Privacy policy

Information we collect

What you give us on the form

The form has two steps. The first is required to request an invitation, apart from the fields marked optional below; everything in the second is optional.

Step 1:

• Full name
• Work email
• Company
• What you are there to do: buy compute, sell or provide compute, invest in startups, or other, and, if you ticked other, what brings you, in your own words
• If you ticked "Invest in startups": whether you are an accredited investor (yes, no or not sure), optional

Step 2, all optional:

• Mobile number
• Whether you ticked the box agreeing to texts
• LinkedIn profile or company website
• Title
• If you ticked "Buy compute" in step 1: what compute you need and when you need it
• If you ticked "Sell or provide compute" in step 1: what you can offer and when it is available
• Rough deal size
• Company type, and, if you ticked other, what kind of company, in your own words
• The names and email addresses of up to three other people you think should attend
• Whether you would like to hear about sponsoring
• Whether you are interested in VIP access
• Who invited you

What the form adds on its own

• The referral code in the link you arrived from, if any
• Campaign tags in that link, if any, which tell us which message or post you came from
• Which form and which step was sent, and your email from step 1, carried into step 2 so both steps join up
• A hidden field that people never see and leave empty, used to catch automated spam

When you send step 1, we also create a personal referral code from your email address. It goes into the referral link we show you and email you, and lets us credit the people who sign up through it.

From your browser

When your browser loads the page, our hosting provider receives your IP address, your browser and device details, and the address of the page that linked you here, as any web server does. Our signup function also writes a short log of each request, with your email address partly hidden.

The page also measures visits and records sessions, so we can see which invitations bring people here and where the form loses them. That means one cookie and some requests to our analytics providers. "Analytics and session recording" below says what is collected and how to switch it off.

About other people

If you name people in the referral fields, we receive their names and email addresses from you, not from them. See "People referred to us" below.

How we use information

We use information to:

• review your request and decide on invitations, including screening people and companies against U.S. sanctions and export control lists, such as the lists kept by OFAC and the Commerce Department's Entity List (BIS);
• curate the room, by understanding who wants to buy, sell or invest and planning introductions between attendees;
• email you about your request and the event: a confirmation with your referral link, the NDA and diligence form if you are invited, approval, and attendance details;
• text you about the event, only if you ticked the text box and gave a number;
• contact you about sponsoring or VIP access, only if you ticked those boxes;
• credit referrals, and contact each person you refer once about the event;
• understand which invitations and links bring people to the page, and improve the event;
• keep the form free of spam and abuse; and
• comply with law and protect our users, business and systems.

How information is shared

We share information with service providers that help us run the page and the event: hosting and visit analytics (Vercel), product analytics and session recording (PostHog), email delivery and our contact list (Resend), our CRM (Notion), a backup database of what you submit (Neon), and video playback. Each receives only what it needs for that job, and none may use it for its own purposes.

We do not give your information to event sponsors or partners. Ticking "I'd like to hear about sponsoring" means HSC will contact you about sponsoring; it does not share your details with any sponsor.

We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect rights or safety, or in connection with a financing, reorganization, acquisition, or sale of the business.

We do not sell personal information or use it for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Sharing with other attendees

The event exists to connect compute buyers, sellers and investors. If your request is approved, we may share your name, company, role and the type of compute or deal you are interested in with other approved attendees, so we can make introductions and publish an attendee list. We do not share your email address, mobile number or deal size with other attendees unless you ask us to. To opt out of the attendee list, email babur@hscompute.com.

Text messages

If you opt in, we use your mobile number only to send event updates by text message, through our text messaging provider. Mobile numbers and SMS opt-in data are not shared with third parties or affiliates for their marketing purposes. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to stop receiving messages, or HELP for help.

People referred to us

If someone names you as a referral, we receive your name, company and email address from them. We use it only to invite you to the event. We will tell you who referred you the first time we contact you. If you do not request an invitation, we delete your information within 90 days, or sooner if you ask.

Email

Emails about your request (the confirmation, and the NDA, diligence and approval messages if you are invited) go to everyone who requests an invitation. Any other email we send carries an unsubscribe link, and you can also email us to stop it.

Analytics and session recording

We use PostHog to understand how visitors use this page. Analytics and session recording start when a page loads; there is no cookie banner to accept first. PostHog records your session, meaning your clicks, scrolling and page navigation, so we can fix problems with the page. What you type into form fields is masked in your browser before any recording is sent. Text that the page shows back to you is not masked, so a confirmation or review screen that repeats your name, email address, company or the names of files you uploaded can appear in a recording.

If we invite you, the pre-approval and verification forms also send analytics events to PostHog. When you finish answering a field, the event records which field it was and the answer you gave, and PostHog links the session to your record using your email address, name and company and, on the pre-approval form, your job title, phone number and LinkedIn address. These events are separate from the session recording and are not masked. To have them removed, email babur@hscompute.com.

If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal, we turn off PostHog analytics, events and session recording.

Vercel Web Analytics counts visits and notes the page that linked you here and any campaign tag in the link. It sets no cookie and keeps nothing in your browser. We do not switch it off when your browser sends the Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal, so it still counts your visit.

Fonts are served from our own host.

When you press play on the founders' film, it loads from our video host. Like any web server, that host receives your IP address and browser details in order to deliver the video. Nothing loads from it until you press play.

Retention

We keep information for as long as reasonably needed for the purposes above, including to maintain business records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and meet legal or security needs. For this event, we propose:

• requests that are not approved: deleted within 6 months after the event;
• people you refer who never request an invitation: deleted within 90 days after the event;
• approved guests and attendees: kept for 24 months after the event, unless you ask us to delete them sooner;
• internal copies of form submissions in the HSC mailbox (babur@hscompute.com): deleted within 30 days after the event, once our CRM is checked against them;
• records of text consent and opt-outs: kept for as long as we may need to show that we had consent.

Security

We use administrative and technical safeguards appropriate to the information we handle, including access controls on our CRM and keeping service keys out of the page. No system can be guaranteed completely secure.

Your choices and rights

You may ask to access, correct or delete the personal information you have given us, subject to applicable law and legitimate retention needs.

To stop PostHog analytics and session recording, turn on Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track in your browser before visiting; we honor either signal. Vercel Web Analytics, which sets no cookie, still counts the visit. See "Analytics and session recording" above.

California residents. Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, you have the right to:

• know what personal information we collect, use and disclose about you, and get a copy of it;
• ask us to delete it;
• ask us to correct it;
• opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information (we do not sell or share it); and
• not be treated differently for using any of these rights.

We do not collect sensitive personal information as the law defines it.

To make a request, email babur@hscompute.com from the address you used on the form, or tell us which address you used. We may ask you to confirm the request from that address before we act on it. Someone you authorize can make a request for you, and we may ask for proof of that authority.

Children

This page and the event are for business professionals and are not intended for anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.

Visitors outside the United States

HSC is based in the United States and stores information there. If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we process your information to respond to your request for an invitation (contract) and to run and secure the event (legitimate interests). You may ask us to access, correct, delete or export your information, or object to our use of it, by emailing babur@hscompute.com. You may also complain to your local data protection authority.

Changes

We may update this policy as the event or our practices change. The date at the top shows the latest version.