Privacy Policy for Peach State Home Inspections

Effective Date: January 1, 2025

Peach State Home Inspections (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website or interact with our services online.

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://www.peachstatehomeinspections.com. This site serves as an informational and booking platform for clients seeking residential and commercial inspection services in Georgia.

2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why

Comments

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

An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you’re using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website (e.g., as part of feedback or documentation requests), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you do not have to re-enter them when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.

When you visit our login or booking pages, temporary cookies may be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. Login cookies are retained for two days; screen display option cookies for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out will remove these cookies.

Booking and Contact Forms

Information submitted through our contact or booking forms—including name, email, phone number, property address, inspection type, and property size—is collected solely for scheduling and service provision purposes. This data is not shared with third parties outside of the inspection scheduling and processing ecosystem.

Inspection Reports

If you book an inspection, your personal and property information may be used to generate a report. These reports are stored securely and only shared with you or those you authorize.

3. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles or pages on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). This content behaves as if you have visited the originating website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the content.

4. Who We Share Your Data With

We do not share your data with third parties unless required by law or to fulfill a service you’ve requested (e.g., payment processors or secure file sharing services for inspection reports).

If you request a password reset, your IP address may be included in the reset email to verify identity.

5. How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and metadata are retained indefinitely for recognition and auto-approval of future comments. For registered users, personal information provided in their profile is stored indefinitely. Users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except username). Website admins can also access and edit this information.

Inspection report data is retained securely in accordance with state and professional recordkeeping guidelines.

6. What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account or have submitted forms through this site, you can request to receive an exported file of your personal data we hold. You may also request that we erase any data we hold, excluding information retained for legal, administrative, or security obligations.

7. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments and form submissions may be checked through automated spam detection services.

8. Industry-Specific Considerations

As a home inspection provider, we may collect detailed property information via forms or booking systems to prepare for site visits. All personal and property data collected is stored securely and used only to provide, schedule, and document inspection services. We do not use this information for marketing unless explicit consent has been provided.

9. Contact Information

If you have privacy-specific concerns, please contact us at: info@peachstatehomeinspections.com.