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SAH Archipedia™ is a registered trademark of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) and its content is copyrighted © 2013-2023 Society of Architectural Historians. SAH owns and retains all rights to the essays and building entries produced in SAH Archipedia™.  SAH Archipedia™ is an educational resource and no part of it may be used for commercial purposes. Material in SAH Archipedia™ may not be reproduced without written permission from SAH. Contact info@sah.org for permissions requests.

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Privacy Policy

The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) and University of Virginia Press respect the privacy of visitors to its SAH Archipedia™ website. This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected or submitted on the SAH Archipedia™, and is made in the light of the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in order to alert you to the practices which govern the processing of your data. To protect your privacy, SAH Archipedia™ has implemented the following policy.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

We collect the following information from people visiting the website:

  • - Personal information you voluntarily submit via our online feedback form
  • - Information relating to user demographics on how people use the site

SAH Archipedia™ does not collect any personal information from users browsing its website. SAH Archipedia™ collects only aggregated data—such as statistical (e.g., number of page views) or demographic (e.g., country of user) data. This information is used to provide better content and service to our website users.

HOW DO WE COLLECT THE INFORMATION?

We collect information about users of the SAH Archipedia™ website in the following ways:

  • - Cookies

Cookies

We use small data files stored on your computer called ‘cookies,’ which help us improve your website experience. Cookies are files that contain information created by a web server that can be stored on a User's hard disk for use either during a particular session ("per-session" cookie) or for future use ("persistent" cookie). SAH Archipedia™ uses cookies only to facilitate automated activity and review navigation patterns. Cookies are not used to disseminate significant information about Users over the Internet or to analyze any information that Users have knowingly or unknowingly provided.

SAH Archipedia™ uses Google Analytics to gain insights to how visitors use the site and to improve the functionality of the site. Users who don’t want their data collected with Google Analytics can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-onSee “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.”

HOW DO WE USE THE INFORMATION?

Information we collect is used to:

  • - Improve the content and design of the website
  • - Measure marketing activities
  • - Distribute news and opportunity submissions via the website (information voluntarily submitted to the website via online forms)

Data SAH Archipedia™collects is used only to help us better serve our website users. It is our general policy to collect and store only personal information that our visitors knowingly provide. If our Privacy Policy changes, we will notify all users by email.

WHAT PRIVACY ISSUES ARISE WITH LINKS TO OTHER SITES?

This website contains links to other sites. SAH Archipedia™ has no control over and is not responsible for the privacy policies or content of such sites. If you visit another website from this one, please read the privacy policy on that website if you want to know how it uses your information.

HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns about our Privacy Policy, please contact us by emailing to info@sah.org or by calling 312-573-1365.

(Privacy Policy updated June 29, 2020)

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