Who We Are
The Arizona Chapter of the American Society of Home Inspectors (AZ ASHI) is a professional organization of licensed and certified home inspectors. Our mission is to connect Arizona homebuyers, sellers, and real estate professionals with trusted inspectors who adhere to the highest standards of practice and ethics.
We take your privacy seriously and are committed to protecting your personal information when you interact with our website.
What Personal Data We Collect and Why
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help detect spam.
An anonymized string (hash) of your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check for a profile picture. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible publicly in the context of your comment. More information about Gravatar’s privacy practices can be found here.
Media
If you upload images, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact Forms
Information submitted through contact forms is used only to respond to your inquiry.
Cookies
When you leave a comment, you can opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These cookies last one year.
Temporary cookies are set when visiting the login page to check if your browser accepts cookies; these are deleted when you close your browser.
Login-related cookies store session and display preferences. Login cookies last two days, screen options cookies last one year, and “Remember Me” extends login for two weeks.
Cookies associated with editing or publishing posts expire after one day and contain no personal data.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the other website directly. These websites may collect data, use cookies, track interactions, and embed third-party tracking.
Analytics
We may collect analytics data to help improve website performance and user experience. All data is anonymized whenever possible.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or share personal data with third parties outside the services necessary to operate our site (e.g., Gravatar, spam detection).
How Long We Retain Your Data
Comments and metadata are retained indefinitely to automatically recognize approved follow-ups.
Registered user profiles are stored until deleted by the user or administrator. Users can view, edit, or delete their data (except usernames).
Your Data Rights
You may request an export of your personal data or ask us to erase your data. Some information may be retained as required for legal, administrative, or security purposes.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be processed by automated spam detection services.
How We Protect Your Data
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse.
Data Breach Procedures
In the unlikely event of a data breach, we will notify affected parties promptly and take corrective measures in accordance with applicable laws.
Third-Party Data
We may receive information from third-party services used to operate and improve the website, such as Gravatar or analytics providers.
Automated Decision-Making
We do not use automated decision-making or profiling that affects users.
Regulatory Compliance
AZ ASHI complies with all applicable industry regulations for data protection and privacy.