Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Cognify Engineering ("Cognify," "we," "us," or "our") is a professional engineering services firm specializing in physics-based packaging intelligence. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and protect information when you visit our website at cognifyeng.com or interact with our services.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us through:

• Contact forms: When you submit a consultation request, we collect your first name, last name, email address, company name (optional), and your message.
• Newsletter subscription: When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address.

We do not require you to create an account, and we do not use tracking cookies beyond a locally stored theme preference (light/dark mode) that never leaves your browser.

3. How We Use Your Information

• Contact form submissions: We use the information you provide to respond to your inquiry and discuss potential engineering services. Your submission is sent to our team via email.
• Newsletter emails: Your email address is stored with our email service provider (Brevo, formerly Sendinblue) solely to send you our periodic newsletter about packaging science and engineering insights.

4. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services to operate our website:

• Vercel: Website hosting and deployment
• Sanity.io: Content management for our blog
• Brevo: Newsletter email delivery and subscriber management
• Resend: Transactional email delivery for contact form submissions

Each of these services has its own privacy policy governing how they handle data.

5. Data Retention

Contact form submissions are retained in our email system as part of normal business correspondence. Newsletter subscriber email addresses are retained until you unsubscribe. You may unsubscribe at any time using the link provided in each newsletter email.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Request access to personal information we hold about you
• Request correction or deletion of your personal information
• Unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time
• Opt out of future communications

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at dmeer@cognifyeng.com.

7. Security

We implement reasonable security measures to protect the information you provide, including HTTPS encryption, Content Security Policy headers, and rate limiting on form submissions.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at dmeer@cognifyeng.com.