PRIVACY
Your privacy and your choices.
How Global Architecture Discovery handles browsing, saved items and advertising.
Browsing GAD
GAD is an independent architecture discovery platform. You can browse without an account. Our hosting provider processes IP addresses and ordinary request metadata to deliver and protect the website; Cloudflare may also process technical performance measurements. We do not run Google Analytics or send calculator inputs to an AI service.
Advertising
Advertising is not active on this site. We have applied to Google AdSense; the advertising and consent scripts remain disabled while approval and integration checks are incomplete. The following describes the planned advertising service, not tracking currently running.
When enabled, Google and other advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses and device or browser identifiers to deliver, measure and protect advertising. Personalised ads may be based on previous visits to this and other websites, subject to your choices and applicable requirements. Partners may set or read cookies in your browser.
How Google uses information from partner sites · Google Privacy Policy
Privacy and cookie choices
When advertising is enabled, Google’s consent message is configured for visitors in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland, with Consent, Do not consent and Manage options. The message identifies the applicable partners and purposes. You can keep reading and using our tools if you decline consent. Your choices may affect the advertising you see.
There is currently no advertising consent to manage on GAD because its advertising scripts are disabled.
Advertising and consent scripts are off.
You can also manage Google ad personalisation in Google My Ad Center, or review participating vendors’ opt-out options at YourAdChoices. Browser settings let you block or remove cookies. Changes to a consent choice do not erase data already processed; contact the relevant provider about deletion or other privacy rights.
Saved items and tools
Saved items and practice comparisons use local storage in this browser, without an account or cross-device sync. Shared comparison URLs contain the selected practice IDs. Calculator values stay in your browser. Clearing site data removes saved preferences; blocking storage may prevent saving.
Contact and privacy requests
If you email us, we use the information you provide to handle your enquiry. For questions, corrections or requests about information sent to GAD, contact contact@gad.design. External websites have their own privacy policies.
Updated · 2026-10-01