1. Introduction & Overview
Mindfold (“Mindfold”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) operates mindfold.dev. We are an independent software and AI engineering studio based in Pune, Maharashtra, India, founded and operated by Hrushikesh (Rushi) Kedar.
We build websites, custom SaaS platforms, and AI-powered systems for startups and forward-thinking businesses. We believe that privacy is an essential engineering standard—not an afterthought. This Privacy Policy outlines what information we collect, why we collect it, how it is safeguarded, and how we protect your proprietary intellectual property.
Our Privacy Pledge
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data or your client project data to data brokers, ad networks, or third-party marketing companies. Period.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information strictly necessary to provide engineering services, respond to project inquiries, and maintain our digital infrastructure:
A. Information You Voluntarily Provide
- Inquiry & Contact Forms: Your full name, email address, phone number (or WhatsApp contact), company name, and project scope details submitted via our contact forms, WhatsApp link, or email.
- Consultation Communications: Notes and requirements shared during discovery calls, strategy audits, and scoping emails.
- Project Credentials & Staging Data: When under contract, API keys, repository access, staging server credentials, or brand assets supplied to develop your software.
B. Automatically Collected Information
- Technical Device Data: Browser user agent, operating system, approximate geographic location (city/country level), and language preferences.
- Usage Telemetry: Pages visited, time spent, referral sources, button interactions, and navigation paths.
- Network Identifiers: IP addresses logged in server access logs for DDoS prevention, rate limiting, and security compliance.
3. How We Use Your Information
The information we collect is utilized strictly for lawful business purposes:
Service Execution
To scope, build, test, deploy, and maintain custom web applications, APIs, databases, and AI systems under client agreements.
Direct Communication
To respond to your inquiries, schedule discovery sessions, provide proposals, and send milestone updates.
Infrastructure Reliability
To monitor site uptime, eliminate runtime errors, enhance page performance, and defend against malicious cyber attacks.
Legal & Accounting
To fulfill contract obligations, maintain statutory tax invoices, and comply with applicable laws in India.
4. AI & Proprietary Data Protection
As a specialized AI engineering studio that implements Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, and custom LLM copilots, we hold ourselves to rigorous AI governance and confidentiality standards:
Zero Public Model Training
Your private IP is never fed into public foundation models
- Confidential Embeddings & Knowledge Bases: Client documents, vector embeddings, and database schemas remain strictly segregated. We implement zero-data-retention (ZDR) endpoints whenever connecting to model providers (such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Groq).
- Isolated Staging Environments: All AI experiments and evaluations are executed within dedicated developer sandboxes with restricted access control.
- NDA Enforcement: Every client partnership is backed by mutual non-disclosure obligations safeguarding your trade secrets, algorithms, and business logic.
5. Third-Party Integrations
We partner with reputable infrastructure providers to deliver our services. These third parties process data only on our instructions:
- Vercel Inc.: High-performance serverless hosting, edge routing, and global CDN delivery.
- Supabase / PostgreSQL: Secure database storage, authentication mechanisms, and real-time backend state.
- Meta Platforms: Meta Pixel integration for measuring audience engagement and advertising efficiency.
- Payment Gateways: When processing project invoices, transactions are handled securely by Razorpay or Stripe; Mindfold never stores raw credit/debit card numbers.
7. Data Security & Retention
We implement industry-standard administrative, physical, and technical controls to protect data against unauthorized access, destruction, alteration, or disclosure:
- End-to-end TLS 1.3 encryption across all web endpoints.
- Encrypted storage for credentials and environment variables.
- Immediate credential rotation and access revocation upon project completion and handover.
We retain inquiry communications for up to 24 months to support ongoing business relationships, after which records are securely archived or purged unless statutory financial recordkeeping requires longer retention.
8. Your Rights & Choices
Depending on your location, you hold the following privacy rights:
To exercise any of these rights, email us directly at connect@mindfold.dev. We respond to all verified requests within 10 business days.
9. Policy Revisions
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect enhancements to our engineering capabilities or changes in relevant data protection laws. Any modifications will be posted to this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Continued engagement with our site signifies acceptance of the revised policy.
10. Contact & Grievance Information
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact our team directly:
Mindfold Engineering Studio
Attention: Hrushikesh Kedar (Founder & Lead)
Email: connect@mindfold.dev
Phone / WhatsApp: +91 90228 24355
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India 411041
Mindfold Engineering Studio
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