Privacy Policy and California Privacy Notice
1. Personal Information We Collect
Effective Date: October 7, 2026
Last Updated: October 7, 2026
Alcala Architecture (“Alcala Architecture,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide to us.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, retain, and protect personal information when you visit our website, communicate with us, request information, submit a project inquiry, or otherwise interact with our business.
This policy also describes rights that may be available to California residents under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”).
1. Personal Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following categories of personal information:
Identifiers
Such as your name, postal address, email address, telephone number, IP address, or similar identifiers.
Customer and Project Information
Such as information you provide when requesting architectural services, requesting a consultation, submitting a project inquiry, or communicating with our office.
Commercial Information
Such as records of services requested, projects, proposals, contracts, transactions, or other business interactions with us.
Internet or Electronic Activity
Such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, referring website, dates and times of visits, and interactions with our website.
Professional or Employment Information
Such as company name, occupation, job title, business contact information, or information submitted in connection with employment opportunities.
Geolocation Information
Our website or service providers may derive approximate geographic location from an IP address or device information.
Communications
Information contained in emails, telephone calls, contact forms, project inquiries, or other communications with us.
We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information through our website unless it is reasonably necessary to provide services or you voluntarily provide it to us.
2. Sources of Personal Information
We may collect personal information:
- Directly from you;
- Through forms submitted on our website;
- Through email, telephone, or other communications;
- Automatically through your use of our website;
- From our service providers;
- From business partners, consultants, contractors, or other parties involved with a project;
From publicly available sources..
3. How We Use Personal Information
We may use personal information to:
- Respond to questions, inquiries, and requests;
- Evaluate prospective architectural projects;
- Provide architectural, design, consulting, and related professional services;
- Prepare proposals, agreements, invoices, and project documentation;
- Communicate with clients, prospective clients, consultants, contractors, and vendors;
- Schedule appointments and meetings;
- Operate, maintain, secure, and improve our website;
- Analyze website traffic and usage;
- Detect or prevent fraud, security incidents, or misuse;
- Maintain business and project records;
- Process payments and accounting information;
- Recruit and evaluate potential employees or contractors;
- Comply with legal, regulatory, insurance, professional, or contractual requirements;
- Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
We will not use personal information for materially different purposes without providing appropriate notice when required by law.
4. Cookies and Website Analytics
Our website may use cookies, analytics technologies, pixels, or similar technologies that collect information regarding your browser, device, IP address, and interaction with our website.
These technologies may be used to:
- Keep the website functioning properly;
- Understand how visitors use our website;
- Improve website performance;
- Measure website traffic;
- Protect the website from security threats.
Your browser may allow you to block or delete cookies. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.
5. Disclosure of Personal Information
We may disclose personal information when reasonably necessary to operate our business or provide services.
Recipients may include:
- Website hosting providers;
- Information technology and cybersecurity providers;
- Cloud storage and software providers;
- Email and communications providers;
- Accounting, bookkeeping, and payment providers;
- Architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, and other project professionals;
- Attorneys, accountants, insurers, and other professional advisors;
- Government agencies or regulators when required by law;
- Other parties when necessary to protect our legal rights or the safety and security of our business, clients, or others.
Service providers that process personal information for us are expected to use the information only for authorized business purposes and to protect it appropriately.
6. Sale or Sharing of Personal Information
Alcala Architecture does not sell personal information for monetary consideration.
We do not knowingly sell personal information belonging to individuals under 16 years of age.
Certain website analytics, advertising, or tracking technologies can potentially constitute “sharing” under California privacy law when information is provided to third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising.
[IMPORTANT: This section should be confirmed based on the actual cookies, analytics, advertising tools, and third-party services installed on the Alcala Architecture website.]
7. Global Privacy Control
Where required by applicable law, we recognize qualifying browser-based opt-out preference signals, including the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”), as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information associated with that browser or device.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including providing professional services, maintaining project and business records, complying with professional obligations, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, and meeting legal, tax, accounting, insurance, and regulatory requirements.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
9. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, destruction, loss, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no internet transmission, electronic storage system, or security procedure can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
10. California Privacy Rights
Subject to applicable law and certain exceptions, California residents may have the following rights:
Right to Know
You may request information regarding the personal information we have collected about you, including:
- Categories of personal information collected;
- Categories of sources from which the information was collected;
- Business or commercial purposes for collecting, using, selling, or sharing the information;
- Categories of third parties to whom information was disclosed;
- Categories of personal information sold or shared, if applicable;
- Specific pieces of personal information we maintain about you.
Right to Delete
You may request deletion of personal information we collected from you, subject to exceptions provided by law.
For example, we may retain information when reasonably necessary to complete a transaction, provide requested professional services, comply with legal or professional recordkeeping requirements, maintain security, or establish or defend legal claims.
Right to Correct
You may request that we correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing
If we sell or share personal information as those terms are defined by California law, you may direct us not to sell or share your personal information.
Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information
Where applicable, you may have the right to limit certain uses or disclosures of sensitive personal information.
Right to Non-Discrimination
We will not unlawfully discriminate against you because you exercise a privacy right.
Exercising your rights will not result in unlawful denial of services, different pricing, reduced quality of service, or other discriminatory treatment.
11. Exercising California Privacy Rights
To submit a privacy request, contact us using one of the methods below:
Alcala Architecture
Email: gmalcala@alcalaarchitecture.com
Telephone: (909) 772-8818
Mail: 2994 Rochester Cir, Corona, CA 92879 United States
Please clearly describe your request and provide enough information for us to reasonably identify the records involved.
We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests. Any information provided for verification will be used only for verification and related security purposes.
You may also designate an authorized agent to submit certain requests on your behalf where permitted by law. We may require documentation showing that the agent has authority to act for you.
12. Notice at Collection
At or before the time we collect personal information, we may provide additional notice regarding:
- The categories of personal information being collected;
- The purposes for which the information will be used;
- Whether the information is sold or shared;
- How long the information will be retained or the criteria used to determine the retention period;
- A link to this Privacy Policy.
Information will not be collected or used for materially incompatible purposes without additional notice when required by applicable law.
13. Third-Party Websites
Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties.
We are not responsible for the privacy, security, content, or practices of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of websites you visit.
14. Children's Privacy
Our website and professional services are not directed toward children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 through our website.
If we learn that personal information from a child was collected improperly, we will take appropriate steps to delete it.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our business practices, technologies, services, or applicable laws.
The revised policy will be posted on this page and the “Last Updated” date will be changed accordingly.