Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

Information you give us. When you join our waitlist, sign up for updates, or contact us, we collect your email address and any other information you choose to include in your message (for example, your name, company, or the nature of your inquiry).

Information collected automatically. When you visit the Site, we and our service providers may automatically collect limited technical information, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring web page, pages viewed, and the dates and times of your visits. We collect this through server logs, cookies, and similar technologies.

We do not ask for, and you should not submit through the Site, sensitive information such as government identification numbers, financial account details, or digital wallet private keys or seed phrases.

2. How We Use Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Send you updates about Formation Securities, including waitlist, launch, and public notice updates you signed up for;
• Respond to your inquiries and communicate with you;
• Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Site;
• Understand how visitors use the Site;
• Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and security incidents; and
• Comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal process.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.

3. How We Share Information

We share personal information only as follows:

• Service providers. With vendors that help us run the Site and our communications, such as hosting, email delivery, and analytics providers. They may use your information only to provide services to us.
• Affiliates. With our parent company and other entities under common control, for the purposes described in this Policy.
• Legal and safety. When we believe disclosure is required by law, regulation, subpoena, or other legal process, or is needed to protect the rights, property, or safety of Formation Securities, our users, or others.
• Professional advisors. With our lawyers, accountants, and other advisors as needed to obtain advice or protect our interests.
• Business transfers. In connection with a merger, financing, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of all or part of our business or assets.
• With your consent. When you direct us to share it.

We may also share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

4. Cookies and Analytics

The Site uses cookies and similar technologies that are necessary for it to work, and may use analytics tools to understand how visitors use the Site. You can set your browser to refuse or delete cookies, though some parts of the Site may not function properly as a result. The Site does not currently respond to "Do Not Track" browser signals.

5. Data Retention

We keep your email address until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it, and keep other information only as long as reasonably needed for the purposes described in this Policy or as required by law.

6. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect the information we collect. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Your Choices and Rights

Unsubscribe. You can opt out of our emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email or by contacting us at the address below.

Access, correction, and deletion. You may ask us to access, correct, or delete the personal information we hold about you. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under applicable privacy laws. We will respond to requests as required by law and may need to verify your identity first. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.

8. Children

The Site is not directed to anyone under 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

9. Users Outside the United States

Formation Securities is based in the United States, and we and our service providers process information in the United States. If you visit the Site from outside the United States, your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your country.

10. Third-Party Links

The Site may link to third-party websites, such as social media pages and our partners' sites. We do not control those sites, and this Policy does not apply to them. Please review their privacy policies.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated version on the Site and revise the "Last Updated" date above. Your continued use of the Site after an update means you accept the revised Policy.

12. Governing Law

This Policy is governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Policy or want to exercise your privacy rights, contact us at help@formationsecurities.com.