Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how BLACKWORKS handles information submitted through the website, including the technical program submission form. It is written for the website as it currently operates.

1. Information you provide

When you submit a program through the contact form, you choose what to provide. Typical fields include name, organization, role, contact address, an optional reference link, and written material describing the program, the technical problem, current stage, and decision pressure. Do not submit classified information, export-controlled technical data, or confidential third-party material unless an appropriate agreement is already in place.

2. Information collected automatically

The website may receive standard request data such as IP address, user agent, referring URL, and timing information when you load a page. This data is used for operating the website, diagnosing issues, and protecting against abuse.

3. Cookies and similar technologies

The website does not set advertising cookies. It may use a small number of strictly necessary cookies or local storage entries to operate features such as theme preference or session continuity. Additional analytics or measurement cookies, if introduced in the future, will be reflected in an updated version of this policy.

4. How information is used

• To review submissions and decide whether to respond.
• To operate, maintain, and secure the website.
• To detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive use of the submission channel.
• To comply with applicable legal obligations.

5. Sharing

Submission content is reviewed by the BLACKWORKS operating group. Information is not sold, rented, or shared with third parties for marketing. Information may be disclosed to service providers that operate the website infrastructure under confidentiality obligations, to advisors bound to confidentiality, or where required by law.

6. Retention

Submissions are retained for the period necessary to evaluate fit, respond, and maintain a record of communications. Routine technical request logs are retained for shorter operating periods consistent with security and diagnostic needs.

7. Your rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of personal information you have submitted, and to object to certain processing. Requests should be sent through the contact channel linked at the bottom of this page.

8. Security

BLACKWORKS applies reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect submitted information. No method of transmission or storage is fully secure; you should not submit information whose disclosure would cause material harm without an appropriate agreement in place.

9. International handling

Submissions may be reviewed and stored in jurisdictions other than the one from which they originate. By submitting, you acknowledge that information may be processed across borders consistent with applicable law.

10. Children

The website is not directed to children. BLACKWORKS does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

11. Changes

This policy may be updated. Material changes are signaled by updating the effective date at the top of this document.

12. Contact

Privacy requests and questions should be sent through the BLACKWORKS contact channel linked at the bottom of this page.