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Accessibility Policy

Do you need assistance accessing something on this website? Please don’t hesitate to email at Contact@McDonaldRemodels.com

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At McDonaldRemodels.com, we’re committed to accessibility. It is our policy to ensure that persons with disabilities have a full and equal access to our digital offerings.

 

ThisWebsite.com strives to meet the following accessibility standards: Web Accessibility Standards (WAS) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 AA to ensure our digital offerings are ADA Compliant.

 

Here are just some of the many ways that McDonaldRemodels.com is accessible and meets the above accessibility standards:

 

  • Descriptive alt text is assigned to every meaningful image where possible

  • Our website is navigable without a mouse, by keyboard only

  • We provide a text transcript for all video and audio

  • Audios and videos are activated by your choice, no auto-plays

  • No pop-ups have been installed

  • Page names are consistent throughout the site

  • We ensure all text to background color contrast is better than a 4.5:1 ratio

  • A consistent and predictable layout is maintained throughout our website

  • A sitemap is provided on a separate page
     

To ensure McDonaldRemodels.com is accessible, we have taken the following steps:
 

  • We have reviewed WACG 2 Level AA standards and incorporated requirement where needed.
     

  • We have reviewed this webhost’s recommendations at https://support.wix.com/en/article/checklist-for-improving-your-sites-accessibility
     

  • We have consulted with a Wix website designer to further understand requirements and standards on best practices in web accessibility
     

  • We give every effort in staying informed on evolving requirements and ADA law.
     

  • When new pages or content is added to the site, a knowledgeable Wix website designer is consulted to ensure WACG standards continue to be met.
     

  • We invite feedback from all users of our website to improve accessibility.

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Through our genuine and good faith commitment and devotion to accessibility, we believe we meet if not exceed the access requirements imposed by Title I, II, & III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 & 508 of the Rehabilitation Act where applicable to our business and website.

 

McDonaldRemodels.com is committed to accessibility and we are always seeking to improve. If you know of a way we can improve, we’d love to hear more. You can email us at Contact@McDonaldRemodels.com.

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Mutual Indemnification

 

Visitors to this website, owners, designers, and webhost of this website hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold the other Parties, consultants, contractors (collectively, “Representatives”) harmless from and against any and all damages or other amounts payable to a Third Party claimant, as well as any attorneys’ fees, court costs, and costs of litigation (collectively, “Damages”) arising out of or resulting from any claim, suit, proceeding or cause of action (each, a “Claim”) brought by a Third Party against a Party or its Representatives based on:

 

(a) inadvertent violation of ADA accessibility standards,

(b) website coding inability to provide accessibility accommodation,

(c) breach of any representation or warranty by the website owners, designers and webhost striving to comply with ADA accessibility standards

(d) breach of any other applicable Law by such Indemnifying Party, or

(e) gross negligence or willful misconduct by any Indemnifying Party, its Affiliates, or their respective employees, contractors or agents.

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Privacy Policies

Nate and Sarah McDonald operate McDonald & Co, found online at McDonaldRemodels.com.  We comply with all applicable local, state, and federal laws, and internet regulations pertinent to the safeguarding of website visitor privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.  We protect your privacy as we would our own and promise not to rent or sell any personally-identifying information to anyone.

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Website Visits and Contact Form Data

 

As is standard internet functionality practice, McDonald & Co's website host, Wix,  collects and aggregates non-personally-identifying information when you visit this site, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, general geographic location (state & country), and the date and time of each visit. The purpose of collecting this data is to help us know how the public uses our website and which areas of service are of most interest. This data is stored and maintained on the Wix hosting platform where it is available to Wix technical staff, Nate and Sarah McDonald, and their website designer, De*WritSites.com for improving search engine  optimization. This data does not identify visitors by name or street address.

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McDonald & Co also collects and stores the name, email, phone number, and message content of persons using the contact and quote forms. This data allows us to respond to your questions and requests for services. This information is purged from the Wix system once a year, but may be maintained offline in the McDonald & Co offices as required by law.

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Sensitive information such as your project address, project specs and estimates, contracts, and financial information is never requested online, but is kept offline in the McDonald & Co offices, in Snohomish, WA.  Client name, phone, address, and contract information as necessary for subcontractors or employees of McDonald & Co to complete a job may be shared as needed. However, no personal, private, or sensitive information about clients that McDonald & Co may learn during the completion of a project is ever discussed with anyone but the client, subcontractor or employees of McDonald & Co, except as may be required by law in the circumstance of a contract dispute. Identifying information may be disclosed on the advice of our attorneys when required by a subpoena, court order, or other appropriate governmental request, or in a good faith effort to protect the rights and reputation of McDonald & Co, legal authorities, or the public at large.

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McDonald & Co takes all reasonable administrative steps to protect your data against unauthorized access, alteration, destruction. If you have concerns about this, please contact us by phone at 425-422-7237.

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Cookies

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A cookie is a code string of information that is created the first time you visit any website. Cookies are stored by your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc)  and possibly by your computer to allow you faster access to website you wish to re-visit. Cookies also help website owners to see how the public in general is visiting their website, and which pages are of interest. If you do not want cookies  placed on your computer, you can set your browsers to refuse and/or delete them. Refusing cookies may cause the website to not function fully or properly on your devices. 

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Testimonials and Project Photos

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At your sole discretion, you may submit a short testimonial about your experience with McDonald & Co for use on our website.  Additionally, you may submit a testimonial directly on our Facebook page, and suggest that we post that content or a portion thereof on the website. In such uses, your full name will be used to authenticate the testimonial. You may request that your testimonial be removed from the website or our Facebook page at any time, if privacy  about your comments becomes a concern.

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During the work on your project, we may take photos to document the job in progress, and of its completed state.  McDonald & Co reserves the right to publish these photos on Facebook, Instagram, and this website, when doing so highlights our work but does not identify your location nor depict any possessions that may be best kept out of the public eye, such as artwork and other high value items. You have the right to request that we do not publish any photos that may be taken to document the project. 

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Privacy Policy Changes

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McDonald & Co reserves the right and responsibility to change its Privacy Policies from time to time as required by industry standards or by law. We encourages you to check this page occasionally for such changes. Every visit of this website constitutes an implied acceptance of the stated policies at the time of each visit. 

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