Privacy by default.

Guardian Builder Foundation is being formed as a care-centered AI ethics initiative. This policy explains what information we collect through guardianbuilder.org and how we use it.

Information we collect

We collect information you choose to submit through the site, including:

• name and email address;
• organization, role, or background;
• areas of interest, such as board service, research, education, or cybersecurity ethics;
• messages submitted through the interest form.

Technical information

To protect the site from abuse, our systems may process basic technical information such as browser user agent, request time, and a privacy-preserving hash of your IP address. We use the hash for rate limiting and abuse prevention; we do not need to store the raw IP address for ordinary form operation.

How we use information

We use submitted information to:

• respond to people interested in Guardian Builder Foundation;
• recruit founding board members, advisors, volunteers, researchers, and collaborators;
• plan events and education efforts;
• protect the site from spam, harassment, and unsafe use;
• maintain basic records for organizational development.

What not to submit

Please do not submit secrets, passwords, private credentials, sensitive personal information, confidential business information, medical information, financial account information, or unsafe cybersecurity instructions through this website.

Sharing

We do not sell submitted personal information. We may share information with service providers that help operate the website, database, or organizational workflows. We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect rights and safety, or to investigate abuse of the site.

Service providers

The site may be hosted on Vercel or comparable infrastructure. Form data may be stored in a managed database provider selected by Guardian Builder Foundation. These providers process data on our behalf to operate the site.

Retention

We keep submitted information only as long as it is useful for the purposes above, unless a longer period is required for legal, security, or organizational reasons. If you want your contact submission removed, email us.

Your choices

You may ask us to update or delete contact information you submitted, subject to reasonable verification and legal or security limits. You may also ask us not to contact you again.

Children

This website is intended for adults and professional collaborators. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Security

We use reasonable safeguards for a small public-interest website, including input validation, rate limiting, environment-based secrets, and managed hosting and database infrastructure. No internet system is perfectly secure.

Changes

We may update this policy as the foundation, website, and data practices develop. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised date.

Contact

Questions or privacy requests can be sent to hello@guardianbuilder.org.

This policy is an operational draft for a forming initiative and is not legal advice. It should be reviewed by counsel as the organization formalizes.