Effective date: October 23, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains what information Garage Calculator (“we,” “us” or “our”) collects when you visit garagecalculator.com, how we use it, and the choices you have. Garage Calculator is an independent website that publishes free garage cost calculators and building guides.
The Short Version
- You can use every calculator on this site without creating an account or giving us your name or email.
- The numbers you enter in our calculators are processed in your browser. We don’t store them.
- We collect personal information only when you choose to send it, such as through our contact form, a comment or an email signup.
- We use Google Analytics to understand how the site is used, and Google AdSense to show ads. These services use cookies.
- Some links are affiliate links. If you buy through them, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
- We don’t sell your personal information for money. You can opt out of personalized ads at any time.
1. Information We Collect
Information you give us
- Contact form and email: your name, email address and anything you write in your message.
- Comments: the name, email address and website you enter, plus your comment.
- Email signups: your email address and any other details the signup form asks for, if you choose to subscribe.
- Polls: your answer, if you vote in a poll on the site.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the site, our servers and the services described below automatically receive standard technical information, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, the pages you view, the page that referred you, and the date and time of your visit. Cookies and similar technologies may also be set in your browser (see Section 3).
Our calculators
The sizes, materials, prices and other values you enter into our calculators are processed in your own browser and are not sent to or stored by us. If you use an “Email estimate” button, it opens your own email app with your estimate filled in; nothing is sent until you choose to send it yourself. “Print estimate” opens a printable page on your device only.
2. How We Use Information
- To run, maintain and improve the website and its calculators
- To reply to your messages and questions
- To publish and moderate comments, and to filter spam
- To send emails you’ve signed up for; you can unsubscribe at any time using the link in each email
- To understand which pages are useful and how visitors find us
- To show ads and track affiliate referrals, which keep the site free
- To keep the site secure and comply with the law
3. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored in your browser. We and our partners use them for the following purposes:
| Purpose | Provider | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Analytics | Google Analytics | Counts visits and shows which pages are used and how visitors arrive (for example, the _ga cookies). |
| Advertising | Google AdSense and its partners | Shows ads, limits how often you see the same ad, measures ad performance and, where allowed, personalizes ads. |
| Consent | Remembers your cookie and ad choices where a consent message is shown (for example, the FCCDCF and FCNEC cookies). | |
| Traffic source | Our website | Remembers how you first arrived at the site, such as from a search engine or social media (the sbjs cookies). |
| Site features | WordPress and our plugins | Remembers your name and email for comments, prevents duplicate poll votes and helps the site load quickly. |
| Affiliate tracking | Retailers and plan sellers we link to | When you click an affiliate link, the seller may set a cookie on its own site to credit us for a purchase. |
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Most of the site will still work, but some features may not.
4. Advertising
We use Google AdSense to display ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of many third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info and youronlinechoices.eu. To learn more, see how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are shown a consent message and can choose whether to allow personalized ads.
5. Affiliate Links
Some links on this site are affiliate links, including links to garage plan sellers and other home improvement companies. If you click one and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate partners may use cookies to track the referral. Our recommendations are based on our own research, and affiliate relationships don’t change the prices our calculators show. See our Affiliate and Advertising Disclosure for details, and our Terms of Use for the terms that apply to the site.
6. Third-Party Services and Embedded Content
We rely on trusted service providers to run the site. They receive only the information needed to do their job:
- Hostinger hosts the website and its server logs.
- Google provides analytics (Google Analytics) and advertising (Google AdSense).
- Akismet (by Automattic) checks comments and contact form messages for spam. It may receive your IP address, browser details and the content you submit.
- Email signup forms are provided by a third-party email service, which stores your email address on our behalf to send the emails you request.
- Thumbtack powers the “find local pros” listings on some pages. That content loads from Thumbtack’s website, and Thumbtack may collect information about your visit under its own privacy policy.
- Social sharing buttons may load content from the social networks they link to.
Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited that website directly. We’re not responsible for the privacy practices of other sites, so please review their policies.
7. How We Share Information
We don’t sell your personal information for money. We share information only:
- With the service providers and advertising and analytics partners described above
- When required by law, or to protect our rights, our users or the public
- As part of a sale, merger or transfer of the website, in which case this policy would continue to apply to your information
Under some U.S. state laws, allowing advertising partners to use cookies for personalized ads may be considered “selling” or “sharing” personal information, or “targeted advertising.” You can opt out at any time using the options in Section 4 or by contacting us.
8. How Long We Keep Information
We keep contact form messages and emails for as long as needed to respond and for our records. Published comments stay on the site until they’re removed. Email subscriber information is kept until you unsubscribe. Analytics data is kept according to Google Analytics retention settings, after which it is deleted automatically.
9. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, including California, Virginia, Colorado and other U.S. states, the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, you may have the right to:
- Know what personal information we have about you and get a copy of it
- Correct information that is inaccurate
- Ask us to delete your information
- Opt out of targeted advertising and the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information
- Object to or restrict certain processing, and withdraw consent where we rely on it
- Appeal our decision on your request, or complain to your local data protection authority
To make a request, email jason@garagecalculator.com. We’ll respond within the time required by law, usually within 45 days, and won’t treat you differently for exercising your rights. We may need to confirm your identity before acting on a request. If we deny your request, you can appeal by replying to our response.
Where the GDPR applies, we process personal information based on your consent (for example, for personalized ads), to respond to requests you make, and for our legitimate interests in running, securing and improving the site.
10. Do Not Track
Our site does not currently respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals. You can control advertising cookies using the opt-out options in Section 4 and your browser’s cookie settings.
11. Security
The site uses an encrypted HTTPS connection, and we take reasonable steps to protect the information we hold. No website or method of storage is completely secure, so we can’t guarantee absolute security.
12. Children’s Privacy
This site is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 13. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we’ll delete it.
13. Visitors Outside the United States
Garage Calculator is operated from the United States. If you visit from another country, your information will be processed in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate, which may have different data protection laws than your own.
14. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we’ll change the effective date at the top of this page. Significant changes will be noted on this page.
15. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your information, contact us:
Garage Calculator
Email: jason@garagecalculator.com
Phone: 720-425-5981
Mail: 2862 Southern Hills Drive, North Garden, VA 22959
Or use our contact page.