Effective date: on publication · Version 2.0 (draft)
This Privacy Policy explains how LaunchTime IP ("we," "us") collects, uses, and shares information when you use the LaunchTime IP website and tools (the "Platform"). The Platform provides automated trademark searching and registration-deadline monitoring. It is software: it does not provide legal services or legal advice, and it is not a law firm.
Using the Platform does not make you a client of any law firm and no attorney–client relationship is formed. We still treat what you submit with care: the brand names you search and the details you save are used only to deliver the service. They are never sold, never shared with advertisers, and never turned into a sales lead.
Only with service providers who process it to run the Platform, under their own confidentiality obligations:
One first-party session cookie keeps you signed in. We run no third-party advertising or analytics cookies.
We count visits to the site ourselves, on our own server: which page was opened, the website that linked to it, and whether the device was a phone. No cookie is set for this and your IP address is not stored for it. To count distinct visitors we use a code that changes every day and cannot be traced back to you. Nothing is shared with anyone else.
Account data, saved reports, and portfolio records are kept while your account is open. Payment and order records are kept as required for tax and accounting. You may delete any saved report from your search history; to close your account and request deletion of its data, contact us at the address below.
Passwords are stored as salted hashes, verification codes as hashes, connections are encrypted in transit, and access to production data is limited to the practice. No system is perfectly secure; we will notify affected users of a breach as required by law.
You can access and update your account information in Settings, and download or delete the reports you have run. To ask for a copy of your data, to correct it, or to close your account and have its data deleted, email privacy@launchtimeip.com. We answer within 45 days and will tell you if we need longer.
We do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined in the CCPA as amended by the CPRA, and we have not done so in the preceding twelve months. We do not use or disclose sensitive personal information for any purpose that would give rise to a right to limit it. We do not use your information for cross-context behavioral advertising, and we run no advertising or analytics cookies at all (see §5).
California residents have the right to know what personal information we collect and how it is used and disclosed, to obtain a copy of it, to correct inaccuracies, to have it deleted, and not to be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights. You may use an authorized agent; we will ask for proof of the authorization and, separately, for enough information to verify that the account is yours, which for most requests means being able to sign in to it. We do not charge for these requests.
Residents of other states with comprehensive privacy laws (including Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Texas, Oregon and Montana) have broadly the same rights of access, correction, deletion and portability, together with a right to appeal a refused request. Use the same address above and say which state you are writing from; if we decline a request we will explain why and tell you how to appeal.
Deleting your account removes your account details, saved reports and docketed marks. We keep order and payment records where tax and accounting law requires it, and retain what we must to resolve disputes and enforce our terms.
The Platform is for adults and is not directed to children under 16; we do not knowingly collect their information.
We will post changes here with a new effective date, and note material changes on the Platform.
Questions about this Policy or your information? Email privacy@launchtimeip.com.