Privacy Policy
Effective date: November 9, 2026
This policy explains what information is collected when you use patiocalc.com ("PatioCalc", "we", "us"), how it is used, and the choices you have.
Information you enter in the calculators
The calculators run entirely in your web browser. The measurements and prices you type are not sent to our servers. To remember your preferred unit system (imperial or metric) and currency symbol, the site stores those two settings in your browser's local storage. You can clear them at any time through your browser settings.
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, our hosting provider and content-delivery network (Cloudflare) process technical information such as your IP address, browser type, the pages requested and the time of the request, in order to deliver the site, protect it against abuse and keep it running. These logs are used for security and operations, not to identify you personally.
Advertising and cookies
We intend to show advertising served by Google AdSense to keep PatioCalc free. When advertising is enabled:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info (US) or www.youronlinechoices.eu (Europe).
- Other third-party ad vendors or ad networks may also serve ads on this site. Where they do, they may use cookies, web beacons or similar technologies to measure ads and serve them according to their own privacy policies.
Learn more about how Google uses data when you use partner sites at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services, and about Google's advertising cookies at Google's advertising policy page.
Cookie consent
Where the law requires consent before non-essential cookies are used, including for visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, we will ask for your consent through a consent message before personalised advertising cookies are set. You can change or withdraw your choice at any time through the privacy or cookie settings link that will appear on the site when advertising is active. If you do not consent, you may still see non-personalised or limited ads.
Analytics
We may use privacy-friendly, aggregate traffic statistics to understand which calculators are useful. If we add an analytics service that uses cookies, we will update this policy and, where required, ask for consent.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or restrict the use of personal data, and to object to or opt out of certain processing, including "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for targeted advertising under some US state laws. Because we do not ask you to create an account or submit personal details, we generally hold no personal data about you beyond the technical information described above. To make a request, contact us using the details below.
Children
PatioCalc is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Links to other sites
Our pages may link to other websites. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy, for example when advertising goes live. The effective date at the top shows when it was last changed.
Contact
Questions about this policy: [email protected].