Privacy Policy

2.1 Information You Provide Directly

When you use our platform, we collect information you voluntarily provide:

2.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you access our platform, we automatically collect:

• Device Information: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device identifiers
• Usage Information: Pages visited, features used, time spent, click patterns, search queries
• Location Information: Country and city based on IP address (not precise geolocation)
• Log Data: Access times, error logs, referring URLs

2.3 Information from Third Parties

We may receive information from:

• Authentication Providers: When you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email, and profile picture
• Payment Processors: Stripe provides transaction confirmations and fraud prevention data
• Analytics Services: Aggregated usage statistics and performance metrics

2.4 Special Categories of Data

We do not intentionally collect special categories of personal data (sensitive data) as defined by Art. 5 lit. c FADP and Art. 9 GDPR, including data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health data, or sexual orientation.

4.1 Primary Purposes

• Creating and managing your user account
• Enabling you to create, publish, browse, and purchase Ideas
• Processing payments and maintaining transaction records
• Providing customer support and responding to inquiries
• Sending service notifications (transaction confirmations, security alerts)
• Enforcing our Terms of Service and preventing fraud

4.2 Secondary Purposes

• Improving and optimizing our platform and services
• Conducting analytics and research
• Developing new features and services
• Sending marketing communications (only with your consent)
• Personalizing your experience on the platform

4.3 AI Processing

We use artificial intelligence to analyze submitted Ideas and provide valuations. This involves:

• Automated analysis of Idea content for quality assessment
• Generation of AI-powered insights and recommendations
• Content moderation and compliance checking

No automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects are made solely based on AI processing. Human review is always available upon request.

5.1 Categories of Recipients

We may share your personal data with:

5.2 Legal Disclosures

We may disclose your data when required by law or to:

• Comply with legal obligations, court orders, or government requests
• Protect the rights, property, or safety of Idea2Create, users, or the public
• Detect, prevent, or address fraud, security issues, or technical problems
• Enforce our Terms of Service

5.3 Business Transfers

In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your personal data may be transferred to the acquiring entity. We will notify you via email and/or prominent notice on our platform before your data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

8.1 Right of Access (Art. 25 FADP, Art. 15 GDPR)

You have the right to request confirmation of whether we process your personal data and to receive a copy of that data.

8.2 Right to Rectification (Art. 32 FADP, Art. 16 GDPR)

You have the right to request correction of inaccurate personal data and completion of incomplete data.

8.3 Right to Erasure (Art. 32 FADP, Art. 17 GDPR)

You have the right to request deletion of your personal data when:

• The data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected
• You withdraw consent and there is no other legal basis for processing
• The data has been unlawfully processed

This right may be limited by legal retention obligations.

8.4 Right to Restriction (Art. 18 GDPR)

You may request restriction of processing in certain circumstances, such as while we verify the accuracy of your data.

8.5 Right to Data Portability (Art. 28 FADP, Art. 20 GDPR)

You have the right to receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format (JSON or CSV) and to transmit it to another controller.

8.6 Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR)

You have the right to object to processing based on legitimate interests, including profiling and direct marketing.

8.7 Right to Withdraw Consent

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

8.8 Exercising Your Rights

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@idea2create.com. We will respond within 30 days (or 90 days for complex requests). We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

8.9 Right to Lodge a Complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority:

• Switzerland: Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC), Feldeggweg 1, 3003 Bern — https://www.edoeb.admin.ch
• EU: The supervisory authority in your country of residence

9.1 Types of Cookies

We use the following types of cookies:

9.2 Cookie Consent

Essential cookies do not require consent as they are strictly necessary for the platform to function. For non-essential cookies (analytics, marketing), we obtain your consent through our cookie banner.

9.3 Managing Cookies

You can manage cookies through your browser settings or our cookie preferences center. Disabling certain cookies may affect platform functionality.