GDBAY Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 20, 2025

This Privacy Policy is effective May 20, 2025, for all users.

gdbay.com and its associated services (including the GDBAY AI Agent, Community Portal, Mentor Knowledge Base, and Opportunities Pool) are operated by Novokhatko S.I. FOP (“GDBAY”, “we”, “us”, “our”). GDBAY is registered in Ukraine. GDBAY registered address is Ukraine, 04205, Kyiv, Obolonsky prospect 16 apt 155.

Each time you access or use the gdbay.com website and its services (collectively, the “Service”), you are deemed to agree to GDBAY’s Privacy Policy and to GDBAY’s use of Cookies, as outlined below.

When you use the Service, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you as described in this Privacy Policy. We may translate this Privacy Policy into other languages for your convenience. Nevertheless, the English version governs your relationship with GDBAY, and any inconsistencies among the different versions will be resolved in favor of the English version.

1. Information We Collect and How We Use It

We may collect and store information about you in connection with your use of the Service, including any information you transmit to or through the Service. We use that information to provide the Service’s functionality, fulfill your requests, improve the Service’s quality, engage in research and analysis relating to the Service, personalize your experience, track usage of the Service, provide feedback to third parties (where applicable), display relevant advertising (if any), market the Service, provide customer support, message you, back up our systems, allow for disaster recovery, enhance the security of the Service, and comply with legal obligations. Even when we do not retain such information, it still must be transmitted to our servers initially and stored long enough to process.

Please also note:

Account Information: If you create a GDBAY account (e.g., via social login), we may store and use the information you provide or authorize us to access during that process. This includes your name, email address, and may include business-related data such as your company name, role, and other professional details. You may also voluntarily provide additional information for your profile, such as your skills, experience, portfolio links, and other professional or personal details you choose to share. We may publicly display parts of your profile information (e.g., name, company, role) as part of your account profile within the Service. You can modify some of the information associated with your account through your account settings or by contacting us.
Public Content & Community Interactions: Your contributions to public areas of the Service, such as posts, comments, likes, and shared content within the GDBAY Community Portal (except for private messages), are intended for public consumption and are therefore viewable by the public. Your public profile information may also be visible. Private messages exchanged between users are not publicly visible but may be accessed by GDBAY for purposes outlined in this policy (e.g., security, service improvement).
GDBAY AI Agent Interactions: When you interact with the GDBAY AI Agent, we collect the queries you submit and the responses generated (“AI Interaction Data”). This data is used to provide you with the service, to improve the AI Agent’s performance and accuracy, for personalization, and for research and analysis to enhance our Service.
Mentor Knowledge Base Contributions: If you are a GDBAY Mentor, we collect the information and content you provide for the Mentor Knowledge Base, including your professional details, expertise, and the specific knowledge shared. This information is used to power the AI Agent and will be attributed to you when displayed or referenced by the AI Agent. You can manage or request deletion of your contributed content as outlined in Section 4.
Opportunities Pool: When you submit an opportunity (whether offering or seeking), we collect the content of that opportunity, including descriptions, requirements, and any associated details. This information is processed by our AI Agent to help refine the listing and for matchmaking purposes. When you initiate AI Matchmaking, your opportunity details are used to find relevant connections within the GDBAY ecosystem.
Communications: When you sign up for an account or use certain features, you may opt to receive messages from other users, businesses (if applicable), and GDBAY. You can manage your communication preferences for promotional messages (like newsletters) via the unsubscribe link in such emails or by contacting [email protected]. Please note that you cannot opt out of receiving certain administrative, transactional, or legal messages from GDBAY. We may track your actions in response to messages (e.g., open rates). If you exchange messages with others through the Service, we may store them to process and deliver them, allow you to manage them, and we may review and disclose them in connection with investigations related to use of the Service, as well as our efforts to improve the Service.
Transactions & GDBAY Coins: If you initiate a transaction through the Service, such as purchasing GDBAY Coins, our third-party payment processor, WayForPay (https://wayforpay.com/en), will collect and process your payment information (e.g., credit card details). GDBAY does not directly store your full payment card information. We do store a history of your orders and Coin transactions. This information is used to process your transactions, send communications about them, and for internal accounting and analysis.
Activity & Technical Data: We may store information about your use of the Service, such as your search activity, the pages you view, the features you use, and the date and time of your visit. We also collect technical data that your computer or mobile device may provide, such as your browser type, device type, operating system, browser language, IP address, mobile carrier, unique device identifier, advertising identifier, approximate location, and referring URLs. We use this information for service provision, security, analytics, and platform improvement.
Different Devices: You may access the Service through different devices. The information we collect and store through those different uses may be cross-referenced and combined.

Legal Basis for Processing (For EEA and Switzerland Residents):

Our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the specific information concerned and the context in which we collect it. However, we will normally collect personal information from you only where we have your consent to do so, where we need the personal information to perform a contract with you (e.g., to provide the GDBAY services you request), or where the processing is in our legitimate interests and not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms (e.g., for platform security, analytics, service improvement, direct marketing of our services). In some cases, we may also have a legal obligation to collect personal information from you or may otherwise need the personal information to protect your vital interests or those of another person. If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your personal information, please contact us.

2. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We, and third parties with whom we partner, may use cookies, web beacons, tags, scripts, local shared objects such as HTML5, advertising identifiers, and similar technology (“Cookies”) in connection with your use of the Service, third-party websites, and mobile applications. Cookies may have unique identifiers and reside on your computer or mobile device, in emails we send to you, and on our web pages. Cookies may transmit information about you and your use of the Service, such as your browser type, search preferences, IP address, data relating to advertisements that have been displayed to you or that you have clicked on (if applicable), and the date and time of your use. Cookies may be persistent or stored only during an individual session.

The purposes for which we use Cookies in the Service include:

Processes: To make the Service work as you expect (e.g., remembering if you’ve signed up).
Authentication, Security, and Compliance: To prevent fraud, protect your data, and comply with legal requirements (e.g., determining if you are logged in).
Preferences: To remember information about your preferences (e.g., language settings).
Notifications: To allow or prevent notices of information or options that could improve your use of the Service.
Advertising (If Applicable): To make advertising more relevant to users and valuable to advertisers.
Analytics: To help us understand how visitors use the Service (e.g., which features are most popular).

You can set some Cookie preferences through your device or browser settings, but doing so may affect the functionality of the Service. The method for disabling Cookies may vary by device and browser.

3. Third Parties

We may share information about you with third parties as follows:

Service Providers: We rely on third-party providers to support or provide services available through the Service, or to perform services for us. These include:

Payment Processors: Such as WayForPay, to process your GDBAY Coin purchases and other transactions.
AI Service Providers: We may use third-party AI models or infrastructure to power aspects of the GDBAY AI Agent.
Cloud Hosting Providers: For storing data and running our platform (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud).
Analytics Services: To help us understand platform usage and improve services.
Communication Services: For sending emails, newsletters, and other communications.
We share information with these providers only to the extent necessary for them to perform their services. We take steps to ensure they are bound by confidentiality and data protection obligations.

Mentors: If you interact with the Mentor Knowledge Base via the AI Agent, the query (potentially anonymized or aggregated) might be implicitly shared to retrieve relevant information. Mentor profiles may be visible within the community.
Publicly Visible Information: As noted in Section 1, your public profile information and public contributions to the Community Portal are visible to other users and the public.
Aggregate or Anonymous Information: We may share user information in the aggregate or in an anonymized form with third parties for research, analytics, or industry reporting (e.g., disclosing the number of users or trends in opportunity types).
Business Transfers: We may share information from or about you with our parent companies, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control, in which case we will require them to honor this Privacy Policy. If another company acquires GDBAY, or all or substantially all of our assets, that company will possess the same information and will assume the rights and obligations with respect to that information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Investigations and Legal Disclosures: We may investigate and disclose information from or about you if we have a good faith belief that such investigation or disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process, law enforcement instructions, or to protect our rights, reputation, property, or that of our users, affiliates, or the public.
Links to Third-Party Services: The Service may contain links to third-party websites or services. We do not share your personal information with them (unless necessary for a service you request) and are not responsible for their privacy practices. We encourage you to read their privacy policies.
Third-Party Accounts (Social Logins): If you sign up for or log into GDBAY using a third-party service (e.g., Google, LinkedIn), we may receive information about you from such third-party service as authorized by you during the connection process.

4. Controlling Your Personal Data

You have certain rights and choices regarding your personal data:

Access, Correction, Deletion: You can access and update some of your profile information directly through your account settings on the platform. For other requests to access, correct, or delete your personal data, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.
Communication Preferences: You can opt-out of receiving promotional emails (like newsletters) from us by using the “unsubscribe” link provided in those emails or by contacting [email protected]. You cannot opt-out of essential service-related communications.
Profile Visibility: Certain aspects of your profile and your public activity on the Community Portal are visible to others by design. If you have concerns about the visibility of specific information, please contact us.
Mentor Content Control: Mentors who contribute to the Knowledge Base can review, edit, or request deletion of their contributed content by contacting us.

If you are a resident of the EEA or Switzerland, you have additional rights such as the right to object to processing, request restriction of processing, and request data portability. You can withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your data.

5. Data Retention and Account Termination

You can request to close your GDBAY account by contacting us at [email protected]. Upon account closure, we will take steps to remove or anonymize your public posts where feasible and/or dissociate them from your account profile.

However, we may retain certain information about you for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. This may include retaining information to prevent fraud, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, comply with legal obligations, or for legitimate business purposes (e.g., aggregated analytics).

6. Children’s Privacy

The Service is intended for general audiences and is not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information without parental consent, please contact us at [email protected]. If we become aware that a child under 18 has provided us with personal information without parental consent, we will take steps to remove such information and terminate the child’s account.

7. Data Security

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information. These include:

Utilizing social platform logins, which means GDBAY does not directly store user passwords.
Using updated software and infrastructure from trusted vendors.
Employing secure API connections with our service providers.
Implementing technical measures such as SSH access controls and firewalls.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. Therefore, while we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

8. Contact Information

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

Email: [email protected]

Postal Address:

Novokhatko S.I. FOP (“GDBAY”)

Ukraine, 04205, Kyiv, Obolonsky prospect 16 apt 155

We will respond to proper and confirmed requests relating to personal data within 30 days, or as otherwise required by applicable law.

9. Modifications to This Privacy Policy

We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. The most current version of the Privacy Policy will govern our collection, use, and disclosure of information about you and will be posted on the Service. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you by email (if you have provided one) or by posting a prominent notice on the Service prior to or on the effective date of the changes. By continuing to access or use the Service after those changes become effective, you acknowledge the revised Privacy Policy.

10. California Residents: Your California Privacy Rights

(This section from your old policy is retained. You must verify its continued applicability and accuracy with legal counsel based on your current user base and practices.)

We do not disclose your personal information to third parties for the purpose of directly marketing their goods or services to you unless you first agree to such disclosure. If you have any questions regarding this policy, or would like to change your preferences, you may contact us at the address listed above in Section 8.

11. International Data Transfer

(This section from your old policy is retained and is important for a global service. You must verify its continued applicability and accuracy with legal counsel.)

For residents of the EEA or Switzerland, please note that the personal data information we obtain from or about you may be transferred, processed and stored outside of the EEA or Switzerland for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including in countries such as Ukraine and the United States of America, where our servers or service providers may be located. We take the privacy of our users seriously and therefore take steps to safeguard your information, including ensuring an adequate level of data protection in accordance with E.U. standards where applicable. These may include implementing the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of personal information or relying on other valid data transfer mechanisms.