Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 4, 2026

1. Information We Collect

RampWarden may collect information that you provide voluntarily and information collected automatically when you use the website.

2. Information You Provide Voluntarily

You may provide information when you:

• Submit a contact form or send an email.
• Sign up for updates or announcements.
• Use the aircraft tie-down rope calculator.
• Submit custom aircraft information.
• Provide calculator feedback, lab observations, or product feedback.
• Participate in a pilot program, survey, or similar RampWarden activity.

This information may include your name, email address, aircraft type, aircraft geometry, ramp configuration, rope selections, knot selections, snubber selections, calculator inputs, comments, and other information you choose to provide.

3. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit RampWarden.com, certain information may be collected automatically through hosting logs, cookies, analytics tools, or similar technologies. This may include IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, referring website, approximate location, date and time of visit, website usage data, and calculator usage events.

4. Calculator Data

RampWarden may collect calculator inputs and results to improve the calculator, identify errors, understand common aircraft configurations, improve educational content, and support future product development. Calculator data may include aircraft type, custom aircraft name, aircraft geometry, ramp layout, knot selections, rope length outputs, snubber selections, and related calculation inputs.

Do not submit information through the calculator or forms that you consider confidential, proprietary, or sensitive.

5. How We Use Information

RampWarden may use collected information to:

• Operate, maintain, and improve the website.
• Improve the aircraft tie-down rope calculator.
• Respond to user messages and inquiries.
• Develop educational articles, charts, videos, and lab content.
• Analyze website usage and calculator performance.
• Prioritize lab testing, product concepts, and website improvements.
• Send updates if you have signed up to receive them.
• Maintain website security and prevent misuse.
• Comply with legal obligations.

6. Cookies and Analytics

RampWarden may use cookies, analytics scripts, or similar technologies to understand website traffic, improve performance, measure page usage, and analyze how visitors use the site. The website currently includes Google Analytics / Google tag code. Google and other analytics providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and settings.

You can usually control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect some website features or analytics functionality.

7. Email Communications

If you provide your email address, RampWarden may use it to respond to your inquiry or send updates you requested. You may unsubscribe from marketing or update emails at any time by using the unsubscribe instructions in the email or by contacting RampWarden directly.

8. How We Share Information

RampWarden does not sell personal information in the ordinary sense. RampWarden may share information with service providers that help operate the website, including hosting providers, analytics providers, email service providers, form tools, website security tools, and payment processors if products or paid services are offered in the future.

RampWarden may also disclose information if required by law, legal process, or to protect rights, safety, security, property, users, or the website.

9. Third-Party Services and Links

RampWarden may use or link to third-party services such as YouTube embeds, Google Analytics, email platforms, form tools, payment processors, affiliate networks, manufacturer websites, or social media platforms. These third parties may collect information according to their own privacy policies. RampWarden is not responsible for third-party privacy practices.

10. Affiliate Links and Product Links

RampWarden may use affiliate links or product links in the future. Affiliate networks and retailers may collect information when you click a link or make a purchase. Those activities are governed by the applicable third party’s privacy policy and terms.

11. Data Retention

RampWarden keeps information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Calculator submissions, contact form submissions, and custom aircraft submissions may be retained to improve the website, calculator, research, educational content, and product development.

12. Your Privacy Choices

Depending on your location, you may have rights to request access to personal information, request correction of personal information, request deletion of personal information, opt out of certain data uses, or withdraw consent for certain communications. To make a privacy request, contact RampWarden using the email address below.

13. Children’s Privacy

RampWarden is intended for adults, pilots, aircraft owners, aviation students, ramp personnel, and aviation professionals. The website is not directed to children under 13, and RampWarden does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

14. Data Security

RampWarden uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect information. However, no website, server, email system, database, or transmission method is completely secure. You use the website at your own risk.

15. International Visitors

RampWarden is based in the United States. If you access the website from outside the United States, your information may be processed in the United States or other countries where RampWarden service providers operate.

16. Updates to This Privacy Policy

RampWarden may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Your continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Privacy Policy.

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