CO/STUDIOS (“CO/STUDIOS,” “we,” “us” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose and retain personal information when you visit costudios.co, communicate with us through the website or interact with CO/AGENT, our AI-enabled website experience.
CO/STUDIOS is based in San Francisco, California.
This Policy applies to the CO/STUDIOS website and the digital experiences described in this Policy. It does not govern websites, applications or services operated independently by third parties.
Information we collect
Depending on how you interact with CO/STUDIOS, we may collect information you voluntarily provide, including:
- name
- email address
- phone number
- company or organization
- professional role or job title
- information submitted through website forms
- information about a potential project or business relationship
- communications with CO/STUDIOS
- information voluntarily submitted to CO/AGENT
We may also automatically collect technical and usage information including:
- IP address
- browser and device type
- operating system
- referring and exit pages
- pages viewed
- dates and times of access
- approximate geographic region derived from IP address
- website interactions
- cookie and similar technology identifiers
Notice at Collection
CO/STUDIOS may collect information you provide such as your name, contact information, company and professional information, business inquiry information and information you voluntarily provide to CO/AGENT.
We may also collect device, website usage and technical information when you use costudios.co.
We use this information to:
- operate the website
- respond to inquiries
- provide CO/AGENT
- evaluate potential business relationships
- understand website usage
- improve our digital experiences
- maintain security
Retention
- Inquiry and business relationship information:
- generally up to 24 months after the last meaningful interaction unless a longer period is reasonably necessary for an active business relationship, legal requirement or legitimate business record.
- CO/AGENT conversations:
- target retention of 90 days for raw conversational data unless information is deleted sooner, de-identified or retained as part of an active business relationship.
- Analytics information:
- target retention of no more than 14 months unless a shorter period is configured.
- Security and system records:
- generally 6–12 months unless a longer period is reasonably necessary to investigate a security event or satisfy legal obligations.
These retention periods are confirmed against the actual technical configuration of costudios.co.
Sale and sharing
CO/STUDIOS does not sell personal information or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
CO/AGENT
When you use CO/AGENT, we may process:
- questions and prompts you submit
- information included in your conversation
- CO/AGENT responses
- technical and usage information associated with the interaction
CO/AGENT is designed to help visitors understand CO/STUDIOS, explore company-building questions and navigate relevant parts of our platform.
Please do not submit confidential information, trade secrets, passwords, highly sensitive personal information or information you are not authorized to disclose.
Additional detail is available in our AI Use Policy.
Sources of information
We may collect personal information:
- directly from you
- automatically through use of our website
- through service providers supporting our website and business systems
- from publicly available or professional sources where reasonably relevant to a business inquiry
How we use information
We may use information to:
- operate and improve the website
- respond to inquiries
- evaluate potential projects and relationships
- provide and improve CO/AGENT
- understand website usage
- recommend relevant CO/STUDIOS resources
- communicate with people who request information
- maintain security
- analyze performance
- maintain business records
- comply with legal requirements
- protect CO/STUDIOS, our users and others
We seek to collect and use personal information only where reasonably necessary and proportionate to those purposes.
Artificial intelligence
CO/STUDIOS uses artificial intelligence and related technologies as part of CO/AGENT and may use AI-enabled tools in website operations and internal workflows.
AI systems may process information you voluntarily submit to generate responses, synthesize information and assist with navigation.
CO/AGENT is an informational and strategic interface. It is not designed to independently make decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects concerning individuals.
AI-generated information may be incomplete, inaccurate or outdated and should not be treated as legal, financial, investment, medical, regulatory or other licensed professional advice.
Information processed through third-party AI infrastructure may be handled by service providers supporting CO/STUDIOS.
Specific information regarding CO/AGENT's data handling is available in our AI Use Policy.
How we disclose information
We may disclose information to service providers and contractors supporting functions such as:
- website hosting
- artificial intelligence
- analytics
- customer relationship management
- communications
- form processing
- security
- cloud infrastructure
- professional services
We may also disclose information where required by law, to protect rights or security or in connection with a merger, financing, acquisition, restructuring or sale of all or part of the business.
Sale and sharing
CO/STUDIOS does not sell personal information and does not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as those terms are defined under California law.
Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, taking into account the nature of the information, our relationship with the individual or organization, security requirements and applicable legal or recordkeeping obligations.
Our current intended retention framework is described in the Notice at Collection.
Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information.
No online transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
California privacy rights
Depending on CO/STUDIOS' applicability under California law and the circumstances of the processing, California residents may have rights concerning their personal information including rights to:
- know
- access
- delete
- correct
- opt out of applicable sale or sharing
- limit certain uses of sensitive personal information where applicable
- receive nondiscriminatory treatment for exercising privacy rights
Where applicable, authorized agents may exercise rights on behalf of consumers subject to legally permitted verification.
Submit a request through our Privacy Request form or by email at hello@costudios.co.
Global Privacy Control
Where applicable law requires CO/STUDIOS to recognize a qualifying opt-out preference signal, we will process qualifying signals such as Global Privacy Control as required. Where a Global Privacy Control signal is present in your browser, costudios.co treats optional technologies as declined.
Third-party links
Our website may link to third-party websites and services. We are not responsible for independent third-party privacy or security practices.
Children
The CO/STUDIOS website is intended for professional and business audiences and is not directed to children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through the website.
International visitors
CO/STUDIOS is based in the United States. Information may be processed in the United States and other jurisdictions in which our service providers operate.
Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our technology, practices or legal obligations.
The current version will display its effective date.
Contact
- Organization
- CO/STUDIOS
- Legal entity
- MGCinc dba CO/STUDIOS
- Location
- San Francisco, California
- Mailing address
- 3829 26th St, San Francisco, CA 94131
- Privacy contact
- hello@costudios.co