Privacy Policy

Project Overview

Civil Design Advantage (CDA) Last Updated: 08/25/2026

Who We Are

Civil Design Advantage, LLC (“CDA,” “we,” “us”, or “our”) is a multi-disciplined consulting firm specializing in civil engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, and land planning, located at: 4121 NW Urbandale Drive Urbandale, Iowa 50322. Phone: (515) 369-4400

We operate our website https://www.cda-eng.com (our “Site”). If you have questions about this policy, you can contact us at (515) 36-4400.

Why We Have This Policy

We are committed to being transparent about how we collect and use information from visitors to our Site. This policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, who we share it with, and how long we keep it.

We are also required to maintain this policy by the terms of service of several third-party tools we use on our Site, including Google and Mailgun.

What Information We Collect

Information You Give Us Directly

Contact form. When you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, phone number, and the content of your message.

Job applications. When you submit a job application through our careers page, we collect your name, email address, phone number, cover letter, and resume or CV file. Resumes may contain additional personal information including work history, education history, mailing address, and professional references.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our Site, certain technical information is collected automatically by us and our third-party service providers. This includes your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type and hardware characteristics, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page, the website that referred you to our Site, your browser language setting, and the date and time of your visit.

By default, WordPress (the software that powers our Site) does not collect personal data from visitors on its own; the information described above is collected through the plugins and third-party services listed below.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

Respond to inquiries submitted through our contact form
Process and evaluate job applications
Understand how visitors find and use our Site so we can improve it
Protect our Site and forms from spam and malicious activity
Deliver our Site content reliably to your browser

Third-Party Services We Use

We use the following third-party services on our Site. Each service receives certain visitor data as described below and is governed by its own privacy policy.

Google Analytics (GA4) – We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our Site. When you visit any page on our Site, GA4 automatically collects information including your IP address, device type, operating system, browser, hardware characteristics, the pages you visit, and how you navigate between them. All of this information is transmitted to Google’s servers. Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Google reCAPTCHA – We use Google reCAPTCHA to protect our Site from spam and automated bot activity. reCAPTCHA loads on pages of our Site and collects behavioral and device information which is transmitted to Google’s servers. Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Google Fonts – Our Site uses fonts loaded from Google’s servers. When you visit our Site, your browser requests these font files from Google, which transmits your IP address to Google as part of that process. Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Google Search Console – We use Google Search Console to monitor how our Site appears in Google search results. This service uses data collected by Google through its own search systems; no additional script runs on our Site for this purpose. Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Mailgun (Sinch) – When you submit our contact form or a job application, the information you provide is transmitted through Mailgun’s email delivery service before it reaches our staff. Mailgun receives and temporarily processes all submitted information, including file attachments such as resume uploads. Mailgun acts as a data processor on our behalf. Mailgun Privacy Policy: https://www.mailgun.com/privacy-policy/

How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information to third parties.

We share information only in the following circumstances:

With the third-party service providers listed above who process data on our behalf as part of operating our Site
With our staff members who need access to respond to your contact form inquiry or review your job application

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our Site uses cookies and similar tracking technologies.

Necessary cookies are required for our Site to function and are placed automatically. They do not track you for marketing purposes.
Analytics cookies are placed by Google Analytics and help us understand how visitors use our Site.
Security cookies are used by Google reCAPTCHA to distinguish human visitors from automated bots.

Data Retention

We retain the personal information we collect only for as long as needed to respond to your inquiry, evaluate your job application, or fulfill the purpose for which it was collected. We periodically review and delete older records that are no longer needed. Analytics and server log data are retained in accordance with the default settings of the third-party services described above.

Links to Other Websites

Our Site may contain links to other websites, including social media platforms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourage you to review their privacy policies.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, please contact us:

Civil Design Advantage 4121 NW Urbandale Drive Urbandale, Iowa 50322 Phone: (515) 369-4400