Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Negative Five World ("we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our platform at negativefive.world and related services.

2. Information We Collect

Account & Profile Data

When you create an account, we collect your name, email address, password (hashed), and optional profile information such as your role, company, and preferences.

Usage Analytics

We automatically collect information about how you interact with the platform, including pages visited, features used, search queries, device type, browser, IP address, and session duration. This helps us improve the product experience.

Community Contributions

When you contribute data through our sharing mode (e.g., company details, contact information, corrections), we collect and store that contributed data along with your user ID to attribute contributions and award credits.

Payment & Billing

When you purchase credits or subscriptions, we collect transaction metadata including plan type, credit amounts, and timestamps. Payment processing is handled by PayPal; we do not store your full payment card details on our servers.

3. How We Use Your Information

• Provide, maintain, and improve our services
• Process transactions and manage your credit balance
• Personalize your experience (e.g., AI-powered recommendations, match scoring)
• Moderate community contributions and maintain data quality
• Send transactional emails (e.g., email sequences, notifications)
• Analyze usage patterns to improve the platform
• Prevent fraud, abuse, and enforce our terms

4. Data Sharing & Third Parties

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

• Service providers: Infrastructure (hosting, database), payment processing (PayPal), email delivery (Resend), and analytics services.
• AI services: We use AI models to power features like discovery, enrichment, and grant writing. Queries may be processed by third-party AI providers.
• Community data: If you enable Sharing Mode, your contributed data (not your personal account info) may be visible to other users on the platform.
• Legal requirements: We may disclose information if required by law or to protect our rights.

5. Community Contributions & Sharing Mode

Negative Five World features a hybrid model where users can earn credits by contributing data. When Sharing Mode is enabled, your enrichment results may be shared with the community in exchange for credits. You can disable Sharing Mode at any time in your settings. Contributed data is moderated and may be flagged or rejected by community reviewers.

6. Data Retention

We retain your account data for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we will remove your personal data within 30 days, except where retention is required by law or for legitimate business purposes (e.g., transaction records). Community contributions may persist in anonymized form.

7. Your Rights

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

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your account and data
• Export your data in a portable format
• Withdraw consent for data processing
• Object to or restrict certain processing activities

To exercise these rights, contact us at info@negativefive.vc.

8. Cookies & Tracking

We use essential cookies for authentication and session management. We may use analytics tools to understand usage patterns. We do not use third-party advertising cookies. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings.

9. Security

We implement industry-standard security measures including encryption in transit (TLS), hashed passwords, row-level security policies, and access controls. However, no system is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. Continued use of the platform after changes constitutes acceptance.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: info@negativefive.vc