Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://christopherpainting.com. You can reach us directly at 847-530-5975 or through our Contact Us page for any privacy-related inquiries.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It:

Contact Forms & Project Inquiries

When you submit a consultation request, quote inquiry, or contact form on our site, we collect the details you provide, such as your name, email address, phone number, project address, and project details. We use this information solely to respond to your inquiry, schedule consultations, and deliver our services.

SMS / Text Messaging Privacy: SMS consent is not shared with third parties or affiliates.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with automated spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After comment approval, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media Uploads

If you upload images or project photos to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images published on the site.

Cookies

• Comment Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience, lasting for one year.

• Login Cookies: If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. When you log in, we set up cookies to save your login information and screen display choices (lasting two days for login, one year for options). Selecting “Remember Me” persists your login for two weeks.

• Editing Cookies: If you edit or publish an article or page, an additional cookie is saved in your browser indicating the post ID, expiring after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles and pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, social media feeds, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the external website.

These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.

Who we share your data with

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Visitor comments may also be checked through an automated spam detection service.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.

For registered users and clients, we store the personal information provided in user profiles and client databases. Website administrators can view and edit that information at any time. Project inquiry and communication records are kept as needed for business operations, warranty tracking, and legal record-keeping.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, have left comments, or have submitted project inquiries, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold, excluding any data we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments and form submissions may be checked through automated spam detection and security services.