How we handle your data.

Last updated: May 2025

The short version: If you self-host FoundryDock on your own server, we have zero access to your data — zero. What you store stays entirely on your infrastructure. The only data collection described below applies to this marketing website, foundrydock.com.

1. Scope of this policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the marketing website at foundrydock.com only. It does not govern any instance of the FoundryDock open source software you install and run on your own infrastructure.

If you self-host FoundryDock, you are the data controller for everything that happens on your instance. You decide what you collect, how you store it, and who can access it. FoundryDock (the project and its maintainers) has no access whatsoever to data on self-hosted instances.

2. What we collect on this website

This website uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors discover and navigate foundrydock.com. Google Analytics collects:

Pages visited and time spent on each page
Approximate geographic location (country / city level)
Device type, browser, and operating system
Referral source (how you arrived at this site)
Anonymised interaction events (button clicks, scroll depth)

We do not collect your name, email address, or any other personally identifying information through this website. No account is required to browse foundrydock.com.

3. Google Analytics & cookies

Google Analytics sets cookies in your browser to distinguish visitors and sessions. The data is processed by Google LLC under their own Privacy Policy. Google may transfer this data to servers in the United States or other countries.

You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking at any time by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, or by using a browser extension that blocks analytics scripts.

4. Self-hosted instances — full privacy by design

When you clone the FoundryDock repository and run it on your own server, the software operates entirely within the environment you control. There are no telemetry calls, no usage pings, and no data transmitted back to us — by design.

Your instance, your data. Documents, pitch decks, board minutes, access logs, user accounts — everything on a self-hosted FoundryDock instance lives exclusively on your own infrastructure. The project maintainers have no technical means to access it, and we never will. You are the sole data controller.

5. Third-party links

This website links to GitHub (github.com) for the source code and community discussions. GitHub has its own privacy policy. We are not responsible for data practices on third-party websites.

6. Changes to this policy

If we make material changes to this policy, we will update the "Last updated" date above. For significant changes, we will note it in the project's GitHub repository changelog.

7. Contact

Questions about this policy? Open an issue or start a discussion in the FoundryDock GitHub repository.