1. Who We Are
KONE.VC (“KONE.VC,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) provides AI consulting, implementation, audits, workflow automation, training, and related business services.
Website: https://kone.vc
2. Information We Collect
Information you provide
We may collect information you submit directly to us, including:
- Name, business email address, phone number, and job title.
- Company name, website, location, industry, team size, and revenue range.
- Information about your business goals, current tools, workflows, challenges, and intended use of AI.
- Messages, form responses, meeting details, files, and other information you choose to share.
- Billing and transaction-related information when you purchase services. Payment card details may be processed directly by a payment provider and may not be stored by us.
Information collected automatically
When you visit our website, we and our service providers may automatically collect:
- IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, and language.
- Pages viewed, links clicked, referring pages, and visit timestamps.
- Approximate location derived from your IP address.
- Cookie identifiers, advertising identifiers, and analytics data.
Information from third parties
We may receive information from advertising platforms, social networks, scheduling tools, business partners, data providers, and other services you use to communicate with us. For example, when you submit a lead form through Meta, LinkedIn, Google, or another platform, the platform may send us the information you entered.
3. How We Use Information
We may use personal information to:
- Respond to inquiries and provide requested services.
- Prepare a personalized AI audit, assessment, or recommendations.
- Review your website, business model, workflows, and stated goals.
- Schedule meetings and communicate about your request.
- Provide proposals, onboarding, consulting, support, and training.
- Operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve our website and services.
- Measure campaign performance and understand how people find us.
- Send service-related messages and, where permitted, marketing communications.
- Detect fraud, abuse, security incidents, and unlawful activity.
- Comply with legal obligations and enforce our agreements.
4. Legal Bases for Processing
Where applicable law requires a legal basis, we process personal information based on one or more of the following:
- Your consent.
- Performance of a contract or steps taken at your request before a contract.
- Our legitimate interests in operating and improving our business.
- Compliance with legal obligations.
- Protection of our rights, users, and services.
5. How We Disclose Information
We may disclose personal information to:
- Hosting, analytics, CRM, email, scheduling, payment, cloud, security, customer-support, and professional-service providers.
- Advertising and social media platforms that help us deliver and measure advertisements.
- Contractors and business partners who support the delivery of our services.
- Government authorities or other parties when required by law or necessary to protect rights, safety, and security.
- A buyer, investor, successor, or adviser in connection with a merger, financing, restructuring, acquisition, or sale of assets.
We do not sell personal information for money. Certain advertising or analytics activities may be considered “selling,” “sharing,” or targeted advertising under some U.S. state privacy laws. Where required, you may request to opt out as described below.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
We may use cookies, pixels, local storage, tags, and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, measure performance, analyze traffic, and support advertising.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect website functionality. Where required by law, we will request consent before using non-essential cookies.
7. AI Audits and Submitted Business Information
Information submitted for an AI audit may be reviewed by our team and processed using software and AI-enabled tools to help organize information, identify potential use cases, and prepare recommendations. We do not guarantee that automated outputs are complete or error-free, and material business decisions should be independently reviewed.
Please do not submit sensitive personal information, confidential credentials, payment card numbers, health information, government identification numbers, or information you are not authorized to share.
8. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, provide services, maintain business and tax records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and comply with legal obligations. Retention periods vary depending on the type of information, our relationship with you, and applicable law.
9. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. However, no internet transmission, storage system, or security measure can guarantee absolute security.
10. International Data Transfers
KONE.VC and its service providers may process information in countries other than the country where you live. Those countries may have different data-protection laws. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers.
11. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or a copy of your personal information. You may also have the right to object to or restrict certain processing, withdraw consent, or opt out of certain advertising uses.
Residents of certain U.S. states may also have rights to:
- Know the categories and specific pieces of information collected.
- Delete or correct personal information.
- Obtain a portable copy of personal information.
- Opt out of sale, sharing, targeted advertising, or certain profiling.
- Appeal a decision concerning a privacy request, where applicable.
- Receive equal service and pricing without unlawful discrimination for exercising privacy rights.
To exercise a privacy right, email hello@kone.vc with the subject line “Privacy Request.” We may need to verify your identity before completing the request. You may use an authorized agent where permitted by law.
12. Marketing Communications
You may unsubscribe from marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link in the message or by contacting us. Even after you opt out of marketing, we may still send non-promotional communications related to an active request, contract, transaction, or service.
13. Children’s Privacy
Our website and services are intended for businesses and are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided information to us, please contact us so we can review and delete it where appropriate.
14. Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, and we are not responsible for their content or practices.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Material changes may also be communicated through the website or other appropriate means.
16. Contact Us
For privacy questions, requests, or complaints, contact: