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The Product Wave

Privacy Policy

What we collect, why, and the choices you have.

Draft — requires legal review before launch. Last updated September 23, 2026.

Who we are

The Product Wave ("we", "us") is a publisher of research, discovery and demos of AI tools, operated by [Legal entity name], [Registered address]. We are the controller of the personal data described in this policy.

What we collect

  • Newsletter: your email address when you subscribe to The Wave.
  • Deployment Help requests: name, work email, company, company size, platform, budget and the description you provide.
  • Affiliate click logs: when you follow a "Start trial" link we record the tool, time of the click, referring page (referrer) and your browser user agent.
  • Server logs: standard technical data such as IP address and request details, kept for security and troubleshooting.

How we use it and our legal bases

  • To send the newsletter you asked for (consent — withdraw any time via the unsubscribe link).
  • To match you with deployment partners and reply to your request (steps at your request prior to a contract / legitimate interests).
  • To measure affiliate referrals and settle commissions with partners (legitimate interests).
  • To keep the site secure and working (legitimate interests).

Sharing

We do not sell your personal data. With your request, we share Deployment Help details with the deployment partners we introduce you to. We use service providers for hosting, email delivery and storage under data processing agreements: [list of processors].

Embedded video

Videos are embedded from YouTube using the privacy-enhanced youtube-nocookie.com domain and load only when you press play. Once playing, YouTube (Google) may process data under its own privacy policy.

Cookies

We currently set no non-essential cookies and use no advertising or analytics trackers. Your light/dark theme choice is stored in your browser’s local storage and never leaves your device. If this changes we will ask for consent first where required.

Retention

  • Newsletter email: until you unsubscribe.
  • Deployment Help requests: [retention period] after our last contact.
  • Affiliate click logs and server logs: [retention period].

Your rights (GDPR / UK GDPR)

If you are in the EEA or UK you can request access, correction, deletion, restriction or portability of your data, object to processing based on legitimate interests, and withdraw consent at any time. You may also complain to your local data protection authority.

Your rights (California — CCPA/CPRA)

California residents can request to know, delete and correct personal information we hold, and will not be discriminated against for exercising these rights. We do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.

International transfers

Our providers may process data outside your country. Where required we rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses.

Contact

To exercise your rights or ask a question, email [privacy contact email]. We respond within the time the law requires (usually 30 days for GDPR, 45 days for CCPA).

Changes

We will post updates on this page and change the "last updated" date above.