Data Sovereignty

Helionyx LLC ("Helionyx," "we," "us," or "our") operates with a profound respect for your data sovereignty, guided by our Magna Carta, particularly the "Human Agency First, Always" and "Radical Transparency" pillars. We believe you should understand and control your personal information.

Information You Provide Directly:

• Account Creation: When you create an account (e.g., by subscribing to our newsletter or using social sign-in), we collect your email address. If you use social sign-in (Google, Apple, Microsoft), we may receive your name and email address from the provider, based on your permissions.
• Contact Forms & Communication: If you contact us via forms or email, we collect your name, email address, and any information you provide in your message.
• User Content: Information you may post or create within our interactive services (e.g., IdeaForge contributions), always with your awareness.

Information Collected Automatically:

• Log Data: Like most websites, our servers (e.g., cPanel hosting) automatically record information ("Log Data") created by your use of the Services. This may include your IP address (which we may anonymize where feasible, e.g., via Google Analytics settings), browser type, operating system, referring web page, pages visited, location (if enabled), mobile carrier, device information, search terms, and cookie information.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar technologies to operate and personalize our Services, analyze usage (e.g., Google Analytics), and for affiliate tracking. See Section 7 for more details.
• Analytics: We use services like Google Analytics to understand how users engage with our Services. Google Analytics may use cookies to collect information such as how often users visit, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our Services. We use this information to improve our Services. Google's ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy. We enable IP anonymization in Google Analytics where available.

Information from Third Parties:

• Social Sign-In: As mentioned, if you use social sign-in, we receive limited information from the provider.
• Affiliate Programs: If you click on affiliate links (e.g., Amazon, ShareASale, Impact, CJ, GeniusLink), the affiliate network may share non-personally identifiable or aggregated data with us regarding referrals or sales.

• To Provide and Maintain Our Services: Including operating your account, processing your requests, and delivering content.
• To Improve and Personalize Our Services: Understanding how you use our Services helps us enhance user experience and develop new features.
• To Communicate With You: To respond to your inquiries, send service-related announcements, newsletters (if you opt-in via MailerLite or Zoho Mail integrations), and other communications.
• For Security and Fraud Prevention: To protect our Services, users, and detect/prevent fraudulent activity. We may use services like Cloudflare for security.
• For Analytics and Research: To understand trends and user behavior to improve our offerings.
• To Comply with Legal Obligations: If required by law or in response to valid legal processes.
• With Your Consent: For any other purpose for which you provide consent (e.g., for specific features powered by OpenAI API templates, or automations via Zapier/Make where your data might be processed).

We will normally collect personal information from you only:

• Where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you (e.g., to provide your account services).
• Where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms (e.g., for analytics, security).
• Where we have your consent to do so (e.g., for marketing communications).

• Service Providers: We engage trusted third-party companies and individuals to perform services on our behalf (e.g., website hosting on cPanel, email delivery via MailerLite/Zoho Mail, analytics by Google, security by Cloudflare, social login providers, automation via Zapier/Make, and potentially AI processing via OpenAI API templates). These providers only have access to your information to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for other purposes.
• Affiliate Networks: If you interact with affiliate links, necessary data may be shared with affiliate networks (e.g., Amazon Associates, ShareASale, Impact, CJ Affiliate, GeniusLink) to track referrals and commissions, governed by their respective privacy policies.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law, subpoena, or other legal process, or if we have a good faith belief that disclosure is reasonably necessary to (i) investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities or to assist government enforcement agencies; (ii) enforce our agreements with you; (iii) investigate and defend ourselves against any third-party claims or allegations; (iv) protect the security or integrity of our Service; or (v) exercise or protect the rights and safety of Helionyx, our users, personnel, or others.
• Business Transfers: If Helionyx is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal information may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
• With Your Consent: We may share your information for other purposes if you have explicitly consented.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize it, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve our Services and your experience, see which areas and features of our Services are popular, and count visits.

Types of Cookies We Use:

• Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.
• Performance and Analytics Cookies: Allow us to count visits and traffic sources (e.g., Google Analytics).
• Functional Cookies: Enable enhanced functionality and personalization.
• Targeting/Advertising Cookies: May be set through our site by our advertising partners (if any) or affiliate networks to build a profile of your interests.

You can typically set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services. For more information about how to manage cookies, please consult your browser's help documentation.

• The right to access, correct, update, or request deletion of your personal information.
• The right to object to processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information, or request portability of your personal information.
• The right to opt-out of marketing communications we send you at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking on the "unsubscribe" or "opt-out" link in the marketing emails we send you.
• If we have collected and processed your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
• The right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in the "Contact Us" section below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures (such as HTTPS, secure server configurations via cPanel, and services like Cloudflare) to protect the security of your personal information. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to the United States and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Helionyx LLC will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information, we will take steps to delete such information. If you believe that a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Effective Date" at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

• By email: legal@helionyx.com
• Via our website contact form: Helionyx Contact Page