This Privacy Policy covers rootspeak.ai (this website), operated by Rootspeak, LLC, a South Carolina limited liability company ("Rootspeak," "we," "us"). It explains what personal information we collect when you visit this site or submit one of its forms, and what we do with it.
It does not cover the separate agreements you sign if you become a paid contributor, lead linguist, or buyer of a Rootspeak dataset — those relationships are governed by the Contributor Agreement, Lead Linguist Agreement, or Buyer Data License Agreement you sign directly, which describe in more detail how that information is handled.
We collect information in two ways: what you submit directly through a form on this site, and basic technical information collected automatically by our hosting provider and the third-party services the page relies on.
Contributor Application form. If you apply to become a contributor, we collect your name, contact information (email and/or phone), the language(s) you speak, and a written sample describing your relevant experience.
Buyer inquiry form. If you contact us about a dataset, we collect your name, organization, email address, and the details of your inquiry.
Automatically collected information. Our hosting provider and the services listed in Section 4 may log standard technical information such as IP address, browser type, and access times, in the ordinary course of delivering the page to you.
We do not knowingly collect any government ID numbers, bank details, or payment information through this website. If you're approved as a contributor, that information is collected separately and directly, under the terms of the Contributor Agreement, not through a public web form.
We do not use the information submitted through these forms for advertising, and we do not sell it to third parties.
We use a small number of third-party services to run this site, and each of them may process some of your information on our behalf:
We do not otherwise share, rent, or sell your information to third parties. If you become a contributor, information about your work (never your name or contact details) may be included in datasets licensed to AI companies and research institutions under a signed Buyer Data License Agreement — that process, and the privacy protections built into it, is described in your Contributor Agreement, not this policy.
We retain contributor application and buyer inquiry information for as long as reasonably necessary to evaluate your application or inquiry and respond to you, or longer if you become a contributor, lead linguist, or buyer, in which case the retention terms of your signed agreement apply. We may retain records longer where required for legal, tax, or accounting purposes.
You can ask us to access, correct, or delete the personal information we hold about you by emailing info@rootspeak.ai. If you've signed a Contributor Agreement, that agreement may separately describe how removal requests for already-delivered dataset units are handled.
Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act or the EU/UK General Data Protection Regulation. [Attorney to confirm which, if any, apply and add specific disclosures as needed.]
This site and our contributor program are not directed at, and we do not knowingly collect information from, anyone under 18 years of age.
We may update this policy from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page will reflect the most recent revision.
Questions about this policy can be sent to info@rootspeak.ai, or by mail to Rootspeak, LLC, Summerville, South Carolina.