Privacy policy

Who we are

This site is run by Velodyne Space Inc. (“we”, “us”). Hall Lidar Inc. is our sister company. The two companies share a team and one contact database, so a message sent through either company’s website may be read and answered by either company. Questions about this policy go to [email protected].

What we collect

When you use the contact form

The details you type: your name and email address, and if you choose to give them, your organization, role and a message. Also the choices you tick: why you are getting in touch, which products interest you, and whether you would like to meet.

With each message the site also saves:

• the page you sent it from;
• the website that linked you here, and any campaign tags in that link (such as “utm_source”);
• the country your connection comes from;
• a one-way code made from your IP address. The code cannot be turned back into the address. We use it only to limit how many messages one connection can send in an hour.

To know which link brought you here, the site keeps a note in your browser’s session storage for the length of your visit. The browser deletes it when you close the tab.

When you email us

Your email address, your message and anything you attach.

When you browse

We do not use cookies, advertising trackers or social-media pixels. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics, which counts page views and measures how fast pages load without cookies and without building a profile of you. Like any web host, Cloudflare handles your IP address and browser details in order to deliver the site and protect it from attacks.

Videos

Videos on this site are embedded from YouTube in its privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). YouTube receives nothing from your visit until you press play. After that, Google’s privacy policy applies to the video.

How we use it

• to reply to you and to arrange the meetings you ask for;
• to send you news you asked for, such as a product launch, until you tell us to stop;
• to see which posts, events and links bring people to the site;
• to keep the site and the form secure and free of spam.

We do not sell or rent your information, we do not share it for advertising, and we do not use it to make automated decisions about you.

For visitors in the European Union or the United Kingdom: we use your details to take steps you asked for (replying to you, setting up a meeting), and for our legitimate interest in running and protecting this site and following up business enquiries. We send news only with your consent, and you can withdraw it at any time.

Who we share it with

• Service providers that work for us: Cloudflare hosts the site, stores form messages and provides the analytics. Google and Microsoft provide our email.
• Our sister company, Hall Lidar Inc., as described under “Who we are”.
• When the law requires it, or to protect our rights or someone’s safety.
• A buyer or successor if our company is merged or sold, who would remain bound by this policy.

How long we keep it

We keep form messages and emails for as long as we need them to reply, follow up and keep business records, and then delete them, normally within three years of our last contact, unless the law requires us to keep them longer. The one-way code made from your IP address is stored with your message and deleted with it. Analytics are kept only as totals.

Your choices and rights

You can ask us what information we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, or ask us to stop sending you news. Email [email protected] and we will reply within 30 days. We will not treat you differently for asking.

California residents. In the past twelve months we have collected these categories of personal information: identifiers (name, email address), professional information (organization, role), internet activity (the linking site and campaign tags) and general location (country). They come from you and from your browser, and they are used for the purposes above. We do not sell or share personal information as the California Consumer Privacy Act defines those words, so there is nothing to opt out of. Signals such as Global Privacy Control are treated as such a request anyway. We do not give personal information to other companies for their own marketing.

EU and UK residents. You have the right to access, correct, erase, restrict, object to the use of, and receive a copy of your personal data. You can also complain to your data-protection authority.

Do Not Track. We do not track visitors across other websites, so this site behaves the same whether or not your browser sends a Do Not Track signal.

Children

This site is not meant for children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their information. If you think a child has sent us their details, tell us and we will delete them.

Security and storage

The site is served only over encrypted connections (HTTPS), and only our team can see form messages. No system is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect what you send. Our service providers may process information in the United States and other countries.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will post the new version here and change the date at the top. If a change matters to how we use your information, we will say so plainly on this page.

Contact

Velodyne Space Inc.
2517 Blanding Ave., Alameda, CA 94501
[email protected]