FairWatt by Linkus Energy · Last updated August 8, 2026
The short version, in the same spirit as our pricing: we collect what we need to design your system and get you a quote, we tell you exactly what that is, and we don't sell your information.
What we collect, and why
The address you type — used to look up your roof through Google's Solar API and government (NREL) data so we can build your design and estimate. If you never submit the quote form, your address is used for that lookup and not stored by us.
Your design — system size, panel layout, production and savings estimates. Attached to your quote request so a human can review exactly what you built.
Your usage answers and, if you attach one, your power bill — the home-size, heating, EV, and appliance answers you pick (or the exact kWh figure you type) size your design. Attaching a bill is optional. If you do, the file is stored by Netlify, our forms host, at a long random web address that we link to from your quote request. Be aware of what that means: the file isn't behind a password, so anyone who ends up with that exact link can open it, and a utility bill typically carries your name, service address, account number and a year of usage history. The link isn't published anywhere and isn't guessable, but if you'd rather not have the document out of your hands, skip the upload and just type your annual kWh — the design comes out the same. Ask us to delete it and we delete both the stored file and the quote request that links to it.
Contact details you submit — name, email, and phone (phone is optional and only if you want a call). Used to send your design and locked price, and stored in our customer system so we can follow up on your request.
How you found us — campaign labels (e.g. which ad or search brought you here). If you accept our measurement banner, this also includes advertising click identifiers (Google's gclid, Meta's fbclid) kept for up to 90 days; if you decline, those identifiers are not stored and never attached to your request.
Who it's shared with
Our team — your quote request goes to our sales system (Ridgemont Energy Capital, our operating partner) so someone can prepare your final design.
Service providers — Netlify hosts this site and processes form submissions; Google and NREL APIs process your address to produce the design.
Ad platforms, only with your consent — if you accepted the banner and arrived from an ad, we may report the click identifier back to Google or Meta so they know their ad led to a real request (this is how we measure ads without buying more of them). This is the only thing a privacy law like California's CPRA may treat as "sharing," and you can decline it entirely via the banner.
We do not sell your personal information, and we don't share it with data brokers or lead resellers. Your quote request goes to us, not to "up to four installers."
Your choices and rights
Decline ad measurement — use the Decline button on the banner. The site works identically.
Opt out of sharing / do not sell — use the button below, decline the banner, or send a GPC signal. All three do the same thing.
Access or delete your data — email us and we'll show you what we have or delete it. California residents have these rights under the CPRA; we extend them to everyone regardless of state.
Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
We do not sell your personal information, and we never have. We do “share” it in the specific sense California law means: when you arrive from a Google or Meta ad we can pass an advertising identifier back to that platform so we can tell which ads actually produce customers. California counts that as sharing for cross-context behavioural advertising, so you get to switch it off — and switching it off changes nothing about the site or your quote.
Two ways, both of which work immediately:
This sets a preference in this browser, revokes advertising consent with Google and Meta, and deletes any advertising identifiers already stored here. It applies to this browser on this device — if you use another, set it there too. You can also just decline the banner when it appears; the effect is identical.
We honour Global Privacy Control. If your browser or an extension sends a GPC signal, we treat it as an opt-out automatically — you do not have to click anything, and we will not ask you to reconsider.
California privacy rights
If you live in California, the CCPA as amended by the CPRA gives you the rights below. We extend all of them to everyone, regardless of where you live, because building two standards seemed like the wrong instinct.
Know — what we have collected about you, where it came from, why we collected it, and who we disclosed it to.
Delete — ask us to erase it, including an uploaded power bill at the storage host, not merely the record pointing at it.
Correct — fix anything inaccurate.
Opt out of sale or sharing — the button above, the banner, or a GPC signal.
Limit the use of sensitive personal information — we do not collect any. We do not ask for your government ID, financial account, precise geolocation, race, health, or the contents of your messages. There is nothing here to limit.
Non-discrimination — exercising any of these changes nothing about your price, your design or the service you get. Our price is published; it does not move based on what you let us track.
Categories we collect, in California’s vocabulary: identifiers (name, email, optional phone, property address, IP address); commercial information (your design, the quote you were given); internet activity (which pages you saw, which campaign brought you); and geolocation only at the level of the property address you typed yourself. Categories we disclose: identifiers and internet activity to the advertising platforms named above — and only if you have not opted out. We disclose your contact details and design to our installation partner because someone has to build the system. We do not disclose your power bill to anyone.
How to make a request: email hello@fairwatt.solar and say what you want. We will confirm within 10 business days and respond within 45, which the law lets us extend once if it is genuinely complicated. We may need to verify you are who you say you are — usually by replying from the address you gave us. An authorised agent may act for you with written permission. We do not charge for any of this.
Retention
Advertising attribution expires after 90 days. Quote requests stay in our customer system until your project is complete or you ask us to delete them. An uploaded power bill is deleted along with the quote request — that means deleting the file at Netlify, not only the record in our system, so the link stops working.