This Privacy Policy describes how Akeana, Inc. (“we”, “us”, or “our”), a venture funded RISC-V startup that sells semiconductor IP offerings along with interconnects and accelerators, handles the personal information that we collect and process through our site, akeana.com (“Site”).
PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Personal information you provide. Personal information collected includes:
Communications that we exchange, including when you contact us with questions, requests, press inquiries, feedback, watch our blog and videos, or otherwise communicate.
Professional contact information such as name, market segment, business email address, optional business phone number, company name, products of interest, and any other professional information provided when you engage with us in a professional capacity.
Preferences such as communication preferences, preferences related to your use of our Services, demographic data, and any other preferences.
Other information that we may collect, which we will process as described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise disclosed.
Personal information collected from third party sources. We may collect personal information about you from third party sources such as public databases, advisors and agents, affiliates and subsidiaries, internet service providers, operating systems and platforms, data brokers and analytics providers, marketing companies, business partners, clients, social media platforms such as LinkedIn, X, YouTube or Facebook, or other third parties or vendors. We may combine the personal information that we receive from you with personal information and other information that we obtain from other sources.
We may receive lead and prospect information, such as names, email addresses and contact information from third parties about companies or individuals who may be interested in engaging with us.
If you post information about us or engage with us on third party platforms, we may collect personal information about you from that third party platform or account. These third-party platforms and services control the information they collect and share about you. For information about how they may use and disclose your personal information, including any personal information you make public, please consult their respective privacy policies.
Personal information collected automatically. We, third parties, our service providers, and our business partners may automatically collect information, including personal information, through the use of cookies, pixel tags, and other similar technologies such as:
Device data, such as your computer or mobile device operating system type and version number, manufacturer and model, browser type, screen resolution, domain names, date/time stamps, language, unique or online identifiers, internet service provider, clickstream data, IP address, the website you visited before and after browsing to our Site, general location information, and similar device and browsing information.
Activity and usage data, such as pages or screens viewed, time spent on a page or screen, navigation paths between pages or screens, information about your activity on a page or screen, access times, log file information, duration of access, and other activity and usage information.
HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We use personal information for the following purposes or as otherwise described:
Services and support. To provide and operate our Site, communicate with you about your use of or interest in our Site or business, provide troubleshooting and technical support, respond to your inquiries, fulfill your requests, and for similar Site and support purposes.
Communications. To respond to questions and fulfill requests, to respond to press inquiries, to communicate about availability, the business, our products and services, events and other activities, to notify you of changes to our Site, and to otherwise communicate with you.
Analytics, measurement and improvement. To better understand how users access and use the Site and for other research and analytics purposes, such as to evaluate and improve our Site and business operations, to develop our Site and features, and for internal quality control and training purposes.
Marketing and advertising. To send you newsletters or other information about our Site and business operations, and to manage, analyze, measure, and improve our outreach.
Research and development. To administer surveys and questionnaires, such as for research and development purposes including for market research and to analyze and improve the Site, products, services and our business.
Career center. To post open positions and allow applicants to apply for positions online.
Security and protection of rights. To protect the Site and our business operations, to prevent and detect fraud, unauthorized activities and access, and other misuse, where we believe necessary to investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety or legal rights of any person or third party, or violations of our terms or this Privacy Policy.
Legal proceedings and obligations. To comply with the law and our legal obligations, to respond to legal process and related legal proceedings.
General business and operational support. Related to the administration of our general business, accounting, auditing, compliance, recordkeeping, and legal functions.
HOW WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We disclose personal information with the following parties, including:
Our affiliates. We may disclose personal information to our affiliates, subsidiaries, and corporate group of companies, who will use and disclose personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Vendors and service providers. We may share personal information with entities and individuals that provide services on our behalf or help us operate the Site or our business (such as information technology, hosting, customer support, etc.).
Corporate and third-party partners. We may work with other entities to promote our business and services or to resell our products and services. Please note that personal information collected during joint registrations may be collected under this Privacy Policy, the privacy policy of the other entity, and/or the privacy policy you see when you register. Links from our Site to a third party’s site are also governed by the third party’s privacy policy which we urge you to read carefully.
Marketing, advertising and analytic providers. We and third-party marketing, advertising, and analytics providers collect personal information to implement and evaluate our Site and for advertising, analytics, measurement and marketing purposes. The personal information is collected through cookies and other tracking technologies via our Site as described below.
Professional advisors. We may share personal information with professional advisors, such as lawyers, investors, auditors, bankers and insurers in the course of the professional services that they render to us.
Authorities and others. We may share personal information with law enforcement, government authorities, and private parties, as we believe in good faith to be necessary or as legally permitted for compliance and protection purposes.
Business transfers. We may share personal information with relevant participants in business transactions (or potential transactions) involving financing, a corporate divestiture, merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization, sale or other disposition of all or any portion of the business or assets.
Others as permitted by applicable law. We may also disclose personal information to third parties to the extent permitted by applicable law and legal obligations. This may include regulators, government entities, and law enforcement as permitted by law or legal process.
Aggregated and/or de-identified information. We may disclose aggregated and/or de-identified information for marketing, advertising, research, or other purposes. We may use this data and share it with third parties for our lawful business purposes, including to analyze and improve the Site and promote our business.
COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING MECHANISMS
We and other third-party providers use cookies and other similar tracking mechanisms to track your use of our Site.
Cookies. Cookies are text files that websites store on a visitor’s device to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser for the purpose of helping you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, enabling functionality, helping us understand user activity and patterns, and facilitating analytics activities.
Web beacons, pixel tags, and similar technologies. Web beacons are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, which are embedded invisibly on web pages. We or our service providers may use web beacons (also known as clear GIFs, web bugs, pixel tags, or action tags, among other names), in connection with our Site to perform functions like tracking the activities of visitors to our Site, helping us manage content, and compiling statistics about usage of our Site. We or our third-party providers may also use pixel tags in emails to help us track email response rates, identify when our emails are viewed, and track whether our emails are forwarded.
Analytics. We and third parties, such as HubSpot and Google Analytics, use cookies and other tracking technologies to evaluate how visitors interact with our Site. We use these tools to help us improve our Site, performance, and user experience. See below for Your Privacy Choices.
YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES
You have the following choices with respect to your personal information:
Promotional communications. You may opt out of marketing emails by following the opt-out or unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of the email or by contacting us. You may continue to receive service-related and other non-marketing emails or communications.
Cookies. Most browsers let you remove and/or stop accepting cookies from the websites you visit. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser’s settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all functionality of the Site, and our Site may not work properly. For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your browser and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org
Analytics. We and third-party analytics providers such as HubSpot and Google Analytics use cookies and tracking technologies. For more information, go to HubSpot’s privacy preferences: https://www.hubspot.com/hubspot-privacy-preferences and/or go to Google’s privacy preferences: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.  You must opt out on each browser and on each device.
Do Not Track. Some internet browsers may be configured to send “Do Not Track” signals to the online services that you visit. We currently do not respond to “Do Not Track” or similar signals.
Decline to provide information. We need to collect personal information to provide certain services. If you do not provide the information requested, we may not be able to provide those services.
SECURITY
We employ a number of measures designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, security risk is inherent in all Internet and information technologies, and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information. There are also certain steps you can take to protect against unauthorized access to your personal information. For example, you should choose a strong password that is unique and do not reuse passwords across multiple sites and services or share your password with others.
INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFER
We are headquartered in the United States and may use service providers that operate in other countries. Your personal information may be transferred to the United States and other locations where privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your state, province, or country.
EXTERNAL LINKS
Our Site may contain links to third-party websites or features. Any access to and use of such linked websites or features is not governed by this Privacy Policy, but instead is governed by the privacy policies of those third parties. We are not responsible for the information practices of such third parties, including their collection of your personal information. We encourage you to review the privacy policies and terms for any third-party websites before proceeding to those websites or using those features.
CHILDREN
We provide a general audience Site. The Site is not designed for minors, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from minors.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by updating the date on this Privacy Policy and posting it on the Site. If required by law, we will also provide notification of changes in another way that we believe is reasonably likely to reach you. Your continued use of the Site after the effective date of any modified Privacy Policy indicates your acceptance of the modified Privacy Policy.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, you may contact us by us by writing to: Akeana, Inc., 3131 Jay Street, Suite 210, Santa Clara, CA 95054.
