Privacy policy

Who we are

This website belongs to Outdoor Solutions Inc ("Outdoor Solutions", "we", "us"), a landscape design and hardscaping company at 188 Black Eagle Rd, Lot 2, Great Falls, MT 59404. You can reach us at (406) 836-2442 or admin@outdoorsolutionslandscapes.com.

What we collect

What you send us

When you use the estimate form we receive what you type in it: your name, phone number, email address, project address or town, property type, the services you're interested in, when you'd like to start, your message, and that you agreed to be contacted. Only your name and a phone number or email are required. If you call or email us, we receive what you tell us there.

What the website records on its own

Like any website, the server that delivers these pages logs technical details of each request, such as your IP address, browser type, the page asked for and the time. Our hosting provider uses these logs to run the site and keep it secure.

This website does not ask for payment details, does not have user accounts, and does not collect sensitive information such as Social Security numbers.

How we use it

• To answer your request, set up a time to see the property, and prepare your estimate.
• To carry out and follow up on work you hire us for, and keep the records a business has to keep.
• To keep the website and the form working and free of spam.
• If you accept cookies, to count visits and see which pages people use, so we can improve the site.

We don't sell your information, rent it, or share it for advertising. We won't add you to a mailing list or send you marketing email from the estimate form.

Who we share it with

Only the companies that run this website and its form for us, and only so they can do that job:

• Netlify hosts the website, receives estimate-form submissions, filters spam from them, and emails them to us.
• Our email provider stores the form notifications and any email you send us.
• Google, only if you accept cookies: for the map on our contact page and for visit statistics (Google Analytics). See Google's privacy policy.

We may also share information if the law requires it, to protect our rights or someone's safety, or with a buyer if the business is ever sold.

Cookies

This website doesn't set cookies of its own. The first time you visit, a banner asks whether to allow cookies from Google. Nothing from Google loads until you click Accept. If you decline, the site works the same, except the contact-page map stays off (the "Open in Google Maps" link still works).

• Your choice is saved in your browser's local storage under the name os-consent, so we don't ask again on every page. It stays until you clear your browser data or change your choice.
• Google Maps (after Accept, contact page only): Google may set its own cookies and receives your IP address when the map loads.
• Google Analytics (after Accept): sets cookies named _ga and _ga_… that count visits and can last up to two years. It records the pages you view, roughly where you are (city level), your device and browser, and whether you tapped our phone number or email link or sent the estimate form. It never receives what you type into the form. We've turned off Google's optional data sharing and advertising features.

Change your mind any time with Cookie settings, also at the bottom of every page. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, we treat it as Decline unless you accept on the banner.

How long we keep it

We keep estimate requests and the emails about them for as long as we need them to respond, do the work and follow up, and keep job and billing records for as long as tax and business law require. After that we delete them. You can ask us to delete your information sooner (see below).

[Add how long estimate requests are kept, e.g. "Requests that don't become a project are deleted after 2 years", if you have a set period]

Your choices and how to delete your information

You can ask us to show you, correct or delete the information we have about you. Email admin@outdoorsolutionslandscapes.com with the subject "Delete my information", or call (406) 836-2442. Tell us the name and the phone number or email you used so we can find it.

We'll confirm we got your request and reply within 45 days. We delete your form submissions and the emails about them. If we're working on a project for you, or the law requires us to keep a record (for example an invoice), we'll tell you what we have to keep and why.

Security

The website is served only over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection, and form submissions go only to Outdoor Solutions. No website or email system is perfectly secure, so please don't send sensitive information such as bank or card details through the form or by email.

Children

This website is for adults arranging work on a property. It isn't aimed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information. If you think a child has sent us information, contact us and we'll delete it.

Changes and contact

If we change this policy we'll update it here and change the date at the top. Questions about your privacy: admin@outdoorsolutionslandscapes.com, (406) 836-2442, or by mail to Outdoor Solutions Inc, 188 Black Eagle Rd, Lot 2, Great Falls, MT 59404.