Privacy Policy

EFFECTIVE DATE: AUGUST 19, 2026 LAST UPDATED: AUGUST 19, 2026

This policy explains what personal information Gald (“Gald,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects through gald.ai, why we collect it, and what you can do about it.

We keep this short on purpose. We are a small studio, we collect very little, and we do not sell data to anyone.

Contact: hello@gald.ai

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Who we are

Gald is a software engineering studio based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. We build AI agents, custom systems, and websites for clients in North America and elsewhere.

For the purposes of data protection law, Gald is the controller of the personal information described here.

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What we collect

Information you give us

When you contact us through the site’s form, by email, through WhatsApp, or by booking a call, we collect:

Your name
Your email address
Your message and project description
Your indicated budget range
Your phone number, if you contact us via WhatsApp
Any other information you choose to include

Information collected automatically

When you visit the site, we or our service providers may collect:

IP address and approximate region derived from it
Browser type, device type, and operating system
Pages visited, time on page, and referring website
Date and time of your visit

We use privacy-respecting analytics and do not build advertising profiles.

What we do not collect

We do not collect payment card details through this site. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 16. We do not use tracking pixels from advertising networks.

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Why we use it

PURPOSE
INFORMATION USED
LEGAL BASIS (GDPR)
Responding to your inquiry
Name, email, message, budget, phone
Steps taken at your request before entering a contract
Providing services under a signed agreement
Contact and project information
Performance of a contract
Keeping the site secure and preventing spam
IP address, technical data
Legitimate interests
Understanding how the site is used
Aggregate analytics data
Legitimate interests
Meeting legal and accounting obligations
Contact and transaction records
Legal obligation

We do not use your information for automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

We do not send marketing emails. If that ever changes, we will ask for your consent first, and every message will include an unsubscribe link.

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Who we share it with

We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information. We share it only with:

Service providers who help us operate, each bound to protect it and use it only for the service they provide to us:

Email hosting (Google Workspace)
Website hosting and content delivery
Scheduling (Cal.com) if you book a call
Messaging (WhatsApp Business, operated by Meta) if you contact us that way
Website analytics

Others, only when required: if the law compels us, if we need to establish or defend legal claims, or if we ever transfer the business — in which case we would notify you.

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Where your information goes

Gald operates from the Dominican Republic, and our service providers operate servers in the United States, the European Union, and elsewhere. This means your information may be transferred outside your country of residence, including outside Canada, the EEA, and the United Kingdom.

Where we transfer personal information out of the EEA or UK, we rely on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses or an equivalent safeguard, and we take reasonable steps to ensure your information receives comparable protection.

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How long we keep it

Inquiries that do not become projects: up to 24 months, then deleted
Client project records: for the duration of the engagement and 7 years afterward, to meet accounting and legal requirements
Analytics data: up to 14 months in aggregate form
Anything you ask us to delete: removed promptly, unless we are legally required to retain it
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How we protect it

We use encryption in transit (HTTPS), access controls, and reputable service providers. Access to inquiry and client information is limited to people who need it to do the work.

No system is perfectly secure. If a breach affects your personal information and poses a risk to you, we will notify you and the relevant authority as required by law.

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Your rights

Wherever you live, you can email hello@gald.ai to:

Access the information we hold about you
Correct anything inaccurate
Delete your information
Object to or restrict how we use it
Receive a copy in a portable format
Withdraw consent where we rely on it

We respond within 30 days. We do not charge for this, and we will not treat you differently for asking.

If you are in the EEA or UK: you may lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

If you are in Canada: PIPEDA gives you the right to access and correct your personal information and to complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

If you are in California: you have the right to know what we collect, to delete it, to correct it, and to opt out of sale or sharing. We do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined under the CCPA/CPRA, and we do not process sensitive personal information for inferring characteristics.

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Cookies

We use only what the site needs to function, plus basic analytics. We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.

You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may affect how the site works. If we ever add non-essential cookies, we will ask for your consent through a banner before setting them.

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Confidential information you send us

Please do not send confidential or proprietary material through our contact form or in a first email. Initial inquiries are not treated as confidential until we have signed a non-disclosure agreement. If you need to share sensitive material to describe your project, say so and we will put an NDA in place first.

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Third-party links

The site may link to services we do not control, such as scheduling or messaging platforms. Their privacy practices are their own. We encourage you to read their policies before using them.

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Children

The site is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. If you believe a child has provided us information, email hello@gald.ai and we will delete it.

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Changes to this policy

We may update this policy. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date above, and we will post material changes on this page. If a change significantly affects how we use information you already gave us, we will contact you directly where we reasonably can.

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Contact us

Questions, requests, or complaints about privacy:

Gald hello@gald.ai Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the data protection authority in your country.