Privacy Policy
Your data should be handled with the same care as your order.
This Privacy Policy explains how Beyond Manufacturing collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you visit our website, create an account, upload designs, place orders, or interact with makers and designers on the platform.
Last updated: March 18, 2026
This policy is a general privacy notice for the Beyond Manufacturing platform and is intended to describe our current data practices in plain language. It is not legal advice and should be reviewed by counsel before production launch.
1. Information we collect
We may collect the following categories of information:
- Account information, such as your name, email address, password, profile role, company details, phone number, and profile image.
- Order and transaction information, such as products viewed, products ordered, order history, shipping details, payment status, and payout-related records.
- Design and manufacturing information, such as files you upload, product configuration choices, customization selections, material preferences, and maker capability data.
- Communications and support information, including messages you send to us or information you provide when contacting support.
- Device and usage information, such as browser type, approximate location, IP address, pages visited, referral sources, and interactions with the site.
2. How we collect information
We collect information directly from you, automatically through your use of the site, and from third-party services you choose to use with us.
- Directly from you when you sign up, place an order, upload files, or edit your profile.
- Automatically through cookies, session storage, and analytics tools when you browse or interact with the website.
- From service providers and integrations, such as payment processors, authentication providers, shipping services, and manufacturing partners.
3. How we use information
We use information we collect to operate and improve the platform, including to:
- Create and manage user accounts.
- Authenticate users and secure access to the platform.
- Process orders, route jobs, fulfill products, and coordinate shipping.
- Enable designers and makers to manage listings, capabilities, offers, and payouts.
- Process payments and prevent fraud, abuse, and unauthorized activity.
- Respond to support requests and operational issues.
- Analyze usage trends and improve product performance, reliability, and user experience.
- Comply with legal obligations and enforce our policies.
4. How we share information
We do not sell personal information. We may share information in the following situations:
- With service providers who help us run the platform, such as hosting, authentication, payment, analytics, shipping, and infrastructure vendors.
- With makers, designers, and fulfillment partners when necessary to process or deliver a transaction.
- With professional advisors, law enforcement, regulators, or other parties when required by law or to protect rights, safety, and security.
- As part of a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of all or part of our business.
5. Payments, authentication, and third-party services
We use third-party providers to support parts of the platform. For example, we may use providers for user authentication, payment processing, cloud infrastructure, analytics, shipping, and fulfillment workflows.
Those providers may collect or process information under their own privacy notices when you interact with their services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those providers before using features that depend on them.
6. Cookies and similar technologies
We may use cookies, local storage, and similar technologies to keep you signed in, remember preferences, maintain cart state, analyze traffic, and improve platform performance.
You can usually control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how parts of the platform function.
7. Data retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the platform, complete transactions, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and maintain business records.
Retention periods may vary based on the type of information involved and the reason we collected it.
8. Data security
We use administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information. No system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Your choices and rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or portability of certain personal information, and to object to or limit certain processing.
You may also update some account information directly through your profile settings. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
10. Children's privacy
The platform is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us so we can review and delete it where appropriate.
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we may update the effective date above and provide additional notice where appropriate.
12. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us through the support or contact information made available on the website.