Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is effective January 23, 2025.

At IronWarden, LLC., (“Ironwarden”) we value the trust you place in us when you visit one of our websites or use one of our web services. We’ve built an enduring reputation for using technology and data to bring transparency, integrity and efficiency to everyone we serve. Part of our commitment to transparency and integrity is making sure you understand what data we collect, how we use it and how it may be shared.

This Ironwarden Privacy Policy (“Policy”) describes how we collect and use your personal information when you visit our websites, use our mobile and web applications, or call us on the phone. In this Policy, “we” and “our” references Ironwarden and “you” and “your” references any person who uses any of our websites, services and/or applications.

What is personal information?

By personal information, we mean information that can be used to identify, locate, or contact you, whether used alone or when combined with other identifying information. Personal information does not include information lawfully made available from government records or de-identified or aggregated consumer information.

This Ironwarden Privacy Policy includes service-specific charts listing the types of personal information Ironwarden collects as well as Ironwarden’s business purpose for the collection of the specified personal information.

Use of our Site & Services

This website and all of the tools and services on our websites are owned and operated by IronWarden, LLC (“Ironwarden”). By visiting www.ironwarden.com and/or licensing and using our products and services including, "Taurus Cloud Services" (referenced as “Services”), you accept the practices described in the policy. This Policy applies to the use of any Ironwarden websites or services which either link directly to this Policy, display this Policy, or otherwise indicate that this Policy applies (collectively referenced as “Sites and Services”). "Preview," "Beta," "Promotional," or other similar types of non-standard or pre-release software, services, or websites may be governed by different or additional terms, such as a non-disclosure agreement or other terms. In some cases, certain software, websites or services from companies other than Ironwarden will be governed by separate policies owned by those companies.

By accessing or using Ironwarden Sites and Services covered by this Policy, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Policy, do not access or use these Sites and Services. By continuing to use Ironwarden Sites and Services, you are authorizing your acceptance of the terms and conditions explained in this Policy.

Notice of Collection

We want you to know that we collect personal information actively and passively, and we sometimes obtain information from third-party sources. This means that when you use our Sites and Services, we sometimes require you to provide personally identifiable information when you want to take specific actions like registering for our services, placing a bid, uploading images, etc. In addition, when using our Sites and Services, our Sites and Services passively collect personally identifiable information as necessary to ensure the Sites and Services are operating effectively for our users. For example, this is a necessary step to ensure bids are transmitted accurately and that you have appropriate access to any Ironwarden service you license. Finally, we receive information lawfully made available from publicly available government records such as final bid submission information supplied to us by government agencies (third-party sources) and used by Ironwarden to incorporate into the Services.

Collecting for Business Purpose

• We collect personal information and use it inside our Sites and Services. We may anonymize some of the data. For example, we receive certain standard information that your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your IP address, browser type and access times. This type of information is collected for purely internal purposes such as marketing analysis or demographic studies and is used solely to improve Ironwarden Sites and Services to better address our users' needs.
• We also collect personal information, aggregate it, anonymize it, and display it inside our Sites and Services.

Collecting for Commercial Purpose

• We source publicly available information from government agencies for use inside our Services and for resale.
• We also package publicly available data that agencies post to our services and sell to data resellers.
• If Ironwarden becomes aware of users scraping data from our Sites and Services, in violation of the Sites and Services Terms of Use, Ironwarden will exercise its right to enforce technical and/or legal remedies.

To submit a request to opt out of personal information being shared with third parties, click Do Not Sell My Info.

Right to Know

You may request access to the specific pieces of personal information collected about you in the 12-month period ending on the date of your request. These disclosures include:

• The categories of personal information collected about you.
• The categories of sources from which personal information is collected.
• The business or commercial purposes for collecting or selling personal information.
• The categories of third parties with whom the business has shared the personal information.
• The categories of personal information sold and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold.
• The categories of personal information disclosed for a business purpose.

Right to Request Deletion

You may request we delete your personal information. Upon verification of your request, we will delete personal information that is not lawfully made available from federal, state, or local government records and which is not maintained for a permitted purpose under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) or similar law. Permitted purposes include:

• auditing the consumer or transaction interaction, including counting and verifying quality of ad impressions
• detecting or preventing security incidents or other illegal activity and prosecuting the responsible parties
• diagnosing problems with our services
• short-term, transient use that does not build a profile or otherwise alter an individual consumer’s experience outside the current interaction
• performing services for a CCPA-covered business or its service provider, such as customer service, order fulfillment, payment processing, financing, advertising, marketing, or analytic services
• undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration
• maintaining quality or safety or improving or upgrading a service or device owned, manufactured, or controlled by or for the business
• exercising or enforcing any other exceptions provided by the CCPA

Notice of Right to Opt Out

You may opt-out of the sale or disclosure of personal information that is not publicly-available information derived from a governmental entity and which is not maintained for a permitted purpose under the CCPA or similar law. Ironwarden provides several channels for users and their authorized agents to opt out, review and request changes to their communication preferences.

Here’s how to opt out:

• Submit the form at www.ironwarden.com/Contact

Security

Our responsibility. Ironwarden is committed to protecting the security of your data. We follow the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and other national cybersecurity and privacy standards to develop and audit our security processes. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your data from unauthorized use, access or disclosure. For example, we store the data we collect on computer systems with strict limited administrative and physical access and in controlled facilities. When we transmit certain sensitive data over the internet, we always protect it using encryption.

Your responsibility. If a username and/or password is used to help protect your accounts and data, it is your responsibility to keep your information confidential and your internet connection secure. Do not share this information with anyone. If you share a computer with anyone, you should always log out before leaving an Ironwarden Site or Service to protect access to your data from subsequent users.

Cookies, Behavior Display Ads, Retargeting Ads

At Ironwarden, we believe in being transparent about how we collect information from individuals using our sites and services. Ironwarden may use cookies and similar technology to improve your experience on our sites. We use this information to customize our communications, analyze usage, measure success and promote trust to users. For example, these features make it possible for us to pre-populate your username for easier login, allow user-specific messaging or to permit advertising unique to your apparent interests. Our site may also use web beacons, which is a clear electronic image used to assist in delivering cookies on our sites and allows us to count users who have visited specific pages. We may include web beacons in promotional emails or our newsletters in order to determine if messages have been opened or clicked on.

By continuing to visit or use our sites or services, you agree to the use of cookies and similar technologies for these purposes.

Your Cookie Choices

You can choose to opt-out of our use of cookies by setting your browser to not accept cookies. It’s important to note that by manually opting out of the use of cookies, you may significantly decrease your overall experience with our Sites and Services and remove your ability to create a customized experience.

You may also choose to opt out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting through industry-standard websites such as https://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN or www.networkadvertising.org/choices.

Right to Non-Discrimination for Exercising Your Privacy Rights

Ironwarden will never discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights described in this Privacy Policy. Unless permitted by the CCPA, we will not:

• Deny you goods or services
• Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties
• Provide you a different level or quality of goods or services
• Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

Ironwarden may need to change this Policy in order to comply with or adapt to legal, technical, or business developments. When these changes affect the way we collect and use your personal information, Ironwarden will provide you with an additional notice.

The date at which this Policy was last revised is always available at the beginning of the Policy. Historical editions of the Policy can be made available upon request.

Contact Us

For more information about this Privacy Policy, please see our Contact Us page or email info@ironwarden.com.