FoundryCo, Inc.

Privacy Policy

Welcome

We’re glad you chose to visit an FoundryCo, Inc. (“Foundry” or “we”) site! We care about your privacy and the personal data you share with us and want you to understand how we are using and protecting the personal data we collect about you as a data controller.

Foundry is respectful of data privacy and adopts best practices in compliance with applicable privacy law and regulations, including the European General Data Protection Regulation (EU 2016/679) (the “GDPR”), Directive 2002/58/EC (the “e-Privacy Directive”); European national laws implementing derogations, exceptions or other aspects of the e-Privacy Directive and/or the GDPR; the GDPR, as transposed into the United Kingdom national law by operation of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 and as amended by the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the “UK GDPR”) and the United Kingdom’ Data Protection Act 2018; the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (the “PIPEDA”); the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended from time to time (the “CCPA”) and the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (the “CPRA”).

 

  1. Who Processes Your Data?
  • The controller of your personal data is Foundry and members of the Foundry group of companies (“Group Undertakings”). A full list of Foundry Group Undertakings, including contact details, is available here. Each Group Undertaking acts as a data controller with respect to data collected, processed, used, and stored as a part of services and activities conducted by a Group Undertaking. Certain services and activities may be conducted by several Group Undertakings.
  • Where required, Foundry has designated a representative in the EU:

 

IDG Communications Limited

Mezzanine Floor, Millennium House,

Great Strand Street

Dublin 1, Ireland

dataprotection@foundryco.com.

 

  • For all matters related to privacy and the collection, processing, use and storage of your personal data, please contact Foundry’s Data Protection Officer at: dataprotection@foundryco.com.
  1. What personal data we collect?

Depending on the product or/and service involved, Foundry may collect various categories of data for distinct purposes. This may include, in particular:

 

  • Data that you provide to us:
  • Business contact information, such as first name, last name, business email address and phone number, company name, business title, business address. In some cases, you may also provide us additional professional information such as the size of the company you work for, and industry type. When you set up an account with Foundry, we may also collect your log-in credentials (i.e., email and password) and billing information, where applicable. With respect to networking events, we may collect certain details pertaining to professional profiles, including photos and feedback or information that participants, speakers, and/or partners have volunteered to provide to us via questionnaires submitted prior to, during or after events. We may also process the information necessary for the provision of ancillary services relating to events organized by us that you requested (e.g., to arrange accommodation for you).
  • We may collect such data when you use or register to receive any of the products, services or content offered by Foundry and its third-party sponsors, as applicable (including authentication through your social media profiles), or when you communicate with us through email, web application forms, chat, our social media, and other forms of communication.
  • Data we collect from other sources:
  • We collect information about your use and interaction with our websites, content and services. The exact scope of personal data collected will depend on the specific features of the website / services then available and used by you. We use cookies and other tools for collecting such data. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for more information.
  • We may also collect personal data that you have made accessible from publicly available sources, including third-party websites, blogs, articles, or similar publicly available content. This typically includes business contact information as described in Section 2.1 above.
  • Foundry processes your business professional details in the context of your professional capacity. Foundry does not, in any event, knowingly collect or process any personal data that may be classified as special categories of personal data or sensitive personal information under the applicable privacy laws.
  1. How we use your personal data
  • To provide and improve our services and content and to develop new offerings
  • We may use your personal data and information about your organization to deliver our services or content to you and/or our clients, e.g., when you access our platforms from the Foundry Communications Network, subscribe to our newsletter, visit our or our clients’ websites, view our or our clients’ content, participate in our networking events, etc. We will use your personal data in particular to identify you when you login to your account, to process your payments, and to fulfil your requests. If you enter a sweepstake, contest, or similar Foundry promotion, we may use your personal data to administer such promotion.
  • Some public Foundry events may be recorded by means of photographs, audio recordings, and/or videos. Such photographs and recordings may subsequently appear on the respective event website, other relevant website, on social media, in the press, or in promotional materials (such as Foundry promotional videos or program guides). All events to be thus documented will be clearly indicated as such. Foundry may separately seek your consent prior to recording if you are to feature predominantly in the planned recording (e.g., speakers and participants in interviews).
  • We may also use the personal data about you to enhance, optimize, secure, update, market, and analyse our services or develop new services or products.
  • To communicate with you
  • We may process your personal data to communicate with you, for example, when we assist you with setting up or administering your account, provide customer care, resolve your complaints, and send technical notices and other support messages. Such communication is not affected by your marketing communication preferences.
  • Foundry may also use your personal data when we ask you for your insights about a specific industry or topic (surveys) or to provide you with updates on industry developments and other value-added services or features provided whether for remuneration or free of charge.
  • To inform you about Foundry’s products or services
  • We may contact you about our news, events, services and their features or special offers that we believe may interest you, provided that we have the requisite permission to do so, either on the basis of your consent, or our legitimate interests to provide you with marketing communications where we may do so, within the limits provided by law. You may change your marketing preferences at any time by following the instructions in such communications or by contacting us via the contact details provided in the Section 1 of this Privacy Policy.
  • To carry out B2B market research and provide relating services
  • Foundry may process your personal data to carry out relevant market research and analysis and to provide services and insights relating to market assessments, business-to-business marketing, sales, business development, and other related purposes. This may include analysis and other processing relying also on third-party sources and algorithmic processing. The purposes are limited to business-related information processed in the context of your professional capacity.
  • To comply with legal obligations
  • Foundry may also process your personal data to comply with applicable legal obligations.
  • To prevent fraudulent activities and protect our rights
  • We may use the information about you to detect, prevent and address fraud and other illegal activity and to establish, exercise or defend our legal claims and protect our rights.
  1. On what legal basis do we process your personal data?
  • We process, use, and store your data primarily to perform our obligations under the contracts we have concluded with you or your organization.
  • In certain instances, we may also process your personal data based on our legitimate interests. Foundry’s legitimate interests include developing, offering and delivering our B2B products and services to customers, enhancing our products and customer base management of the customer relationships, conducting market research and analysis, exchanging professional knowledge about the industry, exercising and defending our legal rights, preventing fraud, illegal activity or imminent harm, and ensuring the security and operability of our network and services. Where permissible under applicable law, we may also contact you about our products and services based on our legitimate interests.
  • In specific cases, we process your data based on your consent, in accordance with the requirements for consent under applicable privacy laws. For example, we may rely on your consent for direct marketing purposes or personalized advertising, where required.
  • We may also process your personal data where such processing is necessary to comply with the laws applicable to Foundry’s business operations.
  1. For how long do we store your data?
  • We will store your personal data for as long as is necessary to provide you with the products and/or services requested by you or your organization; for as long as is reasonably required to store such information for our legitimate interests, such as exercising our legal rights, or for as long as we are legally obligated to store such information.
  • If you consent to us collecting, processing, using, and storing your personal data, we will do so for the duration of such consent — in other words, until such consent expires or is withdrawn. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. For more details on the withdrawal of your consent, please see Section 8 below.
  1. Data disclosures and transfers

We may disclose your personal data to third parties or Group Undertakings in the following circumstances:

  • Our Group Undertakings, as listed here, working with us or on our behalf for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy may have access to your personal data.
  • We may also share your personal data with non-affiliated third parties such as professional advisors or public authorities when necessary:
  • To comply with legal obligations;
  • To enforce or defend the legal rights of Foundry in connection with corporate restructuring, such as a merger or business acquisition, or in connection with an insolvency situation;
  • To prevent fraud or imminent harm; and/or
  • To ensure the security and operability of our network and services.
  • We share your data with our trusted business partners, who process your data as our vendors and data processors on our behalf and pursuant to our instructions (for the purposes of e.g., IT support, hosting, etc.). We strive to select our vendors carefully and ensure they are able to provide adequate data protection and security safeguards.
  • Foundry can share your personal data with its business partners, sponsors, clients or other third parties, in the context of business-to-business services provided by Foundry, or to develop or market certain content (e.g., white papers). Where required, we will seek your consent before sharing your personal data with such third parties. Processing of your personal data by such third parties is governed by their respective privacy policies.
  • Your personal data can be shared through third-party cookies and other related technologies that are used by third parties. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for more information.
  • As required by the applicable laws, any transfer of your personal data outside the EU or the UK only takes place if the requirements of the applicable privacy laws, in particular as laid down in Art. 44 et seq. GDPR, have been fulfilled, e.g., based on the European Commission’s adequacy decision, or the Standard Contractual Clauses, including the UK SCC Addendum, where applicable.
  1. Data security
  • We have implemented and will maintain appropriate technical and organizational measures, internal controls, and information security routines in accordance with good industry practice while keeping in mind the state of technological development in order to protect your data against accidental loss, destruction, alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access or unlawful destruction. We employ various security measures to protect the information we collect, as appropriate to the type of information, including encryption, firewalls, and access controls. Foundry further ensures that all individuals who have access to your data and are involved in the collection, processing, use, and/or storage thereof are bound by appropriate confidentiality obligations and have appropriate training.
  • You are responsible for keeping confidential any passwords that we give you (or you choose) that enable you to access certain parts of our website. For security reasons, such passwords must not be shared with anyone.
  1. What are your rights?
  • If you have any questions or concerns about the handling of your personal data, and/or you wish to exercise your data subject rights, please contact us at any time via the contact details provided in the Section 1 of this Privacy Policy.
  • As a data subject, you have the following rights:
  • The Right to Access: You have a right to request access to the personal data about you that we process and to receive a copy of that data.
  • The Right to Receive Information: You may contact us at any time with a request to receive more information regarding the following:
    • the purposes for which we use your personal data;
    • how we categorize your personal data;
    • the recipients of your personal data;
    • the length of time we store your personal data; and
    • your rights as a data subject.
  • The Right to Portability: You have the right to receive a copy of your personal data from us in a structured and commonly used machine-readable format. You may also request us to transfer such data to another data controller.
  • The Right to Erasure: You may request us to erase your personal data from our records. Please note, that in some cases we may be legally obliged to retain some of your personal data. We may also retain some of your personal data in order to defend our legal rights, avoid sending you unwanted materials in the future, and to keep a record of your request and our response.
  • The Right to Rectification: If you discover that any of the data we possess about you is incorrect or incomplete, you may as us to rectify or supplement your data.
  • The Right to the Restriction of Use: You have a right to request restriction of our use of your personal data, in particular if you believe that such processing is unlawful, or your data are inaccurate.
  • The Right to Object: In cases in which we rely on our legitimate interest to use your personal data, we must consider and acknowledge the interests and rights that you have under data protection law. Your privacy rights are always protected by appropriate safeguards and balanced with your freedoms and other rights. You have the right to submit an objection at any time to our use of your personal data based on our legitimate interest.
  • The Right to Withdraw Consent: You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time to our use of your personal data. Please note that a withdrawal of your consent does not affect the legality of the use of your personal data prior to your consent being withdrawn.
  • To exercise any of the above-mentioned rights, please contact us through the contact information provided in Section 1 of this Privacy Policy.
  • Additionally, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent Data Protection Authority if you believe your rights regarding our use of your personal data have been violated.
  • For all processing of personal data carried out by Foundry within the European Economic Area subject to the GDPR, the competent Data Protection Authority is the Irish Data Protection Commission, with registered office at 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28, Ireland, as the lead supervisory authority of Foundry. More information can be found at: https://www.dataprotection.ie/.
  • For all processing of personal data carried out by Foundry in the United Kingdom subject to the UK GDPR, the competent Data Protection Authority is the Information Commissioner’s Office, with registered office at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow SK9 5AF, United Kingdom. More information can be found at: https://ico.org.uk.
  • If you are a Californian consumer, please see the Your California Privacy Rights for a complete statement of your rights under the CCPA, including the right to opt-out of the sharing and sale of your personal data.

  1. ContentPass

    On many of our websites, in Austria, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom, we offer you privacy-friendly and ad-free access with Contentpass. This is an offer from Content Pass GmbH, Wolfswerder 58, 14532 Kleinmachnow, Germany. Upon completing the service, Contentpass becomes your contractual partner.

    In order to display and thus offer this service to you on our websites, Contentpass processes your IP address on our behalf at the beginning of your website visit. Contentpass is the controller within the meaning of the GDPR for registration and contract processing of Contentpass and the associated data processing. We are solely responsible for the processing of your IP address. You can find further information on data protection directly at Contentpass.

    The basis for the data processing of the IP address, as part of our contract processing with Contentpass, is our legitimate interest in offering you the opportunity to access our website free of advertising and tracking, and your interest in using our website with virtually no advertising and tracking [Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR].

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  2. Links to Other Sites
    We may provide references and/or links to other companies, organizations, and/or public institutions on our website that enable you to access their websites directly from ours. The websites of these entities are governed by the entities’ own privacy policies. Please note that we are not responsible for the content of such websites and cannot accept responsibility for any issues arising in connection with such third parties’ use of your personal data. If you have any queries concerning the way your personal data is processed, used, or stored by such entities, we recommend referring to the privacy policies on the relevant websites.

  3. Children’s Privacy
    Our services or content are not directed, or intended for use by, children under the age of 16 years. Therefore, we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 16 years. If we become aware that personal data of a child under 16 has been collected, we will take appropriate steps to delete such data.

  4. Changes to this Privacy Policy

  • We may periodically modify the provisions of this Privacy Policy and encourage you to review it from time to time in order to stay up to date with the most recent developments in the area of the protection of your personal data. In the event of significant changes, we may also choose to notify you via email should we have your email address in our records.
  • An updated versions of this Privacy Policy will be published on our website. This Privacy Policy was last updated in September 2025.
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