At The Solo Architect, accessible from https://thesoloarchitect.com/, one of the main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This policy describes how we collect, store, use, and protect your personal information. You accept this policy and agree to such collection, storage, and use when you sign up or purchase or use products, services, or any other features that we offer when you access our website. We may change this policy at any time by posting a new version on our website, and it will be valid as soon as it is posted.

This Privacy Policy document contains types of information collected and recorded by The Solo Architect and how we use it.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities. It is valid for visitors to our website regarding the information they shared and/or collected in The Solo Architect. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
We may change this policy at any time by posting a new version on our website, and it will be valid as soon as it is posted.

Information we collect

The personal information you are asked to provide and the reasons you are asked to provide it will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you, such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

When you register for an account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.

How we use your information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

  • Provide, operate and maintain our website
  • Improve, personalize, and expand our website
  • Understand and analyze how you use our website
  • Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website and for marketing and promotional purposes
  • Send you emails 
  • Find and prevent fraud, prohibited and/or illegal activities.
  • Process transactions and send notifications about your transactions.

Log Files

The Solo Architect follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and are a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any personally identifiable information. The information aims to analyze trends, administer the site, track users’ movement on the website, and gather demographic information.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Cookies And Web Beacons

Like any other website, The Solo Architect uses ‘cookies.’ These cookies store information, including visitors’ preferences and the website pages that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

We will also set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices when you log in. Log in cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. The login cookies will be removed when you log out of your account.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles from this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website.

The websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long do we retain your data?

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profiles. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

How long do we retain your data?

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of The Solo Architect.

Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons used in their respective advertisements and links on The Solo Architect, which are sent directly to the user’s browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or personalize the advertising content you see on websites you visit.

Note that The Solo Architect has no access to or control these cookies that third-party advertisers use.

Third-Party Privacy Policies

The Solo Architect’s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about opting out of specific options.

You can choose to disable cookies through your browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found on their respective websites.

GPDR Data Protection Rights

We want to make sure you are fully aware of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – Under certain conditions, you have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data collected to another organization or directly to you under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you want to exercise any of these rights, don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

Online Privacy Policy Only

This privacy policy applies only to our online activities. It is valid for visitors to our website regarding the information they shared and/or collected in The Solo Architect. This policy does not apply to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.