Privacy Policy

Last updated: 25th July 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to The Informed Founder ("we", "us", "our"). We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and protect any information that you provide to us when you use our services, in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

2. Information We Collect

We aim to collect only the necessary information to provide and improve our services.Currently, we may collect the following:

• Information you provide directly:When you contact us via email, we collect your email address and any information you provide in your message
• Automatically collected information: Our website may use cookies for essential functionality. We may also collect anonymous usage statistics to improve our website, such as IP addresses (anonymized), browser type, and pages visited.

3. How We Use Your Information

Any information we collect will be used for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our services.
• To improve our website and services.
• To communicate with you, if you have opted in or initiated contact (e.g., responding to your enquiries).
• To comply with legal obligations.

4. Sharing and Disclosure of Your Information

We value your privacy. We do not and will not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third parties for marketing or any other purposes.

We will only share your personal information in the following limited circumstances:

• With your explicit consent: We will share your information with third parties if you have specifically agreed to it.
• For legal reasons: 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"), to protect our rights, property, or safety, or that of our users or others.
• Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose. Specifically, we use Microsoft Azure for hosting and infrastructure, and Google Analytics to help us understand how our website is used. Google Analytics may collect anonymized usage data such as IP addresses, browser type, and pages visited.

5. Data Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. We use encryption at rest and in transit, with strict controls around direct access to any personal data. We take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse, or alteration of your personal information. However, please note that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

6. Your Data Protection Rights under UK GDPR

Under UK GDPR, you have various rights regarding your personal data. These include:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below. We will respond to your request within one month.

7. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy, or as required by law.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. 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 "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data protection practices, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights, please contact us at:
The Informed Founder
Email: info@informedfounder.com

11. Complaints

If you are not satisfied with our response to any complaint or believe our processing of your information does not comply with data protection law, you can make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). You can find more information on how to do this at the ICO website: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/.