Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 13, 2024

This Privacy Policy explains our practices for handling your information collected in connection with the Stellar AI website (the “Website”), including the materials hosted on the Website.

Collection of Information

When you interact with us through the Website, we may collect or receive the following types of information from you:

Information you provide directly

For certain activities, we may collect the following types of information:

Information collected as part of the account creation includes your email address and password.

Information collected as part of the job application might include biographical data commonly collected as part of a job application.

Information collected as part of payment processing is PayPal email address and mobile phone number.

Information collected automatically

We may collect certain account and profile activity information, such as your join date, last post, last log-in date, profile views, days visited, read time, topics viewed, posts viewed, hearts given and received, topics created and posts created on your profile. Depending on the type of device used to visit the Website, we may also collect certain additional information automatically, such as:

Information from other sources

If you decide to join our Slack discussion group, any information that you provide on Slack or that is collected by Slack will be subject to Slack's terms of use and privacy policy. The terms of service and privacy policy for Slack are available here.

How We Use Information

We will use the information described above for the purpose of operating and providing the Website. Specifically, we will use the information for the following purposes:

Third Party Links

Some links on our Website may redirect you to third party resources, including websites and services that we do not operate. For example, if you choose to ‘embed’ copies of pages from a third-party platform onto this Website, the terms of service and privacy practices of such third-party platforms and services will be governed by their own terms and policies.

We make no representation or warranty as to the privacy policies of any third parties, accordingly you should review and understand that party’s applicable terms and policies, including their privacy policy, before providing your information to them.

How We Share Information

There are certain circumstances in which we will share your information with certain third parties without further notice to you, as follows:

Cookies And Similar Technologies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device to store data that can be recalled by a web server in the domain that placed the cookie. The Website makes use of cookies for such things as session management, account access/authentication, to recognize returning users, for storing and honoring user preferences and settings, combating fraud, maintaining and monitoring the infrastructure of the Website, analyzing how our Websites performs and other analytics purposes, and fulfilling other legitimate purposes as further described in this Data Policy.

We use Google Analytics and DataDog, which are web analytics tools that helps us understand how users engage with the Website. Like many services, Google Analytics uses cookies to track user interactions, as in our case, where they are used to collect information about how users use our Website. This information is used to compile aggregated reports and to help us improve our Website. The reports disclose website trends without identifying individual visitors. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our Website – for more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit this Google page: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

More information is available in our Cookie Policy.

Your Rights

In accordance with applicable laws, you may have the right to access, rectify, port and erase your information, as well as the right to restrict and object to certain processing of your information. To exercise such rights in relation to the information you provided to us for the Website, simply send an email to [email protected] from the email address you provided to create your account on the Website.

How We Protect Information

We take measures to help protect information from loss, theft, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. However, no data storage system or transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure.

Data Retention

We retain information relating to the Website until it is no longer necessary to serve the purposes for which it was collected, e.g. to provide access to the Website and its content. Reasons we may retain some data for longer periods include security, fraud & abuse prevention, record keeping, complying with legal or regulatory requirements and ensuring the continuity of our services.

Children's Information

We do not knowingly collect or store information from children under the age of 13 (or under the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence), unless permitted by law. We will delete any information we may have inadvertently received from a child under 13 upon notice. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided personal information on our Website, please contact us and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.

Questions

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our practices, you can contact us at [email protected].

Additional information for individuals in the European region

If you are a user in a territory or country listed below (the “European Region”) or the United Kingdom the following information also applies to you and supplements the information contained above in the Data Policy in relation to your use of our Website.

Andorra, Austria, Azores, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Channel Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, French Guiana, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madeira, Malta, Martinique, Mayotte, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Cyprus, Réunion, Romania, San Marino, Saint Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Vatican City, and the UK sovereign bases in Cyprus (Akrotiri and Dhekelia).

If you live in the European Region the data controller responsible for your information when you use the Website is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited. If you live in the United Kingdom the data controller responsible for your information when you use the Website is Meta Platforms, Inc.

What is our legal basis for processing data?

We collect, use and share data on the basis of the following:

When we process your data as necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests, you have the right to object to, and seek restriction of, our processing. To exercise your rights, you can email [email protected] . In evaluating an objection, we will evaluate several factors, including: reasonable user expectations; the benefits and risks to you and third parties; and other available means to achieve the same purpose that may be less invasive and do not require disproportional effort. Your objection will be upheld and we will cease processing your information, unless the processing is based on compelling legitimate grounds or is needed for legal reasons.

Data Transfers

Information may be transferred or transmitted to, or stored and processed in, the United States or other countries for the purposes described in this policy. These data transfers are necessary to provide the services set forth in the Website's Terms of Use.

Your rights

You have the right to access, rectify, port and erase your data under certain circumstances. You also have the right to restrict certain processing of your data and object to the processing of your data for our legitimate interests (as explained above in the paragraph “What is our legal basis for processing data?”). Please note that to protect your information, we may need to verify your identity before processing your request. In some cases, we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity, such as a government issued ID. To exercise your rights, you can send an email to [email protected].