concrete Yard Planner may participate in Google AdSense, an advertising service provided by Google, to support the continued availability of our free calculators, guides, and planning resources.
If Google AdSense is approved and advertising is activated on our website, third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies and similar technologies to serve advertisements.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on previous visits to this website or other websites.
- Google’s advertising cookies may enable Google and its partners to serve advertisements based on visits to this website and other sites on the internet.
- Advertising providers may process information such as cookie identifiers, IP addresses, device details, and ad interactions, subject to applicable law and consent requirements.
- Advertisements may be personalized or non-personalized depending on visitor preferences, location, applicable regulations, and advertising configuration.
4.1 How Google Uses Information
For additional information about how Google collects and uses information from websites and applications that use its services, please visit: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
4.2 Personalized Advertising Choices
You can manage your Google advertising preferences by visiting Google My Ad Center.
You may also learn about opting out of interest-based advertising from participating companies through YourAdChoices.
Opting out of personalized advertising does not necessarily prevent advertisements from appearing. You may continue to see non-personalized or contextual advertising.
5. Google Analytics and Website Performance
We may use Google Analytics or similar measurement technologies to understand website traffic and improve our services, if such technologies are configured and enabled.
When enabled, these services may collect or process information such as:
- Pages visited and interactions with website content.
- Browser and device characteristics.
- Approximate geographic information.
- Traffic sources and referring websites.
- Online identifiers and usage statistics.
Analytics services are subject to their applicable settings, privacy policies, and consent requirements.
For more information about Google’s data practices, review the Google Privacy Policy.
6. Sharing Information With Third Parties
We may share or make information available to third-party service providers when reasonably necessary to operate and maintain Concrete Yard Planner.
Depending on the services enabled on our website, these providers may include:
- Website hosting and infrastructure providers.
- Website security and spam prevention services.
- Analytics and performance measurement providers.
- Advertising networks, including Google AdSense when enabled.
- Email and contact form service providers.
We may also disclose information when required by applicable law, legal proceedings, or valid governmental requests, or when reasonably necessary to protect website security and legal rights.
Third-party providers may process information under their own privacy policies and applicable agreements.
7. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with applicable data protection requirements, we process personal information based on appropriate legal grounds.
Depending on the specific processing activity, these grounds may include:
- Legitimate interests: Maintaining website functionality, protecting security, and responding to visitor inquiries where permitted by law.
- Consent: Processing data through non-essential analytics or advertising technologies when legally required.
- Legal obligations: Processing information when necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw that consent in accordance with applicable law.
8. Data Retention and Security
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.
Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information, the services used, security requirements, and applicable legal obligations.
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, loss, or misuse.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
9. International Data Transfers
Concrete Yard Planner may use third-party service providers that process or store information in countries outside your country of residence.
When international transfers of personal information are subject to specific legal requirements, we seek to rely on appropriate safeguards as required by applicable data protection laws.
For details about the international processing practices of individual service providers, please consult their respective privacy policies.
10. Your Privacy Rights and Choices
Depending on your location and applicable privacy laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information.
These rights may include:
- Requesting access to personal information we hold about you.
- Requesting correction of inaccurate information.
- Requesting deletion of personal information, subject to applicable exceptions.
- Requesting restrictions on certain processing activities.
- Objecting to certain uses of personal information.
- Requesting data portability when legally applicable.
- Withdrawing consent when processing is based on consent.
- Filing a complaint with an appropriate data protection authority.
10.1 Privacy Rights for U.S. Residents
Residents of certain U.S. states, including California, may have additional rights under applicable state privacy laws.
Depending on the law and whether it applies to our operations, these rights may include the ability to request access, correction, or deletion of personal information, and to opt out of certain data sales, sharing, or targeted advertising activities.
Where such processing occurs and applicable law requires it, we will provide an appropriate method for exercising the relevant opt-out rights.
10.2 Exercising Your Rights
To submit a privacy-related request, contact us using the details provided in the Contact Us section below.
We may request reasonable information to verify your identity before processing certain privacy requests.
11. Children’s Privacy
Concrete Yard Planner provides general construction information and project-planning tools. Our website is not specifically directed toward children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly request personal information from children under 13 through our concrete calculators.
If you believe a child has provided personal information through our website, please contact us so we can review the situation and take appropriate action.
12. Links to External Websites
Our website may contain links to external resources, including construction guides, manufacturers, technical references, and other third-party websites.
These external websites operate independently and may have their own privacy policies, terms, and data collection practices.
Concrete Yard Planner does not control the privacy practices of third-party websites. We encourage visitors to review their privacy policies before providing personal information.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our website, technologies, service providers, advertising practices, or applicable legal requirements.
When we make updates, we will publish the revised Privacy Policy on this page and update the “Last updated” date where appropriate.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, the handling of personal information, or your applicable privacy rights, you can contact us using the information below.
- Website: https://concreteyardplanner.com/
- Website operator / data controller: Jose Climax
- Email: info@concreteyardplanner.com
- Country of establishment: Colombia
We will review privacy-related inquiries and respond as required by applicable law.