Privacy Policy

Last Updated: July, 2024

Founding Minds (“we,” “our,” “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and share information about you when you use our website (https://www.foundingminds.com/) and our services. By using our services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

1. Contact Information

For privacy-related concerns, you can contact us at:

• Email: info@foundingminds.com

2. Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information to provide and improve our services:

We collect personal information such as your name, email address, and phone number to personalize our services, communicate updates, offers, and provide support. We also collect usage data including IP addresses, browser type and version, and pages visited to monitor fraudulent activity, analyze trends, and improve user experience. We may use cookies to collect visitor information and utilize Google Analytics to understand usage patterns and improve our applications.

3. Data Collection Methods

• We collect information directly from users when they:
  • Register or create an account on our website.
  • Use our services and applications.
  • Communicate with us via email or other channels.
• We do not collect information from third parties.

4. How We Use Your Information

• Service Functionality: To provide, operate, and maintain our services, ensuring they function as intended.
• Service Improvement: To understand how our services are used and to improve them based on user feedback and usage patterns.
• Communications: To send you updates, notifications, and other information related to your use of our services.
  We do not sell or share your information with third parties, except as necessary to comply with legal obligations or protect our rights.

5. Data Sharing

• Service Providers: Sharing of personal data: We may disclose your personal data to suppliers that host our servers on which our data is stored (AWS and Azure Cloud), Google which hosts our email and documents repository, bulk email providers like Mail Chimp which we use for marketing campaigns and cloud based accounting software which we use for payment and billing purposes. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions and applicable law.
• Legal Compliance: We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another person.

6. User Rights

• Access and Update: Users can access and update their personal information through the apps we develop. If you are unable to access your information, please contact us at info@foundingminds.com.
• Opt-Out: To opt-out of data collection or marketing communications, contact us at info@foundingminds.com.

7. Data Security

We have appropriate security measures in place to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those officers, employees and contractors who have a business need to know. They will process your personal data only on our instructions and are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We will notify you of any suspected personal data breach and take appropriate preventive measures to contain the impact of such a breach.

• Security Measures: We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. These measures include using trusted third-party service providers like AWS and Microsoft cloud services, encryption, and access control protocols.
• Compliance: While we strive to adhere to best practices, we do not currently hold specific certifications or compliance with standards such as GDPR or CCPA.

8. Policy Changes

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify users of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date. Users are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our services are not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information.

10. International Users

If you are accessing our services from outside our primary country of operation, be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the country where our servers are located. By using our services, you consent to the transfer of your information to our facilities and to those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.

11. Service Providers

We employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our services (“Service Providers”), provide services on our behalf, perform service-related tasks, or assist us in analyzing how our services are used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.