Privacy policy

Last updated: October 20, 2026

Summary

• The calculators run entirely in your browser. The measurements you type are never sent to a server.
• There are no accounts, sign-up forms or newsletters on this site.
• The site shows ads from Google AdSense, which uses cookies. The details and your choices are explained below.

Information the site collects

Yardstick does not ask for, store or sell personal information. The site is hosted on Cloudflare, which processes technical data such as your IP address, browser type and the page requested in order to deliver the site and protect it from abuse. See the Cloudflare privacy policy for details.

Advertising and cookies

This site uses Google AdSense to show ads. In particular:

• Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info.
• Google explains how it uses data from sites that use its services in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, a consent message from Google asks for your choice before personalized ads or advertising cookies are used. You can change your choice at any time from the privacy and cookie settings link shown by that message.

Children

This site is meant for adults planning home projects and is not directed at children under 13.

Changes to this policy

If the way the site handles data changes, for example by adding analytics, this page will be updated and the date above will change.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to hello@yardstick.site.