1. Who We Are
LeaseDecoded (leasedecoded.com) is an educational website that provides plain English explanations of rental lease clauses for tenants across the United States. We are not a law firm and do not provide legal advice.
2. Information We Collect
LeaseDecoded is designed to be used without creating an account or providing personal information. However, we may collect the following types of information automatically:
- Usage Data: Pages visited, time spent on pages, referring URLs, browser type, and device type - collected through standard web analytics tools.
- IP Address: Your IP address may be logged by our server and analytics tools for security and performance purposes.
- Cookies: We use cookies for analytics and advertising purposes. See Section 5 for details.
- Contact Information: If you contact us via email, we collect your email address and any information you provide in your message.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Understand how visitors use our site so we can improve our content
- Monitor site performance and security
- Respond to your inquiries when you contact us
- Serve relevant advertisements through Google AdSense
- Comply with legal obligations
We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We do not use your information for any purpose other than those listed above.
4. Advertising
LeaseDecoded shows ads served by Google AdSense.
- Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- As a result of ad serving on this site, third parties may be placing and reading cookies on your browser, or using web beacons or IP addresses to collect information.
You can opt out of personalized advertising in Google's Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info.
To learn more, read How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
5. Cookies
We use the following types of cookies:
- Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website (e.g., Google Analytics).
- Advertising Cookies: Used by Google AdSense to serve relevant advertisements.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of our site.
6. Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services that may collect data:
- Google Analytics: Website traffic analysis
- Google AdSense: Advertising (see Section 4)
Each of these services has their own privacy policy governing how they collect and use data.
7. Data Retention
We retain contact information (emails) for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and for a reasonable period thereafter. Analytics data is retained according to the retention settings of each analytics platform.
8. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- The right to access information we hold about you
- The right to request correction of inaccurate data
- The right to request deletion of your data
- The right to opt out of personalized advertising, which you can do yourself in Google's Ads Settings (see Section 4)
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].
9. Children's Privacy
LeaseDecoded is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Your continued use of LeaseDecoded after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at:
Email: [email protected]
Website: leasedecoded.com/contact/