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Privacy Policy
Last updated October 16, 2026
Effective date: October 16, 2026. This policy explains how Pondview Construction collects, uses, and shares information when you use our website.
Information we collect
- When you use our contact form, we collect your name, contact details, and message. Your submission goes to our team by email so we can respond to your request.
- We collect the search terms you enter in the site search and the information you enter in the request-estimate form.
- We automatically collect your IP address, browser and device type, pages visited, and time on the site.
- We do not offer website chat or use session recording.
How we use and share information
We use your contact information and message to respond to your request. The tools listed below also process information to host and deliver the website, provide fonts and widgets, check submissions for spam, protect the site, measure website use and advertising results, show ads to past visitors, and remember cookie choices.
Information is shared with website hosting and delivery providers, font and embedded-content providers, spam and security providers, and analytics and advertising providers. For example, Akismet receives your form submission, IP address, and browser details to check for spam. Hosting, security, font, and widget providers receive request information such as your IP address. The table below identifies the tools and their purposes.
We do not sell personal information. We do share information for targeted advertising.
Tools used on this website
| Tool | What it does | Cookies / storage (how long) | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Fonts Google LLC | Delivers the website's typefaces; your browser requests them from Google's servers, which receive your IP address. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Pressable website hosting Automattic Inc. (Pressable) | Hosts the website; its servers process standard request data such as IP addresses in server logs. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Google Tag Manager Google LLC | Loads the website's other measurement and advertising tags from one place. It runs only after a visitor accepts, because the tags it loads can track activity for advertising. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Gauges website statistics Gauges (provided with Pressable hosting) | Counts page views for hosting-level traffic statistics. | None found by our scan | — |
| Elfsight widgets Elfsight LLC | Shows embedded content widgets from Elfsight on some pages; your browser loads them from Elfsight, which receives your IP address and browser details. | elfsight_viewed_recently cookie — not verifiedElfsight sets its own cookie on its servers (elfsight_viewed_recently) to load and count widget views. | Privacy policy |
| Akismet spam filtering Automattic Inc. | Checks form submissions for spam. What you submit in a form, with your IP address and browser details, is sent to Akismet to decide whether it is spam. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| hCaptcha spam protection Intuition Machines, Inc. | Checks that form submissions come from a person rather than an automated bot; hCaptcha receives your IP address and browser details. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Google Analytics 4 Google LLC | Measures how visitors find and use the website (pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser type) so we can improve it. | _gid cookie — 24 hours (typical; not measured on this site)_gat_UA-153866851-17 cookie — not verified_ga cookie — 2 years (typical; not measured on this site)_ga_CXT4N7B5GV cookie — not verified | Privacy policy Opt out |
| Google Ads conversion tracking Google LLC | Measures which Google ads lead to calls, form requests or visits, and lets Google show our ads to people who visited this site. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Cloudflare security and delivery Cloudflare, Inc. | Protects the website and its forms from attacks and automated bots and helps deliver pages quickly. Cloudflare receives your IP address and browser details. | _cfuvid cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site)__cf_bm cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site) | Privacy policy |
| Cookie consent banner (part of this website) AQ Marketing (first party; no outside company involved) | Remembers the cookie choices you make on this site. If you allow analytics, your browser may also send this site, at most once a day, a list of the names of the cookies and similar storage it holds for this site — never their contents. The list is not stored with anything that identifies you, and it is used only to keep this Cookie Policy accurate. | aq_consent cookie — 180 daysaq_consent_report local storage — Until you clear your browser storage or withdraw analytics consent | — |
Cookies and your choices
Analytics and advertising tools stay off until you click "Accept all" on the cookie banner or scroll the page while the banner is showing. Scrolling while the banner is showing counts as accepting these tools. Use the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of any page to switch analytics or advertising cookies off, or back on, at any time.
Embedded content is separate from the analytics and advertising tools described above. Some pages display Elfsight widgets. Your browser loads these widgets from Elfsight, which receives your IP address and browser details. Elfsight also sets its own cookie.
Our cookie banner remembers your choices. If you allow analytics, your browser may also send this website a list of the names of cookies and similar storage it holds for this site, at most once a day. It does not send their contents. The list is not stored with information that identifies you and is used only to keep the Cookie Policy accurate.
Browser signals and tracking across websites
Our website does not respond to browser Do Not Track signals. We do honor Global Privacy Control signals. You can also use "Cookie settings" at the bottom of any page to turn analytics or advertising cookies off or back on.
Yes, third parties may collect personal information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use our website. Google Ads collects activity across other websites to measure advertising results and show our ads to people who visited this site.
Review or change your information
Email us at brian@pondviewconstruction.com to review, correct, or delete the contact information you gave us.
Children
Our website is not directed to children under 13.
Changes to this policy
When we update this policy, we post the updated policy on this page with a new effective date.
Contact us
Pondview Construction51 Carleton Rd, Tewksbury, MA 01876
Email: brian@pondviewconstruction.com
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