Privacy Policy for Vega Apps, LLC

1. Introduction

Welcome to Vega Apps, LLC ("Company", "we", "our", "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our AI-powered construction planning and takeoff software platform (the "Service").

Our Service is designed to revolutionize construction planning by leveraging AI-driven automation to streamline the bidding process. This involves the processing of data you provide, including sensitive construction documents. This policy outlines our practices and your rights regarding your data.

By using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the Service.

2. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information in connection with the services we provide, including:

2.1 Information You Provide to Us

• Account Information: When you register for an account, we collect information such as your name, email address, company name, job title, and contact number.
• Project Data: You may upload construction drawings, blueprints, PDFs, and other project-related documents to our platform for processing. This data is essential for the core functionality of our Service.
• Payment Information: When you subscribe to our paid plans, we collect payment information, such as your credit card details or other financial information. This data is processed by our third-party payment processors.
• Communications: If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.

2.2. Information We Collect Automatically

• Usage Data: We automatically collect information about your interactions with our Service, such as the pages you visit, the features you use, the time and date of your visit, and the duration of your session.
• Device and Connection Information: We collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to access our Service, including the device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, browser type, and IP address.
• Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. 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 Service.

2.3. Information We Receive from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from other sources, including third-party services and organizations. For example, if you access our Service through a third-party application, such as an app store or a social networking service, we may collect information about you from that third-party application that you have made public via your privacy settings.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:

• Provide, Operate, and Maintain our Service: We use your project data to generate AI-powered takeoffs, cost estimations, and reports. Your account information is used to manage your access and provide customer support.
• Improve, Personalize, and Expand our Service: We analyze usage data to understand how our users interact with the Service, which helps us to improve its functionality and user experience. We may also use your data to personalize your experience.
• Develop New Products, Services, Features, and Functionality: Your feedback and usage patterns help us to identify opportunities for new features and services.
• Communicate with You: We may use your contact information to send you updates, security alerts, and administrative messages. We may also send you marketing and promotional communications, which you can opt out of at any time.
• Process and Complete Transactions: We use your payment information to process payments for your subscription to the Service.
• For Compliance, Fraud Prevention, and Safety: We may use your information to enforce our terms and conditions, to comply with legal obligations, and to protect the rights, property, or safety of our company, our users, or others.
• AI Model Training: We may use your data, in an aggregated and anonymized form, to train and improve our machine learning models. We are committed to ensuring that your personal data is not compromised in this process.

4. How We Share Your Information

We may share the information we collect in the following circumstances:

• With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors and service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, and customer service.
• For 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.
• For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if we are required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
• To Protect Our Rights: We may disclose your information when we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding potential violations of our policies, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person and illegal activities, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
• With Your Consent: We may share your information with other third parties with your consent.

5. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

We may process your Personal Data because:

• We need to perform a contract with you.
• You have given us permission to do so.
• The processing is in our legitimate interests and it's not overridden by your rights.
• For payment processing purposes.
• To comply with the law.

6. Data Retention and Deletion

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

You may request deletion of your account and associated data by contacting us at the address provided below.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

We aim to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

• The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
• The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
• The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
• The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
• The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable and commonly used format.
• The right to withdraw consent. You also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time where we relied on your consent to process your personal information.

Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.

8. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Service is at your own risk. You should only access the Service within a secure environment.

9. 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 than those from 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.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

10. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us.

If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

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.

We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update 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.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• By email: [Insert Email Address]
• By visiting this page on our website: [Insert Contact Page URL]
• By mail: 1234 Construction Way, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, United States