Legal

Privacy policy.

We collect the minimum we need to fulfill your reservation, take your money for a deposit, and reply to your email. We do not sell your data. Effective 2026-05-16.

Plain-English summary

  • We collect name, email, country, optional org for reservations and investor inquiries.
  • Payment data goes straight to Stripe. We never see your card number.
  • We don't run ad tracking. No Google Analytics. No Facebook pixel. No third-party trackers on this site.
  • We use our hosting (GitHub Pages, Vercel) to serve pages and process forms. Standard server logs are kept 30 days.
  • You can request your data, ask us to delete it, or correct it any time: legal@ameka.ai.

1. Who we are

"Ameka" means Ameka, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Pasadena, California. For privacy questions: legal@ameka.ai.

2. What we collect

Reservations

  • Name, email, country, optional studio/organisation.
  • Selected tier and reservation reference (AMK-XXXXX).
  • Stripe payment metadata (last 4, brand, billing ZIP) — we do not see your full card.

Investor inquiries

  • Name, email, optional fund/firm, LinkedIn URL.
  • Self-reported accreditation status and expected check size.
  • Free-form notes that you write.

Site visits

  • Standard server logs: IP, User-Agent, requested path, timestamp. Used to keep the site online and prevent abuse. Kept 30 days.
  • We do not set marketing cookies. We do not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, TikTok pixel, Segment, or any cross-site tracker. The site uses only one functional cookie set by GitHub Pages for cache and one by Vercel for routing the API.

3. Why we collect it

  • Fulfil reservations and refunds.
  • Respond to investor and press inquiries.
  • Email you Bench Notes if you subscribe.
  • Comply with US tax, KYC/AML, and export-control law.

4. Who else sees it

We share data only with the small set of vendors that help us run the business:

  • Stripe — payment processing. stripe.com/privacy.
  • GitHub (Pages) — static site hosting. GitHub privacy.
  • Vercel — API hosting. vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy.
  • Namecheap — domain registration.
  • JPMorgan Chase — banking for segregated deposit account.
  • Outside legal, tax, and accounting professionals under confidentiality obligations.
  • Law enforcement when legally compelled by a valid order.

We do not sell or rent your personal data to anyone. Ever.

5. Your rights

Wherever you live, you can ask us to:

  • Confirm what we hold about you.
  • Provide a portable copy.
  • Correct anything inaccurate.
  • Delete your data (unless we need it to comply with law).
  • Stop sending you marketing email (you can unsubscribe with one click).

Email legal@ameka.ai with your request. We respond within 30 days. EU/UK readers: this is your GDPR / UK-GDPR right. California readers: this is your CCPA / CPRA right. We treat these requests the same regardless of where you live.

6. Security

We follow standard practice: TLS everywhere, no plain-text password storage (we don't have accounts yet — the reservation flow does not require a password), encrypted secrets in our hosting provider, principle of least privilege on tokens.

7. Retention

  • Reservation data: kept while your reservation is active and 7 years after for tax/audit.
  • Investor inquiries: kept for as long as you remain in our investor pipeline, then deleted on request.
  • Server logs: 30 days.
  • Stripe receipts: as long as Stripe's policy requires (typically 7 years).

8. Children

Ameka does not knowingly collect data from anyone under 16. If you believe we have, email legal@ameka.ai and we will delete it.

9. Changes

We will email reservation holders if we make a material change to this policy, at least 30 days before it takes effect.

Questions? legal@ameka.ai.