Privacy Policy
We are committed to protecting your personal data and being transparent about how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit or make a purchase on our website.
Who We Are
Our website address is https://sarchitectonics.shop. S. Architectonics is an online destination for expertly crafted architectural drawings and house plans, serving clients primarily in Kenya and beyond.
Data Collection for E-commerce
When you make a purchase through our site, we collect personal data required to process your order. This includes your name, billing and shipping address, payment information, and order details.
| Data Type | Why We Collect It | Retention |
|---|---|---|
| Name & contact details | Order fulfilment & communication | Duration of legal obligation |
| Billing & shipping address | Delivery & invoice generation | Duration of legal obligation |
| Payment information | Transaction processing | Not stored — processed by payment provider |
| Order history | Customer support & refunds | 7 years (legal requirement) |
Analytics & Tracking
We use third-party analytics tools to track and analyse website traffic. These tools may collect data such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited.
This information helps us understand how visitors interact with our site so we can continuously improve our services and user experience. Analytics data is processed in aggregate and is not used to personally identify individual visitors.
Third-Party Services
We may share your data with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you. These providers include payment processors, hosting providers, and analytics platforms.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymised 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 at automattic.com/privacy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies last for one year and are set purely for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.
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.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, and articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves in exactly the same way as if the visitor had visited the other website directly.
These 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 if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. 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.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Children’s Privacy
Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13.
If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal data from a user under the age of 13, we will delete the information immediately. If you believe we may have collected data from a child, please contact us.
Data Security
We take the security of your personal data seriously and implement various technical and organisational measures to protect it from unauthorised access, disclosure, or destruction.
Our Commitment to You
Data Security
We implement technical and organisational measures to keep your personal data safe from unauthorised access or disclosure.
No Data Selling
Your personal data is never sold to third parties. We only share it with service providers who help operate our business, under strict contractual obligations.
Your Control
You can request access to, correction of, or deletion of any personal data we hold about you at any time by contacting our support team.
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