Privacy Statement

Last Updated: September 8, 2026This Privacy Statement explains how MKM & Associates Structural Engineering ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares information when you visit mkmassociates.com or contact us through our website.If anything here is unclear, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights described below, email us at info@mkmassociates.com or call (707) 578-8185.

Quick Summary

Who we are: A structural engineering firm based in Rohnert Park, California.What we collect: Contact and project information you provide when you submit a form on our website. Our website also loads a small number of tools from outside providers, and those providers receive your IP address and the page you are viewing.How we use it: To respond to your inquiry, discuss potential projects, and communicate with you about work we perform.What we do not do: We do not sell your personal information. We do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not run analytics or advertising trackers on this website.Your control: A consent banner on our website lets you choose which non-essential tools are allowed to load. You can change that choice at any time. We honor the Global Privacy Control signal.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide Directly

When you submit our project inquiry form or otherwise contact us through the website, we collect the information you choose to provide. This typically includes your name, email address, phone number, and details about the project you are asking about.If you contact us about employment, we collect the information you provide in that communication.

Information Collected Automatically

Our website is built on the Squarespace platform. When you visit, certain information is handled automatically in order for the site to function and to protect it against abuse, including your IP address, browser type, and device type. The platform’s built-in visitor analytics has been turned off, so visits are not recorded or reported for analytics purposes.Our website also loads content and functionality from a small number of outside providers. When those load, the provider receives your IP address and information about the page you are viewing. Section 4 lists these providers.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information described above to:Respond to inquiries you send usDiscuss, scope, and perform engineering workCommunicate with you about projects, scheduling, and billingProtect our website against spam and abuseMeet our legal, professional, and record-keeping obligations

3. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.We share information only in these circumstances:Service providers. Companies that help us operate our website and our business, including our website platform and our email provider. These providers are permitted to use the information only to provide services to us.Professional advisors. Our attorneys, accountants, and insurers, where necessary.Legal requirements. Where we are required to disclose information by law, subpoena, or court order, or where disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or the safety of others.Business transfer. If our business is sold or merged, information may transfer as part of that transaction.

4. Cookies and Outside Providers

Our website uses cookies and loads resources from providers outside our own website. We use a consent management platform that holds non-essential items until you make a choice.

Always Active

The following are necessary for the website to function, appear correctly, or be protected against abuse. They load regardless of your consent choice, and the providers receive your IP address when they do.

  • Squarespace — our website platform. Sets a session cookie necessary for the site and its forms to work securely. The platform’s built-in visitor analytics has been turned off.

  • Google reCAPTCHA — spam protection on our project inquiry form. Google receives information about your visit when this loads. Without it, our form would be unusable due to automated submissions.

  • Google Fonts — typefaces used in the site design.jsDelivr, Spark Plugin, Code and Tonic, Square Refresh, and Cloudflare CDN — code libraries and display components that our site's layout, navigation, and formatting depend on. These do not collect information for advertising or analytics purposes.

  • Cookiebot — the consent management platform itself, which records your consent choice.

Requires Your Consent

  • Google Maps — the maps on our contact page. These do not load until you allow them. If you decline, the maps are not displayed. Our office addresses and phone numbers remain on that page either way.You can change your choice at any time using the consent control on our website or through our Your Privacy Choices page. Our Cookie Statement lists the individual cookies in use, what they do, and how long they last.

5. How Long We Keep Your Information

We keep project inquiries and client records for as long as necessary to perform the work, meet our professional and legal record-keeping obligations, and resolve any disputes. Inquiries that do not become projects are kept for a reasonable period and then deleted.

6. How We Protect Your Information

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards to protect the information we hold. Our website is served over an encrypted connection. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Children's Privacy

Our website is directed to businesses and property owners. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

8. California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, the following applies to you.

Categories of Information We Collect

In the past 12 months we have collected the following categories of personal information:Identifiers — name, email address, phone number, IP address.

  • Customer records — contact and billing information for clients.

  • Commercial information — records of services provided.Internet or network activity — technical request information necessary to serve and secure the website.Geolocation data — approximate location derived from IP address, at the city or region level only.

  • Professional information — business name, role, and project details you share with us.We do not collect biometric information, precise geolocation, or sensitive personal information as defined by California law.

Sources and Purposes

We collect this information directly from you when you contact us, and automatically through our website as described in Section 1. We use it for the purposes described in Section 2.

Sale and Sharing

We do not sell personal information, and we have not sold personal information in the past 12 months. We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Your Rights

Right to know what personal information we have collected about you, where it came from, why we collected it, and who we shared it with.Right to delete personal information we have collected from you, subject to exceptions for records we are required to keep.Right to correct inaccurate personal information.Right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. As stated above, we do not sell or share personal information.Right to limit the use of sensitive personal information. We do not collect sensitive personal information.Right to non-discrimination for exercising any of these rights.

How to Exercise Your Rights

Email info@mkmassociates.com or call (707) 578-8185. We will verify your identity before responding, typically by confirming information we already have on file. You may use an authorized agent, in which case we will require written proof of their authority.We respond to verified requests within 45 days. If we need more time, we will tell you why and how much longer we need.

9. Global Privacy Control

Global Privacy Control (GPC) is a signal your browser or a browser extension can send that communicates your privacy preference automatically. Our website detects the GPC signal and applies it to your consent settings, so you do not have to make the choice manually.Our website does not respond to Do Not Track signals, because no common industry standard for interpreting them has been adopted.

10. Other State Privacy Laws

Residents of other states with comprehensive privacy laws may have similar rights to those described in Section 8. If you are a resident of such a state and would like to exercise those rights, contact us using the information below and we will respond in accordance with applicable law.

11. Updates to This Statement

We may update this Privacy Statement as our website or practices change. The date at the top reflects the most recent revision. Material changes will be noted on this page.

12. Contact Us

MKM & Associates Structural Engineering
5880 Commerce Boulevard
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
info@mkmassociates.com
(707) 578-8185

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