1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy applies to BUILDPAD S.R.L., a company incorporated under the laws of Romania ("ai cofounder", "aicofounder.com", "we," "us," or "our"). This policy explains how we collect, use, and share your personal information when you use our services.
2. Information Collection
We collect information you provide directly to us when you:
- Create an account
- Use our service
- Communicate with us
This may include your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide.
3. Use of Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our services
- Communicate with you about our services
- Respond to your comments, questions, and requests
- Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our services
- Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities
- Comply with legal obligations
4. Information Sharing and Disclosure
We may share personal information as follows:
- With your consent
- With vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf
- In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with any applicable law, regulation, or legal process
- If we believe your actions are inconsistent with the spirit or language of our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of ai cofounder, our users, or others
Our service providers include:
- Hetzner (Germany, EU) - for hosting services
- Mailgun (EU) - for email processing and delivery
- AI providers (various locations) - for AI-powered features and services
These providers process your data under strict data processing agreements with appropriate safeguards for international data transfers where applicable.
4.1 Legal Bases for Processing
We process your personal data under the following legal bases:
- Contract fulfillment: To provide our services to you
- Legitimate interests: For analytics and service improvement
- Legal obligation: To comply with legal requirements
- Consent: Where specifically required by law
4.2 Email Processing
We use Mailgun to handle our email communications. When processing emails, we share:
- Email addresses
- Email content and subject lines
- Metadata (timestamps, delivery status, open rates)
Mailgun processes this data on EU-based servers, keeping your email data within the European Union. You have the right to request information about your email data, opt-out of non-essential emails, and request deletion of your email data.
4.3 AI Processing
We use various AI providers to power features of our service. This may involve the processing of your data, including content you provide, outside the EU. These transfers are conducted under appropriate safeguards and are necessary for delivering our AI-powered services. All AI processing is conducted in accordance with our data protection commitments and applicable regulations.
5. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to help protect personal information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.
6. Data Retention
We store the information we collect about you for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it. We may retain certain information for legitimate business purposes or as required by law.
7. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you
- Request that your personal information be corrected or deleted
- Object to or restrict our processing of your personal information
- Request a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
To exercise these rights, please contact us at hi@aicofounder.com.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at hi@aicofounder.com.
BUILDPAD S.R.L.
Calea Giulești 24 Bl. 2, Et. 2, Ap. 14 012244 București RO
10. Data Location and International Transfers
We primarily store and process your data on servers located in the European Union (Germany) through our service provider Hetzner. However, some data processing may occur outside the EU, particularly when using our email service provider (Mailgun) and AI service providers. When we transfer your personal data outside of the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure adequate protection through Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) with our service providers. These transfers are necessary for the performance of our contract with you and to provide our services effectively.
11. Supervisory Authority
If you are located in the European Union and believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority. In Romania, this is the National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (ANSPDCP).