Privacy Notice
How Melody handles personal information
This notice explains how Melody uses personal information collected through this website, the contact form, and employee access pages.
Last updated: June 3, 2026
In short: we collect only what visitors choose to send through the contact form, basic technical information needed to serve the website, and employee sign-in details where employee access is used. We do not sell personal information or share it for cross-context behavioural advertising.
Who controls this data
Melody is responsible for personal information collected through this website. Privacy requests can be sent to privacy@melodyvc.com.
Information we collect
- Contact form details: name, email address, company, stage, message, and any information included in the message.
- Technical website information: IP address, browser details, timestamps, requested pages, and security logs processed by hosting providers to deliver and protect the site.
- Employee access information: account identity information such as name, email address, and authentication status where an employee uses Google sign-in.
Why we use it
- To respond to enquiries and assess potential investment, partnership, or business fit.
- To operate, secure, debug, and maintain the website.
- To provide authorised employees with access to internal application links.
- To meet legal, regulatory, recordkeeping, and security obligations.
Legal bases for UK and EU visitors
- Legitimate interests: responding to business enquiries, assessing opportunities, operating the website, and protecting the service.
- Contract or steps before a contract: where communications relate to a possible commercial relationship.
- Legal obligation: where records must be kept or disclosed to comply with law.
- Consent: where consent is specifically requested, such as for optional marketing or non-essential cookies.
Service providers and transfers
The site may use GitHub Pages for hosting, Formspree for contact form delivery, and Google as the employee identity provider. These providers may process information in the United States or other countries. Where required, Melody will rely on appropriate transfer safeguards such as contractual protections and provider data processing terms.
How long we keep information
- Contact enquiries are kept only as long as needed to respond, evaluate the opportunity, keep reasonable business records, and comply with legal duties.
- Website logs are kept according to the hosting provider's security and operational retention practices.
- Employee access records are kept only while needed for security, audit, and account administration.
Your privacy rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, object to, or receive a copy of your personal information. UK and EU visitors may also complain to their data protection authority, including the UK Information Commissioner's Office. California residents may have rights to know, delete, correct, opt out of sale or sharing, limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, and not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.
California and US privacy notes
Melody does not sell personal information and does not share personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising. The site is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect children's personal information. US privacy laws vary by state; Melody will honour applicable verified requests where those laws apply.
Security
Melody uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organisational measures to protect personal information. No internet service is perfectly secure, so visitors should avoid sending sensitive information through the general contact form.
Changes
This notice may be updated as the website, contact process, employee login, or applicable legal obligations change.