Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Funda Sourcing is a business based in Columbus, Ohio, United States, providing product sourcing and related supply-chain support to business customers.

For questions about this Privacy Policy or our handling of personal information, contact:

2. Scope of This Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through:

• fundasourcing.com;
• website inquiry and contact forms;
• emails and other communications resulting from a website inquiry;
• meetings scheduled through the Site;
• embedded website features and analytics; and
• business interactions that begin through the Site.

This Policy does not replace privacy terms contained in a separate customer, supplier, employment, contractor, or service agreement.

3. Personal Information We Collect

A. Information You Provide

When you submit an inquiry or communicate with us, we may collect information such as:

• your name;
• business email address;
• telephone number;
• company name;
• job title;
• company website;
• country or region;
• product or project description;
• estimated order quantity;
• target market;
• project stage;
• requested timeline;
• specifications, reference links, drawings, files, or images;
• meeting availability;
• budget or pricing information;
• messages and correspondence; and
• any other information you choose to provide.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the general inquiry form.

B. Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Site, we or our service providers may automatically collect technical and usage information, including:

• Internet Protocol address;
• approximate geographic location;
• browser type;
• device type;
• operating system;
• language and time-zone settings;
• referring website;
• pages viewed;
• dates and times of visits;
• links or buttons clicked;
• video or embedded-content interactions;
• form status or conversion events;
• cookie or similar identifiers; and
• information concerning Site performance, errors, and security.

C. Information from Other Sources

We may receive business contact information from sources such as:

• referrals;
• business partners;
• trade shows or industry events;
• professional networking platforms;
• public company websites;
• business directories; and
• other publicly available business sources.

When required by applicable law, we will provide appropriate privacy information when we first contact you or within the legally required period.

4. How We Use Personal Information

We may use personal information to:

• receive and respond to inquiries;
• determine whether a project may be a suitable fit;
• ask follow-up questions;
• schedule calls and meetings;
• prepare quotations, estimates, proposals, and project plans;
• identify or communicate with potential suppliers and service providers;
• coordinate samples, packaging, inspections, manufacturing, quality control, and logistics;
• manage customer and business relationships;
• maintain records of communications and project history;
• operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Site;
• understand Site traffic and visitor interactions;
• diagnose technical problems;
• prevent fraud, misuse, and security threats;
• comply with legal, tax, accounting, regulatory, and contractual obligations;
• establish, exercise, or defend legal claims; and
• send business communications you have requested or that relate to an existing business relationship.

We do not rent or sell sourcing-inquiry information to third parties for their own direct-marketing purposes.

5. Legal Bases for Processing

If the laws of the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or another jurisdiction requiring a lawful basis apply, we process personal information under one or more of the following bases:

Contract and pre-contractual steps. We process information when necessary to respond to a request, prepare a quotation, evaluate a proposed project, or perform an agreement.

Legitimate interests. We process information to operate and improve our business, communicate with business contacts, maintain security, prevent fraud, manage relationships, and protect our legal rights, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.

Consent. We rely on consent when required for non-essential cookies, certain analytics, marketing communications, or another specific purpose. You may withdraw consent at any time.

Legal obligations. We may process information when necessary to comply with applicable law, court orders, tax requirements, recordkeeping duties, or lawful government requests.

6. Cookies, Analytics, and Embedded Content

The Site may use cookies and similar technologies for security, basic functionality, analytics, performance measurement, and embedded content.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to better understand how visitors use the Site. Google Analytics may collect information relating to your browser, device, Site activity, first-party cookie identifiers, and Internet Protocol address during data collection.

We do not intentionally send names, email addresses, project descriptions, or other directly identifying inquiry information to Google Analytics.

You may be able to limit analytics through our cookie controls, your browser settings, or the Google Analytics opt-out browser tool.

Embedded Content

The Site may include embedded videos or content provided by services such as YouTube. When embedded content loads or you interact with it, the provider may receive technical information and may use cookies or similar technologies under its own privacy policy.

Cookie Consent

Where required by applicable law, we request consent before activating non-essential analytics, embedded-media, advertising, or similar cookies.

You can change or withdraw cookie choices through any cookie-preference control made available on the Site. You may also restrict cookies through your browser, although some Site functions may not operate as intended.

7. Contact Forms

Our contact forms may be processed using Web3Forms or another configured form-delivery provider so that your inquiry can be securely routed to our business email.

The form provider may process technical information and the information you submit for the limited purpose of transmitting, securing, and delivering the inquiry.

You should not provide passwords, government identification numbers, payment-card information, health information, or other highly sensitive information through the general contact form.

8. How We Disclose Personal Information

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

Service Providers

We may use providers that support website hosting, form processing, analytics, email, cloud storage, cybersecurity, scheduling, communications, and business administration.

Potential Suppliers and Project Partners

When reasonably necessary to evaluate or perform a requested project, we may disclose relevant project information to manufacturers, suppliers, laboratories, inspection providers, packaging vendors, freight forwarders, warehouses, customs or logistics providers, consultants, and other supply-chain partners.

We seek to limit the information shared to what is reasonably necessary for the applicable purpose.

Professional Advisers

We may disclose information to attorneys, accountants, insurers, auditors, consultants, and other professional advisers where reasonably necessary.

Legal and Safety Disclosures

We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:

• comply with applicable law or legal process;
• respond to a lawful government request;
• enforce our agreements;
• investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents;
• protect our rights, property, personnel, customers, or others; or
• establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Business Transfers

Information may be transferred as part of a merger, financing, acquisition, restructuring, sale of assets, reorganization, or similar business transaction, subject to applicable legal requirements.

9. International Data Transfers

Funda Sourcing is based in the United States and works with service providers, customers, suppliers, and project partners in multiple countries.

Your information may therefore be processed in the United States and in other countries where the parties involved in a project operate.

Where applicable data-protection laws require safeguards for an international transfer, we will use a legally recognized transfer mechanism or another permitted safeguard.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy.

Our retention decisions may consider:

• whether an inquiry remains active;
• whether we have an ongoing customer, supplier, or business relationship;
• contractual and project requirements;
• tax, accounting, insurance, and legal obligations;
• limitation periods;
• dispute or claim requirements;
• fraud and security prevention; and
• applicable service-provider settings.

As a general guideline:

• inactive inquiry and business-contact records may be retained for up to three years after the last substantive interaction;
• customer, supplier, transaction, and project records may be retained for the duration of the relationship and for up to seven years afterward where reasonably necessary; and
• information subject to a legal hold, dispute, investigation, or regulatory requirement may be retained longer.

We may retain aggregated or de-identified information when it no longer reasonably identifies an individual.

11. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

These measures may include access controls, secure hosting, account authentication, encryption provided by service platforms, limited internal access, and vendor management.

No website, email system, transmission method, or storage platform can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You provide information electronically at your own risk.

12. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and the laws that apply, you may have the right to:

• request access to personal information we hold about you;
• request correction of inaccurate information;
• request deletion of certain information;
• request restriction of processing;
• object to certain processing;
• request a portable copy of certain information;
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
• opt out of certain marketing communications; and
• lodge a complaint with an applicable data-protection authority.

These rights may be subject to legal exceptions. For example, we may need to retain information to comply with law, complete a contract, resolve a dispute, prevent fraud, or protect legal rights.

To make a privacy request, email hello@fundasourcing.com with the subject line "Privacy Request."

We may need to verify your identity or authority before completing a request. Authorized representatives may be required to provide evidence of authorization.

We will respond within the period required by applicable law.

13. Business Communications

We may send communications relating to:

• an inquiry you submitted;
• a quotation or project;
• requested follow-up;
• an existing customer, supplier, or partner relationship;
• operational or legal notices; or
• services that may reasonably relate to a prior business interaction.

You may ask us to stop non-essential marketing communications at any time by replying to the message or contacting hello@fundasourcing.com.

We may still send necessary transactional, project, contractual, security, or legal communications.

14. Children's Privacy

The Site is intended for business users and is not directed to children under 18.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through the Site. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete it.

15. Third-Party Websites

The Site may link to third-party websites, social-media platforms, videos, tools, and services.

We do not control the privacy or security practices of third parties. Their collection and use of information are governed by their own privacy policies.

We encourage you to review the privacy terms of a third-party service before providing information to it.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our Site, service providers, technology, business practices, or legal obligations.

We will post the revised Policy on this page and update the "Last Updated" date.

If a change materially affects how we use information already collected, we will provide any additional notice or obtain consent where required by law.

17. Contact Us

For questions, requests, or concerns relating to privacy, contact:

Review the companion Terms of Service.