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Last updated on August 10, 2024.

This Privacy Policy describes our policies on the collection, use, and disclosure of information about you in connection with your use of our services, including those offered through the FutureBrainy website (www.futurebrainy.com and any subdomains) (“Site”) and communications (e.g., emails, phone calls, and texts) (collectively, “Service”). The terms “we”, “us”, “our” and “FutureBrainy” refer to: FutureBrainy LLC. When you use the Service, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy, our Terms of Service, and our Community Guidelines.

This Privacy Policy does not cover any information that you make publicly available through the Service or your use of any of FutureBrainy’s paid products.

1. About FutureBrainy

FutureBrainy offers a public website where you can search for and share information about AI-powered tools and applications, communicate with Site users, contribute reviews of AI products and services, and connect with AI software providers. Our platform combines aspects of an online listing service with social media functionality, allowing users to discuss, ask questions, and share experiences about AI tools globally.

2. Information We Collect and How We Use It

We receive, store, and process certain types of personal information about you from your use of the Service, automatic data collection, and from certain third parties.

What Categories and Types of Information We Collect

We collect, transmit, and store various categories of your personal information in connection with the Service. Over the last 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information:

Category	Examples
Identifiers	First name, last name, email address
Commercial Information	Records of AI software products and/or services considered or reviewed
Internet or other electronic network or device activity information	Search history, information on interactions with our website, application, or advertisement
Geolocation Data	Physical location, generally
Audio and visual information	Video reviews of AI software
Professional or employment information	Current or past employment, job title, employer name
Inferences	Activity on the Site to infer interest in certain AI products and categories
Sensitive personal information	Account login and password information
Browser	IP address, screen resolution, browser version/identity, browser language, local timezone

FutureBrainy has not collected and does not plan to collect characteristics of protected classifications under applicable laws, biometric information, or education information; and sensitive personal information other than account logins and encrypted passwords. Although neither required nor recommended, it is your choice to provide any of the foregoing information in connection with the Service and to make that information public.

When you use services such as our AI-powered chatbot assistants, FutureBrainy may store your chat logs for the purpose of improving our products and services.

Please do not post on the Site or add to your account any personal data that you would not want to be publicly available.

Categories of Sources from Which We Collect Personal Information

We receive your personal information from any one or more of the following sources:

Directly from you. When you visit the Site, log-in as a registered user, or provide your information in a form on the Site, we will collect and store that information.
Indirectly from you. When you navigate and interact with the Site, some information is automatically collected by cookies and similar technologies. Not all information collected may be personal information, and some cookies are necessary to operationalize or maintain the Site or use different functionalities of the Site. The personal information collected may include information about your computer and internet connection, like IP address, operating system, and browser type. For more information about the cookies we use, see our Cookie Policy.
From Social Media Networks. When you use a social network login to access the Site, you will share certain personal information from your social media account with us. For example, if you connect to the Site through your Google account, we will receive and store your Google profile information.
From Other Sources. We also may periodically obtain both personal and non-personal information about you from affiliated entities, business partners, and other independent third-party sources and add it to other information about you.

Why We Use Your Personal Information

We may use personal information as permitted by law, for the following business purposes:

To provide the Service and various functions of the Service.
To fulfill any contact requests you make on the Site.
To engage in research and analysis related to the Site.
To personalize your experience.
To improve and understand usage of the Site.
To provide feedback to third party businesses that are listed on the Site.
To enhance the security of the Service.
To send you emails about FutureBrainy’s products and services.
To serve you offsite advertisements, including targeted advertising.
To comply with legal obligations.
In connection with a corporate transaction.

How We Share Your Information with Others

FutureBrainy may share your information with providers of AI products and services listed on the Site, our business partners, our service providers, social media networks, our affiliates, and any other third parties whom you authorize us to share your information with.

Sharing with providers of AI products and services listed on the Site. When you expressly request to be contacted, we will share your personal information with the provider of the AI software product or service with whom you have asked to be connected, in order to fulfill your request.
Sharing your content. When you leave a review or comment on the Site, that content and any personal information you have associated with it may be shared publicly on the Site and potentially on other platforms we have authorized to share this content.
Sharing with our service providers. FutureBrainy uses third-party service providers to support or provide services for us in connection with the Site.
Sharing with social networks. If you sign in to your FutureBrainy account using a social network, we may share information about your activity or any content you post on the Site with the relevant social network.
Sharing with our affiliates. We share your personal information with our affiliates and require them to abide by this Privacy Policy.

FutureBrainy may receive monetary or other valuable consideration for sharing your personal information when you submit a request to be contacted by a provider on the Site, or when you leave a review on the Site that we share with our clients.

3. Cookies, Analytics, and Other Tracking Technologies

Cookies and Tracking Technology

We want you to be aware that certain online tools exist to help us serve and recognize you when you visit the Site. We receive and store certain types of information when you visit the Site. When you access the Site, we (including companies we work with) may place small data files on your computer or other device. These data files may be web beacons, cookies, clear gifs, pixel tags, e-tags, flash cookies, log files, or other local storage provided by your browser or associated applications. These tracking technologies, which are often referred to collectively as cookies, allow us to understand how users navigate to and around the Site, view different pages, access content and request services. We may use them, for example, to keep track of your preferences and profile information and collect general usage and volume statistical information. If you want to remove or block cookies, you may be able to update your browser settings. For more information about our use of cookies, and to adjust your cookie preferences on the Site, please review our Cookie Policy.

Do Not Track Signals

FutureBrainy does not currently respond to Do-Not-Track signals, although we do respond to the Global Privacy Control (GPC). You may adjust your preferences for certain tracking, for example, by disabling cookies or using ‘private’ or ‘incognito’ browsing modes. Learn more in our Cookie Policy.

4. Reviews and Other Content Published on the Site

If you leave a review on the Site, or participate on a discussion board, your review(s) or comments will be publicly available on and off of the Site. Other users may be able to identify you, or associate you with your account, if you include personal information in the content you post publicly. You can reduce the risk of being personally identified by using the Service anonymously. Please also note that the messages you send or receive using the Service are only private to the extent that both you and the recipient(s) of your messages keep them private. For example, if you send a message to another user, that user may choose to publicly post it. We may access, review, and disclose such messages in connection with investigations related to use of the Service, as well as our efforts to improve the Service.

Submitting reviews and comments is entirely voluntary. By submitting reviews and comments, you grant FutureBrainy an authorization to publicly share them and sub-license the content according to our Terms of Service. This means that we can authorize the providers of AI- software products to share this content through their websites, social media sites, or other marketing materials, such as slide decks or case studies, and/or the operators of other publicly-available websites, social media sites, platforms, or mobile apps to republish this content.

If you posted an attributed review under your name, you can change your mind later, and we will anonymize or delete it. However, please understand that we cannot guarantee others did not store the personal information prior to the change, by printing or downloading the original post.

5. Your Data Privacy Rights

Depending on where you are located and/or live, you may exercise certain data privacy rights, and FutureBrainy will facilitate the exercise of those rights.

European Privacy Rights

Suppose you are a resident or are otherwise located in the European Union (“EU”) or the United Kingdom (“UK”). In that case, this section provides additional details about the personal data we collect about you, and your rights granted by the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulations, as applicable (“GDPR”).

Subject to certain limitations, the GDPR provides you the following privacy rights:

Transparency and the right to information. Through this Privacy Policy we explain how we use and share your personal information. However, if you have questions or concerns you can contact us at privacy [at] futurebrainy.com.
Right of access, objection, restriction of processing, correction, erasure, and portability. You can make a request to access, object, restrict, correct, erase, or transfer any of your personal information. You also have the right to withdraw your consent when we process your personal information based on your consent.
Right to opt-out from direct marketing. You have the right to opt-out from receiving marketing materials from us by following the opt-out instructions in our commercial emails, by contacting us, or by adjusting your preferences under your profile details on the Site. Please note that we reserve the right to send you other communications, including transactional emails, service announcements and administrative messages relating to your FutureBrainy account, without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them.
Right not to be subject to an automated decision, including profiling. We do not make automated decisions using your personal data that may negatively impact you. We use cookies and similar technologies on the Site to personalize your experience on the Site and recommend software products and services that may be of interest to you. For additional information or to opt-out see our Cookie Policy.
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. If you consider that the processing of your personal information infringes your GDPR privacy rights, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in the member state of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement. For users located in the UK, you can contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

If you would like to submit a request to FutureBrainy to exercise your EU or UK privacy rights under the GDPR, you may do so either by emailing privacy [at] futurebrainy.com with your request.

Legal Basis for Processing (EEA, Switzerland, and United Kingdom only)

Our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information will depend on the type of information and the context in which we collect it.

However, we will normally collect personal information from you only in the following circumstances:

We have your express consent to do so;
We need the personal data to perform a contract with you; or
Processing is in our legitimate interests and is not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms.

In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect personal information from you to protect your vital interests or those of another person (for example, to prevent, investigate or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site or to comply with legal obligations).

If we ask you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you, we will identify such basis for processing at the relevant time and let you know if the provision of your personal information is mandatory or not (as well as the possible consequences associated with not providing such information).

If we collect and use your personal information in reliance on our legitimate interests (or those of any third party), this interest will typically be to operate the Site, communicate with you in relation to your account or the Site, to solicit information from you, including through surveys, to share aggregated information with providers of listed products or services and other licensees of our research and report offerings, to measure interest in and improve our offerings and Site, to engage in marketing activities, and to otherwise customize your experience with FutureBrainy.

If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your personal information, please contact us at privacy [at] futurebrainy.com.

California Privacy Rights

If you are a resident of California, this section provides additional details about the personal information we collect about you, and your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”).

Subject to certain limitations, the CCPA and CPRA provide you the right to request:

That we provide you access to details on the categories or specific pieces of personal information we collect and/or sell (including how we use and disclose this information, to whom we may sell it);
That we delete any of your personal information;
That we correct any inaccuracies in your personal information;
To opt out of any “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information that may occur, including sensitive personal information; and
To not be discriminated against for exercising any of the above rights.

Please note that FutureBrainy does not collect sensitive personal information other than account login and password from its users.

If you would like to submit a request to exercise your California privacy rights, you may do so either by emailing privacy [at] futurebrainy.com with your request. We will verify your request using information associated with your account, including your email. Further identification may be required. You may also designate an authorized agent to act on your behalf.

Please note that FutureBrainy may retain a record of your request to delete your personal information.

6. Processing in the United States

If you are accessing the Site from outside the United States, please be aware that your personal information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located and our central database is operated. The data protection laws of the United States may not be equivalent or as comprehensive as the data protection laws as those in your country.

Your personal information may be processed outside your jurisdiction, including in countries and jurisdictions that are not subject to an adequacy decision by the European Commission or your local legislature or regulator, and that may not provide for the same level of data protection as your jurisdiction. We ensure that the recipient of your personal information offers an adequate level of protection and security, for instance by entering into the appropriate agreements and, if required, standard contractual clauses or an alternative mechanism for the transfer of data as approved by the European Commission (Art. 46 GDPR) or other applicable regulators or legislators. Where required by applicable law, we will only share, transfer or store your personal information outside of your jurisdiction with your prior consent.

We will provide an individual opt-out or opt-in choice before we share your data with third parties other than our agents, or before we use it for a purpose other than which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized. To request to limit the use and disclosure of your personal information, please submit a written request to privacy [at] futurebrainy.com.

7. Data Privacy Framework

FutureBrainy.com, LLC complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework program (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework program (Swiss-U.S. DPF) as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce. FutureBrainy has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Principles (EU-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from the European Union in reliance on the EU-U.S. DPF and from the United Kingdom (and Gibraltar) in reliance on the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF. FutureBrainy has certified to the U.S. Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework program Principles (Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles) with regard to the processing of personal data received from Switzerland in reliance on the Swiss-U.S. DPF. If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the EU-U.S. DPF Principles and/or the Swiss-U.S. DPF Principles, the Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) program, and to view our certification, please visit the Data Privacy Framework website.

In compliance with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework Principles, FutureBrainy commits to resolve complaints about your privacy and our collection or use of your personal information transferred to the United States pursuant to the DPF Principles. European Union, Swiss and United Kingdom individuals with DPF inquiries or complaints should first contact FutureBrainy at privacy [at] futurebrainy.com.

FutureBrainy has further committed to refer unresolved privacy complaints under the DPF Principles to an independent dispute resolution mechanism, Data Privacy Framework Services, operated by BBB National Programs.

With respect to personal data received or transferred pursuant to the Data Privacy Framework, the Federal Trade Commission has jurisdiction over FutureBrainy’s compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF), the UK Extension to the EU-U.S. DPF, and the Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Swiss-U.S. DPF).

Pursuant to the Data Privacy Framework, FutureBrainy may be required to disclose personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.

FutureBrainy’s accountability for personal data that it receives in the United States under the Data Privacy Framework and subsequent onward transfers to a third party is described in the Data Privacy Framework Principles. In particular, FutureBrainy remains responsible and liable under the Data Privacy Framework Principles if third-party agents that it engages to process the personal data on its behalf do so in a manner inconsistent with the Principles, except where FutureBrainy is not responsible for the events giving rise to the damage.

8. Security

We have implemented appropriate administrative, technical, and physical security procedures to help protect your personal information.

For example, only authorized employees are permitted to access personal information that you do not publish on the Site, and they only may do so for permitted business functions. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary, and only authorized personnel have access to personal information that you have not published on the Site. In addition, we use encryption when transmitting your personal information between your system and ours, and we, together with our partners, employ firewalls and intrusion detection systems to help prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your non-public information.

Please bear in mind that submission of information over the Internet is never entirely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of information you submit via the Site while it is in transit over the Internet, and any such submission is at your own risk.

9. This Site is Not Intended for Children

The Site is a general audience site and does not offer services directed to individuals under 18 years of age.

No one under the age of 18 may provide any information to or on the Site. We do not knowingly collect or share personal information from individuals under 18.

If you are under 18, do not use or provide any information on the Site or on or through any of its features, do not register on the Site, use any of the interactive or comment features of the Site, or provide any information about yourself to us, including your name, address, telephone number, email address, or any screen name or user name you may use. Should an individual whom we know to be under the age of 18 send personal information to us, we will delete or destroy such information as soon as reasonably possible. If you believe we might have this type of information, please contact us.

10. How Long We Keep Personal Information

FutureBrainy retains your personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services or during the period in which we have an ongoing legitimate business interest, to prevent, investigate, or identify possible wrongdoing in connection with the Site or to comply with legal obligations. With respect to personal information that has been collected using cookies and similar tracing technologies, you can view retention periods in our Cookie Policy, as well as adjust and/or disable certain tracking. Information that you submit through your user profile is retained for the lifetime of your account with us. Please note that software product and service providers listed on the Site cannot remove their profile page, ratings, or reviews by closing their accounts.

11. Updates to Our Privacy Policy

FutureBrainy may, in its sole and absolute discretion, update this Privacy Policy from time to time. FutureBrainy will post its updated Privacy Policy to the Site. You acknowledge that your continued use of the Site and/or continued provision of personal information to FutureBrainy after we publish an updated Privacy Policy will be considered acceptance of any changes to this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy for any changes. You can see when this Privacy Policy was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed at the top of this Privacy Policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to communicate with our Data Protection Officer, please contact us at privacy@futurebrainy.com.

Please provide your identification and contact details, including your email address used to register with the Site, and a complete explanation of your concern.