Privacy Policy
Effective Date: February 20, 2026
At Defakto Security, we take your privacy seriously. Please read this Privacy Policy to learn how we treat your personal data. By using or accessing our Services in any manner, you acknowledge that you accept the practices and policies outlined below, and you hereby consent that we will collect, use and disclose your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
What this Privacy Policy Covers
This Privacy Policy covers how we treat Personal Data that we gather when you access or use our Services. “Personal Data” means any information that identifies or relates to a particular individual and also includes information referred to as “personally identifiable information” or “personal information” under applicable data privacy laws, rules or regulations. This Privacy Policy does not cover the practices of companies we don’t own or control or people we don’t manage.
Personal Data
Categories of Personal Data We Collect
This chart details the categories of Personal Data that we collect and have collected over the past 12 months:
| Category of Personal Data (and Examples) | Business or Commercial Purpose(s) for Collection | Categories of Third Parties With Whom We Disclose this Personal Data |
|---|---|---|
| Profile or Contact Data such as first and last name, email, phone number, and mailing address. | • Providing, Customizing and Improving the Services | |
| • Marketing the Services | ||
| • Corresponding with You | • Service Providers | |
| • Advertising Partners | ||
| Device/IP Data such as IP address, device ID, domain server, mobile related data, and type of device/ operating system/ browser used to access the Services. | • Providing, Customizing and Improving the Services | |
| • Marketing the Services | ||
| • Corresponding with You | • Service Providers | |
| • Advertising Partners | ||
| Web Analytics such as web page interactions, referring webpage/source through which you accessed the Services, non-identifiable request IDs, and statistics associated with the interaction between device or browser and the Services. | • Providing, Customizing and Improving the Services | |
| • Marketing the Services | ||
| • Corresponding with You | • Service Providers | |
| • Advertising Partners | ||
| Geolocation Data such as IP-address-based location information. | • Providing, Customizing and Improving the Services | |
| • Marketing the Services | ||
| • Corresponding with You | • Service Providers | |
| • Advertising Partners | ||
| Other Identifying Information that You Voluntarily Choose to Provide such as emails, letters, texts, or other communications you send us. | • Providing, Customizing and Improving the Services | |
| • Marketing the Services | ||
| • Corresponding with You | • Service Providers |
Categories of Sources of Personal Data
We collect Personal Data about you from the following categories of sources:
You
- When you provide such information directly to us.
- When you create an account or use our interactive tools and Services.
- When you voluntarily provide information in free-form text boxes through the Services or through responses to surveys or questionnaires.
- When you send us an email or otherwise contact us.
- When you use the Services and such information is collected automatically.
- Through Cookies (defined in the “Tracking Tools, Advertising and Opt-Out” section below).
- If you download our mobile application or use a location-enabled browser, we may receive information about your location and mobile device, as applicable.
Third Parties
- Vendors
- We may use analytics providers to analyze how you interact and engage with the Services, or third parties may help us provide you with customer support.
- We may use vendors to obtain information to generate leads and create user profiles.
Our Commercial or Business Purposes for Collecting Personal Data
- Providing, Customizing and Improving the Services
- Creating and managing your account or other user profiles
- Providing you with the Services, or other products, services or information you request
- Meeting or fulfilling the reason you provided the information to us, such as to message to your friend inviting him or her to sign-up for the Service
- Marketing the Services
- Marketing and selling the Services
- Providing you with customized offers or promotions that we think might be interested to you
- Corresponding with You
- Responding to correspondence that we receive from you, contacting you when necessary or requested, and sending you information about Company or the Services
- Sending emails and other communications according to your preferences or that display content that we think will interest you
How We Disclose Your Personal Data
We disclose your Personal Data to the categories of service providers and other parties listed in this section. Depending on state laws that may be applicable to you, some of these disclosures may constitute a “sale” of your Personal Data.
Service Providers. These parties help us provide the Services or perform business functions on our behalf. They include:
Hosting, technology and communication providers, such as AWS
- Analytics providers, such as Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel
Legal Obligations
We may disclose any Personal Data that we collect with third parties in conjunction with any of the activities set forth under “Meeting Legal Requirements and Enforcing Legal Terms” in the “Our Commercial or Business Purposes for Collecting Personal Data” section above.
Business Transfers
All of your Personal Data that we collect may be transferred to a third party if we undergo a merger, acquisition, bankruptcy or other transaction in which that third party assumes control of our business (in whole or in part). Should one of these events occur, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you before your information becomes subject to different privacy and security policies and practices.
Categories of Cookies
- Essential Cookies. Essential Cookies are required for providing you with features or services that you have requested. Disabling these Cookies may make certain features and services unavailable.
- Functional Cookies. Functional Cookies are used to record your choices and settings regarding our Services, maintain your preferences over time and recognize you when you return to our Services.
- Performance/Analytical Cookies. Performance/Analytical Cookies allow us to understand how visitors use our Services.
- Advertising Cookies. Advertising Cookies collect data about your online activity and identify your interests so that we can provide advertising that we believe is relevant to you.
To explore what Cookie settings are available to you, look in the “preferences” or “options” section of your browser’s menu. To find out more information about Cookies, including information about how to manage and delete Cookies, please visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We’re constantly trying to improve our Services, so we may need to change this Privacy Policy from time to time, but we will alert you to any such changes by placing a notice on the Defakto Security website, by sending you an email and/or by some other means.