Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Build in Public by Jupiter ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website, use our services, and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

Our platform is designed for transparency and allows users to connect their Stripe accounts to share revenue data publicly. Please read this policy carefully to understand how your data is handled in this context.

2. Data We Collect

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data includes first name, last name, username, display name, profile picture, and similar identifiers.
• Contact Data includes email address and other contact information you provide.
• Authentication Data includes information used to verify your identity, such as data from Google authentication.
• Stripe Connection Data includes information obtained via the Stripe API when you connect your Stripe account, such as account ID, access tokens, and business information.
• Revenue Data includes business performance metrics, revenue figures, subscription details, and other financial data from your connected Stripe account that you choose to share on our platform.
• Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
• Usage Data includes information about how you use our website and services, collected through Firebase Analytics.
• Subscription Data includes details about your subscription to our service, payment information, and subscription status.

3. How We Use Your Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• To create and manage your account.
• To provide our "Build in Public" service, including displaying your revenue data on leaderboards and profile pages when you choose to share it.
• To process your Stripe connection and retrieve revenue data that you've authorized us to access.
• To provide you with information about your ranking and comparisons with other businesses on the platform.
• To enable communication features like our chat support service powered by Crisp.
• To process subscription payments and manage your subscription.
• To improve our platform based on usage data and analytics.
• To send you service updates and notifications related to your account or subscription.
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
• Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.

4. Data Sharing and Third Parties

By using our "Build in Public" platform, you explicitly consent to sharing certain Stripe revenue data publicly with other users on our platform. This is the core functionality of our service.

We also share your data with these third-party service providers:

• Firebase: We use Firebase for authentication, database storage, and analytics. Your data is processed according to Firebase's Privacy Policy.
• Stripe: We integrate with Stripe to connect your account and access revenue data with your permission. Stripe processes your data according to Stripe's Privacy Policy.
• Crisp: We use Crisp for chat support. Messages you send via the chat widget are processed according to Crisp's Privacy Policy.

5. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. These include:

• Using secure Firebase Authentication for user accounts
• Securely storing Stripe tokens and sensitive information
• Limiting access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know
• Following industry-standard practices for data security

6. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements.

If you delete your account, we will delete or anonymize your personal data, except where we need to retain certain information for legal or legitimate business purposes.

7. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including the right to:

• Access: Request access to your personal data
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data
• Erasure: Request deletion of your data in certain circumstances
• Restriction: Request restriction of processing in certain circumstances
• Data portability: Request transfer of your data to you or a third party
• Objection: Object to processing of your data
• Withdraw consent: Withdraw consent where we rely on consent to process your data

You can manage many aspects of your data through your account settings, including the ability to disconnect your Stripe account and control what revenue data is shared publicly.

8. Cookies and Analytics

We use Firebase Analytics to collect information about how users interact with our platform. This helps us improve our service and provide a better user experience. The analytics data is collected in an anonymized form and is used solely for our internal purposes.

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 at the top of this policy. For significant changes, we may also provide additional notice.