PRIVACY POLICY
The Architect's Newspaper, LLC understands that confidential business
information must remain confidential. We are absolutely committed
to keeping your private information private. This Privacy
Statement discloses the information gathering and dissemination
practices we use on the archpaper.com website.
Information Collected
During
the subscription process, our forms require you to provide
contact and profile information. In addition to the information
we obtain at registration, we may ask you for information
at other times. We use customer contact, profile and site
use information to tailor your experience at our site and
to send you communications about our company and our partners.
As described below, you may choose to opt-out of receiving
this information. We may share profile and site use information
with advertisers. Financial information that we collect may
be used to check your qualifications for registration or to
bill you for products and services which you order. We may
supplement the information that you provide to us with information
we receive from third parties.
The Architect's Newspaper, LLC also may occasionally ask you to
provide information to participate in certain services such
as requesting a sample, emailing a document to a colleague,
requesting product information, and creating a sample board.
Finally, The Architect's Newspaper, LLC collects information
about its Members in general, which does not necessarily identify
the Member, by using our server log files.
Information Gathering and Usage
Our website is for use by practicing professionals and designers.
To ensure the quality of data and services we provide, we
must verify that you are who you say you are. When you order
a product or service we use your name, email address, delivery
address, and credit card number and expiration date (or financial
information) as part of a credit check. We use your email
address as a component of our security check - preferably
a company email. We ask for your telephone number to enable
us to contact you if there is a problem with your order or
the delivery of a product or service. In the event you have
asked for the delivery of tangible goods, we may need to share
the telephone number with the carrier delivering the goods.
When you order a product or service from a company linked to the
The Architect's Newspaper, LLC Web site, it may be necessary
for The Architect's Newspaper, LLC to share certain limited
information, such as your IP address, with such company in
order to process and complete your purchase or other transaction.
In such cases, The Architect's Newspaper, LLC shares the minimum
information necessary to complete the transaction and only
shares such information when you make a purchase or engage
in a transaction - not when you simply visit and leave the
other site.
Information Sharing
For the most part, company information that is shared with other
companies is done only upon authorization from your company.
In order to request a sample for example, the manufacturer
must be provided with your company name, contact name, mailing
address, phone number, fax number, and email address. These
are paid services of members is only shared with manufacturers,
vendors, and contractors upon your request.
From time to time, we share aggregated data regarding the Members
and users of our services (for example, the percentage of
our users that are architects). Some of this information may
include the data obtained as described in the "cookies"
section below, but no personally identifiable information
is included in these types of statistics.
If you choose to receive information from companies with which
we have a strategic alliance, The Architect's Newspaper, LLC
(or agents working on behalf of The Architect's Newspaper, LLC and under confidentiality agreements) will send you these
direct mailings. The Architect's Newspaper, LLC will not provide
your information to strategic alliance companies unless it
is necessary to complete a purchase from or transaction with
such company or to provide a co-branded product/service on
The Architect's Newspaper, LLC that you have ordered. This
may be necessary so that the company may process your orders
and ship, supply, maintain, or service the goods or services
that you requested. If you register directly with another
company reached through the The Architect's Newspaper, LLC
site, that company will have control over the information
you provide.
Opt-In
The Architect's Newspaper, LLC follows an "opt-in" policy.
When you register with The Architect's Newspaper, LLC, you
can choose whether you want to receive promotional information
from us or from companies with which we have a strategic alliance.
If you want to receive this information, be sure to indicate
that on your The Architect's Newspaper, LLC registration form.
You also have choices about whether you want to receive this
information when you visit and provide information to other
sites, including sites accessible through The Architect's Newspaper, LLC.
Links
Our site contains links to other sites and information provided
by third-party suppliers. These third party suppliers are
solely responsible for the accuracy of their data and their
sites have separate data collection and privacy policies which
you should review before providing information on these other
sites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of
these other sites.
The Architect's Newspaper, LLC Security Precautions
We use a 24 / 7 monitored security to prevent a breach of security
within our internet servers. While no data transmission across
the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, we strive
to protect your vital information. Your The Architect's Newspaper,
LLC membership profile is password protected so that only
you have access. It may on occasion be necessary for The Architect's
Newspaper, LLC employees or contractors working on behalf of
The Architect's Newspaper, LLC to have access to your profile
to provide you with support or to perform certain maintenance
tasks. This access happens on an as-needed basis only.
We recommend that you do not divulge your password to anyone.
Also remember to sign out of your The Architect's Newspaper,
LLC account and close your browser window when you have finished
your work. Unfortunately, we cannot ensure or warrant the
security of any information you transmit to us or within our
online products or services.
Data storage
Company and personal data submitted to The Architect's Newspaper, LLC
is processed and stored in the United States where our hosting,
services, and corporate offices currently reside. In the future,
data may also be processed and stored in other countries when
our services are being provided outside the United States.
Changes
If we change our Privacy Statement, we will post the changes
here so that you will always know the information we gather
and how we use and disclose this information. Ultimately,
you are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your passwords
and your profile. Please be careful and responsible whenever
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