This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our Site, submit inquiries through our online forms, or contact us via our secure phone and email link features.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use the Site.

1. Information We Collect

We only collect information about you that is necessary to provide our professional engineering services, communicate with you, and improve your website experience.

A. Information You Voluntarily Provide to Us

When you interact with our Site, specifically through our "Online Inquiry" contact form or by clicking our direct communication triggers, you may provide us with personally identifiable information, including:

• Identity Data: First name, last name, and professional title.

• Contact Data: Corporate email address, physical business address, and telephone number.

• Project Data: The contents of any message, project description, blueprint links, or documentation you submit via our online inquiry form.

B. Information Collected Automatically

Like most website operators, we may automatically collect standard log information when you browse our Site:

• Technical Data: Your Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system, and platform.

• Usage Data: Information about how you navigate and interact with our Site, including page response times, download errors, and page viewing durations.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect strictly to conduct our lawful business practices and deliver professional services, including to:

• Respond to your project inquiries, request for proposals (RFPs), and messages.

• Provide, operate, maintain, and secure our Site.

• Assess project feasibility and draft formal professional service agreements.

• Comply with our legal and regulatory obligations as a licensed professional engineering firm in the State of Michigan.

• Monitor website usage trends to improve user experience and layout functionality.

3. Sharing and Disclosure of Your Information

We do not sell, rent, trade, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing or promotional purposes. We may disclose your information only under the following limited circumstances:

• To Third-Party Service Providers: We may share essential details with trusted vendors who assist us in operating our business (such as our website hosting platform, email servers, or Zoho Voice infrastructure), provided they are bound by strict confidentiality agreements.

• For Legal and Regulatory Compliance: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, court order, or subpoena, or to comply with professional standards enforced by the State of Michigan Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA).

• Business Transfers: If Argento Engineering PLLC undergoes a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your contact information may be transferred to the successor entity.

4. Data Security

We implement reasonable, industry-standard administrative, technical, and physical security measures designed to protect the confidentiality and integrity of your personal information. While we take deliberate precautions to shield your data (including the use of secure form processors and code obfuscation to prevent data harvesting), please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage can be guaranteed 100% secure.

5. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law, accounting regulations, or professional liability insurance mandates.

6. Children's Privacy

Our website and professional engineering services are directed strictly to commercial businesses, institutional entities, and adult individuals. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time to reflect updates to our operational practices or shifting legal requirements. Any changes will be posted directly to this page with an updated "Effective Date." We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your data.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data management practices, please contact our firm: