Privacy Policy
Introduction
MadeLaunch ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share information about you when you use our website and services.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
- Account Information: When you register, we collect your name, email address, and password.
- Profile Information: You may choose to add a bio, social links, and profile picture.
- Product Information: When you submit a product, we collect the product name, description, URL, and logo.
- Communications: When you contact us, we collect the information you provide.
Information Collected Automatically
- Log Data: IP address, browser type, pages visited, and timestamps.
- Cookies: We use cookies to maintain your session and preferences.
- Analytics: We may use third-party analytics services to understand usage patterns.
How We Use Your Information
- To provide and maintain our services
- To process your product submissions
- To send you important updates and notifications
- To respond to your inquiries
- To detect and prevent fraud or abuse
- To improve our services
Information Sharing
We do not sell your personal information. We may share information:
- With your consent
- To comply with legal obligations
- To protect our rights and safety
- With service providers who assist in our operations
Data Retention
- Account and product information: kept while your account is active. When you delete your account, we delete your account data.
- Activity logs (actions such as logins and submissions, with IP address and browser type): kept for up to 90 days to help prevent spam and abuse, then deleted.
- Email preferences and unsubscribe records: kept so we can respect your choices.
Data Security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.
Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access your personal information
- Correct inaccurate information
- Delete your account and data
- Opt out of marketing communications
Cookies
We use essential cookies to keep you signed in and remember your preferences (such as dark or light mode). Our analytics and advertising partners listed below also set cookies to measure usage and show ads. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, but some features (like staying signed in) may stop working.
Advertising
We show ads through Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies lets it and its partners show you ads based on those visits.
You can opt out of personalized advertising in Google Ads Settings, and learn more in how Google uses data from sites that use its services.
Third-Party Services
We use these services to run MadeLaunch. Each handles data under its own privacy policy:
- Cloudflare: security, spam/bot protection, content delivery and privacy-friendly traffic statistics
- Google Analytics: website usage statistics
- Microsoft Clarity: anonymized recordings and heatmaps of how pages are used, to help us fix usability problems
- Google AdSense: advertising (see Advertising above)
- Google Sign-In: optional sign-in with your Google account (we receive your name, email and profile picture)
- Stripe: payment processing for featured listings and sponsorships (we never see or store your card details)
- SMTP2GO: delivering account and notification emails
- YouTube: embedded product videos, when a maker adds one
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the new policy on this page.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.