Terms of Use & Privacy Policy

Introduction

Altus Architectural Studios ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or submit inquiries through our contact forms.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By accessing or using our Site, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly to us, including:

• Name and contact information (email address, phone number)
• Company or organization name
• Project details and requirements when you submit our contact form
• Any other information you choose to provide in correspondence

We also automatically collect certain information through analytics tools, including:

• Device and browser type
• IP address (anonymized)
• Pages visited and time spent on our Site
• Referring website addresses
• General geographic location (city/region level)

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Respond to your inquiries and provide requested information about our services
• Communicate with you about potential projects
• Send you updates about our firm, projects, and industry insights (with your consent)
• Analyze website usage to improve our Site and user experience
• Comply with legal obligations
• Protect our rights and prevent fraud

Analytics and Cookies

We use analytics tools to help us understand how visitors use our Site. These tools use cookies to collect information about your use of the Site, including your IP address (anonymized). This information is used to analyze trends, administer the Site, and gather demographic information.

Cookies are small data files stored on your device. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of our Site may not function properly without cookies.

Contact Form Data

When you submit an inquiry through our contact form, your information is securely transmitted and stored. We retain this information for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and maintain records of our communications.

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties except as described in this Privacy Policy.

Data Sharing

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

• With service providers who assist us in operating our Site and conducting our business
• To comply with legal obligations or respond to lawful requests from public authorities
• To protect and defend our rights and property
• With your consent or at your direction

Third-Party Integrations & Social Media

We use third-party platform APIs to manage our company social media presence. These integrations are used solely for publishing company-authored content (articles, images, and updates) to our official business accounts. Our use of these APIs complies with each platform's developer terms and API terms of use.

The platforms and APIs we integrate with include:

• LinkedIn Community Management API — for publishing content to our LinkedIn Company Page, in compliance with the LinkedIn API Terms of Use and LinkedIn Marketing API Terms
• Meta Platform APIs (Facebook Graph API, Instagram Content Publishing API) — for publishing content to our Facebook Page and Instagram Business Account
• Brevo (Sendinblue) API — for sending email newsletters to subscribers who have provided explicit opt-in consent

When we publish content via these APIs, the following data is transmitted to the respective platforms: post text, images, and scheduling metadata. This data is company-authored marketing content. We do not collect, store, or process personal data of individual LinkedIn members, Facebook users, or Instagram users through these integrations.

LinkedIn Data Handling

Our use of the LinkedIn Community Management API is limited to publishing content to our organization's LinkedIn Company Page. We access only our own organization's data (page analytics and post performance metrics). We do not access individual LinkedIn member profiles, connections, or personal data. Specifically:

• LinkedIn member data is never used for advertising, sales, or recruiting purposes
• LinkedIn member data is not exported, transferred, or distributed outside of our application
• LinkedIn member data is not combined with data from third-party sources
• Organization social activity data (post metrics) is retained for no more than 6 weeks, in compliance with LinkedIn's data storage requirements
• Individual member social activity data (comments, reactions, mentions) is cached for no more than 48 hours and then deleted
• All stored LinkedIn data will be deleted within 10 days of a deletion request or termination of our API access

LinkedIn members may revoke our application's access at any time through LinkedIn's Settings > Data Privacy > Third-party applications page. Upon revocation, we will cease accessing the member's data and delete any cached member data within 10 days.

Link Tracking

We use UTM-tagged short links in our social media posts to measure the effectiveness of our content distribution. These links track aggregate click counts and referral sources but do not identify individual users. No personal information is collected through UTM link tracking.

API Credential Security

API credentials, access tokens, and authentication secrets used for these integrations are stored as encrypted environment variables on our hosting infrastructure (Vercel). They are never exposed to end users, embedded in client-side code, or transmitted to unauthorized parties.

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include encryption, secure servers, and access controls.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security of your data.

Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Contact form submissions are typically retained for 3 years unless you request earlier deletion.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• The right to access your personal data
• The right to correct inaccurate data
• The right to request deletion of your data
• The right to restrict or object to processing
• The right to data portability

To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@altusstudios.com. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.

Children's Privacy

Our Site is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have collected information from a child under 13, we will delete that information promptly.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. Your continued use of the Site after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at info@altusstudios.com.