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Effective Date: March 1, 2026
Cottage Launchpad LLC ("we," "us," or "our") operates the Cottage Launchpad website and platform. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services.
By creating an account, you consent to the collection and processing of your personal data as described in this policy. If you do not agree with the practices described in this Privacy Policy, please do not use our Services.
When you create an account, use our tools, or contact us, we may collect:
When you access our platform, we automatically collect certain technical and usage information:
We use the information we collect to:
We use the following third-party services to operate our platform. Each processes data according to their own privacy policies:
We maintain Data Processing Agreements (DPAs) with our key service providers including Stripe, OpenAI, Anthropic, Railway, and Cloudflare. These agreements ensure that our service providers process your data in accordance with applicable data protection laws and maintain appropriate security measures.
Your data may be transferred to and processed in the United States. By using our service, you consent to this transfer. For users located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission for EU data transfers where applicable. We ensure that any international transfer of personal data is subject to appropriate safeguards as required by applicable data protection law.
Your data is stored in a PostgreSQL database hosted on secure cloud infrastructure. We implement industry-standard security measures including encryption in transit (TLS/SSL), secure authentication, and access controls. However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We use cookies and similar technologies to maintain your session, remember your preferences, and analyze site usage. Specifically:
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information only in the following circumstances:
We retain different types of data for different periods based on the nature of the data and our legal obligations:
Anonymous, aggregated analytics data may be retained indefinitely. Upon account deletion, all personally identifiable data will be removed within 30 days, except where retention is required by law as specified above.
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected].
Cottage Launchpad is not intended for use by anyone under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have collected information from a minor, please contact us immediately so we can delete it.
If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) provides you with additional rights regarding your personal information, including the right to know what data we collect, the right to delete your data, and the right to opt out of the sale of your data. As noted above, we do not sell personal information. To exercise your CCPA rights, contact us at the email address below.
In the event of a data breach affecting your personal information, we will notify affected users within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach, in accordance with applicable data breach notification laws. We will also notify relevant supervisory authorities as required by law. Notifications will include:
Our AI features — including the Compliance Copilot, Label Check, Business Plan Generator, nutrition estimator, and pricing calculators — use automated processing to provide recommendations and generate content. These outputs are advisory only and do not constitute legally binding decisions, legal advice, or guaranteed compliance determinations. You are responsible for independently verifying all AI-generated outputs before relying on them for business or legal decisions.
You may request human review of any AI-generated output by contacting [email protected]. We do not use automated processing to make decisions that produce legal effects or similarly significantly affect you without human oversight.
You may opt out of analytics tracking through any of the following methods:
Note that Plausible Analytics does not use cookies and collects only anonymous, aggregated data by default. Opting out of analytics will not affect the functionality of the platform. Essential cookies required for authentication and core functionality cannot be disabled.
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 effective date. For significant changes, we may also notify you by email.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, contact us at:
Cottage Launchpad
Email: [email protected]