Privacy policy

Who we are

Founders Verify (“Founders Verify”, “we”, “us”) runs the website at foundersverify.com (the “Site”). Founders Verify is a for-profit business. We make money mainly by earning affiliate commissions when visitors click links on the Site and buy products from other companies. This policy explains how that, and the rest of the Site, involves your information.

Questions about privacy: privacy@foundersverify.com.

Information we collect

Information you give us

Newsletter: your email address and which page you signed up on.
Contact and reviewer forms: your name, email address, company, role and anything you write in the message.
Emails you send us: whatever you choose to include.

Information collected automatically

Affiliate link clicks: when you click a link that goes through foundersverify.com/go/, we record which link was clicked, the Site page it was on, the time and your approximate country. We do not store your IP address with this record.
Hosting and security logs: our hosting provider, Cloudflare, processes technical data such as your IP address, browser type and the pages you request so it can deliver the Site and protect it from abuse.
Cookies: Founders Verify does not set advertising or tracking cookies of its own. Cloudflare may set strictly necessary cookies for security and performance.

Affiliate links and third-party cookies

Many links on the Site are affiliate links. When you click one, you leave the Site and go to a seller’s website, sometimes through an affiliate network. That seller or network can place cookies or use similar technology on their site to record that you came from Founders Verify, so they can pay us a commission if you buy something. They may also learn what you bought.

Those companies handle that information under their own privacy policies, not ours. We generally receive only commission reports (for example, that a sale happened and the commission amount). We don’t receive your payment details. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, though the seller may then be unable to credit us.

How we use information

To send the newsletter you signed up for.
To reply to messages and consider reviewer applications.
To understand which reviews and links are useful, and to measure affiliate earnings, which is how we run the Site as a business.
To keep the Site secure, prevent spam and fix problems.
To comply with the law and enforce our terms of service.

How we share information

Service providers that help us run the Site, such as Cloudflare (hosting, database, security and email forwarding) and, if we use one, an email newsletter provider. They may use the information only to provide their services to us.
Sellers and affiliate networks, as described above, when you click an affiliate link.
Legal reasons: if required by law or to protect our rights, users or the public.
Business transfers: if Founders Verify is sold or merged, information may transfer to the new owner under this policy.

We do not sell your email address or form submissions to anyone. Affiliate cookies placed by sellers when you click through may count as “sharing” or “targeted advertising” under some US state laws; you can limit them by blocking third-party cookies in your browser or contacting us.

How long we keep it

Newsletter emails: until you unsubscribe, then we keep a record of the unsubscribe so we don’t email you again.
Form messages: up to two years, or longer if needed for an ongoing conversation or legal reason.
Affiliate click records: up to three years, for business and tax records.

Your choices and rights

Unsubscribe from the newsletter with the link in any email, or by emailing us.
Access, correct or delete the personal information we hold about you by emailing privacy@foundersverify.com. We’ll respond within the time the law requires.
Depending on where you live (for example California, other US states, the EU or the UK), you may have additional rights, such as to object to processing, to data portability or to opt out of certain sharing. Email us to use them. We won’t treat you differently for using your rights.
If you’re in the EU or UK, our legal bases are your consent (newsletter), our legitimate interests (running and securing the Site, measuring affiliate links, replying to you) and legal obligations. You can complain to your local data protection authority.

Children

The Site is for adults. It isn’t directed at children under 16, and we don’t knowingly collect their information. If you think a child has given us information, email us and we’ll delete it.

International transfers and security

We’re based in the United States and our providers may process information in other countries. We use reasonable safeguards to protect information, but no website can guarantee perfect security.

Changes

We may update this policy. We’ll change the “last updated” date at the top, and for significant changes we’ll give more notice, such as in the newsletter.

Contact

Founders Verify · privacy@foundersverify.com