PRIVACY POLICY

Welcome to the website (the “Site”) of Frore Systems, Inc. (“Frore,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). Frore Systems is a developer of breakthrough thermal technology for electronic and consumer devices, including its proprietary active cooling chip, the AirJet®, and related services (collectively, including the Site, the “Services”).
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The Services are directed towards our customers and potential customers. It should not be used for personal, family, or household purposes. We treat all personal information covered by this Privacy Policy as pertaining to individuals acting as business representatives, rather than in their personal capacity.

This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use and share that information, and your choices concerning our information practices. 

Before using the Services or submitting any personal information to Frore, please review this Privacy Policy carefully and contact us if you have any questions. By using the Services, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not access the Site or otherwise use the Services.
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1. Personal information collection

   Personal Information We Collect From You:

   • Identification Information: We may collect your name, company information, email address, phone number, and mailing/billing addresses.
   • Financial Information: If you purchase products from us, our payment processor(s) will collect the financial information necessary to process your payments, such as your bank information or payment card number and authentication details.
   • Communication Information: We may collect information when you contact us with questions or concerns and when you voluntarily respond to questionnaires, surveys or requests for market research seeking your opinion and feedback.
   • Social Media Information: We maintain a social media presence on platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Medium, and Instagram (“Social Media Pages”). When you interact with us on social media, we may receive personal information that you provide or make available to us based on your settings, such as your contact details. In addition, the companies that host our Social Media Pages may provide us with aggregate information and analytics regarding the use of our Social Media Pages.

   We may use the following technologies to collect Internet Activity Information:

   • Cookies, which are text files stored on your device to uniquely identify your browser or to store information or settings in the browser to help you navigate between pages efficiently, remember your preferences, enable functionality, help us understand user activity and patterns, and facilitate online advertising.
   • Local storage technologies, like HTML5, that provide cookie-equivalent functionality but can store larger amounts of data, including on your device outside of your browser in connection with specific applications.
   • Web beacons, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, which are used to demonstrate that a webpage or email was accessed or opened, or that certain content was viewed or clicked.

   Personal Information We Collect from Third Parties and Publicly Accessible Sources: We may collect your name and contact information from third parties in connection with trade shows, industry events or other marketing or lead generation activities, or from publicly accessible sources such as social media and the Internet.

2. Personal information use

   We use your personal information for the following purposes:
   
   Services Delivery, including to:

   • Provide our products and Services and related information;
   • Process transactions through our third party payment processors.

   Communicating with You, including to:

   • send you updates about administrative matters such as changes to our terms or policies; and
   • provide user support, and respond to your requests, questions and feedback.

   Services Improvement, including to:

   • improve the Services and create new features; and
   • create and derive insights from de-identified and aggregated information.

   Marketing and Advertising, including for:

   • Direct Marketing: To send you marketing communications, including notifying you of our products, new developments, and events via email and other means; and

   Compliance and Protection, including to:

   • Comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, and legal process, such as to respond to subpoenas or requests from government authorities;
   • Protect our, your or others’ rights, privacy, safety or property (including by making and defending legal claims);
   • Audit our compliance with legal and contractual requirements and internal policies; and
   • Prevent, identify, investigate and deter fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, including cyberattacks and identity theft.

3. Personal information sharing

   Our Sharing: We do not sell, rent, license, or lease your personal information to third parties. However, we may share personal information with:

   • Services Providers, including hosting services, email services, advertising and marketing services, payment processors, customer support services, and analytics services.
   • Professional Advisors, such as lawyers and accountants, where doing so is necessary to facilitate the services they render to us.
   • Business Transaction Recipients, such as counterparties and others assisting with a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, dissolution, asset sale, or similar transaction, and with successors or affiliates as part of or following that transaction.
   • Government Authorities, where required to do so for the Compliance and Protection purposes described above.
   • Affiliates: We may share personal information with our future affiliates, meaning an entity that controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with Frore. Our affiliates may use the personal information we share in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.

4. Personal information retention

   We keep personal information until we no longer need it to satisfy the purposes described in this Privacy Policy and we have no legal obligation to keep it.

5. Notice to California residents

   Where provided for by law and subject to any applicable exceptions, California residents may have the following rights:

   • Know. You can request to know the categories of personal information that Frore has collected about you, the business purpose for collecting your personal information, the categories of sources from which the personal information was collected, whether Frore has disclosed your personal information for business purposes, the categories of personal information so disclosed, and the categories of third parties to whom we have disclosed your personal information (we provide this information in the Personal Information Collection, Use, and Sharing sections above);
   • Access. You can request access to the specific pieces of personal information that Frore has collected about you;
   • Delete. You can request that we delete the personal information we collected from you; and
   • Opt out. You can instruct businesses that sell your personal information to stop doing so – We, however, do not sell personal information.

   If you would like to exercise any of these rights, or want an alternative form of this Privacy Policy, please contact us. After we receive your request, we may request additional information from you to verify your identity. Your authorized agent may submit requests in the same manner, although we may require the agent to present signed written permission to act on your behalf, and you may also be required to independently verify your identity with us and confirm that you authorized the agent to submit the request. We will not treat you differently for exercising your rights.

6. Job applicants

   When you apply for a job with Frore, we collect the information that you provide in connection with your job application. This includes name, contact information, professional credentials and skills, educational and work history, and other information that may be included in a resume or provided during interviews (which may be recorded). This may also include demographic or diversity information that you voluntarily provide. We may also conduct background checks and receive related information.
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   We use applicants’ information to facilitate our recruitment activities and process employment applications, including evaluating candidates and monitoring recruitment statistics. We use successful applicants’ information to administer the employment relationship. We may also use and disclose applicants’ information (a) to improve our website, (b) as otherwise necessary to comply with relevant laws, (c) to respond to subpoenas or warrants served on Frore, and (d) to protect and defend the rights or property of Frore or others.]

7. Children

   Our Services are not directed to children who are under the age of 16. Frore does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 16 without the consent of the child’s parent or guardian as required by law, we will delete that information.

8. Links to other websites

   The Services may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by Frore, including social media services (“Third Party Sites”). The information that you share with Third Party Sites will be governed by the specific privacy policies and terms of service of the Third Party Sites and not by this Privacy Policy. By providing these links we do not imply that we endorse or have reviewed these sites. Please contact the Third Party Sites directly for information on their privacy practices and policies.

9. Security

   We employ a number of technical, organizational and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal information we collect. However, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information and you use the Services at your own risk.

10. Your choices

    Update or Correct Personal Information: You can contact us and request any updates or corrections needed to keep your personal information accurate, current, and complete.
    
    Opt Out of Marketing Communications: You may opt out of marketing communications by following the unsubscribe instructions in any marketing email we send you. Please note, however, that you may continue to receive communications as described in the Communicating with You section after opting out of marketing communications.
    
    Limit Online Tracking: Although we do not engage in interest-based advertising, here are some of the ways you can limit online tracking by other businesses:

    • Block Cookies: Most browsers let you remove or reject cookies, including cookies used for interest-based advertising. To do this, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Many browsers accept cookies by default until you change your settings. Use the following links to learn more about how to control cookies and online tracking through your browser:

      • Firefox; Chrome; Microsoft Edge; Safari
    • Limit the Use of Advertising ID: You may be able to limit use of your mobile device’s advertising ID for interest-based advertising purposes through your device’s settings.
    • Use Privacy Plug-Ins or Browsers: You can block our Services from setting cookies used for interest-based ads by using a browser with privacy features, like Brave, or installing browser plugins like Privacy Badger, DuckDuckGo, Ghostery or uBlock Origin, and configuring them to block third party cookies/trackers. You can also install a browser add-on to opt out of Google Analytics.

    • Advertising Industry Opt-Outs: You can also use these opt-out options to limit use of your information for interest-based advertising by participating companies

      • Digital Advertising Alliance
      • Network Advertising Initiative
    • Platform Opt-Outs. Most advertising platforms (such as Google, LinkedIn, and Microsoft) offer opt-out features that let you opt out of use of your information for interest-based advertising. Such above opt-out mechanisms are typically specific to the device or browser on which they are exercised, so You will need to opt out on every browser and device that you use.

    Facebook also allows you to limit how your Internet Activity Information and browsing history can used to serve advertisements. Click here to learn more.
    
    Do Not Track. We currently do not respond to "Do Not Track" or similar signals. Learn more about "Do Not Track" here.

11. Changes to the privacy policy

    The Services and our business may change from time to time. As a result we may change this Privacy Policy at any time. When we do we will post an updated version on this page, unless another type of notice is required by applicable law. By continuing to use our Services or providing us with personal information after we have posted an updated Privacy Policy, or notified you by other means if applicable, you consent to the revised Privacy Policy and the practices described in it.

12. Contact us

    If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or information practices, please feel free to contact us at info@froresystems.com or Frore Systems, Inc., 2333 Zanker Rd., San Jose, CA 95131.