Last updated: 27 October 2026
Who we are
Top Metal Buildings provides metal home, barndominium and steel building information at https://topmetalbuildings.com/. In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Top Metal Buildings.
This policy explains how information is handled when you browse the website, leave a comment, contact us or interact with advertising. For privacy questions or requests, message Top Metal Buildings through our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/topmetalbuildings/. Facebook and Messenger are provided by Meta and are subject to Meta’s privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/. Please do not include sensitive personal information in a public comment.
Information you give us
Our contact form asks for your name, email address and message, and includes a checkbox agreeing to be contacted. We use the information you submit to respond to your inquiry and handle the matters you raise. The Contact page also links to our Facebook page. If you contact us through Facebook or Messenger, Meta also handles information under its own privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/.
When you leave a comment, we collect the information entered in the comment form, together with technical information such as your IP address and browser information used for comment moderation and spam detection. Your published comment, display name and any website link or profile image displayed with it can be seen by other visitors. Your email address is not displayed as part of the standard public comment.
Our comment system uses Gravatar to display avatars. A hashed identifier derived from your email address may be sent to Gravatar to look up an associated profile image. A hash is not a guarantee of anonymity. Gravatar is provided by Automattic; its privacy information is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Technical information and cookies
When your browser requests a page or an advertisement, the receiving servers receive information needed to deliver it, including your IP address and browser details. Cookies are small files stored by your browser. Similar technologies can also store information on your device or recognize your browser.
The website uses WordPress. If you choose to save your details when commenting, comment cookies can remember your name, email address and website so that you do not have to enter them again. WordPress also uses cookies for signed-in users, including authentication and display preferences. These functions are separate from advertising cookies.
Google Analytics
The site includes Google Analytics tags to measure website use. Google Analytics can use cookies or similar identifiers and information about pages visited, browser and device characteristics and interactions to produce website usage reports. Google explains its data practices at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en. A browser opt-out add-on is available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Google AdSense and advertising
We display advertisements using Google AdSense. Google and other participating advertising providers can use cookies to choose ads using information about previous visits to this website and other websites. Google's advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to personalize ads using activity across sites.
Advertising services may receive IP addresses, browser or device information, identifiers and information about page visits or ad interactions to deliver and measure advertising and help detect invalid traffic. Google's information about its use of data from partner sites is at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites, and its privacy policy is at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
You can manage Google's personalized advertising at https://www.google.com/settings/ads. You can also visit https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ for choices offered by participating third-party advertisers. These tools do not necessarily stop all advertising or all cookies.
Your cookie and advertising choices
Your browser settings generally let you delete or block cookies. Blocking cookies may affect website features, and choices may need to be made again after deleting cookies or changing browsers or devices.
Fonts and other website content
The site loads fonts from Google Fonts. Requests for those resources send technical information, such as your IP address and browser details, to Google. Google’s privacy policy is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Our articles and pages link to other websites, including Facebook and building-related resources. When you follow a link, the destination website's privacy practices apply. If a page loads content supplied by another website, that provider can receive technical information about the request and may use its own cookies or similar technologies. Interacting with that content may also be associated with your account with that provider if you are signed in.
How information is used and shared
Information submitted through the site is used to handle inquiries, publish and moderate comments, and operate the website. Information handled by advertising services is used as described above. Published comments are public; advertising and embedded-content providers may receive information directly from your browser.
How long information is kept
We delete contact messages and comments after seven days. This period applies to the messages and comments we hold, not to information retained independently by Facebook, Google or other service providers under their own policies.
Your privacy requests
You can use the contact details above to ask about information associated with your messages or comments, or to request access, correction or deletion. Depending on where you live and the laws that apply, you may have additional rights, such as obtaining a copy of your information, objecting to certain uses, restricting processing, withdrawing consent or complaining to a privacy regulator. We may need information to verify your identity and locate the relevant records. Some information may need to be retained where applicable law permits or requires it.
Security
No website, transmission method or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure. Avoid sending passwords, payment-card details or other sensitive information through comments or ordinary contact messages.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy to reflect changes in the website or its information practices.