Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

LaunchZone ("we", "our", or "us") operates the LaunchZone website. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

• Account Information: When you sign up using OAuth (Google, GitHub) or email, we collect your name, email address, and profile picture.
• Product Submissions: Product name, description, website URL, images, and other details you provide when submitting a product.
• Usage Data: Pages visited, interactions (upvotes, reviews), browser type, approximate location, and referring URLs collected automatically through privacy-friendly, cookieless analytics.
• Payment Information: Payment details are processed securely by our third-party payment provider. We do not store your credit card information on our servers.

3. How We Use Your Information

• To provide, operate, and maintain the LaunchZone platform.
• To process product submissions, payments, and account management.
• To send transactional emails (submission confirmations, launch notifications, payment receipts).
• To display your submitted products and public profile information on the platform.
• To improve our website, features, and user experience through analytics.
• To detect and prevent fraud, abuse, or violations of our Terms of Service.

4. Information Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with:

• Service Providers: Third-party services that help us operate our platform (e.g., hosting, analytics, payment processing, email delivery).
• Legal Compliance: When required by law, regulation, or legal process.
• Public Content: Products you submit, reviews, and upvotes are publicly visible on the platform.

5. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services:

• OAuth (Google, GitHub): For secure authentication. The provider's privacy policy applies to data collected during sign-in.
• Supabase: For database and authentication services.
• Payment Processing: Payments are handled by our payment provider under their own privacy policy.

6. Cookies

We use only essential cookies to maintain your session, authentication state, and security controls. These cookies are required for the service to work. Our usage analytics are privacy-friendly and cookieless — they set no cookies and do not collect personally identifiable information — so no analytics consent banner is shown.

7. Data Retention

We retain your account information for as long as your account is active. Product submissions remain on the platform indefinitely as part of our public archive. You may request deletion of your account and associated personal data by contacting us.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Request correction or deletion of your personal data.
• Object to or restrict processing of your data.
• Request a copy of your data in a portable format.
• Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

9. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Children's Privacy

LaunchZone is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of the platform after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at hello@launchzone.co.