This website (https://www.firstframedesign.com) is operated by First Frame Design & Build, a design and build studio based in Gainesville, VA, USA.
You can contact us at info@firstframedesign.com regarding any privacy-related questions or requests.
When you use our contact form to reach us, we collect the information you provide — such as your name, email address, phone number, and message content — solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry.
We do not use this information for marketing purposes and we do not share it with third parties.
If comments are enabled on our website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it. You can view Gravatar’s privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from such images.
Our website may use cookies to enhance your browsing experience.
If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last for one year.
If you log in (where applicable), temporary cookies may be used to manage session and display preferences.
These cookies do not store personal information unless you explicitly provide it.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time.
Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles).
Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited the other website directly — those sites may collect data, use cookies, and track your interaction with that content.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of any third-party websites that may be embedded or linked from ours.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.
However, visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Our website hosting provider may also process technical data such as IP addresses and browser types for security and performance monitoring purposes.
If you leave a comment or submit a form, the data and its metadata are retained indefinitely for administrative and legal purposes.
We may periodically delete older form submissions that are no longer needed.
If you have sent us a message via the contact form, your data may be kept for up to 12 months.
You have the right to:
Request a copy of any personal data we hold about you.
Request correction or deletion of your data.
Withdraw consent to data processing (where applicable).
To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@firstframedesign.com.
We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data, including:
Secure (HTTPS) website connection
Regular software updates
Restricted access to administrative systems
No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, but we make every effort to protect your information.
We process personal data based on one or more of the following legal grounds:
Your consent (e.g., when submitting a contact form)
Legitimate interests (e.g., responding to inquiries or maintaining website functionality)
Legal obligations, where applicable
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, law, or our business operations.
Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last updated” date.
Contact:
📧 info@firstframedesign.com
🏢 Gainesville, VA, USA
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