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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 25 July 2026 Effective: 25 July 2026 Version 1.0

This policy explains what personal information Cuspforge collects through this website, why we collect it, how we protect it, and the choices and rights available to you. We keep it deliberately plain — if anything here is unclear, write to us and we will explain it.

01Who we are

Cuspforge is a technology venture studio based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. In this policy, “Cuspforge”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Cuspforge; “you” refers to any visitor to this website.

For matters relating to personal information, Cuspforge acts as the data controller for this website and can be reached at hello@cuspforge.com.

02Scope of this policy

This policy applies to cuspforge.com and to any direct correspondence you send us through the contact details published on it.

It does not apply to our venture platforms — including Certifada — which operate as separate products under their own privacy policies and terms. When you leave this website for one of those platforms, the policy published there governs your use of it.

03Information we collect

Information you give us

When you complete the contact form or email us directly, we receive the information you choose to provide. Typically this is your name, email address, organisation, the subject of your enquiry, and the content of your message. If you contact us about a role, you may also send us a CV and the professional details it contains.

Please do not send us sensitive personal information — health data, government identifiers, financial account numbers or similar — through this website. We do not need it, and we do not ask for it.

Information collected automatically

Like most websites, ours is served by infrastructure that records basic technical information as part of normal operation: IP address, browser type and version, device and operating system, referring page, pages viewed, and the date and time of access. This data is used for security, diagnostics and aggregate traffic measurement.

Information stored on your device

This website stores a single preference locally in your browser — your chosen language (English or Arabic) — so the site opens in the same language on your next visit. It is not a tracking identifier, it is not transmitted to us, and you can clear it at any time through your browser settings.

04How and why we use it

  • To respond to you. Answering enquiries, discussing potential engagements, and following up on correspondence you have started.
  • To evaluate opportunities. Assessing partnership proposals, venture ideas and applications you submit to us.
  • To operate and improve the website. Maintaining availability, fixing faults, and understanding in aggregate which content is useful.
  • To protect the website. Detecting and preventing abuse, spam, fraud and unauthorised access.
  • To meet legal obligations. Complying with applicable law and responding to lawful requests from competent authorities.

What we never do. We do not sell your personal information. We do not rent or trade it. We do not use it for advertising profiling, and we do not add you to a marketing list because you sent us an enquiry.

05Legal bases

Where UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data, the EU or UK GDPR, or comparable legislation applies to our processing, we rely on the following grounds:

  • Consent — where you voluntarily submit information to us through the contact form or by email.
  • Legitimate interests — operating a secure website, responding to business enquiries, and protecting Cuspforge against misuse, balanced against your rights and expectations.
  • Performance of a contract — where the processing is necessary to take steps at your request before entering into, or to perform, an agreement with you.
  • Legal obligation — where we are required to process or retain information under applicable law.

06Cookies and analytics

This website does not use advertising cookies, cross-site tracking pixels, or third-party profiling tools.

Fonts and a small number of front-end libraries are loaded from reputable public content delivery networks (Google Fonts and Cloudflare CDN). When your browser requests those files, the provider receives your IP address and standard request headers as a technical necessity of delivering them. Those providers operate under their own privacy policies.

If we introduce privacy-respecting analytics in future, we will update this section before doing so and, where consent is required, we will ask for it first.

07Sharing and disclosure

We share personal information only in the following circumstances:

  • Service providers. Hosting, email, and infrastructure providers who process data on our instructions and under confidentiality obligations, strictly to deliver the service we have engaged them for.
  • Within Cuspforge. With the members of our team who need the information to respond to your enquiry.
  • Legal and regulatory. Where disclosure is required by applicable law, court order, or a lawful request from a competent authority, or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
  • Corporate transactions. If Cuspforge or one of its ventures is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing or restructuring, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to the protections described in this policy.

08International transfers

We are based in the United Arab Emirates, and some of our service providers operate infrastructure in other jurisdictions. Where personal information is transferred outside the UAE, we take reasonable steps to ensure it remains protected to a standard consistent with this policy and with applicable data protection law — including by contracting only with providers that offer appropriate safeguards.

09Retention

CategoryRetention period
Enquiry correspondenceUp to 24 months from our last exchange, unless an ongoing relationship requires longer
Partnership and venture proposalsUp to 24 months from submission
Career applicationsUp to 12 months, unless you ask us to keep them on file for longer
Server and security logsTypically up to 12 months

We retain information for longer only where a legal, accounting or dispute-resolution obligation requires it. When a retention period ends, information is deleted or irreversibly anonymised.

10Security

We apply technical and organisational measures appropriate to the sensitivity of the information we hold: encryption in transit (HTTPS), access restricted to team members with a legitimate need, hardened and patched infrastructure, and internal practices designed to limit how much personal information we collect in the first place.

No system is perfectly secure, and no organisation can guarantee absolute security. If a personal data breach occurs that is likely to affect your rights, we will notify you and the competent authority as required by applicable law and without undue delay.

11Your rights

Subject to applicable law, you may:

  • Access the personal information we hold about you, and obtain a copy of it.
  • Correct information that is inaccurate, outdated or incomplete.
  • Delete information where there is no continuing lawful basis for us to hold it.
  • Restrict or object to processing carried out on the basis of our legitimate interests.
  • Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing already carried out on that basis.
  • Request portability of information you provided to us, in a structured, commonly used format.
  • Lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority in your jurisdiction.

To exercise any of these rights, email hello@cuspforge.com. We respond within 30 days. We may ask you to verify your identity before acting on a request, and we may decline requests that are manifestly unfounded, excessive or that would infringe the rights of others — always with an explanation.

12Children

This website is intended for a professional audience and is not directed to children under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us information, contact us and we will delete it promptly.

13Our venture platforms

Certifada, Crucible, Codex, Azimuth and any future Cuspforge venture are separate products with their own privacy policies, terms and data practices, tailored to what each platform actually does. Registering, subscribing or transacting on any of them is governed by the policy published on that platform — not by this one.

This website also links to third-party destinations such as LinkedIn. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any site we do not operate, and we encourage you to read their policies before providing information.

14Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as our services, our infrastructure or the law changes. The revision date at the top of the page always reflects the current version. Where a change materially affects how we handle your personal information, we will take reasonable steps to bring it to your attention — and, where the law requires consent, we will obtain it before the change applies to you.

15Contact us

Questions, requests or complaints about privacy at Cuspforge:

Please write “Privacy” in the subject line so your message reaches the right person quickly.