Introduction.
Founding Titans (“we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your Personal Data when you visit or use our Platform at Foundingtitans.com. We comply with key global data-protection laws, including the EU’s GDPR, California’s CCPA, and other applicable regional regulations.
Information We Collect
Personal Information:
When you sign up for Founding Titans, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, phone number, company name, and payment information.
1.1. Information You Provide:
Account Information: Name, email address, password.
Profile Details: Company, title, industry, bio, profile photo.
Communication Content: Messages you send through the Platform.
1.2. Information We Collect Automatically:
Usage Data: Pages visited, time and date of visits, clicks, search queries.
Device & Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device identifiers. This helps us understand how you use our services and allows us to improve your experience.
Cookies & Tracking Technologies: To recognize you, remember your preferences, and analyze site usage. You can control cookie usage through your browser settings.
1.3. Information from Third Parties:If you integrate with third-party services (e.g., Google), we may receive information from those services, subject to your consent and their policies.
How We Use Your Information
To Provide and Improve Our Services:
We use your personal information to operate, maintain, and enhance the features of Founding Titans. This includes processing transactions, providing customer support, and analyzing how you use our platform to improve its functionality.
Communication:
We may use your email address and other contact information to send you updates, newsletters, marketing communications, and important service-related announcements. You can opt-out of marketing communications at any time.
Security and Compliance:
We use your information to detect, prevent, and respond to fraud, security threats, and legal obligations. This ensures the integrity and safety of your data within Founding Titans.
Content & Recommendations
We use your information to Provide, train, maintain, and improve the Platform’s features and functionality.
This includes personalizing content and recommendations enabled by our networking and matchmaking algorithms, including AI/ML–driven recommendations. Information ma be used to train, evaluate, and refine our AI and machine-learning models—using aggregated, anonymized, or pseudonymized datasets where possible.
Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR)
Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR):
For EU residents, we rely on one or more of the following legal bases when processing your Personal Data:
Consent: You have given clear consent for us to process your Personal Data for specific purposes (e.g., marketing).
Contractual Necessity: Processing is necessary to perform our contract with you (e.g., providing the Platform).
Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (e.g., improving security, fraud prevention), unless overridden by your rights.
Legal Compliance: Processing is necessary to comply with legal obligations.
Data Sharing and Disclosure
Service Providers:
We may share your personal information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our platform, hosting, analytics, AI/ML infrastructure processing payments, or providing customer support. These providers are bound by confidentiality agreements and are only permitted to use your data for the purposes outlined in this policy.
Legal Compliance:
We may disclose your information if required by law or in response to legal requests, such as subpoenas or court orders, or to protect our rights, property, or safety, or that of our users or the public.
Business Transfers:
In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your personal information may be transferred to the acquiring entity - subject to confidentiality and adequate data protection measures (e.g., Standard Contractual Clauses for EU transfers). We will notify you of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
Use of Data for Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
Model Training:
We may use your Content and usage data—after aggregation, anonymization, or pseudonymization—to train and improve our AI and machine-learning models.
User Control:
You may opt out of having your personal data used for model training where required by law (e.g., via your account settings or by contacting privacy@foundingtitans.com).
Automated Decisions:
If we make any decisions based solely on automated processing that significantly affects you, we will notify you and provide a right to review or contest the decision, as required under GDPR.
Cookies & Similar Technologies
We use cookies, web beacons, and similar tools to collect usage data and improve your experience. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings, but disabling cookies may limit functionality.
Data Security
Founding Titans implements industry-standard technical and organizational measures to protect data from unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction. We use encryption, access controls, and regular security audits to safeguard your information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security - use caution when transmitting information.
Data Retention
We retain Personal Data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this Policy or to comply with legal obligations. We periodically review retention periods and securely delete or anonymize data that is no longer needed.
Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to:
Access: Request copies of Personal Data we hold.
Correction: Update inaccurate or incomplete data.
Deletion: Ask us to delete certain Personal Data.
Portability: Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
Objection & Restriction: Object to or restrict certain processing activities (including AI/ML uses).
Opt-Out (CCPA): California residents may opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information to third parties (we interpret “sale” broadly, including certain AI/ML uses).
To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@foundingtitans.com.
Access and Correction:
You have the right to access, update, or correct your personal information at any time. You can do this through your account settings or by contacting our support team.
Data Portability:
You may request a copy of your personal data in a machine-readable format. We will provide this to you upon request.
Data Deletion:
You can request the deletion of your personal information. We will comply with such requests, except where we are required to retain data for legal or legitimate business purposes..
International Data Transfers
If you are located outside of the country where our servers are hosted, your personal information may be transferred to and processed in a different country. We ensure that any such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws and that your data is treated securely.
Children's Privacy
Founding Titans and its software are not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If we become aware that a minor has provided us with personal data, we will take steps to delete such information.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal obligations. If required by law, we will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on our website and updating the "Last Updated" date above. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms and Conditions, please contact us:
Thank you for choosing Founding Titans for your networking needs!
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