Yep. We take your privacy super seriously.

The following Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how fLounder (“fLounder,” “we,” “our,” “us”) collects, uses, and discloses certain personal information obtained through our website (“Site”), which is located at floundergroup.com. By visiting our Site and/or using the features made available to you on the Site (the “Services”), you are agreeing to the terms of this Policy.

This Policy applies only to information collected through the Site and therefore does not apply to data we collect in other contexts.

What information do we collect and maintain about you?

We collect personal and other information from you directly when you provide it to us through the website. We may also automatically collect certain information about you and your computer, smartphone, or other device when you use, access, or interact with our Site.

General visitors: You can visit the Site without submitting any information that we can use to identify you personally. However, if you use certain features on the Site, such as the “Contact Us” feature, you will be required to provide personal information. Such information could include, for example, your name, email address, or phone number. Our online contact form also contains a “comments” field through which you may submit additional personal information.

Founders and Investors: If you are a Founder or an Investor and your site or content is linked in our Resources page, you may be contacted by other users of the Site who may be interested in learning more about your company. We hope this is a good thing! This is, after all, about connection, community, education - and growing the pie :) 

Web log data: When you use the Site, we automatically receive and record certain information from your computer (or other device) and your browser. This may include such data as your IP address and domain name, the pages you visit on the Site, the date and time of your visit, the files that you download, the URLs from the websites you visit before and after navigating to the Site, your software and hardware attributes (including device IDs), your general geographic location (e.g., your city, state, or metropolitan region), and certain cookie information (see below). To obtain such information, we may use web logs or applications that recognise your computer and gather information about its online activity.

Cookies: We use cookies on the Site. Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer by your web browser. A cookie allows the Site to recognise whether you have visited before and may store user preferences and other information. For example, cookies can be used to collect or store information about your use of the Site during your current session and over time (including the pages you view, the videos you watch, and the files you download), your computer’s operating system and browser type, your Internet service provider, your domain name and IP address, your general geographic location, the website that you visited before the Site, and the link you used to leave the Site. If you are concerned about having cookies on your computer, you can set your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being set, allowing you to decide whether to accept it. You can also delete cookies from your computer. However, if you choose to block or delete cookies, certain features of the Site may not operate correctly.

Third-party online tracking: We also may partner with certain third parties to collect, analyse, and use some of the personal and other information described in this section. For example, we may allow third parties to set cookies or use web beacons on the Site or in email communications from us. This information may be used for a variety of purposes, including website analytics, as discussed below (see the section entitled “With whom we share your information”).

How do we use your information?

fLounder uses the information that we collect for a variety of purposes. These purposes include, for example:

• To respond to your questions or requests concerning the Site or other services offered by us;

• To fulfil the terms of any agreement you have with us;

• To fulfil your requests for our services or otherwise complete a transaction that you initiate;

• To send you information about our services and other topics that are likely to be of interest to you, including opt-in only newsletters, updates or other communications, including promotional emails and advertising;

• To improve your user experience and the quality of our products and services; 

• To comply with legal and/or regulatory requirements; and

• To manage our business.

In addition to the purposes above, we use the information that we collect automatically through the Site for such purposes as:

• Counting and recognising visitors to the Site;

• Analysing how visitors use the Site and various Site features;

• Improving the Site and enhancing users’ experiences with the Site;

• Creating new products and services or improving our existing products and services;

• Enabling additional website analytics and research concerning the Site; and

• Managing our business.

fLounder may link information gathered through the Site with information that we collect in other contexts but in that event, we will handle the combined information in a manner consistent with this Policy.

With whom and why do we share your information?

We share your information with other parties for a variety of purposes, as described below.

Analytics: We partner with certain third parties to obtain the automatically collected information discussed above and to engage in analysis, auditing, research, and reporting. These third parties may use web logs or web beacons, and they may set and access cookies on your computer or other device. In particular, the Site uses Google Analytics to help collect and analyse certain information for the purposes discussed above. You may opt out of the use of cookies by Google Analytics here.

The use of online tracking mechanisms by third parties is subject to those third parties’ own privacy policies, and not this Policy. If you prefer to prevent third parties from setting and accessing cookies on your computer or other device, you may set your browser to block cookies. Although our Site currently does not respond to “do not track” browser headers, you can limit tracking through these third-party programs and by taking the other steps discussed above.

Third-party service providers: fLounder uses third-party service providers that perform services on our behalf, including web-hosting companies, mailing vendors, machine learning and artificial intelligence development, and analytics providers. These service providers may collect and/or use your information, including information that identifies you personally, to assist us in achieving the purposes discussed above.

We may share your information with other third parties when necessary to fulfil your requests for services; to complete a transaction that you initiate; to meet the terms of any agreement that you have with us or our partners; or to manage our business.

Legal purposes: We also may use or share your information with third parties when we believe, in our sole discretion, that doing so is necessary:

• To comply with applicable law or a court order, subpoena or other legal process;

• To investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, violations of our terms and conditions, or situations involving threats to our property or the property or physical safety of any person or third party;

• To establish, protect or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; or

• To facilitate the financing, securitisation, insuring, sale, assignment, bankruptcy, or other disposal of all or part of our business or assets.

Aggregated information: From time to time, fLounder may also share aggregated information about Site users, such as by publishing a report on trends in the usage of the Site. Such aggregated information will not identify you personally.

External links: This Site may contain links to third-party websites. If you use these links, you will leave the Site. We have not reviewed these third-party sites and do not control and are not responsible for any of these sites, their content, or their privacy policy. Thus, we do not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, software, or other products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third-party sites listed on our Site, you do so at your own risk.

Data Security: We employ physical, technical, and administrative procedures to safeguard the personal information we collect online. However, no website is 100% secure, and we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to the Site or to us, and you transmit such information at your own risk.

International Users: The information that we collect through or in connection with the Site is transferred to and processed in the United States for the purposes described above. fLounder may subcontract the processing of your data to, or otherwise share your data with, affiliates or third parties in the United States or countries other than your country of residence. The data-protection laws in these countries may be different from, and less stringent than, those in your country of residence. By using the Site or by providing any personal or other information to us, you expressly consent to such transfer and processing.

Children: Content on this Site is directed at individuals over the age of 18 and is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13.

Changes to this Policy

fLounder may make changes to the Site in the future and as a consequence will need to revise this Policy to reflect those changes. fLounder will post all such changes on the Site, so you should review this page periodically. If we make a material change to the Policy, you will be provided with appropriate notice.

Want to contact us?

Should you have any questions or concerns about this Policy, you can contact us here.