FINMODELBUILDER.COM - Privacy Policy
Last Updated: June 23, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how FINMODELBUILDER.COM ("Website," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you use our Website and Services, including when you generate and download financial model files. Your privacy is critically important to us.
1. Information We Collect
1.1. Information You Provide to Us
We collect information that you directly provide to us when you:
- Create an account: This includes your name, email address, and chosen password.
- Input data for financial models: When you use our Services to generate financial models, you will input various financial assumptions and data points (e.g., revenue figures, expense projections, asset values, debt levels). This data is collected solely for the purpose of generating the requested financial models for your use.
- Communicate with us: If you contact us for support, feedback, or inquiries, we collect the content of your communications and any contact information you provide.
- Make purchases: If our Services involve paid features, the payment information (e.g., credit card details, billing address) is processed securely by third-party payment processors. We do not store the payment information on our servers.
1.2. Information We Collect Automatically
When you access and use our Website and Services, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage, including:
- Log Data: Your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, access times, and other statistics.
- Usage Data: Information about how you interact with our Services, such as the features you use, the time spent on certain pages, and the frequency of your activities.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Website and hold certain information. These are used for Website functionality, remembering your preferences, and analytics. You can control cookies through your browser settings.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To Provide and Maintain the Services: To operate our Website, enable you to create and manage your account, generate financial models based on your inputs, and deliver the requested files.
- To Improve and Personalize Services: To understand how users interact with our Website and Services, troubleshoot issues, develop new features, and enhance user experience.
- To Communicate with You: To respond to your inquiries, send you service-related notifications (e.g., account updates, password resets), and, with your consent, send you marketing communications about our Services.
- For Security and Fraud Prevention: To protect the integrity and security of our Website, prevent fraudulent activity, and enforce our Terms and Conditions.
- For Analytics and Research: To perform internal analytics, market research, and track trends to inform our business strategy. This typically involves aggregated or anonymized data.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON FINANCIAL INPUT DATA: The specific financial assumptions and data you input into our models are used solely to process your request and generate the financial models for you. We do not analyze your individual financial data, use it for our own financial purposes, or share it with third parties for their marketing, investment, or analytical purposes.
3. How We Share Your Information
We may share your information in the following circumstances:
- With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, payment processing, and customer support. These service providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was disclosed.
- For Legal Compliance and Protection: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency request), or when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, prevent fraud, ensure the safety of our users, or comply with legal obligations.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, reorganization, bankruptcy, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
- With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when we have your explicit consent to do so.
WE DO NOT SELL, RENT, OR SHARE THE INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL INPUT DATA YOU PROVIDE TO US WITH THIRD PARTIES FOR THEIR MARKETING OR OTHER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
4. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to provide the Services to you, fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. If you close your account, we will delete or anonymize your personal information, unless retention is required or permitted by law.
5. Data Security
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
6. Your Data Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:
- Access: The right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.
- Correction: The right to request that we correct inaccuracies in your personal information.
- Deletion: The right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Objection/Restriction: The right to object to or request the restriction of processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable laws.
7. Children's Privacy
Our Website and Services are not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information promptly.
8. Links to Third-Party Websites
Our Website may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by FINMODELBUILDER.COM. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party websites you visit.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Your continued use of the Website and Services after any modifications signifies your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at info@finmodelbuilder.com