Privacy on Colorado At Home

This policy describes how the site is built today. It has not been reviewed by a lawyer and should be checked by the site owner before it is relied on.

What you send through the contact form

When you use the contact form, we receive your name, email address, the topic you chose, the elevation you entered (if any) and your message. The site stores that submission in a private database on its web host and sends a copy by email to the person who runs the site, so the message can be read and answered. We also store a one-way scrambled value (a hash) derived from your IP address, and your browser's user-agent string, to limit spam and repeated submissions. The original IP address is not stored with your message.

We use this information only to read and reply to your message and to protect the form from abuse. We do not sell it, rent it or add you to a mailing list.

What your browser keeps

The tools on this site remember a few settings in your own browser using local storage: your chosen elevation, checklist progress and your preferred plant light filter. These values never leave your device unless you type your elevation into the contact form yourself. You can clear them at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser settings.

The contact form uses a session cookie to protect against forged submissions and to show you whether your message was sent. It expires when you close your browser.

Translation

If you choose a language from the translate menu, the page loads Google's website translation service, which sends the page text to Google to translate and sets a cookie named googtrans to remember your language. Google's own privacy policy applies to that service. If you never use the translate menu, it is not loaded.

Analytics and advertising

The site does not currently run advertising or third-party analytics. If that changes, this page will be updated first.

How long messages are kept

Contact messages are kept for as long as they are useful for answering your question and improving the guides. You can ask for your message to be deleted at any time.

Your choices

To ask what we hold about you, or to have it corrected or deleted, send a request through the contact form and choose "Something else" as the topic. Please use the same email address you used before so we can find the message.

Children

This site is written for adults managing a household. It is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information.