Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 1, 2023

Protecting your privacy is important to Found Media, LLC and its publication, Foundation (collectively, “Foundation”, “we”, “us”, “our”). 

This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, share and transfer your personally identifiable information ("Personal Information") through Foundation and our Services. Please note that unless we define a term in this Privacy Policy, all capitalized terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings given to them in our Terms of Use.

California consumers can find specific disclosures, including “Notice at Collection” details, below in the “California Privacy Rights” section of this Privacy Policy.

The Scope of this Privacy Policy

Foundation’s Privacy Policy details how we collect, use, store, share and transfer your Personal Information. It also outlines the choices you have regarding the use of your Personal Information. By using, accessing or submitting information through the Services, you agree to our Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to any third-party websites, services or applications, even if they are accessible through our Services. Foundation’s Service contains links to other websites that are owned or operated by third parties unaffiliated with Foundation. Any information that you provide to a third party or that is collected by a third party is subject to their privacy policy, not ours. We are not responsible for the content, privacy, security and policies of any third party.

We’re always trying to improve our Services, so we may need to update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we do so, we’ll let you know by posting the modified Privacy Policy on the Site with a new “Last updated” date at the top of the Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

We collect Personal Information about you when you use the Services. This may include:

  • Your email address
  • Your first and last name
  • Your phone number
  • Your payment information, including billing address, credit card details or other forms of payment 
  • Your mailing address
  • Your location
  • Your photograph
  • Your marketing preferences
  • Information related to the browser or device you use to access the Site, including your IP address
  • Your subscription status
  • Information related to your use of the Services. Our servers automatically record certain information about how you use our Services (for convenience, referred to as “Log Data”). Log Data may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, device identifiers, the web page that you visited before accessing the Services, the pages or features of our Services to which you browsed and the time spent on those pages, search terms, the links on our Services you clicked on and other statistics. We use Log Data to provide our Services, and we analyze (and may engage third parties to analyze) Log Data to improve our Services.
  • Analytics. We may use third party data collection tools to provide us with analytics data regarding your interactions with our Services, including:
    • Google Analytics. For more information, please visit Google Analytics’ Privacy Policy To learn more about how to opt-out of Google Analytics’ use of your information, please click here.
    • Meta. For more information, please visit Meta’s Data Policy. To object to the collection of your data by the Facebook pixel, or to the use of your data for the purpose of displaying Facebook ads, please visit your Ads Settings while logged in to your Facebook account.
  • Any other information you provide us when communicating with us, including your communication with customer support.

How We Use Personal Information

We collect and use Personal Information primarily to provide you a secure, customized experience. We use your Personal Information for the following purposes:

  • Providing Our Services. We use your information to establish and fulfill a contract with you. This may include, but is not limited to, managing your account, administering your paid subscription, verifying your identity, taking payments, communicating with you, and providing customer service.
  • Administrative Purposes. We use your Personal Information to enable our business and to pursue our legitimate interests. This may include:
    • Marketing research
    • Network and information security and fraud prevention
    • Measuring engagement in our Services
    • Customization of ads
    • Improving our Services and developing new products and services
    • Ensuring quality control and safety
    • Authenticating and verifying your identity
    • Debugging to identify and fix errors
    • Inviting you to take part in surveys or market research
    • Enforcing our policies
    • Complying with our legal obligations
  • Marketing Our Services. We may use your Personal Information to send you direct marketing communication in relation to our Services. You can withdraw your consent at any time ("opt out") by following the instructions in the communication. Some of the ways we market to you include email campaigns, custom audiences advertising, and personalized advertising, including through cross-device tracking.
  • Other Purposes. We may also use your information for other purposes. This may include:
    • De-identified and Aggregated Information. We may use Personal Information to create de-identified, aggregated information, such as demographic information, information about the device from which users access our Services, Content users engage with, or other data we analyze.
    • Content Shared with Friends or Others. Our Services offer ways to share Content with friends and others. Our referral program may allow you to share Content with a friend, such as an email inviting your friend to use our Services. The contact information we store with your consent for the individual you choose to share the Services with will be accessed from your phone contacts.

How We Share Personal Information

We do not sell your Personal Information. We may share your Personal Information as described below.

  • Service Providers. We engage service providers to work with us to administer, market and provide the Services. We may share your Personal Information with third party service providers that provide services on our behalf. For example: we use Stripe (a third-party payment provider) to process and collect subscription payments. Third parties may include, but are not limited to, website hosting, email services, security services, content delivery networks, customer support operations, website usage analytics services, cloud computing and storage services, marketing partners that provide analytics and reporting tools for our advertising campaigns.
  • APIs and SDKs. We may use third-party Application Program Interfaces (“APIs”) and Software Development Kits (“SDKs”) as part of our Services.
  • Government authorities and/or law enforcement officials. If required by law or if required for the legal protection of our legitimate interests in compliance with applicable laws, we may share your Personal Information with regulatory, prosecuting, tax or governmental authorities, courts or other tribunals in any jurisdiction or markets, domestic or foreign. 

Security of your Personal Information

For your security, your account is protected by a unique authentication token that you obtain via an email that we send to your verified email address on file. You must prevent unauthorized access to your account and Personal Information by ensuring that your email account is secure.

While we take security very seriously, and we strive to protect the privacy of your account and Personal Information, unfortunately we cannot guarantee absolute security. Unauthorized entry or use, failure of the services, or other factors may compromise the security of your information at any time.

By using our Services, you agree that we may communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of our Services. If we learn of a security system’s breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically by posting a notice on our Site or by sending an email to you.

California Privacy Rights

Notice at Collection and Use of Personal Information

This Supplemental California Privacy Notice applies to our processing of Personal Information that is subject to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (as amended) (“CCPA”). The CCPA gives California residents the right to know which categories of personal information Foundation has collected about them, whether Foundation disclosed that personal information for a business purpose, whether Foundation sold that personal information, and whether Foundation shared that personal information in the preceding twelve months. California residents can find this information below.

Personal Data we Collect

  • Category: Identifiers
    • We collect: your name, IP address, email address, phone number, mailing address, unique personal identifier (i.e. persistent identifier such as device identifier, cookies, pixel tags, mobile ad identifiers or similar technology).
    • Sources(s): you, Twitter, Google, automatic collection.
  • Category: Customer record information
    • We collect: your name, email address, user bio, subscription information, your settings and preferences on the Site, Content your upload to Foundation, your search history on the Site, mailing address.
    • Sources(s): you
  • Category: Commercial information
    • We collect: records of products and Services you purchased on the Site.
    • Sources(s): you.
  • Category: Internet or other network activity
    • We collect: browsing history, search history, and interaction data on your use of our Site and from links in emails Foundation sends you, interaction with advertisements.
    • Sources(s): you, automatic collection.
  • Category: Geolocation data
    • We collect: your IP address, rough location of you and/or your computer and device derived from your IP address.
    • Source(s): automatic collection
  • Category: Sensory data
    • We collect: user photos
    • Source(s): you

Use of Personal Data

In the past 12 months, we have used or disclosed certain Personal Information we have collected for the following business purposes:

  • Business purpose: to provide, support, and develop our website, products, and services.
    • Categories of Personal Information: identifiers, customer record information, commercial information, internet or other network activity, geolocation data, sensory data.
    • This information may be shared with: service providers, business partners and affiliates, advertising networks, data analytics providers, government entities, social networks.
  • Business purpose: to create, maintain, customize, and secure your account with us.
    • Categories of Personal Information: identifiers, customer record information, commercial information.
    • This information may be shared with: service providers, business partners and affiliates, advertising networks, data analytics providers, government entities, social networks.
  • Business purpose: to respond to your requests or inquiries, including investigating your concerns.
    • Categories of Personal Information: identifiers, customer record information, commercial information, internet or other network activity, sensory data.
    • This information may be shared with: service providers, business partners and affiliates, data analytics providers, government entities.
  • Business purpose: to maintain the safety and security of the Site, Services, databases and other technology assets, and business.
    • Categories of Personal Information: identifiers, customer record information, internet or other network activity.
    • This information may be shared with: service providers, business partners and affiliates, data analytics providers, government entities.
  • Business purpose: to process your requests, purchases, transactions, and payments and prevent fraud.
    • Categories of Personal Information: identifiers, customer record information, commercial information, internet or other network activity.
    • This information may be shared with: service providers, business partners and affiliates, data analytics providers, government entities.
  • Business purpose: to communicate with you about the Services. 
    • Categories of Personal Information: identifiers, customer record information, internet or other network activity.
    • This information may be shared with: service providers, business partners and affiliates, data analytics providers, government entities.

Non-Discrimination Rights

You have the right to not receive discriminatory treatment for the exercise of your rights conferred by the CCPA.

Authorized Agent

Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your Personal Information. You may also make a verifiable consumer request on behalf of your minor child. To designate an authorized agent, please contact us at support@foundation.news.

Verification

We will take necessary steps to verify your identity before fulfilling your requests submitted under the CCP. When you make a request, we will ask you to provide sufficient information that allows us to verify you are the person about whom we collected Personal Information or an authorized representative, which may include asking you to answer questions regarding your account.

If you are a California resident and would like to exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, please contact us at support@foundation.news. We will process your requests in accordance with applicable laws.

Cookies

We use cookies on the Site. Cookies are small text files sent by our web server to your web browser that are saved locally on your computer. We use cookies to collect certain information to help improve our Services and to provide you with a convenient and customized experience.

We use the following categories of cookies on the Site:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies are essential to enable you to use the Site and its features. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, such as remembering your login details or the subscription you purchased, cannot be provided. 
  • Performance Cookies. These cookies collect information on how you use our website. The data stored by these cookies never allows us to establish your individual identity.
  • Functionality Cookies. These cookies remember choices you make on the Site, such as categories of Content you’ve visited or searched for. These cookies can be used to provide you with a personalized experience.

Disabling Cookies

Modern web browsers offer user controls for managing Cookies. You can enable or disable cookies by modifying settings in your web browser. You can learn more about cookies and how to manage your preferences at https://allaboutcookies.org/.

If you decide to disable cookies in your browser, you may be unable to use the Site or access Content on the Site.

Communications and Opt-Out

Our primary method of communication with you is by email. We may also send push notifications and text messages. Our communications may include notifying you about your account, periodically sending you newsletters and Content via email, and communications that promote our Services. When you receive promotional communication, you will be able to opt out.

Unless an email is essential to the operation of the Services, you will be able to unsubscribe. There are certain transactional emails that you cannot unsubscribe form, such as an email with your unique link to log in to the Site.

Your Privacy Rights

You have the right to various rights, in accordance with applicable law:

  • Access Personal Information about you, including: confirming whether we process your Personal Information; obtaining a copy of your Personal Information in a structured, machine readable format; and receiving an electronic copy of Personal Information that you have provided to us.
  • Request correction of your Personal Information where it is inaccurate or incomplete. You can access, edit, or delete some personal information by yourself. Through your account settings, you may access, and/or edit your name, email address, and user photo.
  • Request deletion of your Personal Information. If you’d like to delete your account, you can do so at on the Site.
  • Request restriction of or object to our processing of your Personal Information.
  • Request to opt out of certain processing activities including, as applicable, if we process your personal information for “targeted advertising” (as “targeted advertising” is defined by applicable privacy laws).
  • Withdraw your Consent to our processing of your Personal Information.
  • Appeal our decision to decline to process your request.

To exercise your rights above, please contact us by email at support@foundation.news.

Responding to Do Not Track Signals

Our Site does not have the ability to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from web browsers.

Profiling and Automated Individual Decision-Making

We do not process your Personal Information for automated individual decision-making, including profiling. 

Retention of Personal Information

We retain your Personal Information for as long as you use our Services, or as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, provide our Services, resolve disputes, establish legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable laws.

Children

Our Services are not intended for children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected Personal Information of a child under 13 we will take steps to delete this Personal Information as soon as possible.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at support@foundation.news.