Privacy Policy

At Steel Building Advisor, accessible from https://steelbuildingadvisor.com, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by Steel Building Advisor and how we use it.

Log Files

Steel Building Advisor follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, Steel Building Advisor uses "cookies". These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use the site so we can improve our guides, calculators, and navigation. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies to collect information such as pages visited, time on site, and general location and device information.

Analytics tracking is enabled by default when you visit. You can turn it off at any time using the cookie preference notice shown on your first visit, or by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Affiliate Links

Steel Building Advisor may participate in affiliate marketing programs. Some links on this site may be affiliate links, meaning we may earn a commission if you make a purchase through them, at no additional cost to you. Affiliate relationships do not influence the technical accuracy or editorial independence of our guides, calculators, or recommendations. See our Terms of Service for our full affiliate disclosure.

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on Steel Building Advisor, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that Steel Building Advisor has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense to display contextual advertisements. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your browsing patterns.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you may opt out of third-party vendor cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

Third Party Privacy Policies

Steel Building Advisor's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected, and request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following: the right to access, the right to rectification, the right to erasure, the right to restrict processing, the right to object to processing, and the right to data portability. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Children's Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. Steel Building Advisor does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal data, or would like to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at [email protected].