Privacy

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 06/01/2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Hudson Valley Trades LLC, doing business as HV Trades ("HV Trades", "we", "our", or "us"), collects, uses, stores, and shares information when you visit hvtrades.com, hudsonvalleytrades.com, or any related pages, forms, or services (collectively, the "Website"), submit a form, contact a contractor, or otherwise interact with our services.

By using the Website, you acknowledge and agree to the collection, use, and sharing of information as described in this Privacy Policy.

By submitting information through the Website, you consent to the collection, use, and sharing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy, including the transfer of your information to independent contractors.

The Website includes all current and future domains, subdomains, landing pages, forms, and related services operated by Hudson Valley Trades LLC.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

  • Name, email address, phone number, and other contact details submitted through forms.
  • ZIP code, county, service area, trade category, and project-related information.
  • Information submitted through contractor lead forms or contact requests.
  • Device, browser, IP address, page activity, referral source, and usage data.
  • Marketing, analytics, and advertising interaction data.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use your information to:

  • Connect homeowners with local contractors.
  • Send homeowner inquiries directly to listed contractors.
  • Operate, improve, and personalize the HV Trades website.
  • Respond to inquiries, support requests, or contractor applications.
  • Measure website and advertising performance.
  • Market HV Trades services.
  • Protect our business, users, and platform.

3. Contractor Lead Forms and Data Sharing

When you submit a form intended for a contractor, your information may be sent directly to that contractor. Contractors are independent businesses and are not employees, agents, partners, or representatives of HV Trades.

Once your information is transmitted to a contractor, HV Trades has no control over and is not responsible for how that contractor stores, uses, responds to, or protects your information.

4. Analytics, Cookies, and Advertising Tracking

We use cookies, pixels, tags, and similar tracking technologies to improve user experience, understand website activity, measure advertising performance, and support marketing efforts. These technologies may include Google Analytics 4, Google Ads, Meta/Facebook/Instagram, and similar platforms.

These third-party providers may collect and combine information about your browsing activity, device, pages visited, forms viewed or submitted, and interactions with ads or website content.

These third-party providers may use their own cookies, identifiers, and tracking technologies, and may combine collected data with other information they have about you.

5. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party tools for hosting, analytics, marketing, maps, form processing, communications, email delivery, advertising, website security, and other business operations. These providers operate under their own privacy policies.

6. Third-Party Reviews and Content

HV Trades may display reviews, ratings, photos, business information, or related content sourced from platforms such as Google Business Profiles or other third-party services. We do not create, control, verify, or guarantee the accuracy, completeness, availability, or reliability of third-party content.

7. Data Security

We implement commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards to help protect information submitted through the website. However, no website, transmission method, database, or online system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

8. Data Retention

We retain information as needed for business, legal, operational, security, recordkeeping, dispute resolution, and compliance purposes.

9. Your Choices

You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information by contacting us, subject to applicable legal, contractual, and operational limitations.

You may also control cookies and tracking technologies through your browser settings or by using opt-out tools provided by third-party platforms such as Google and Meta.

Depending on your location, you may have additional privacy rights under applicable laws, including the right to request information about how your data is used.

10. Children’s Privacy

HV Trades is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

11. No Sale of Personal Information

HV Trades does not sell personal information in the traditional sense. However, when you submit a request for a contractor, your information is shared directly with that contractor as part of the service you are requesting.

12. Geographic Scope

HV Trades operates within the United States. By using this website, you consent to the processing of your information in the United States.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Continued use of the website after updates means you accept the revised policy.

14. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy can be submitted through our contact page.