Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 22, 2026

Information You Provide

We may collect information you voluntarily submit through the website, including:

• Your name and email address when you use a contact form.
• Your email address when you subscribe to a newsletter or updates.
• The contents of messages, questions, feedback, or other information you send.
• Information submitted through comments, surveys, or similar features if those features are enabled.

Please do not submit sensitive personal, financial, medical, or account information through public comments or ordinary contact forms.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit Balance Foundry, the website, hosting provider, security services, analytics tools, or other service providers may automatically receive technical information such as:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address and approximate location derived from it.
• Browser type, device type, operating system, and language settings.
• Pages viewed, referring pages, links clicked, and visit timestamps.
• Diagnostic, security, performance, and error information.
• Cookie identifiers or similar online identifiers.

This information is generally used to operate, secure, understand, and improve the website.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

Balance Foundry and its service providers may use cookies, pixels, local storage, or similar technologies to remember preferences, maintain website functionality, measure traffic, prevent abuse, and understand how visitors use the site.

You can usually control cookies through your browser settings and, when provided, the site’s cookie-consent controls. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the website function.

Analytics

We may use analytics services to understand general traffic patterns and improve content. Analytics providers may process information about your device, browser, approximate location, referring source, pages viewed, and interactions with the website according to their own privacy policies.

If an analytics platform or advertising service is added or changed, this policy and any available consent controls should be updated accordingly.

Affiliate Links and Retailer Websites

Balance Foundry participates in affiliate programs, including the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. When you click an affiliate link, the destination retailer or affiliate network may use cookies or similar technologies to recognize the referral and determine whether a qualifying transaction occurs.

Those third parties control their own data practices. Review the privacy policy of the destination website before providing information or completing a purchase. For more information about our affiliate relationships, see the Affiliate Disclosure.

Email Communications

If you subscribe to email updates, your information may be processed by an email-service provider used to store subscriber records and deliver messages. You may unsubscribe from marketing emails using the unsubscribe link included in those messages.

We may retain limited information necessary to honor an unsubscribe request and avoid sending additional marketing messages.

Contact Forms and Messages

Information submitted through a contact form may be used to respond to your inquiry, provide requested information, maintain appropriate business records, prevent spam or abuse, and protect the website. Form submissions may be processed by website-hosting, email, security, or anti-spam providers.

Comments

If comments are enabled, the website may collect the information shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser information to help detect spam. Comments and associated display names may be visible publicly after approval.

Embedded Content and External Links

Pages may include embedded videos, images, social posts, or other content from third-party websites. Embedded content may behave as if you visited the third-party website directly. Those providers may collect data, use cookies, apply additional tracking, or monitor interactions according to their own policies.

Balance Foundry is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of external websites.

How Information May Be Used

Information may be used to:

• Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the website.
• Respond to questions, messages, or requests.
• Send requested newsletters or updates.
• Measure readership and content performance.
• Detect spam, fraud, misuse, or security threats.
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce site policies.

How Information May Be Shared

Information may be disclosed to vendors that provide services necessary to operate the website, such as hosting, analytics, email delivery, form processing, security, backups, and spam prevention. These providers process information under their own terms and privacy practices.

Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to valid legal process, protect rights or safety, investigate misuse, or support a business transfer involving the website.

Balance Foundry does not directly sell visitor names or email addresses for money. However, some privacy laws define “sale” or “sharing” more broadly and may treat certain advertising or analytics activities as covered data sharing.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to maintain appropriate records, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, or satisfy legal obligations. Retention periods may vary by the type of information and the services involved.

Data Security

Reasonable administrative and technical measures are used to help protect information. No website, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure, and we cannot promise absolute security.

Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live and subject to applicable law, you may have rights concerning access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, or information about certain disclosures of personal data.

You may also:

• Unsubscribe from marketing emails.
• Adjust browser or cookie-consent settings.
• Contact us to ask about information you previously submitted.

To submit a privacy request, use the contact page. We may need to verify your request before acting on it. Some information may be retained when required or permitted by law.

Children’s Privacy

Balance Foundry is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has submitted personal information, please contact us so the matter can be reviewed.

International Visitors

If you access Balance Foundry from outside the United States, information may be processed or stored in the United States or other locations where service providers operate. Privacy protections may differ from those in your country.

Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated when website features, vendors, legal requirements, or data practices change. The revised version will be posted on this page with an updated date.

Contact

For questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy, please use the Balance Foundry contact page.