Privacy Policy
What CladCount keeps in your browser, and what reaches us.
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This policy explains what CladCount (cladcount.com) collects, why, and what you can do about it.
Who is responsible
CladCount is run by Alexander Polekha, an individual entrepreneur in Armenia, who is responsible for the personal data described here (the data controller). Contact: the contact form.
Your measurements
The calculator works in your browser. The lengths, counts, percentages and siding values you type are processed on your device and are never sent automatically: not to us, not to Google Analytics, and not attached to a feedback message, which carries only what you write in it (including a CladCount link, if you paste one). Analytics events say only that a result was calculated, which siding profile chip you picked, or that a link was copied, never the measurements or results.
So that the house is still there next time, this browser keeps the text of every field and the switches in its local storage under one entry, cladcount:v1. It stays on your device until you press Clear or clear this site's data in your browser; it is not sent anywhere.
If you copy a link, the measurements are written into the part of the address after the # sign. Browsers do not send that part to any server, and the page removes it from the address bar when the link is opened. Anyone you give the link to can read the measurements in it.
Hosting
The site is served by Cloudflare, Inc., which processes technical request data (such as IP address and browser type) to deliver pages and protect the site from abuse, and keeps it as described in Cloudflare's privacy policy. Cloudflare and Google may process data outside your country, including in the United States.
Analytics
With your consent, we use Google Analytics 4 to count visits and a few actions (for example, that a calculation was run, which preset or unit system was picked). Google Analytics sets first-party cookies (_ga and _ga_ followed by an ID) to tell visits apart. We do not send the values you enter, and page addresses are sent without their query string. Google Analytics keeps this data for 2 months, the shortest setting it offers.
Where consent is required (the EEA, the UK and Switzerland), Google Analytics loads only after you agree in the consent banner; without that agreement it is not loaded. Elsewhere it loads by default once the consent service confirms that no consent is needed (our legitimate interest in counting visits to improve the site); if that service does not answer, Google Analytics is not loaded. If you withdraw consent, it stops sending data from the page at once; cookies it already set stay until they expire or you delete them in your browser. See Google's privacy policy.
Advertising
We show ads from Google. Google and its partners may use cookies to show ads based on your visits to this and other sites. In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland this happens only with your consent; you can change your choice at any time through the privacy settings link in the footer. You can also opt out of personalized advertising at Google Ads Settings. See how Google uses data in advertising.
Feedback you send
- What: your vote ("Was this helpful?"), the message you type, and the page it was sent from. We do not ask for your email or name, and we do not reply to messages. Links to other sites are removed from messages when received.
- Spam protection: Cloudflare Turnstile checks that the form is not sent by a bot. To limit how often one connection can send feedback, we store a one-way hash of your IP address with a salt that changes every day; an hourly job deletes hashes older than 24 hours, so none is kept longer than 25 hours. We never store the IP address itself.
- Why: to fix errors and improve the site (legitimate interest). Nothing you send is published.
- Processor: Cloudflare, Inc. (database and Turnstile).
- How long: messages are kept for 12 months; the same hourly job deletes older ones.
- Deletion: a message is not linked to you, so we cannot find it on request; it is deleted after 12 months.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal data about you, and to object to its processing. Use the contact form. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.
Children
CladCount is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data.
Changes
When this policy changes, the date at the top changes too.
- : first version.