Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 2026-07-19
Introduction
This Privacy Policy explains how Foreign Founder handles information when you browse this website, send a contact request, subscribe for updates, or choose whether to allow optional analytics.
Information We Collect
We collect information that you choose to submit through our contact and newsletter forms. If you accept analytics, Google Analytics may also collect technical and usage information about your visit.
Contact Form Information
The contact form may collect your name, email address, selected subject, and message content. Please do not include sensitive personal, financial, tax, identity, or account information in your message.
Newsletter Information
Newsletter forms collect the email address you submit so that Foreign Founder can send website, policy, strategy, or tool updates.
Analytics Information
Google Analytics is optional and loads only after you select "Accept analytics." If loaded, it may process information such as pages visited, approximate location derived from network information, browser or device details, referral information, and interaction data.
Cookies and Local Storage
We store your analytics consent choice in your browser's localStorage using the key foreignfounder_analytics_consent. The only permitted values are accepted and rejected. If you accept analytics, Google Analytics may use cookies or similar browser storage as part of its service. If you reject non-essential analytics, the website does not load the Google Analytics scripts.
How We Use Information
We use submitted or consented information to:
- review and respond to contact requests when a reply is needed;
- send Foreign Founder updates to newsletter subscribers;
- understand website usage after analytics consent; and
- maintain and improve the website and its content.
Third-Party Service Providers
We use third-party services to process form submissions and, only after consent, website analytics. Those providers handle information under their own terms and privacy practices. We do not control every aspect of their systems or their retention schedules.
FormSubmit
Contact and newsletter forms are submitted to and forwarded through FormSubmit. This means the information entered in those forms is sent to FormSubmit for processing before it reaches Foreign Founder. Do not submit a form if you do not want that information processed by this third party.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is not loaded by default. It loads only when a measurement ID is configured for the website and you have accepted optional analytics. Rejecting non-essential analytics prevents the Google Analytics scripts from loading through this website.
Data Retention
Contact messages and newsletter submissions may remain in FormSubmit systems and in the email systems used to receive or manage them. We cannot guarantee or control third-party data retention periods. We may keep received communications for as long as reasonably needed to respond, manage subscriptions, maintain records, or address misuse.
International Data Transfers
Foreign Founder serves an international audience. Information sent to FormSubmit or Google Analytics may be processed in countries different from the country where you live, subject to those providers' infrastructure and practices.
Your Choices
You may choose not to submit a contact or newsletter form. You may also reject optional analytics or use the "Manage analytics preferences" button in the website footer to change an earlier choice. Browser settings can also be used to clear local storage or cookies, although clearing site data may cause the consent banner to appear again.
Analytics Consent
On your first visit, the website asks you to accept analytics or reject non-essential processing. Your choice is stored in localStorage so it can be respected on later visits. If localStorage is unavailable, the website continues to function, but it may not remember the choice after the current visit. You can reopen this control at any time through the "Manage analytics preferences" button in the footer. Changing from accepted to rejected prevents future site loads from loading analytics and attempts to remove this site's _ga and _ga_*cookies; it cannot delete data Google may already have received.
Access, Correction and Deletion Requests
To request access to, correction of, or deletion of information that you submitted, use the Contact page. We may need enough information to identify the relevant submission. A third-party provider may retain information according to its own rules or obligations even after we process a request.
Children's Privacy
This website is intended for people researching business formation, banking, credit, and related topics, and is not directed to children. If you believe a child submitted personal information through the website, please notify us through the Contact pageso the situation can be reviewed.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when the website's data practices or service providers change. The Last Updated date above identifies the current version.
Contact Us
Questions or privacy-related requests can be submitted through the Contact page.