Effective Date: August 22, 2025
Maintained By: Virtual CTO Advisor Development Team
The Virtual CTO Advisor ("Service") is committed to protecting your privacy while providing valuable advisory insights. This statement explains how we collect, use, and protect your information.
Account Information: When you register or sign in, we collect your name, email address, and authentication details through Firebase Authentication.
Usage Data: We collect data about your interactions with the Service (e.g., questions asked, responses generated, session activity).
Content Submissions: Any questions you submit are stored and may be used for product improvement, research, and the creation of new content.
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
Service Delivery: To authenticate users, process queries, and generate responses.
Content Development: To analyze user questions and trends in order to create blog posts, podcasts, and other educational or advisory content.
Marketing to IT Vendors: Aggregated and anonymized insights from user activity may be used to inform advisory services and marketing programs offered to IT vendors.
Communications: Registered users will automatically be subscribed to receive alerts from The CTO Advisor Blog. You may opt out at any time.
Security & Compliance: To maintain the safety and integrity of the Service, including monitoring, auditing, and compliance with GDPR and other applicable data protection regulations.
We do not sell your personal information.
We may share anonymized, aggregated insights with IT vendors as part of our advisory and research services.
We may disclose information if required by law or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Service, its users, or others.
User data is retained only as long as necessary to provide the Service, fulfill contractual obligations, or comply with legal requirements.
Content submissions may be archived for long-term research and content development purposes.
Contact Information: For privacy-related questions, please contact the Virtual CTO Advisor Development Team.
Last Updated: August 22, 2025