Terms of Use
Last Modified: November 19, 2025
Acceptance of the Terms of Use
These terms of use are entered into by and between you, whether personally or on behalf of an entity (“you”) and The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia (“Company,” “we,” or “us“). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they expressly incorporate by reference (collectively, “Terms of Use“), govern your access to and use of https://www.preservationalliance.com, including any content, functionality, and services offered on or through https://www.preservationalliance.com/ (the “Website“), whether as a guest or a registered user.
Please read the Terms of Use carefully before you start to use the Website. By using the Website or by clicking to accept or agree to the Terms of Use when this option is made available to you, you accept and agree to be bound and abide by these Terms of Use, and our Privacy Policy, found at https://www.preservationalliance.com/terms-and-privacy-policy/, incorporated herein by reference. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS OF USE AND/OR THE PRIVACY POLICY, YOU EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED FROM ACCESSING OR USING THE WEBSITE AND YOU MUST DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY.
We recommend that you print a copy of these Terms of Use for your records.
Accessing the Website and Account Security
- Making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to the Website.
- Ensuring that all persons who access the Website through your internet connection are aware of these Terms of Use and comply with them.
Resources and Guides
The resources provided to users of the Website are for informational and reference purposes only. Any use or modification of the resources and the information in such resources by the user should be reviewed by user’s legal counsel. The resources and guides shall remain the property of the Company, and shall be subject to all intellectual property, copyright, and trademark rights as described herein. The Company shall not be responsible for any legal claims or consequences that arise out of your use of the information in the resources, and you here indemnify the Company of any and all claims, actions, losses, damages, and expenses in connection to your use of such information, as provided in Indemnification section provided herein.
- Your computer may temporarily store copies of such materials in RAM incidental to your accessing and viewing those materials.
- You may store files that are automatically cached by your Web browser for display enhancement purposes.
- You may print or download one copy of a reasonable number of pages of the Website for your own personal, non-commercial use and not for further reproduction, publication, or
- If we provide desktop, mobile, or other applications for download, you may download a single copy to your computer or mobile device solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, provided you agree to be bound by our end user license agreement for such applications.
- If we provide social media features with certain content, you may take such actions as are enabled by such features, subject to the terms and conditions found herein.
- Modify copies of any materials from this site.
- Use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences, or any graphics separately from the accompanying text.
- Delete or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices from copies of materials from this site.
If you wish to make any use of material on the Website other than that set out in this section, please address your request to: info@preservationalliance.com. If we ever grant you permissions to use, reproduce, or publicly display any part of our Website, you must identify us as the owners or licensors of the Website or the materials found thereon, and ensure that any copyright or proprietary notice appears or is visible on using, reproducing, or displaying our materials.
- In any way that violates any applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation (including, without limitation, any laws regarding the export of data or software to and from the US or other countries).
- To engage in any other conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone’s use or enjoyment of the Website, or which, as determined by us, may harm the Company or users of the Website, or expose them to liability.
Additionally, you agree not to:
- Use the Website in any manner that could disable, overburden, damage, or impair the site or interfere with any other party’s use of the Website, including their ability to engage in real time activities through the Website.
- Use any robot, spider, or other automatic device, process, or means to access the Website for any purpose, including monitoring or copying any of the material on the Website.
- Use any manual process to monitor or copy any of the material on the Website, or for any other purpose not expressly authorized in these Terms of Use, without our prior written consent.
- Use any device, software, or routine that interferes with the proper working of the Website.
- Introduce any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, logic bombs, or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to, interfere with, damage, or disrupt any parts of the Website, the server on which the Website is stored, or any server, computer, or database connected to the Website.
- Attack the Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of-service attack.
- Otherwise attempt to interfere with the proper working of the Website.
Monitoring and Enforcement; Termination
- Take appropriate legal action, including without limitation, referral to law enforcement, for any illegal or unauthorized use of the Website.
- Terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the Website for any or no reason, including without limitation, any violation of these Terms of Use.
Reliance on Information Posted
Information About You and Your Visits to the Website
The limitation of liability set out above does not apply to liability resulting from our gross negligence or willful misconduct.
THE FOREGOING DOES NOT AFFECT ANY LIABILITY THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED OR LIMITED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction
Limitation on Time to File Claims
User Data
We will maintain certain data that you transmit to the Website for the purpose of managing the performance of the Website, as well as data relating to your use of the Website. Although we perform regular routine backups of data, you are solely responsible for all data that you transmit or that relates to any activity you have undertaken using the Website. You agree that we shall have no liability to you for any loss or corruption of any such data, and you hereby waive any right of action against us arising from any such loss or corruption of such data.
Electronic Communications, Transactions, and Signatures
Visiting the Website, sending us emails, and completing online forms constitute electronic communications. You consent to receive electronic communications, and you agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide to you electronically, via email and on the Website, satisfy any legal requirement that such communication be in writing. YOU HEREBY AGREE TO THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES, CONTRACTS, ORDERS, AND OTHER RECORDS, AND TO ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF NOTICES, POLICIES, AND RECORDS OF TRANSACTIONS INITIATED OR COMPLETED BY US OR VIA THE WEBSITE. You hereby waive any rights or requirements under any statutes, regulations, rules, ordinances, or other laws in any jurisdiction which require an original signature or delivery or retention of non-electronic records, or to payments or the granting of credits by any means other than electronic means.
This website is operated by The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, 1608 Walnut Street, Suite 1702, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
All other feedback, comments, requests for technical support, and other communications relating to the Website should be directed to: info@preservationalliance.com.
Privacy Policy
Last modified: November 19, 2025
The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia (“Company” or “We”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy (“Notice” or “Privacy Notice”).
This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website https://www.preservationalliance.com/ (our “Website“) and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
This policy applies to information we collect:
- On this Website.
- Directly from you.
- In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this Website.
- When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this Notice.
It does not apply to information collected by:
- Any third party (including our affiliates and subsidiaries), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on the Website.
Please read this Notice carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our Website. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to this Notice. This policy may change from time to time (see Changes to Our Privacy Notice). Your continued use of this Website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Notice periodically for updates.
Information We Collect About You
- Some of the information we collect can directly or indirectly identify you. This is called your “Personal Information”. We collect this information in a variety of ways through our websites, social media pages, online, and offline. The types of information we may collect includes:
- Contact Information. For example, we may collect your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address. We may also collect your mobile phone number.
- Information You Submit. We may collect information you choose to provide, including your Contact Information, when you send us a message through the “Contact Us” page or similar features on our Website, create on account on the Website, complete any applications with the Company, contact our support teams, or otherwise communicate with us.
- Demographic Information. We may collect demographic information such as your date of birth, age, education, and zip code.
- Financial Information. We may collect credit card or other payment information, billing address, tax returns, transaction history, and other financial documentation.
- Device Information. For example, we may collect information about how you access our Website, including data about the device and network you use, such as your hardware model, operating system version, mobile network, IP address, unique device identifiers, browser type, and app version.
- Account Information. Certain portions of the Website may allow you to create a user account. In connection with that account, we may collect your username and password.
- Commercial Information. We may collect personal information that could identify you and relates to the products or services in which you are interested or have considered or received from the Company. We may also collect personal information about your consuming history or tendencies.
- Usage Information. We may collect information regarding your activity on our Website. For example, we may collect information regarding what Site features are useful or most frequently used, access times, pages viewed, and links clicked.
- Information We Derive. We may derive information or draw inferences about you based on the information we collect. For example, we may make inferences about your approximate location based on your IP address or infer that you are interested in certain services provided by the Company based on your browsing behavior.
- Other Information. If you use our Website, we may collect information about the browser you are using. We might look at what site you came from, or what site you visit when you leave us.
How We Collect Your Information
We collect your information in different ways. Below are some examples of how we may collect your information.
- Directly From You. We collect information your provide directly to us, such as when you:
- Submit an inquiry to us.
- Create an account on our Website.
- Complete an online form or a physical form in person with one of our representatives.
- Sign up for Company resources or newsletters.
- Make a donation on our Website to the Company
- Read our blog posts or request hard copies of our resources.
- Contact our support team.
- Interact with our social media page or via email.
- Otherwise interact with us, such as at an event of the Company.
- Passively. For example, when you:
- Visit and navigate our Website on any device.
- Click on a sponsored link or third-party advertisements.
- From Third Parties. We may receive information about you from other sources, such as:
- Our business partners or affiliates
- Social media sites
How We Use Your Information
We process your personal information for the following purposes:
- To Run and Improve Our Website and Business. We may use your information to make our Website and business better. We may also use your information to provide you with information about our business.
- To Provide Our Services. This includes managing your accounts with the Company, as well as processing your donations and other services of the Company.
- To Respond to Your Requests or Questions. This may include responding to your feedback.
- To Communicate with You. We may communicate with you about your account or our relationship. We may also contact you about this Notice.
- For Marketing Purposes. We may provide you with information about Company and our nonprofit initiatives. This includes using your information to personalize your experience on our Website. For more information about your choices related to these communications, see the Rights and Choices Regarding Your Information section below.
- For Administrative Purposes. This includes using your information for accounting, employment, record keeping, backup, and administrative purposes.
- For Security Purposes. This could include protecting our company and clients who use our services. It may also include protecting our Website.
- As Otherwise Permitted or Required by Law or As We May Notify You.
We do not respond to “Do Not Track” Requests or Headers.
The information we collect automatically may include personal information or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our Website and to deliver a better and more personalized service, including by enabling us to:
- Estimate our audience size and usage patterns.
- Store information about your preferences, allowing us to customize our Website according to your individual interests.
- Speed up your searches.
- Recognize you when you return to our Website.
Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third-parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly. For information about how you can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from many providers, see Choices About How We Use and Disclose Information.
Disclosure of Your Information
In certain circumstances, we disclose (or permit others to directly collect) information about you. We may disclose the categories of personal information described above in the following ways:
- With Our Affiliates. We may disclose your information with our parent, subsidiary, and other affiliated entities.
- With Our Service Providers. We may disclose your information with third parties who perform services on our behalf. For example, this may include companies that assist us with web hosting, fraud prevention, customer service, marketing, and advertising.
- With Our Business Partners. For example, this may include data aggregators, advertisers, media buying agencies, advertising networks and advertising service providers.
- For Corporate Transactions. For example, if we merge with, acquire or are acquired, or sell part of our business to another entity, we may disclose personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, such corporate transactions. This may include an asset sale, corporate reorganization or other change of control.
- To Comply With the Law or To Protect Ourselves and Others. For example, this could include responding to a court order or subpoena. It could also include disclosing information if a government agency or investigatory body requests. We might disclose information when we are investigating a potential fraud.
- With Professional Advisors. We disclose personal information to our legal, financial, insurance, and other professional advisors where necessary to obtain advice or otherwise protect and manage our business interests.
- Where You Have Asked Us or Provided Consent to Disclose Your Information with a Third-Party. We make personal information available to third parties if you directed us to do so or when we have your consent.
- For Other Reasons We May Describe to You.
We do not sell any personal information. We may also disclose aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you. The Company processes, maintains, and uses this information only in a de-identified fashion and will not attempt to re-identify such information, except as permitted by law.
Children Under the Age of 13
Our Website is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 13 may provide any information to or on the Website. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use or provide any information on this Website or through any of its features, use any of the interactive or public comment features of this Website, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at:
The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
1608 Walnut Street, Suite 1702
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 546-1146
Please mark your inquiries “COPPA Information Request”. Parents can learn more about how to protect children’s privacy on-line here.
Choices About How We Use and Disclose Your Information
You have certain choices about how we use your information. Certain choices you make are browser and device specific.
MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS:
You can opt out of receiving our marketing communications by using the unsubscribe link within each email. Note that, as long as you maintain an account with us or receive services, you will continue to receive administrative messages from us regarding your account and the services.
NONDISCRIMINATION:
We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.
OUR DO NOT TRACK POLICY:
- Some browsers have “do not track” features that allow you to tell a website not to track you. These features are not all uniform. We do not currently respond to those signals. If you block cookies, certain features on our sites may not work. If you block or reject cookies, not all of the tracking described here will stop.
- Options you select are browser specific.
OTHER RIGHTS INCLUDING ACCESS, CORRECTION, AND DELETION
- You may also have the right to assert a legal right regarding our collection and use of your information under applicable law, depending on where you reside. Under these applicable laws, you may have a number of rights, including:
- The right not to provide your personal information to us;
- The right to object, stop, or limit the processing of your personal information;
- The right to request the erasure or restriction of processing of your personal information in our possession;
- The right to have your information transferred to another data controller in a portable format;
- The right to withdraw your consent regarding processing and sharing your information;
- The right to access to your information and request from us a description, or a copy, of the types of personal information we have stored about you; and
- The right to request an update, correction or amendment of your personal information.
- To exercise any of these rights (as applicable), or to request more information, contact us at info@preservationalliance.com or through the contact information listed at the bottom of this Privacy Notice.
- We may verify your request by asking you to provide information related to your recent interactions with us. If we deny your request, you may appeal our decision by contacting us by emailing info@preservationalliance.com or by calling (215) 546-1146. If you have concerns about the results of an appeal, you may contact the attorney general in the state where you reside.
Data Security
We have implemented reasonable organizational, technical, and administrative measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure.
The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone. We urge you to be careful about giving out information in public areas of the Website like message boards. The information you share in public areas may be viewed by any user of the Website.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we take commercially reasonable efforts to protect your Personal Information in a good-faith manner, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the Website. Furthermore, while we work to ensure the integrity and security of our network and systems, we cannot guarantee that our security measures will prevent third-party “hackers” from illegally obtaining this information.
Retention of Your Information
We will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise received by us, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for your personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of your personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements, including the statute of limitations periods.
For California Residents
For purposes of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Personal Information does not include publicly available information or de-identified or aggregated information. We do not currently, and we have no current plans to begin “selling” or “sharing” (as defined in the CCPA) your Personal Information. You may opt-out of any future selling of certain Personal Information by contacting info@preservationalliance.com. When making this request, please include your full name, address and specific request. Additionally, you have all of the rights to your Personal Information as described above in Other Rights Including Access, Correction and Deletion.
Shine the Light:
California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our Services that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to info@preservationalliance.com.
For Delaware/New Jersey Residents
This section of the Notice is supplemental and provides disclosures in addition to those made elsewhere in this Notice. This additional information is specific to Delaware and New Jersey residents. The categories of Personal Information we process about you is set forth in the sections entitled “Information We Collect About You”. The purposes for processing such Personal Information are set forth in the section entitled “How We Use Your Information.” We share the Personal Information we process about you with the third parties set forth in the section titled “Disclosure of Your Information.”
Under the Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (“DPDPA”) and the New Jersey Privacy Act (“NJPA”), you may have the following data protection rights:
- Confirm whether we are processing your Personal Information and access such Personal Information;
- Correct inaccuracies in your Personal Information, taking into account the nature of the Personal Information and the purposes of the processing of your Personal Information;
- Delete Personal Information provided by, or obtained about you;
- Obtain a copy of your Personal Information we process, in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows you to transmit the data to another entity without hindrance; and
- Opt out of the processing of Personal Information for purposes of:
- Targeted advertising;
- The sale of Personal Information; or
- Profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.
Please note that we do not engage in profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you, as defined by the DPDPA or the NJPA.
Questions
If you have any questions about this Notice or wish to (a) access or review your Personal Information or learn more about who has access to your Personal Information, (b) make another type of request related to Personal Information, please contact the Company’s privacy division at info@preservationalliance.com.
Links to Other Sites
This Notice applies only to your use of the Website. The Website contains links to other sites, including sites that may indicate a connection to or business relationship with us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites or operators. You should read the privacy notices of each site you visit to determine what Personal Information that site may be collecting about you.
Changes to Our Privacy Notice
We reserve the right to revise this Notice from time to time and will post an updated copy of our Privacy Notice on our Website. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of this Notice and/or take other steps to notify you of the changes in accordance with applicable laws. It is your responsibility to review this Notice periodically to ensure that you understand any revisions to it. If you do not agree with this Notice, please do not use our Website.
Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this Notice and our privacy practices, contact us at:
The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia
1608 Walnut Street, Suite 1702
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215) 546-1146
