Privacy Policy

Depending on how you use FuseCake, we may collect information including:

Account and profile information, such as your name, email address, phone number, profile photo, company or startup name, job role, and other information you provide.

Authentication information, including information required to authenticate accounts using email and password or Google sign-in.

Workspace information, including workspace names, team-member information, tasks, startup information, brand assets, documents, files, and other information created within a workspace.

Startup validation information, including startup ideas, descriptions, responses, business information, and other information submitted to validation tools.

Attendance information, including clock-in times, clock-out times, break periods, and working hours.

Communications, including messages and other content shared through workspace communication features.

User Content, including logos, images, documents, files, and other content you choose to upload.

Analytics information, including information collected through analytics technologies used to understand how visitors and users interact with FuseCake.

FuseCake's current attendance system does not capture employee or team-member screenshots.

If this functionality changes in the future, this Privacy Policy should be updated before such monitoring is introduced, and appropriate notice and consent mechanisms should be implemented where required.

We may use information to:

• Create and manage user accounts;
• Authenticate users;
• Provide FuseCake features;
• Operate collaborative workspaces;
• Provide attendance and work-tracking functionality;
• Generate startup validation and other platform outputs;
• Provide AI-powered features;
• Enable team collaboration and communication;
• Store and display User Content;
• Maintain and improve the Service;
• Understand platform usage;
• Detect and prevent security threats and misuse;
• Provide customer support;
• Communicate important service updates;
• Send promotional emails where permitted;
• Comply with applicable legal obligations; and
• Enforce our Terms and Conditions.

We seek to process personal data only for lawful purposes and in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements. India's DPDP framework provides, among other things, for notice, consent and certain legitimate uses, as well as rights relating to access, correction, erasure and grievance redressal.

If you join a workspace created by another user or organization, information about your activity within that workspace may be accessible to the workspace founder or authorized administrators.

This may include attendance information, working hours, workspace content, files, tasks, and communications depending on the permissions and features available.

Workspace owners are responsible for ensuring they have an appropriate legal basis and provide required notices when collecting or monitoring information about employees, interns, contractors, or other team members.

FuseCake does not routinely access or review private workspace communications.

However, workspace founders or authorized administrators may have access to communications within their workspace depending on the platform's permissions and functionality.

Limited technical access by FuseCake may occur where reasonably necessary to maintain or secure the Service, troubleshoot technical issues, comply with valid legal requirements, or address serious platform misuse where permitted by law.

Information submitted to AI-powered features may be processed by automated systems to generate requested outputs.

Users should avoid submitting highly sensitive information, passwords, authentication credentials, financial credentials, or valuable trade secrets through AI features.

AI-generated results may contain inaccuracies and should be independently reviewed before being relied upon for significant decisions.

FuseCake does not claim ownership of startup ideas submitted by users.

We recognize that startup ideas and business information may be commercially sensitive. We use submitted information as necessary to provide the relevant platform functionality.

However, users should exercise caution before submitting highly confidential trade secrets or information requiring specialized confidentiality protections.

FuseCake does not sell users' personal data.

Information may be processed or shared where reasonably necessary with service providers that help us operate the platform, including infrastructure, authentication, analytics, and technology providers.

We may also disclose information where required by applicable law, a valid legal process, or where reasonably necessary to protect the security, rights, or safety of FuseCake, its users, or others.

Service providers should receive only information reasonably necessary to perform their services and remain subject to their own contractual and legal obligations.

FuseCake uses services provided by Cloudflare as part of its technology infrastructure.

Information may therefore be processed or stored through infrastructure provided by Cloudflare as necessary to operate FuseCake.

FuseCake uses Google Analytics to understand how users interact with the website and Service.

Analytics technologies may collect information about visits, interactions, and usage patterns.

Where required by applicable law, FuseCake may use consent mechanisms for non-essential analytics technologies.

Users may be able to create or access accounts using Google authentication.

When you use Google sign-in, FuseCake may receive information made available through the authentication process, such as your name, email address, and profile information, depending on the permissions requested.

Your use of Google's services is also subject to Google's applicable terms and privacy practices.

Users may delete or request deletion of their accounts.

Following an account deletion request, associated account and workspace information may remain recoverable for up to 30 days before permanent deletion from active systems.

Certain information may be retained for longer where required or reasonably necessary for:

• Legal obligations;
• Security and fraud prevention;
• Resolving disputes;
• Enforcing agreements; or
• Maintaining limited backup systems.

Backup copies may take additional time to be removed through normal backup-rotation processes.

FuseCake takes reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, loss, misuse, or disclosure.

However, no online service or storage system can guarantee absolute security.

Users are responsible for protecting their account credentials and should promptly contact FuseCake if they suspect unauthorized access.

Subject to applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal data, including rights to request access to information about your personal data, correction of inaccurate information, erasure of eligible data, and grievance redressal. The precise rights and procedures available may depend on the applicable law and its commencement provisions.

To submit a privacy request, contact:

support@fusecake.in

FuseCake may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

FuseCake may send promotional emails, product announcements, startup-related updates, and information about new features.

Users may opt out of promotional emails using the unsubscribe option provided in the communication or by contacting support@fusecake.in.

Users may still receive essential transactional or service-related communications where necessary.

FuseCake is intended only for individuals who are 18 years of age or older.

Users under 18 are not permitted to create or use a FuseCake account.

If we become aware that an account belongs to a person under 18, we may take reasonable steps to restrict or delete the account.

Some service providers used by FuseCake may process information using infrastructure located outside India.

Where applicable, FuseCake will handle such processing in accordance with applicable legal requirements and restrictions.

FuseCake may use cookies and similar technologies to maintain sessions, provide functionality, remember preferences, secure the Service, and understand platform usage.

Some cookies may be necessary for FuseCake to function.

Analytics or other non-essential cookies may be subject to consent requirements depending on applicable law and the user's location.

FuseCake is currently free.

If paid subscriptions or payment functionality are introduced, this Privacy Policy may be updated to explain what payment-related information is processed and which payment service providers are involved.

FuseCake should not directly store complete payment-card information unless specifically required and appropriately secured.

We may update this Privacy Policy when FuseCake introduces new features, changes its data practices, uses new service providers, or when legal requirements change.

When material changes are made, we may notify users through the website, application, email, or another appropriate method.

The latest version will display its effective or last-updated date.

For privacy questions, requests, complaints, or concerns, contact:

FuseCake Operated by: B S Vivek Nairy Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Email: support@fusecake.in Website: fusecake.in

We will review privacy-related requests and grievances and respond within the timeframe required by applicable law.