Privacy Policy
Bergland + Cram ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This policy explains what information this website collects, how it is used, who it is shared with, and the choices you have.
This website is hosted by Squarespace. Except where noted below, Squarespace is the only service provider that receives information from this site.
Information collected automatically when you visit
This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal information when you visit this website, including:
* Information about your browser, network, and device
* Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
* Web pages you view while on this website
* Your IP address
Squarespace needs this data to run this website and to protect and improve its platform and services. You can read more about how Squarespace uses this data in the [Squarespace Privacy Policy](https://www.squarespace.com/privacy).
Analytics
This website collects personal information to power our site analytics, including:
* Information about your browser, network, and device
* Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website
* Your IP address
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:
* Clicks
* Internal links
* Pages visited
* Scrolling
* Searches
* Timestamps
We provide this information to Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity. Analytics collection takes place only after you acknowledge our cookie banner.
Cookies and similar technologies
This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app.
*Necessary and required cookies are always used.** These allow Squarespace, our hosting platform, to securely serve this website to you.
*Analytics and performance cookies** are used on this website only when you acknowledge our cookie banner. This website uses analytics and performance cookies to view site traffic, activity, and other data.
You can review or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Blocking necessary cookies may prevent parts of this website from working correctly.
Information you provide through forms
When you submit information to this website via a webform, we collect the data requested in the webform in order to track and respond to your submissions. This may include your name, email address, phone number, and any details you choose to include in your message.
We provide this information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so that they can provide website services to us and help us manage our relationship with you. Form submissions are stored within the Squarespace platform and delivered to our staff by email.
Employment inquiries
If you contact us about employment, we collect the information you choose to send us, which may include your name, contact information, resume, portfolio, and work history. We use this information solely to evaluate your interest in working with us and to communicate with you about opportunities.
Fonts
This website serves font files from and renders fonts using Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, these third parties may receive personal information about you, including:
* Information about your browser, network, or device
* Information about this site and the page you are viewing on it
* Your IP address
Email communications
We may email you in response to an inquiry you submit, or about a project or business relationship. We provide your contact information to Squarespace, our website hosting provider, so they can send these emails to you on our behalf.
Links to other websites
This website contains links to third-party websites and social media profiles, including Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Houzz, and Google Maps. Clicking those links takes you off this website. We do not control those services, and their own privacy policies govern any information they collect from you. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any site you visit.
What we do not do
* We do not sell your personal information.
* We do not share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising or targeted advertising.
* We do not use third-party advertising pixels, session recording tools, or chat analytics on this website.
* We do not use your information to build advertising profiles.
How we use your information
We use the information described above to:
* Operate, secure, and maintain this website
* Respond to inquiries and requests you submit
* Understand how visitors use our website so we can improve it
* Evaluate employment inquiries
* Comply with legal obligations
Retention
We keep form submissions and related correspondence for as long as needed to respond to your inquiry and to maintain a record of our business communications, unless you ask us to delete it sooner. Analytics data is retained according to Squarespace platform defaults.
Security
We rely on Squarespace's platform security, including SSL encryption for data transmitted to and from this website. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Children's privacy
This website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us information, contact us and we will delete it.
Your privacy rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you, request correction or deletion of that information, or opt out of certain processing. Residents of Iowa, California, and other states with comprehensive privacy laws may have these rights under applicable state law.
To make a request, contact us using the information below. We will not discriminate against you for exercising these rights. We may need to verify your identity before responding.
Cookie choices and browser signals
You can decline non-essential cookies through the cookie banner shown when you first visit this website, and you can change your choice by clearing this site's cookies in your browser. This website does not currently respond to Do Not Track browser signals.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The revised version will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date.
Contact us
Bergland + Cram Architects
115 South Delaware Avenue
Mason City, Iowa 50401
641.423.6349
