Privacy Policy for www.general-contractor.us
Last Updated: July 7, 2025
Our Commitment to Your Privacy
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, www.general-contractor.us. We are committed to protecting your personal data and ensuring that your information is handled in a responsible and transparent manner.
Please read this policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:
Personal Data
Personally identifiable information, such as your name, shipping address, email address, and telephone number, that you voluntarily give to us when you fill out a contact form, request a quote, or leave a comment.
Derivative Data
Information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.
2. How We Use Your Information
Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:
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Respond to your inquiries and quote requests.
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Email you with updates about our company and services, with your consent.
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Increase the efficiency and operation of the Site.
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Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
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Help detect and prevent spam and security threats.
3. Detailed Information on Data Collection
Comments
When you leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string from your email (a “hash”) may be sent to the Gravatar service to see if you have a profile picture. After your comment is approved, your Gravatar profile picture is visible to the public next to your comment.
Contact Forms
When you use a contact form on our site, we collect the personal information you provide (such as name, email, and phone number) so that we can respond to your inquiry. We do not use this information for marketing purposes unless you explicitly consent to it.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Other visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your experience. A cookie is a small file placed on your device.
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Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you don’t have to re-enter your details. These cookies last for one year.
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Login Cookies: If you have an account and log in, we use cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year.
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Analytics Cookies: We may use third-party service providers, such as Google Analytics, to analyze and track users’ use of the Site to determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our service.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). This content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website. These sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and embed additional third-party tracking.
4. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or trade your personal information. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations:
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By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others.
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Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, and marketing assistance.
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Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
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Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
5. How Long We Retain Your Data
We will retain your data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this policy.
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If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely.
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For users that register on our website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile.
6. Your Rights Over Your Data
You have certain rights regarding your personal data:
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The right to access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
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The right to erasure: You can 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.
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The right to rectification: You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact information below.
7. Security of Your Information
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: [Your Email Address] or [Your Phone Number].