Twelve Labs Inc.
Privacy Policy
Last updated: April 2023
Information collected through the Twelve Labs Services:
We may collect the following types of personal information in order to provide the Twelve Labs Services to our customers:
We rely on our customers to comply with applicable privacy laws when collecting, using, or disclosing personal information through the Twelve Labs Services, including by obtaining appropriate consent to collect, use, and disclose personal information through the tools. If you have any questions regarding the personal information we process on behalf of one of our customers, we encourage you to  contact the customer directly and/or review their applicable privacy policy. If you signed-up to receive marketing communications from one of our customers and now wish to unsubscribe, please contact the customer directly.
Personal Information collected through our Website or other interactions with you:
We may collect personal information about you when you:
Requesting Access to the Twelve Labs Services: Before accessing or using the Twelve Labs Services, you may be asked to complete the Twelve Labs API Application (the “API Application”). As part of this API Application, we will collect your business contact information, information about your organization (including the type of organization and the jurisdiction in which it is located), and information about your intended use of the Twelve Labs Services (including a description of your use case, your previous experiences using similar services, and estimates of the frequency with which you will use the Twelve Labs Services).  We use this information to understand the purposes for which you are seeking to use the Twelve Labs Services, to assess whether the Twelve Labs Services are right for your organization and the intended purposes, and to customize your user experience.
Creating an Account: If your API Application is approved, you will be required to create an account in order to access and use the Twelve Labs Services. To create your account, we may collect personal information such as your first and last name, email address and a password that you create. We may also request and collect other information in order to verify your identity. Any information about you that you provide to us in connection with the creation, administration or use of your Twelve Labs account is “Account Information.” We use Account Information to create and administer your account and facilitate your access to and use of the Twelve Labs Services. We strongly recommend that you do not disclose your password to anyone. We will never ask you for your password in any unsolicited communication (such as letters, phone calls or email messages). If you become aware of any unauthorized access to or use of your account, you are required to notify us immediately as detailed in the Terms of Use.
Purchases: We may collect personal information and details associated with your purchases, including payment information. Any payments made via the Twelve Labs Services are processed by third-party payment processors. We do not directly collect or store any payment card information entered through tge Twelve Labs Services, but we may receive information associated with your payment card information (e.g., your billing details).
Marketing Communications: We may send you communications (including by mail and email) regarding our platform and other products and services that we believe are of interest to you. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link included at the bottom of each email or by contacting us at the contact information provided in the “Contact Us” section below. Please note that you may continue to receive transactional or account-related communications from us after you unsubscribe.
Business Development and Strategic Partnerships. We may collect personal information from individuals and third parties to assess and pursue potential business opportunities.
Surveys: From time to time, we may offer you the opportunity to participate in one of our surveys. The information obtained through our surveys is used in an aggregated, de-identified form. We use this information to help us understand our users and to enhance our Website.
Interactive Features: We and others who use our Twelve Labs Services may collect personal information that you submit or make available through our interactive features (e.g., messaging and chat features, commenting functionalities, forums, blogs, and social media pages). Any information you provide using the public sharing features of the Twelve Labs Services will be considered “public,” unless otherwise required by applicable law, and is not subject to the privacy protections referenced herein. Please exercise caution before revealing any information that may identify you in the real world to other users.
Employment: If you apply for a job with us, we may collect certain personal information about you (such as information that would be contained in a resume, cover letter, or other employment-related materials). We use this information for the purpose of processing, evaluating and responding to your application.
Conferences, Trade Shows, and Other Professional Events. We may collect personal information from individuals when we attend or host conferences, trade shows, and other events.
Contact Us: When you contact us with a comment, question or complaint, you may be asked for information that identifies you, such as your name, address and a telephone number, along with additional information we need to help us promptly answer your question or respond to your comment. We may retain this information to assist you in the future and to improve our customer service and service offerings.
Additional Uses of Personal Information: We may also use any of the personal information we collect as permitted under applicable laws.
We do not sell or disclose your personal information to third parties without your consent, except as set forth below or as required or permitted by law.
Service Providers: Your personal information will be transferred (or otherwise made available) to certain third parties that provide services on our behalf. We use service providers to provide services such as cloud computing, data storage, publishing, and analytics. Our service providers are only provided with the information they need to perform their designated functions and are not authorized to use or disclose personal information for their own marketing or other purposes. Our service providers may be located in the US, The Republic of Korea (ROK), or other foreign jurisdictions.
Business Partners: We may share your personal information with business partners to provide you with a product or service you have requested. We may also share your personal information with business partners with whom we jointly offer products or services.
Legal and Compliance: We and our US, Republic of Korea, and other foreign service providers may provide your personal information in response to a search warrant to other legally valid inquiry or order, or to another organization for the purposes of investigating a breach of an agreement or contravention of law or detecting, suppressing or preventing fraud, or as otherwise may be required or permitted by applicable Republic of Korea , U.S. or other law or legal process, which may include lawful access by US or foreign courts, law enforcement or other government authorities. Your personal information may also be disclosed where necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims and to investigate or prevent actual or suspected loss or harm to persons or property.
Advertising Partners: We may share your personal information with third-party advertising partners. These third-party advertising partners may set Technologies (defined below) and other tracking tools on the Twelve Labs Services to collect information regarding your activities and your device (e.g., your IP address, cookie identifiers, page(s) visited, location, time of day). These advertising partners may use this information (and similar information collected from other services) for purposes of delivering personalized advertisements to you when you visit digital properties within their networks. This practice is commonly referred to as “interest-based advertising”, “personalized advertising”, or “targeted advertising.”
Sale of Business: We may transfer any information we have about you as an asset in connection with a proposed or completed merger, acquisition or sale (including transfers made as part of insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings) involving all or part of Twelve Labs or as part of a corporate reorganization or other change in corporate control.
Your Privacy Choices. The privacy choices you may have about your personal information are determined by applicable law and are described below.
The online advertising industry also provides websites from which you may opt out of receiving targeted ads from data partners and other advertising partners that participate in self-regulatory programs. You can access these and learn more about targeted advertising and consumer choice and privacy by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative, the Digital Advertising Alliance, the European Digital Advertising Alliance, and the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada.
Please note you must separately opt out in each browser and on each device.
Visiting our Website: In general, you can visit our Website without telling us who you are or submitting any personal information. However, we collect the IP (Internet protocol) addresses of all visitors to our Website and other related information such as page requests, browser type, operating system and average time spent on our Website. We use this information to help us understand our Website activity and to monitor and improve our Website.
Cookies and other Technologies: Our Website uses "cookies", pixel tags and other technologies (“Technologies”) to automatically collect information through your use of the Twelve Labs Services. A cookie is a tiny element of data that our Website sends to a user’s browser, which may then be stored on the user’s hard drive so that we can recognize the user’s computer or device when they return. You may set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie or to not accept certain cookies. However, if you decide not to accept cookies from our Website, you may not be able to take advantage of all of the Website features.  A pixel tag (also known as a web beacon) is a piece of code embedded in the Twelve Labs Services that collects information about engagement on the Twelve Labs Services. The use of a pixel tag allows us to record, for example, that a user has visited, a particular web page or clicked on a particular advertisement. We may also include web beacons in e-mails to understand whether messages have been opened, acted on, or forwarded.
Analytics: We may use a third party such as Google Analytics, LinkedIn Analytics, Mixpanel, or any other analytics services and technologies to help us gather and analyze information about the areas visited on the Website (such as the pages most read, time spent, search terms and other engagement data) in order to evaluate and improve the user experience and the Website. These third parties may use cookies and other tracking technologies. For more information about Google Analytics or to prevent the storage and processing of this data (including your IP address) by Google, you can download and install the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en . You can also obtain additional information on Google Analytics’ data privacy and security at the following links: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and https://support.google.com/analytics/topic/2919631‍
Third Party Links: Our Website may contain links to other websites that Twelve Labs does not own or operate. We provide links to third party websites as a convenience to the user. These links are not intended as an endorsement of or referral to the linked websites. The linked websites have separate and independent privacy policies, notices and terms of use. We do not have any control over such websites, and therefore we have no responsibility or liability for the manner in which the organizations that operate such linked websites may collect, use or disclose, secure and otherwise treat personal information. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
We have record retention processes designed to retain personal information for as long as you use the Twelve Labs Services, or as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide the Twelve Labs Services, resolve disputes, establish legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable laws.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we may consider applicable legal requirements, the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, certain risk factors, the purposes for which we process your personal information, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means.
If we receive a request from an individual to access or update personal information we maintain on behalf of a customer, we will direct that individual to the relevant customer. We will assist our customers wherever possible in responding to individual access requests.
Subject to applicable law, you have the right to access, update and correct inaccuracies in your personal information in our control. You may request access, updating and corrections of inaccuracies in your personal information in our custody or control by emailing or writing to us at the contact information set out below. We may request certain personal information for the purpose of verifying the identity of the individual seeking access to his or her personal information records.
If you are a resident of Nevada, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of certain personal information to third parties who intend to license or sell that personal information. You can exercise this right by contacting us as set forth in “Contact Us” below with the subject line “Nevada Do Not Sell Request” and providing us with your name and the email address associated with your account.
European data protection laws give you certain rights regarding your personal information. If you are located within Europe, you may ask us to take the following actions in relation to your personal information that we hold:
You may submit these requests by contacting us as set forth in “Contact Us” below . We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and process your request. Applicable law may require or permit us to decline your request. If we decline your request, we will tell you why, subject to legal restrictions. If you believe our processing of your personal information violates applicable law, you may contact us or submit a complaint to the data protection regulator in your jurisdiction.
Notice to European Users
The information provided in this “GDPR AND NOTICE TO EUROPEAN USERS” section applies only to individuals in Europe.
Personal information. References to “personal information” in this Privacy Policy are equivalent to “personal data” governed by European data protection laws.
Controller and EU Representative. Twelve Labs is the controller of your personal information covered by this Privacy Policy for purposes of European data protection laws.
All information processed by us may be transferred, processed, and stored anywhere in the world, including, but not limited to, the United States or other countries, which may have data protection laws that are different from the laws where you live.
The Twelve Labs Services are not directed to children under 18 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has uploaded personal information to our site without your consent, you may contact us as described in “Contact Us” below. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of applicable law, we will delete any personal information we have collected, unless we have a legal obligation to keep it, and terminate the child’s account, if applicable.
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes to our privacy practices. We encourage you to periodically review this page to ensure you are familiar with those changes. We will indicate at the top of this Privacy Policy when it was most recently updated. If there are any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you as required by applicable law. You understand and agree that you will be deemed to have accepted the updated Privacy Policy if you continue to use the Twelve Labs Services after the new Privacy Policy takes effect.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or the manner in which we or our service providers treat your personal information, or to request access to our collection of your personal information, please contact us at:
Twelve Labs
660 4th Street, #193
San Francisco, CA 94107
1-800-559-6592
support@twelvelabs.io
