Privacy Policy

Welding Inspector Prep is built to be used without giving up any personal information. We do not run accounts, we do not ask for your email, and we do not set tracking cookies. This policy describes exactly what happens to data when you use the site, and it only describes things we actually do.

Who we are

Welding Inspector Prep is an independent study resource operated by Urban Algorithm LLC. We are the publisher and the data controller for this site. You can reach us through the Urban Algorithm contact page.

What we do not collect

• No user accounts, logins, or profiles.
• No email sign-up, newsletter, or contact form that stores your address.
• No advertising cookies, tracking pixels, or third-party ad networks.
• No sale or sharing of personal information, because we do not hold any.

Analytics and anonymous aggregate statistics

We measure aggregate traffic with Umami, a privacy-focused analytics tool we host ourselves. It is cookieless and collects anonymized data only: it does not set cookies, does not fingerprint you, and does not build a cross-site profile.

Alongside page views, we record anonymous aggregate statistics about how the tools are used, for example the distribution of all-in cost bands the cost calculator produces, which industry people choose in the endorsement recommender, and how far out people are in the recert calculator. Everything sent is banded or bucketed, a cost range rather than your exact total, and carries no account and no identifier, so a single use can never be traced back to you. We use it to see what is working and, over time, to publish honest aggregate benchmarks, never to identify individual visitors. No analytics data is sold or handed to an advertising network.

Your calculator inputs stay on your device

When you use the cost calculator, the endorsement recommender, the recert calculator, or the practice test, the values you enter are processed in your browser and any progress is saved in your browser's own localStorage. That record stays on your device: we never receive your exact numbers or your certification date, there is no account to delete, and there is no server-side copy of your inputs. When you run a calculation we do receive the anonymous banded summary described above (such as a cost band or a route), with no identifier attached. Clearing your browser storage erases the on-device record.

Affiliate links

Some outbound links to third-party resources (for example a code book on a retailer) may be affiliate links, and we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. We disclose these links where they appear. When you click one, the destination site sets its own cookies and applies its own privacy policy, which we do not control. We do not pass any personal information to those partners; a standard referral tag simply tells them the click came from us.

Third-party hosting

Like any website, our host and content-delivery network process the standard server request data (such as your IP address) needed to deliver the page to you. This is ordinary web infrastructure, is not used by us to profile you, and is not combined with any other data about you.

Children

This is a professional certification study resource intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from children, and in fact we do not collect personal information from anyone.

Changes to this policy

If our data practices change, we will update this page and move the effective date above. Because we start from collecting no personal data, any change would only ever be described here in the same plain terms.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Reach the publisher through the Urban Algorithm contact page. Welding Inspector Prep is a project of Urban Algorithm LLC.