Privacy policy

Who runs this site

This site is run by Uptime Studio, a one-person web design studio based in Los Angeles, California. For anything about your information, email uptimestudiosites@gmail.com.

What this site collects

When you send the quote form. Your name, email address, and anything else you choose to include: phone number, business name, the package you picked and your message. It is sent through Web3Forms, a form service based in India, which emails it to me and keeps a copy for up to three years. To block spam, Web3Forms checks your email address and IP address with two spam filters, CleanTalk and Akismet.

When you email, call or text. Email arrives in a Gmail inbox, and calls and texts go through Google Voice, so Google handles them under its own privacy policy.

When you use the website check. The address you type is sent to Google PageSpeed Insights to run the test, under Google's privacy policy. The result (four scores and a load time for each device, not linked to you) is kept in Cloudflare's cache for 24 hours so repeat checks are quick. No record is kept of who checked which site.

When you visit. Cloudflare, which hosts this site, processes technical information such as your IP address and browser type to deliver pages and protect the site from abuse, under Cloudflare's privacy policy.

In your browser. While you fill in the quote form, what you've typed is saved in your browser's session storage, so reloading the page or switching apps doesn't lose it. It stays on your device and is deleted when the form sends, when you press "Clear form", or when you close the tab. The site also keeps one small note there so the headline animation doesn't replay every time you reload. Neither is sent anywhere.

What this site does not do

No analytics, no advertising trackers, no tracking cookies, and no social media widgets. Fonts are served from this site rather than from Google, so loading a page doesn't tell anyone else you visited.

Because nothing here tracks you, there is nothing to switch off when your browser sends a "Do Not Track" or Global Privacy Control signal. Both are respected by default.

How your information is used

Only to reply to you, and if you become a client, to do the work you asked for and keep the records the law requires for invoices and tax. It is never sold, rented or shared for advertising.

If you are in the EU or the UK, the legal basis for this is that you asked for a reply or a quote, and for clients, the contract and the legal duty to keep tax records.

Who else handles it

• Web3Forms, for the quote form
• CleanTalk, for Web3Forms’ spam checks
• Akismet, also for Web3Forms’ spam checks
• Google, for the website check, email and texts
• Cloudflare, for hosting

Some of them store information outside your country, including in the United States and India.

How long it is kept

Messages are kept only as long as they are useful for replying and following up, and deleted sooner if you ask. Web3Forms deletes its copy of a quote request after three years at most. Records for clients are kept for as long as the law requires for accounting and tax.

What you can ask for

You can ask to see the information held about you, to have it corrected, or to have it deleted. Email uptimestudiosites@gmail.com and I'll do it. Some places give you these rights by law, such as the EU, the UK and California; this site honors them for everyone, wherever you live. If you're in the EU or the UK and aren't happy with the answer, you can complain to your data protection authority.

Children

This site is for businesses and isn't aimed at children. It doesn't knowingly collect information from anyone under 13.

Changes

If this policy changes, the date at the top will change with it. Anything significant will be explained on this page.