Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 31, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Sandbox Group LLC ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and protects your information when you use Founders Pulse.

1. Information We Collect

Information from Connected Accounts

When you authorize integrations, we access the following data in read-only mode:

Service	Data Accessed	Scope
Gmail	Email subjects, senders, snippets	gmail.readonly
Calendar	Event titles, times, attendees	calendar.readonly
Slack	Messages from channels and DMs	Read-only scopes
Notion	Page titles, content snippets	Read-only access
GitHub	Repositories, issues, notifications	read:user, repo:status
Plaid	Accounts, balances, transactions	Read operations only

      Read-Only Guarantee: We never write, modify, send, post, or delete any data in your connected accounts. All integrations use the minimum required read-only permissions.
    

Authentication Information

When you sign in with email-based verification:

Email Address: Used to send one-time verification codes
Verification Codes: 6-digit codes stored as secure hashes (never in plaintext), expire after 10 minutes
Rate Limiting Data: Attempt counts and timestamps to prevent abuse

We use Resend to deliver verification emails. Your email address is shared with Resend solely for authentication purposes.

Market Pulse Data

If you enable Market Pulse, we search public news sources for information about your configured company name, competitors, and industry keywords.

2. How We Use Your Information

Your data is used to:

Generate Daily Briefs: AI analyzes your data to create actionable summaries
Provide Meeting Prep: Context about upcoming meetings and attendees
Surface Insights: Patterns and metrics from your connected services
Track History: Store processed insights for trend analysis

3. AI Processing

We use Anthropic's Claude models to:

Extract structured information from your data
Generate natural language summaries
Classify confidence levels (HIGH, MEDIUM, LOW)
Identify action items and priorities

Data sent to Anthropic is processed according to their Privacy Policy and API data usage policies.

4. Data Storage and Security

OAuth Tokens: Encrypted and stored securely in our database
Processed Insights: Stored to provide historical context and trends
Infrastructure: Hosted on dedicated cloud infrastructure (DigitalOcean) with a managed PostgreSQL database (Neon)

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your data.

5. Data Retention

Brief Items: Retained until dismissed or account deletion
OAuth Tokens: Retained until you disconnect the integration
Market Pulse Items: Retained for trend analysis until dismissed
Authentication Codes: Automatically deleted after verification or expiration (10 minutes)

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with:

Anthropic: For AI processing of your briefs, insights, and Market Pulse news search
Resend: For delivering email verification codes (email address only)
Plaid: For secure bank account linking and read-only financial data access

7. Google API Services & Limited Use

Founders Pulse accesses Gmail and Google Calendar data through Google APIs using read-only scopes, solely to generate the daily briefs, insights, and meeting context you see in the app.

Founders Pulse's use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Google user data is used only to provide user-facing features visible in your own account — never for advertising, and never sold.
Email and calendar content is shared with our AI provider (Anthropic) only as necessary to generate your own summaries and insights; it is not used to train generalized AI or machine-learning models.
Humans do not read this data except with your explicit consent, for security purposes, to comply with law, or in aggregated, anonymized form for internal operations.

8. Your Rights

You have the right to:

Disconnect: Revoke access to any connected account at any time
Delete: Request deletion of your stored data
Access: Request a copy of your stored data
Opt-out: Disable Market Pulse or specific integrations

9. Children's Privacy

Founders Pulse is not intended for users under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect information from children.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. We will notify you of significant changes through the app or email.

11. Contact Us

For privacy-related questions or requests:

Sandbox Group LLC
Email: admin@founders-pulse.app