Privacy policy

Who runs this website

Sites By Abe is run by Abenezer Mergia in Arlington, Virginia. Questions about this policy or your information go to hello@sitesbyabe.com.

What the forms collect

The form on this site asks for your name, your business name and city, a cell phone number or email address for sending your preview link, and an optional link to your Facebook page, TikTok, Google listing or current website. It also records the page it was sent from. If you use the website check, your answers stay in your browser and are only sent if you send the form, where they appear in the notes so you can edit them first. I use this only to reply to you, send your preview and talk about a possible project. If you give a phone number I may text you about your preview; reply STOP at any time and I will not text again.

A separate private intake form for commercial proposals, shared only by direct link, asks for your name, company, phone number and email, the licenses, insurance and bonding you want shown, reference contacts, details of a finished job and of the bid, a link to photos, and your brand colors. I use it only to build your proposal and to text or email you about it. Reference contacts are people you tell me agreed to be contacted. These answers are kept in Netlify Forms and my email while I need them for your project and my business records, and you can ask me to delete them at any time.

Interactive demonstrations

Some pages carry a working demonstration, such as a budget range explorer or a project planner with photo upload. Anything you choose in one of those, photos included, stays in your own browser and is never uploaded, sent to me or stored anywhere. The figures they show are placeholders. Closing or reloading the page clears everything you entered.

What the host receives automatically

This site is hosted by Netlify. Like any web host, Netlify receives basic technical information when you visit, such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested, and uses it to deliver the site and keep it secure.

Cookies and tracking

This site sets no cookies and uses no analytics, advertising pixels, session recording or chat widgets. Fonts, images and video are served from this site, so a visit sends no requests to other companies. Links to client websites take you to those sites, which have their own policies.

Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control

Because this site does no tracking, every visit is handled the same way whether or not your browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal.

Service providers

• Netlify hosts the site, receives form messages and filters them for spam.
• Netlify sends each message to hello@sitesbyabe.com, which is handled by my business email provider.

What I do not do

I do not sell your information or share it for advertising. Sending a form does not add you to a mailing list.

How long I keep it

Messages stay in my Netlify account and my email while I need them for our conversation and my business records. You can ask me to delete them at any time.

Your choices

Email hello@sitesbyabe.com to see, correct or delete the information you sent. I will confirm by email once it is done.

Children

This site is for businesses and is not directed to children under 13. I do not knowingly collect information from children.

Changes

If this policy changes, I will update this page and the date at the top.