Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Seedwire ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website seedwire.co (the "Site"), including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of the Site. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the "Last updated" date of this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy applies to information we collect on the Site, in email, text, and other electronic messages between you and the Site, and through mobile and desktop applications you download from the Site.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect on the Site includes:

2.1 Personal Data You Provide

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address. This is the only personal information we require to provide our newsletter service. We do not require you to create an account or provide any other personal information to access our content.

2.2 Automatically Collected Data

When you visit the Site, our servers may automatically log standard data provided by your web browser. This data may include your device's Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, and other details about your visit.

We may also collect data about the device you are using to access the Site. This data may include the device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, device settings, and geo-location data. What we collect can depend on the individual settings of your device and software. We recommend checking the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider to learn what information they make available to us.

2.3 Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Site and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Essential Cookies: Required for the Site to function properly, including remembering your theme preference (dark/light mode).
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the Site by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
• Preference Cookies: Allow the Site to remember choices you make (such as your preferred language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.

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 Site.

3. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site to:

• Send you our newsletter and other email communications you have subscribed to.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the Site.
• Notify you of updates to the Site and our services.
• Perform other business activities as needed.
• Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.
• Respond to product and customer service requests.
• Compile anonymous statistical data and analysis for use internally or with third parties.
• Deliver targeted advertising, coupons, newsletters, and other information regarding promotions and the Site to you.
• Increase the efficiency and operation of the Site.
• Resolve disputes and troubleshoot problems.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

4.1 By Law or to Protect Rights

If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

4.2 Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. These service providers are contractually obligated to keep your information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.

4.3 Business Transfers

We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company. We will notify you via email and/or a prominent notice on our Site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information.

4.4 We Do Not Sell Your Data

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties for their marketing purposes. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.

5. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information. We store your email address in Cloudflare D1, a secure, encrypted database infrastructure. Access to this database is restricted to authorized personnel only.

In the event of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you as required by applicable law, including providing notice within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach where required by GDPR.

6. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

6.1 Access and Portability

You have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you. We will provide this information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format upon request.

6.2 Correction

You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.

6.3 Deletion ("Right to be Forgotten")

You have the right to request that we delete your personal information. Upon receiving a valid deletion request, we will remove your email address from our database within 30 days, unless we are required to retain it for legal or regulatory purposes.

6.4 Opt-Out of Email Communications

You may opt out of receiving our newsletter and other marketing emails at any time by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link in any email we send, or by contacting us at [email protected].

6.5 California Privacy Rights (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to: (1) request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you; (2) request deletion of your personal information; (3) opt out of the sale of your personal information (we do not sell personal information); and (4) not be discriminated against for exercising your privacy rights.

6.6 GDPR Rights (EU/EEA Residents)

If you are located in the European Union or European Economic Area, you have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including the right to object to processing, the right to restrict processing, and the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Our legal basis for processing your email address is your explicit consent, which you may withdraw at any time.

7. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not directed to children under the age of 13. 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 information, 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.

If you are between 13 and 18 years of age, you may use the Site only with the involvement and consent of a parent or guardian. We encourage parents and guardians to monitor their children's Internet usage and to help enforce this Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide personal information on this Site without their permission.

8. Third-Party Websites and Services

The Site may contain links to third-party websites and services. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites or services before providing any information to them.

Our Site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages and uses Cloudflare's infrastructure. Cloudflare may collect certain information about your visit as part of their service. Please review Cloudflare's Privacy Policy for more information.

We may use analytics services such as Cloudflare Web Analytics, which is privacy-focused and does not use cookies or track individual users across websites. Any analytics data we collect is aggregated and anonymized.

9. Data Retention

We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

For newsletter subscribers, we retain your email address for as long as you remain subscribed. Upon unsubscribing, we will delete your email address from our active mailing list within 30 days. We may retain anonymized records of past subscriptions for statistical purposes.

Server logs and analytics data are retained for a maximum of 90 days, after which they are automatically deleted or anonymized.

10. International Data Transfers

Your information, including personal data, 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 of 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 data, to the United States and process it there. Our infrastructure is provided by Cloudflare, which operates globally with data centers in multiple regions.

For transfers from the EU/EEA to the United States, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) as approved by the European Commission, or other appropriate safeguards as required by applicable law.

11. 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. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account (if applicable) and/or through a notice on the Site's home page.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, or if you wish to exercise any of your rights described above, please contact us at:

We will respond to all legitimate requests within 30 days. Occasionally it may take us longer if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.