Our Privacy Policy

We collect personal information from the following sources:

• directly from you, when you submit a contact request, apply for a role, subscribe to updates, schedule a meeting, or otherwise communicate with us through the Site;
• automatically, through cookies, analytics tools, logs, and similar technologies used on the Site;
• from third-party tools and service providers that support the Site, such as scheduling, embedded content, anti-spam, recruiting, CRM, analytics, newsletter, and form tools.

We may use personal information for the following purposes:

• to respond to your inquiries and requests;
• to communicate with you about our services or your request;
• to schedule calls, demos, or meetings;
• to review applications and evaluate candidates for current or future opportunities;
• to operate, maintain, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the Site;
• to understand how visitors use the Site and improve content, navigation, and user experience;
• to send newsletters, updates, insights, and other business or marketing communications, where permitted by law or based on your choices;
•  to maintain business and recruiting records;
• to protect our rights, property, systems, and users;
• to comply with applicable law, legal process, or governmental requests;
• to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

If you do not provide certain personal information, we may not be able to respond to your inquiry, schedule a meeting, review your application, or otherwise provide the requested communication or support.

We may disclose personal information to the following categories of recipients:

• service providers and vendors that help us operate the Site or support our business, such as hosting providers, analytics providers, scheduling tools, anti-spam tools, embedded content providers, form providers, newsletter/email providers, CRM tools, recruiting tools, and IT support providers;
• professional advisors, such as lawyers, auditors, insurers, accountants, and consultants;
• affiliates or related entities, where relevant for internal administrative purposes;
• authorities, regulators, courts, or other third parties when required by law, legal process, or to protect our rights, safety, property, or the rights, safety, or property of others;
• parties involved in a corporate transaction, such as a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar transaction.

The Site uses cookies and similar technologies, including technologies provided by third parties, to support Site functionality, analytics, scheduling, embedded content, forms, anti-spam protections, and user experience.

Based on our current understanding of the Site, these tools may include, for example:

• Google Analytics
• Hotjar
• Calendly
• Google reCAPTCHA
• YouTube
• Substack
• Google Forms

These technologies may help us:

• understand Site traffic and usage patterns;
• improve Site performance and user experience;
• support scheduling and form functionality;
• protect the Site from spam, abuse, or automated misuse;
• support embedded content and related features.

You can usually control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies or similar technologies may affect Site functionality.

If you provide your contact information to us, we may use it to respond to your request and, where permitted by law, send you newsletters, updates, insights, and other business or marketing communications about Light-it.
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We may use tools such as Mailchimp, Copper, and related contact management or communication tools to manage contacts and support our email communications and campaigns. We may also process information about whether you open or interact with those communications, where supported by the tool and permitted by law.

You may opt out of marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the message or by contacting us at legal@lightit.io. Even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still send you transactional or relationship messages, such as responses to inquiries you initiated.

If you apply for a position or otherwise submit recruiting-related information to us, we may use your information to:

• review and process your application;
• evaluate your qualifications and fit for current or future opportunities;
• communicate with you about your application or recruitment process;
• maintain recruiting records;
• comply with applicable legal obligations.

Applications submitted through the Site may be collected or processed through third-party tools, including Google Forms and related Google services, as part of our recruiting workflow.

Please do not include highly sensitive information in your application materials unless specifically requested.

Please do not submit patient information, protected health information, Social Security numbers, financial account credentials, government-issued identification numbers, or other highly sensitive or confidential information through the Site’s general contact forms unless specifically requested and securely arranged in advance.

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including to:

• respond to inquiries;
• manage recruiting and hiring processes;
• send communications you requested or agreed to receive;
• maintain our business and recruiting records;
• comply with legal, accounting, tax, or reporting obligations;
• resolve disputes;
• enforce our agreements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.

If you request deletion of your personal information, we may still retain certain information as necessary to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.

If you access the Site from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored in, and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where our service providers operate.

Depending on your state or country of residence and subject to applicable law, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, such as the right to:

• know whether we process your personal information;
• access personal information we hold about you;
• correct, rectify, update, or supplement inaccurate or incomplete personal information;
• delete or request the suppression of personal information, where applicable;
• obtain a copy of certain personal information;
• opt out of certain types of processing, where applicable;
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, where applicable;
• appeal a denial of your request, where applicable.;

For residents of Uruguay, and subject to applicable law, you may request access to, rectification, updating, inclusion, or deletion of your personal data.
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To submit a privacy request, please contact us at legal@lightit.io with the subject line Privacy Request and describe your request in sufficient detail for us to review and respond.
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We may need to verify your identity before acting on your request. We will respond as required by applicable law.
If applicable law grants you the right to appeal a decision we make about your request, you may submit your appeal by replying to our response or by emailing legal@lightit.io with the subject line Privacy Appeal.
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You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection or consumer protection authority in your jurisdiction.

If you are a resident of California or another U.S. state that provides privacy rights under applicable law, you may have additional rights regarding your personal information, subject to legal exceptions and limitations.

These rights may include the right to:

• know the categories of personal information we collect;
• know the categories of sources from which personal information is collected;
• know the business or commercial purposes for collecting, using, or disclosing personal information;
• know the categories of third parties to whom personal information is disclosed;
• access specific pieces of personal information we hold about you;
• request correction of inaccurate personal information;
• request deletion of personal information;
• obtain a portable copy of certain personal information;
• opt out of certain processing activities, where applicable;
• appeal our decision regarding your privacy request, where applicable.

You may submit a request by contacting us at legal@lightit.io. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

Nevada residents may have the right to submit a verified request directing an operator not to make certain sales of covered information under Nevada law. To submit such a request, please contact us at legal@lightit.io.

You may have certain choices regarding how your personal information is used.

• Marketing Communications. You may opt out of marketing emails at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in the message or by contacting us at legal@lightit.io.
• Browser Signals Some browsers may transmit privacy preference signals. We may update our practices regarding such signals as legal and technical requirements evolve.

Some browsers and browser extensions offer privacy preference signals, such as “Do Not Track” or similar mechanisms.

Because privacy laws and technical standards continue to evolve, our response to these signals may depend on the signal used, applicable law, and the functionality of the Site at the time the signal is received. We may update our practices and this Privacy Policy as legal or technical requirements develop.

The Site may include or rely on third-party services and embedded tools, such as scheduling tools, anti-spam tools, analytics tools, forms, video providers, newsletter tools, and similar services. These third parties may collect information directly from your browser or device when you interact with their tools or content.

The Site may also contain links to third-party websites or platforms. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third parties, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing information to them or interacting with their tools.

The Site is not directed to minors. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors through the Site.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will post the updated version on this page and update the Last Updated date above. Your continued use of the Site after any update becomes effective means you accept the updated Privacy Policy, to the extent permitted by law.