Privacy Policy for LaunchForge

Effective Date: April 13, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to LaunchForge! This Privacy Policy explains how LaunchTap LLC ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, shares, and protects information in relation to our web application, LaunchForge (the "Service"). This policy applies to all visitors, users, and others who access the Service ("Users").

Your privacy is important to us. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

2. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

a. Information You Provide Directly:

  • Account Information: When you register for an account, we collect information such as your name, email address, and password (stored securely using hashing). If you sign up using a third-party service like Google, we receive information permitted by that service (e.g., name, email, profile picture).
  • Profile Information: You may choose to provide additional information for your profile, such as a profile picture URL.
  • Idea Content: Information you input into the Service, including idea titles, descriptions, content within the editor, tags, and associated notes or data ("User Content").
  • AI Interaction Data: Prompts you enter into AI features, conversations with AI assistants, generated content (like refined ideas, descriptions, landing pages, analysis results), and your feedback on AI outputs.
  • Collaboration Information: If you use sharing features, we collect the email addresses of people you invite and the permissions you grant them.
  • Onboarding and Survey Responses: Information you provide during onboarding or when responding to surveys or feedback requests (e.g., preferences, how you use the app, pricing feedback).
  • Communications: If you contact us directly (e.g., via email for support), we may keep a record of your communication.

b. Information Collected Automatically:

  • Usage Data: We automatically collect information about how you access and use the Service. This may include your IP address, browser type, browser version, device information, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, interactions with features (clicks, feature usage frequency), and other diagnostic data. We use services like PostHog for analytics (see Section 6).
  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Service and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

c. Information from Third Parties:

If you connect your account via a third-party service (like Google), we receive information from that service as described above.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for various purposes:

  • To provide, operate, and maintain our Service.
  • To manage your account, including registration, authentication, and password resets.
  • To process your User Content and enable the features of the Service (e.g., idea editing, AI generation, analysis, sharing).
  • To facilitate AI features: Your inputs (like idea content or prompts) are sent to third-party AI service providers (see Section 6) to generate responses, analysis, or other requested outputs. We process the outputs to display them within the Service.
  • To personalize and improve your experience with the Service.
  • To understand how Users interact with our Service for analytics, research, and service improvement (using aggregated and anonymized data where feasible).
  • To communicate with you, including responding to your inquiries, sending service-related notices (e.g., account verification, password reset, security alerts), and potentially sending updates or promotional materials (with your consent where required).
  • To facilitate collaboration features, like sending share invitations on your behalf.
  • To ensure the security and integrity of our Service, prevent fraud, and enforce our terms.
  • To comply with legal obligations.

4. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Information (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We may process your Personal Information because:

  • We need to perform a contract with you (e.g., to provide the Service).
  • You have given us permission to do so (e.g., for optional features or marketing communications).
  • The processing is in our legitimate interests and it's not overridden by your rights (e.g., for analytics, security, service improvement).
  • To comply with the law.

5. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information in the following circumstances:

Service Providers:

We share information with third-party vendors and service providers that help us operate our Service, such as:

  • Cloud hosting providers (e.g., Convex).
  • AI service providers (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Agent AI - depending on the models used as indicated in convex/ai.ts and convex/landingPageGenerator.ts). Note: When you use AI features, relevant input data is sent to these providers to generate output. Their use of data is governed by their respective privacy policies.
  • Analytics providers (e.g., PostHog).
  • Email delivery services (e.g., Resend for OTPs and notifications).

These providers have access to your information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Collaboration:

When you share an idea, the invited user(s) will be able to see the idea content based on the permissions you grant. Your name or email may be visible to those you share with.

Legal Requirements:

We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).

Business Transfers:

If LaunchTap LLC is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Information is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Protection of Rights:

We may disclose information where we believe it necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Service, or as otherwise required by law.

With Your Consent:

We may disclose your personal information for any other purpose with your consent.

6. Third-Party Services

Our Service utilizes third-party services. Their use of your information is governed by their respective privacy policies:

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party services.

7. Data Security

We implement reasonable security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. We use technologies like encryption and hashing (for passwords). However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

8. Data Retention

We will retain your Personal Information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

You can delete your account at any time through the settings page, which will initiate the deletion of your personal information according to our data deletion process, subject to legal and operational retention requirements.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location (e.g., if you are in the EEA or California), you may have certain data protection rights:

  • The right to access, update, or delete the information we have on you.
  • The right of rectification (correct inaccurate information).
  • The right to object to processing.
  • The right of restriction (request limiting the processing).
  • The right to data portability (receive your data in a structured, common format).
  • The right to withdraw consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We may need to verify your identity before responding to such requests. Please note that we may not be able to provide the Service without some necessary data.

You also have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about our collection and use of your Personal Information.

10. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for use by children under the age of 13 (or 16 in some jurisdictions like the EEA). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under this age. If you become aware that a child has provided us with Personal Information without parental consent, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

11. International Transfers

Your information, including Personal Information, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Information, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer. LaunchTap LLC will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our 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 "Effective Date" at the top. We may also provide notice through the Service or via email prior to the change becoming effective. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: