Privacy Policy

Last updated: 1 January 2025

Laszlo Inc. ("we", "us", or "our"), operated by laszloinc.com, is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website at laszloinc.com (the "Site"). Please read this policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of the Site.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in various ways, including:

• Automatically collected data: When you visit our Site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device, browsing actions, and patterns. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the date and time of your visit. This information is collected using cookies and similar tracking technologies.
• Calculator inputs: The budget and savings calculators on our Site process all calculations locally in your browser. We do not transmit, store, or log the numbers you enter into our calculators.
• Communications: If you contact us via email or any contact form, we will collect the information you choose to provide, including your name and email address.

2. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve your experience on our Site. Cookies are small data files placed on your device. There are several types of cookies we may use:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: Required for the Site to function. These cannot be switched off. They do not store personally identifiable information.
• Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with the Site by collecting and reporting information anonymously (e.g. Google Analytics).
• Preference Cookies: Allow the Site to remember choices you make (such as cookie consent preferences stored in localStorage).

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Refusing cookies may affect some functionality of the Site. Your cookie consent choice is stored locally in your browser and is not transmitted to our servers.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Operate, maintain, and improve the Site and its features
• Analyse usage patterns to understand what content is valuable to our readers
• Respond to your enquiries and communications
• Monitor and prevent fraud, abuse, or technical issues
• Comply with legal obligations

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties, except as described in this policy.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), we process your personal data under the following legal bases:

• Consent: Where you have given explicit consent, such as accepting analytics cookies.
• Legitimate Interests: For site analytics and security monitoring, where our interests do not override your fundamental rights.
• Legal Obligation: Where processing is required to comply with applicable laws.

5. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this policy. Analytics data is typically retained for 26 months. Email correspondence is retained for up to 3 years. You may request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us.

6. Third-Party Services

Our Site may link to or use third-party services including:

• Unsplash / Pexels: Images are served from these platforms under their respective free-use licences.
• Google Fonts: Typography is loaded from Google's servers. Google may collect basic usage data in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy.
• Phosphor Icons (unpkg CDN): Icon library loaded from the unpkg CDN, which may log basic request data.

We have no control over the privacy practices of third-party services and encourage you to review their respective privacy policies.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• The right to access personal data we hold about you
• The right to rectify inaccurate personal data
• The right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")
• The right to restrict processing
• The right to data portability
• The right to object to processing based on legitimate interests
• The right to withdraw consent at any time (where processing is consent-based)

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@laszloinc.com. We will respond within 30 days.

8. Children's Privacy

Our Site is not directed at individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with personal data, we will take steps to delete that information promptly.

9. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Changes to This Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Continued use of the Site following any changes constitutes acceptance of those changes.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us:

• Email: privacy@laszloinc.com
• Website: laszloinc.com