Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 15, 2025

Who We Are

Our website address is: http://bndpools.com.
BND Pools is a professional pool service company based in Silver Spring, MD, offering expert maintenance, cleaning, repairs, and pool renovations.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval, your profile picture becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract any location data from images posted on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience, so you don’t have to re-enter your details the next time you comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded once you close your browser.

When you log in, we set up cookies to save your login info and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen option cookies last for a year. If you choose “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. It contains no personal data and simply stores the post ID of the article edited. It expires in one day.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves the same as if you visited those sites directly.

These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content—especially if you have an account and are logged into those websites.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the reset email.

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation.

For registered users, we store personal information provided in their user profiles. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information (except usernames). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request an exported file of your personal data we hold, including any data you provided. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold, excluding data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.