Last Updated: September 13, 2026
ERT respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide to us.
ERT is an environmental inspection, testing, and consulting company serving residential and commercial clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Our website is www.ertbayarea.com.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, and how we protect it when you visit our website, contact us, or retain ERT for professional services.
When you contact ERT, request pricing, schedule an inspection, submit an inquiry, or retain us for services, we may collect information such as:
We collect this information primarily so that we can respond to your inquiry, provide requested services, prepare proposals and reports, communicate laboratory results, process payments, and maintain appropriate business and project records.
Environmental consulting services frequently require information regarding a specific property or project.
This may include property addresses, photographs, inspection observations, sampling locations, laboratory results, construction information, environmental conditions, correspondence, and other information necessary to perform and document our services.
ERT uses this information for legitimate business purposes associated with the inspection, testing, consulting, reporting, and recordkeeping services requested by our clients.
If you pay ERT electronically or by credit card, certain financial or transaction information may be processed by a third-party payment processor.
Depending on the payment method used, ERT may receive transaction information necessary to document and process your payment but may not receive or retain your complete credit card or financial account information.
Third-party payment processors maintain their own privacy and security policies.
Like most websites, certain technical information may be collected automatically when you visit the ERT website.
This information may include:
This information may be used to maintain website functionality, understand how visitors use our website, improve our services, evaluate website performance, and protect against security threats.
The ERT website may use cookies and similar technologies to help the website function properly, remember visitor preferences, and understand how visitors interact with the site.
We may also use third-party website hosting or analytics services that collect limited technical information about website activity.
You can generally control or disable cookies through your web browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some websites.
ERT may use information we collect to:
ERT does not collect personal information simply for the purpose of accumulating or reselling consumer data.
ERT does not sell personal information for monetary compensation as part of our business operations.
Information may, however, be provided to third parties when reasonably necessary to provide our services. These parties may include:
We may also disclose information when required by law, subpoena, court order, regulatory requirement, or when reasonably necessary to protect our legal rights or the safety and security of others.
Environmental laboratory reports and project documentation may contain client names, property addresses, project numbers, sampling information, and other information necessary to properly identify and document the project.
ERT may occasionally receive information about you or your property from third parties, such as property owners, real estate professionals, contractors, property managers, attorneys, laboratories, or other parties involved with a project.
We may combine that information with information provided directly by you when necessary to perform our services.
ERT may retain project records, reports, laboratory results, correspondence, invoices, photographs, and related information for legitimate business, professional, regulatory, insurance, recordkeeping, or legal purposes.
Information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for these purposes or as otherwise required by law.
ERT takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal and project information from unauthorized access, misuse, loss, or disclosure.
However, no electronic transmission, email system, website, or data-storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users should therefore exercise reasonable care when transmitting sensitive information electronically.
ERT's website and professional services are intended for adults and businesses seeking environmental consulting services.
We do not knowingly solicit or collect personal information from children. If we become aware that personal information from a child has been submitted improperly, we will take reasonable steps to delete it when appropriate.
The ERT website may contain links to government agencies, laboratories, professional organizations, reference materials, or other third-party websites.
ERT is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of websites operated by third parties. We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of those websites separately.
California law provides consumers with certain privacy protections. Depending upon the law applicable to a particular business or transaction, California residents may have rights concerning access to, correction of, deletion of, or information regarding the use of their personal information.
If you have questions regarding personal information maintained by ERT or would like to request access, correction, or deletion of information where applicable, please contact us.
Certain information may need to be retained for legitimate business, contractual, regulatory, insurance, legal, or recordkeeping purposes even after a deletion request is received.
ERT will not discriminate against an individual for exercising privacy rights available under applicable California law.
ERT may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services, website practices, technology, or applicable laws.
When changes are made, the revised policy will be posted on this website with an updated revision date.
If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, the information ERT collects, or the way your information is used, please contact us at:
ERT
San Jose, California
Email: info@ertbayarea.com
Website: www.ertbayarea.com