Foundry Technologies, Inc.

Privacy Policy

Updated: February 26, 2024 Foundry Technologies Inc. and its affiliates (“Foundry,” “we,” “our,” and/or “us”) value the privacy of individuals who use our applications, website, https://www.mlfoundry.com/, or any services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, our “Services”). This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains how we collect, use, and share personal information from or about Foundry users or their devices. By using our Services, you agree to the collection, use, disclosure, sharing, and procedures this Privacy Policy describes. Beyond the Privacy Policy, your use of our Services is also subject to our Terms of Service.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We may collect a variety of personal information from or about you or your devices from various sources, as described below.

A. Information You Provide to Us

Communications. If you contact us directly, we may receive other personal information about you. For example, when you contact us to learn more about the Foundry or for customer support, we may receive your name, email address, job title, company name, phone number, and the contents of your message or attachments that you may send to us, as well as any other information you choose to provide to us. If you subscribe to our newsletter, blog, or enroll in a webinar, we will collect your first name, last name, email address, company name, and other information you choose to provide to us. When we send you emails, we may track whether you open them to learn how to deliver a better customer experience and to improve our Services.

Careers. If you decide to apply for a job with us, you may submit your contact information and your resume online. We will collect the information you choose to provide on your resume or application, such as your education and employment experience. You may also apply through a third-party service such as LinkedIn. If you do so, we will collect any information you make available to us via such third-party platform.

Payment Information. If you make a payment through our Services, your payment-related information, such as credit card or other financial information necessary to complete your payment (“Payment Information”), is processed by our third-party payment processor, Stripe. For more information, please see the “Payment Processing” section below.

B. Information We Collect When You Use Our Services

Location Information. When you use our Services, we may receive your location information (for example, your IP address may indicate your general geographic region).

Device Information. We may receive information about the device and software you use to access our Services, such as internet protocol (IP) address, operating system version, phone carrier and manufacturer, application installations, device identifiers, mobile advertising identifiers, and push notification tokens.

Usage Information. To help us understand how you use our Services and to help us improve it, we automatically receive information about your interactions with our Services, like the pages or other content you view and the dates and times of your visits.

Information from Cookies and Similar Technologies. We and third-party partners may collect information using cookies, pixel tags, or similar technologies. Our third-party partners, such as analytics and advertising partners, may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across different services. Cookies are small text files containing a string of alphanumeric characters. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to our Services.

C. Information We Receive from Third Parties

Third Parties. We may receive additional personal information about you from third parties such as marketing partners or providers, public and other databases, social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, or Google, or from conference or event hosts. We may combine information that we collect from you through our Services with information that we obtain from such other parties and information derived from other products or Services we provide. If you choose to submit information to social media websites operated by us, such as Facebook or Twitter, we may receive personal information about you, including your profile information and your use of the third-party account. If you wish to limit the personal information available to us from third-party services, you should visit the privacy settings of your third-party accounts to learn about your options.

D. Payment Processing

When you make a payment to Foundry, your payment is processed by a third-party payment processor ([Stripe]) (“Payment Processor”). This Payment Processor may collect Payment Information and other personal information from you, including your name, credit card or debit card information, and account number. The use of your personal information by the Payment Processor is governed by their terms and conditions and privacy policy, and personal information we receive about you from our Payment Processor is governed by this Privacy Policy.

HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We use the personal information we collect:

To register you as a customer and perform our contractual obligations;
To enable you to access support and technical materials;
To provide our Services, including online services, and customer support;
To allow you to customize the content of communications and information that we send or display to you;
For marketing and promotional purposes;
To manage our relationship with you;
To better understand how users access and use our website, use our products, and services, and for other research and analytical purposes, including operating and growing our business; developing new products and services; enhancing, improving or modifying our website (including changes to this Policy or other legal agreements) and identifying usage trends; and determining the effectiveness of our marketing activities; and
As we otherwise determine necessary and appropriate, including under applicable laws; to comply with our legal obligations; to enforce our terms and conditions, and defend our legal rights; to protect our operations, security, and property, or that of our users, employees, or other parties; and as an incident to any sale, merger or similar transaction involving our company.
For other purposes for which we provide specific notice at the time the information is collected.

We may aggregate and/or de-identify information collected through our Services. We may use deidentified or aggregated data for any purpose, including without limitation for research and marketing purposes and may also disclose such data to other parties, including without limitation, advertisers, promotional partners, sponsors, event promoters, and/or others.

Affiliates or Subsidiaries. We may share any information we receive with our affiliates or subsidiaries for any of the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Vendors, Resellers, and Service Providers. We may share any information we receive with vendors, Resellers, and service providers retained in connection with the provision of our Services.

Marketing. We do not rent, sell, or share information about you with nonaffiliated companies for their direct marketing purposes unless we have your permission.

Resellers. We may share any information we receive with our product resellers for any of the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Analytics Partners. We use analytics services such as Google Analytics to collect and process certain analytics data. These services may also collect information about your use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn about Google’s practices by going to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/, and opt-out of them by downloading the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

As Required by Law and Similar Disclosures. We may access, preserve, and disclose your personal information if we believe doing so is required or appropriate to: (a) comply with law enforcement requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; (b) respond to your requests; or (c) protect your, our, or others’ rights, property, or safety. For the avoidance of doubt, the disclosure of your personal information may occur if you post any objectionable content on or through our Services.

Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers. We may disclose and transfer your personal information to service providers, advisors, potential transactional partners, or other third parties in connection with the consideration, negotiation, or completion of a corporate transaction in which we are acquired by or merged with another company, or we sell, liquidate, or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets.

Consent. We may also disclose personal information from or about you or your devices with your permission.

YOUR RIGHTS AND CHOICES

Marketing Communications. You can unsubscribe from our promotional emails via the link provided in the emails. Even if you opt out of receiving promotional messages from us, you will continue to receive administrative messages from us.

Do Not Track. There is no accepted standard on how to respond to Do Not Track signals, and we do not respond to such signals.

If you choose not to provide us with information we collect, some features of our Services may not work as intended.

THIRD PARTIES

Our Services may contain links to other websites, products, or services that we do not own or operate (“Third-Party Services”). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these Third-Party Services. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to your activities on these Third-Party Services or any information you disclose to these Third-Party Services. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of these Third-Party Services.

INTERNATIONAL USERS AND VISITORS

Our Services are and intended for visitors located within the United States (“U.S.”). If you choose to use our Services from the European Union or other regions of the world with laws governing data collection and use that may differ from U.S. law, then please note that you are transferring your personal information outside of those regions to the U.S. for storage and processing. We may also transfer your data from the U.S. to other countries or regions in connection with storage and processing of data, fulfilling your requests, and operating our Services. By providing any information, including personal information, on or to our Services, you consent to such transfer, storage, and processing.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under 13 years of age (“Minors”), and no parts of our Services are directed to Minors. If you learn that a Minor has provided us with personal information in violation of this Privacy Policy, then you may alert us at support@mlfoundry.com.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We will post any adjustments to the Privacy Policy on this page, and the revised version will be effective when it is posted. If we materially change the ways in which we use or share personal information previously collected from you through our Services, we will attempt to notify you through our Services, by email, or other means.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about our processing activities, please email us at support@mlfoundry.com.

Foundry Technologies, Inc. 555 Bryant Street, Suite 123 Palo Alto, CA 94301