Privacy Policy
Effective October 2, 2026
This policy explains what happens to information you give us on galvestondeckbuilder.com, the website of Galveston Deck Builder, operated by New World Builders LLC (Galveston, TX). “We” and “us” mean New World Builders LLC. We have kept it short and specific to what this website actually does.
What We Collect
When you send the estimate form, we receive the details you enter: your name, phone number, email address, project location, the service you need, and any project details you write. Along with those, our server records the date and time, the page you sent the form from, and your IP address.
When you just browse, our web host keeps standard server logs (such as IP address, pages requested, and browser type) for security and troubleshooting.
We also use Google Analytics (Google Analytics 4) to count visits and see which pages people actually use. Your browser loads a small script from Google, so Google receives your IP address, the address of the page you are on, and general details about your device and browser, and sets the cookies described below. Nothing you type into the estimate form is sent to Google: when a request goes through, the site records only that one request was sent, with no name, phone number, email address or project details attached. We have not turned on Google’s advertising or audience features, and we run no advertising pixels on this site, so your visit is not used to build an advertising profile of you.
How We Use It
- To reply to your estimate request and discuss your project
- To schedule an on-site consultation and prepare an estimate
- To protect the form from spam and abuse
- To see which pages and services visitors use, so we can improve the site
We do not add you to a mailing list, and we do not sell, rent, or trade your information.
Where It Goes and Who Sees It
A request sent through the form is emailed to the people who handle enquiries for the business. A copy is also saved in a private file on our web host, so a request is not lost if an email fails to arrive. That file is not accessible from the website. Your information is also handled by the companies that host this website and our email, and by Google for the analytics described above, only as needed to provide those services.
Cookies
Our own cookie. Pages that include the estimate form set one cookie, named gdb_session. It is strictly necessary: it lets the form confirm that a request came from a real visit to our site, which is how we block spam without making you solve a puzzle. It contains a random identifier, not your personal details, and it is deleted when you close your browser.
Analytics cookies. Google Analytics sets two more, _ga and _ga_PK80JQ09JC. They hold a random identifier that lets us tell a returning visit from a new one and see how people move through the site. They do not contain your name or contact details, and they expire about two years after your last visit. You can refuse them by blocking cookies in your browser, by turning on your browser’s tracking protection, or by installing Google’s Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The site and the estimate form work normally either way.
We set no other cookies, and we use no advertising or social-media trackers.
Spam Protection
To stop floods of automated requests, we keep a count of recent form submissions linked to a scrambled (hashed) form of the sender’s IP address for up to 24 hours. A hashed IP address cannot be read directly, but it is not fully anonymous, so we treat it as personal information and delete it automatically after a day.
How Long We Keep It
We keep estimate requests for as long as we need them to respond to you and to manage any project that follows, and then delete them. Analytics records are held by Google for the retention period set on our analytics property, and we keep no separate copy of them.
Fonts and Links
The fonts on this site are served from our own server, so viewing a page does not send your information to a font provider. Some pages link to government and industry websites; those sites have their own privacy policies.
Your Choices
You can ask us what information we hold about you, or ask us to correct or delete it, by calling (409) 939-2313. You can opt out of analytics in any of the ways listed under Cookies above. You can also block cookies in your browser; the estimate form will then ask you to call us instead, because it cannot confirm the request.
Changes to This Policy
If we change how this site handles information, we will update this page and the effective date above.