Your information.

Who this notice covers

This notice describes the HardHat Automation website. Questions can be sent to mitch@hardhatautomation.com. Data access for a customer project is agreed separately before connecting that customer's tools.

Information you provide

The contact form asks for your name, business name, email address, optional phone number, message and selected services. We use these details to respond to your inquiry and discuss possible work. Please do not submit passwords, financial account details, customer records or other sensitive information.

Where an inquiry goes

The website is hosted on Vercel. Submitted inquiries are processed by our server-side contact function and sent through Google Workspace Gmail to mitch@hardhatautomation.com. Your email is used as the reply address. The form does not send an automatic email to you or create a customer account.

Browser storage and calculator

Your service shortlist is saved in local storage on this browser, not in a website account. You can remove items from your shortlist or clear this site's browser data. The calculator runs in your browser; its inputs are not submitted by the calculator or saved by it. Contact form drafts are not saved to browser storage by the site. After a successful submission, a timestamp in session storage lets this tab show the thank-you page for up to 30 minutes. It contains no contact details.

Technical information and security

Hosting and email providers process technical information needed to deliver their services, such as network request information and IP addresses. The contact function uses signed form challenges, an IP-derived security identifier and temporary rate limits to help prevent abuse. Its acceptance logs contain reference and provider message IDs rather than the contents of your inquiry. These safeguards do not make any website or email system perfectly secure.

Analytics and cookies

With your optional permission, Google Analytics measures visits to known pages, selected buttons, calculator use and a confirmed inquiry submission. It estimates time spent actively viewing sections, pausing when the tab is hidden or after inactivity. We send fixed page, service, section and general referral categories, not your contact answers, calculator numbers, search terms or URL query strings. Google receives technical information such as browser/device information and network requests, and uses pseudonymous cookies to distinguish visits; this is not anonymous data. We do not enable advertising personalization, Google Signals, session replay or user-provided data collection. No Google Analytics script or requests load before you allow analytics. Choose Decline to decline, or use Privacy choices in the footer to turn it off later. Turning it off stops future collection by this site and clears accessible Analytics cookies; it does not erase data already received by Google. Your choice is stored on this browser. Analytics cookies are configured for up to one year without renewal on each visit. Google Analytics user and event retention are set to two months, with reset on new activity off; aggregated reports can remain longer. See Google's privacy policy for its practices. The shortlist uses local storage, not a tracking cookie.

How long information remains

Submitted inquiries remain in our Google Workspace mailbox until deleted. The form does not maintain a separate inquiry database or an automated mailbox deletion schedule. Provider logs and backups are handled under the relevant provider's settings and practices. Local shortlist data remains until you remove it or clear this site's browser storage.

Questions and requests

Email mitch@hardhatautomation.com to ask about your information, request a correction or request deletion. We may need to verify that the information belongs to you. Some records may need to be retained for an ongoing engagement, security or applicable obligations. Rights and requirements depend on the laws that apply to you and the business.