Privacy Policy

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Media

If you upload images 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 on the website.

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

Embedded content from other websites

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

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Cookies, Analytics, and Advertising

We use cookies and similar technologies, which you control through the cookie banner on our site. They fall into three categories: Essential (always active) — required for the site to function and to remember your privacy choices; Statistics — Google Analytics 4, loaded only with your consent; and Marketing — Google Ads (including remarketing) and StackAdapt, loaded only with your consent. Analytics and advertising technologies are set to denied by default (using Google Consent Mode) and load only after you accept the relevant category. You can review or change your choices at any time through the cookie preferences on our site. We work with service providers including Google (analytics and advertising), StackAdapt (advertising), Mailgun (email delivery), our scheduling provider, and Cloudflare (security and content delivery). You can also opt out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Information Collection:

We collect the information you provide — such as your name, email address, company, and phone number when you submit a form or request a sample — along with technical and usage data collected automatically through cookies and analytics. We do not sell your personal information for money. We do share certain data with the service providers and advertising partners described in “Cookies, Analytics, and Advertising” below. Under some U.S. state privacy laws, our use of advertising cookies may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information; you can opt out as described in “Your Privacy Choices.”

How We Use Your Information:

We use the information you provide to respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests, and we may communicate with you by phone, text (SMS), and email. We also use analytics and advertising services to understand how the site is used and to measure and deliver marketing, as described in “Cookies, Analytics, and Advertising” below. We do not share your information with unrelated third parties except as described in this policy.

Your Choices:

Your control over your information is important to us. You have the right to access, correct, or delete your information. If you have any concerns or questions about your data, please feel free to contact us at help@statesind.com.

Your Privacy Choices

  • Cookie choices: use the cookie banner or the preferences link on our site to accept or reject Statistics and Marketing cookies at any time.
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information: to opt out of advertising activities that may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” under state law, reject the Marketing category in our cookie preferences.
  • Global Privacy Control (GPC): we honor recognized opt-out browser signals, including GPC, as a request to opt out of sale/sharing.
  • Access and deletion: depending on where you live, you may have the right to request access to, or deletion of, your personal information. Contact us at help@statesind.com to make a request.

Policy Changes:

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be communicated to you, and your continued use of our services implies your acceptance of the revised policy.

You agree to the terms outlined in this privacy policy by using our services.