Privacy Policy

Founders Land Group LLC
Effective 12 September 2026. Replaces the version dated 12 February 2026.
Written from a technical measurement of this website taken on 12 September 2026.

This policy describes what we collect, why, who receives it and how long we keep it. It is written to be read, not to be impressive. If anything here does not match what the site actually does, that is a defect and we want to hear about it.

The short version

• We do not sell your personal information, and we never have.
• We run no advertising trackers on this website. No Meta pixel, no TikTok pixel, no retargeting, no session replay.
• Nothing that measures you runs until you say yes. You are asked when you arrive.
• If you give us a phone number, we use it to call you back. We do not send marketing text messages.
• You can ask us what we hold about you, or ask us to delete it, and we will do it.

1. Who we are

Founders Land Group LLC is a California limited liability company that buys vacant residential land and resells it, with owner financing or for cash. Our mailing address is 14435C Big Basin Way #1012, Saratoga, CA 95070. This policy covers www.founderslandgroup.com and www.flg.land.

Our online store runs on Shopify, which processes data on our behalf as our service provider.

2. What you give us

We collect what you type into a form and nothing more. Depending on which form, that is:

• Your name and email address, from the contact form, the parcel alerts panel and the newsletter signup.
• A phone number, if you choose to give one. It is optional on every form. See section 6.
• What you wrote in the message box, including which parcel you are asking about.
• Billing and payment details, if you place a hold or pay a fee. Card payments are processed by Authorize.Net. PayPal and Venmo process their own. Google Pay is available at checkout. Your full card number goes to the processor, not to us. We never see it and we never store it.
• Vesting information, if you buy. The legal name or entity that will appear on the deed, and what is needed for 1099-S reporting. This is collected in the closing process, not on the website.

3. What the website collects on its own

Four cookies always, and two more only if you agree. That is the whole list, and it is the same list you will find on our cookies page, which names each one, what it does, who receives it and how long it lasts.

• Always on: your cart, your language and country setting, and Shopify's own two visit-measurement cookies. Without these the store cannot run.
• Only with your consent: Google Analytics, which counts which parcels get opened and how people found them. If you decline, the Google script is never loaded. Not loaded and then told to behave. Not loaded.

Our listings embed maps and tours from Land id and Matterport, and a scheduling panel from Calendly. Those load only when you open them, and each is governed by its own provider's privacy policy, not ours.

4. Why we use it

• To answer you when you ask about a parcel.
• To take a hold, prepare a deed, record it, and meet our tax reporting obligations.
• To send you an email about new parcels, if you asked for that. Every one has an unsubscribe link.
• To understand which counties get the most interest, so we know where to buy next. That is what the analytics are for, and it is why we ask rather than assume.
• To prevent fraud and abuse of our forms.
• To comply with the law when we are required to.

5. Who else sees it

A short list, and every one of them is a service provider doing something specific for us:

• Shopify hosts the store and runs the checkout.
• Authorize.Net is our card processor. It receives your card details and billing address to take the payment.
• PayPal, which also operates Venmo, receives what it needs if you pay that way instead.
• Google receives analytics data, but only if you consented.
• Calendly receives what you enter when you book a call.
• County recorders, closing agents and tax authorities receive what the law requires to record a deed and report a sale.

We may also disclose information if a court order, subpoena or law requires it, or if the business is sold, in which case the buyer would be bound by this policy. That is the complete list. If we ever add an advertising tracker, this policy changes first and the consent banner changes with it.

6. Phone calls and text messages

This section says exactly what we do, because the previous version of this policy did not.

• Giving us your number is optional. It is never a condition of buying anything, placing a hold, or getting an answer.
• If you give it, we call you back. A person dials it and speaks to you. We do not use an autodialer and we do not use prerecorded voice messages.
• We do not send marketing text messages. Not today. If that ever changes, we will ask you separately, in writing, with a box you tick yourself, and it will still never be a condition of purchase. Nothing you have already given us will be treated as consent for it.
• Telling us to stop works. Say so on a call, reply STOP to any message, or email us. We honour it within ten business days at the outside, and in practice the same day. It applies to every kind of contact from us, not just the one you replied to.
• Your number is not shared. We do not sell, rent or disclose your phone number or your contact preferences to anyone for their marketing. It is not shared with affiliates for that purpose either.
• Message and data rates may apply if you text us. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

7. How long we keep it

• If you enquired and did not buy: we keep your enquiry so we can pick up the conversation where it left off. Ask us to delete it and we will.
• If you bought: we keep the transaction record for seven years. This is not a choice. Tax reporting and the chain of title on a recorded deed both require it, and a deed is a public record in any event.
• Your cookie choice lives in your own browser, not on our servers, for about a year.

8. What you can ask us to do

Wherever you live, and whether or not a statute in your state requires it of a business our size, you can ask us to:

• Tell you what we hold about you, and where it came from.
• Correct it if it is wrong.
• Delete it, subject only to the seven-year record above if you bought from us.
• Stop emailing or calling you.
• Change your cookie choice, any time, from the Cookies link in the footer.

Email info@founderslandgroup.com or call (347) 842-7247. We will reply within 45 days and usually the same week. We may need to check you are who you say you are before handing over a copy of your data, and we will ask for the least we can get away with. We will not charge you, and we will not treat you differently for asking.

If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, Shopify treats it as an opt out of data sharing and so do we.

9. California, and other states

Some state privacy laws apply only to businesses above a size threshold. Founders Land Group is well below every one of them, including the California Consumer Privacy Act, which begins at roughly $26.6 million in annual revenue or the personal information of 100,000 consumers. We are nowhere near either, and we make no money from selling data because we do not sell it.

We are telling you that rather than quietly claiming compliance with a law we are not covered by. The rights in section 8 above are offered to you anyway. You do not have to live in a particular state to use them, and you do not have to cite a statute.

10. Security

The store runs on Shopify, which handles hosting and encryption in transit. Card details pass from Shopify's checkout to Authorize.Net, or to PayPal if you choose that instead. Card numbers never reach us and we hold none. We keep access to what we do hold limited to those who need it to do the work.

No website can promise perfect security, and we are not going to. If something happens that affects your information, we will tell you.

11. Children

This site is for people aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone younger. If you believe a child has given us information, email us and we will delete it.

12. Links to other sites

Our listings link out to county property appraisers, FEMA flood maps, plat records and mapping tools, because you should check those yourself. We do not control them and their privacy practices are their own.

13. If we change this

We will change the effective date at the top and, if the change is material, say so on the site. This policy is measured against the website, so if we add anything that collects data, this page is updated before it goes live rather than after.

14. Contact

Founders Land Group LLC
14435C Big Basin Way #1012, Saratoga, CA 95070
info@founderslandgroup.com
(347) 842-7247, Monday to Sunday, 9am to 9pm Pacific

This is a privacy notice. It is not a contract, it does not contain an arbitration clause, and nothing in it asks you to give up a legal right. Our sale terms live in the Terms of Service and the Asset Reservation and Refund Policy.