Privacy Policy

Who we are

This policy covers materialcalculate.com (“MaterialCalculate”, “we”, “us”). If you have a question about this policy or your data, reach us through our contact page.

Information we collect

• Calculator inputsDimensions, prices and other values you enter are calculated in your browser. We do not receive or save them.
• Contact form messagesYour name, email address, topic and message, sent to us by email so we can reply.
• Usage dataPages visited, time on page, referring site, device type, browser, approximate location and an IP address, collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies.

We do not ask you to create an account, and we do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information.

How we use information

We use the information above to run and improve the site, understand which calculators and guides people find useful, answer messages, keep the site secure and show advertising that helps keep every calculator free.

We do not sell your contact form details to anyone.

Cookies and analytics

Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. We use them to remember settings, measure traffic and support advertising.

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site. Google Analytics sets cookies and collects usage data on our behalf. You can read how Google uses this data at How Google uses information from sites that use its services, and you can opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Some parts of the site may not work as intended if you do.

Advertising

We show ads to fund the site. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this website and other websites. Our advertising partners may include Google AdSense and ad management platforms such as Ezoic, which may use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to deliver and measure ads.

Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info or, in Europe, youronlinechoices.eu.

Where the law requires it, such as in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, we ask for your consent before personalized ads or non-essential cookies are used.

Service providers

We rely on trusted providers to run the site, including our web host, caching and security tools, analytics and advertising partners. They process information only as needed to provide their services to us and under their own privacy policies.

How long we keep information

We keep contact form emails for as long as needed to answer and follow up, and delete them when they are no longer useful. Analytics data is kept according to our Google Analytics retention settings. Advertising partners keep data according to their own policies.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information we hold about you, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to withdraw consent.

If you are in the EEA or UK, these rights come from the GDPR and UK GDPR. If you are a California resident, the CCPA as amended by the CPRA gives you the right to know, delete and correct personal information and to opt out of its sale or sharing for targeted advertising. To make any request, use our contact page. We will not treat you differently for using these rights.

Children’s privacy

MaterialCalculate is intended for a general adult audience. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

Links to other websites

Our guides may link to supplier, manufacturer or reference websites. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices, so please review their policies before sharing information with them.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the site or the law changes. The date at the top shows when it was last revised. Continued use of the site after an update means the revised policy applies.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Send us a message through the contact page. You can also read our Terms of Use.