How Archade Uses Public Data

Effective Date: February 1, 2026

Summary. This policy explains how Archade treats public versus private content and how you control visibility—so your work gets the reach you want while staying under your control.

Contributor interests are paramount. Archade's provision of structured data serves to enable discoverability and attribution; it does not constitute a sale or transfer of contributor work. The governing terms are in our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Dataset License, and Dataset Opt-Out, which are incorporated by reference where applicable.

1. What Is Public Content

Public content is:

Visible to other users and to visitors of the platform.
Indexable by search engines and discovery tools—so you and your work can be found.
Embeddable (e.g., via widgets or iframes on your site or portfolio)—one source of truth, everywhere it matters.
Part of the knowledge graph that powers discovery—so you and your work show up in search, tools, and in the structured data we make available (with credit to real people). See Dataset License; only public content is used, and you control what's public.

You control what is public. For each relevant entity (e.g., profile, project, company page, post), a Public ↔ Private setting determines visibility.

Private content is:

Not indexed by search engines.
Not embedded on third-party sites.
Not used in industry insights or structured data we make available.
Treated as account data under our Privacy Policy.

Archade does not share the following with anyone—including in any data we make available for research or tools:

Email addresses.
Private messages or direct communications.
Payment information or billing data.
Account credentials or authentication data.

We keep private account data strictly separate from what's public. Only public-facing, non-identifying information is used for industry insights and structured data. For full details, see our Privacy Policy.

3. How the Knowledge Graph Works

The knowledge graph is how Archade powers discovery—so your profile, projects, and firms show up in search. We make structured data available so the industry shows up right in search, tools, and AI—with credit to real people and real work. That data is derived only from public content; if you mark something private, it's excluded going forward.

By making content public, you grant the license described in our Terms of Service and Content License. You stay in control with one switch: Public ↔ Private.

4. How to Control Visibility

Per-entity control: Each entity (e.g., profile, project, company page) has a Public ↔ Private setting. That setting determines whether the content is discoverable, embeddable, and used in industry insights and structured data.
Private: Not indexed, not embedded, not used in data we make available.
Public: Visible, embeddable, and part of the graph that powers discovery and insights.
You may change the setting at any time. Changes apply to future indexing, embeds, and data we make available, as described in our Dataset Opt-Out policy.

5. If You Prefer Not to Be Included

Preferred method: Mark the relevant content Private using the Public ↔ Private control. That content will no longer be used in industry insights or structured data, and will be removed from indexing and embeds.
Account-level or broader: You may request that your profile or content be excluded by contacting privacy@archade.app. Archade will process the request in accordance with our Dataset Opt-Out policy.
No downside: Choosing to exclude your content does not affect your account status, your reach on the platform, or your access to Archade services. It only affects whether your public content is used in the structured data we make available going forward.

6. Notices When Visibility Changes

When a change would make content public or enable embedding (e.g., first time a project is set to public, or embed is enabled), Archade may display a notice such as:

This makes your project discoverable outside Archade.
You can change this setting at any time.

Such notices are informational. Your use of the Public ↔ Private control constitutes your choice; the governing terms remain our Terms of Service and related policies.

For the full legal terms, see:

Owner: Legal + Product Trust

How Archade Uses Public Data

Effective Date: February 1, 2026

Summary. This policy explains how Archade treats public versus private content and how you control visibility—so your work gets the reach you want while staying under your control.

1. What Is Public Content

Public content is:

Visible to other users and to visitors of the platform.
Indexable by search engines and discovery tools—so you and your work can be found.
Embeddable (e.g., via widgets or iframes on your site or portfolio)—one source of truth, everywhere it matters.
Part of the knowledge graph that powers discovery—so you and your work show up in search, tools, and in the structured data we make available (with credit to real people). See Dataset License; only public content is used, and you control what's public.

You control what is public. For each relevant entity (e.g., profile, project, company page, post), a Public ↔ Private setting determines visibility.

Private content is:

Not indexed by search engines.
Not embedded on third-party sites.
Not used in industry insights or structured data we make available.
Treated as account data under our Privacy Policy.

Archade does not share the following with anyone—including in any data we make available for research or tools:

Email addresses.
Private messages or direct communications.
Payment information or billing data.
Account credentials or authentication data.

3. How the Knowledge Graph Works

By making content public, you grant the license described in our Terms of Service and Content License. You stay in control with one switch: Public ↔ Private.

4. How to Control Visibility

Per-entity control: Each entity (e.g., profile, project, company page) has a Public ↔ Private setting. That setting determines whether the content is discoverable, embeddable, and used in industry insights and structured data.
Private: Not indexed, not embedded, not used in data we make available.
Public: Visible, embeddable, and part of the graph that powers discovery and insights.
You may change the setting at any time. Changes apply to future indexing, embeds, and data we make available, as described in our Dataset Opt-Out policy.

5. If You Prefer Not to Be Included

Preferred method: Mark the relevant content Private using the Public ↔ Private control. That content will no longer be used in industry insights or structured data, and will be removed from indexing and embeds.
Account-level or broader: You may request that your profile or content be excluded by contacting privacy@archade.app. Archade will process the request in accordance with our Dataset Opt-Out policy.
No downside: Choosing to exclude your content does not affect your account status, your reach on the platform, or your access to Archade services. It only affects whether your public content is used in the structured data we make available going forward.

6. Notices When Visibility Changes

When a change would make content public or enable embedding (e.g., first time a project is set to public, or embed is enabled), Archade may display a notice such as:

This makes your project discoverable outside Archade.
You can change this setting at any time.

Such notices are informational. Your use of the Public ↔ Private control constitutes your choice; the governing terms remain our Terms of Service and related policies.

For the full legal terms, see:

Owner: Legal + Product Trust

How Archade Uses Public Data

1. What Is Public Content

2. What We Never Share

3. How the Knowledge Graph Works

4. How to Control Visibility

5. If You Prefer Not to Be Included

6. Notices When Visibility Changes

7. Related Policies

How Archade Uses Public Data

1. What Is Public Content

2. What We Never Share

3. How the Knowledge Graph Works

4. How to Control Visibility

5. If You Prefer Not to Be Included

6. Notices When Visibility Changes

7. Related Policies