Privacy notice
How Horizon AI handles personal data
This notice is given under Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR). It covers this website and the forms through which Horizon AI collects personal data: the notification of opening, the trader questionnaire, the feedback on an analysis, and the investor enquiry. Horizon AI does not sell personal data and does not use it for advertising.
Controllers
- Who decides how data is used
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Fabio Salvan and Salvatore Pietro Contino, joint controllers under Article 26 GDPR, for the Horizon AI project (company in formation), Italy. Both founders can see the data described here and both answer requests about it. You can exercise your rights against either of them.
Contact for any privacy matter: contact@usemeridianai.com
This website
- Hosting
This website is hosted by Vercel Inc. (United States), which records technical connection data (IP address, time, requested page) in server logs, for security and delivery. Typefaces are served from the same host; no data is sent to third-party font services.
- Cookies and tracking
This website sets no cookies and uses no advertising tools. To count visits it uses Vercel Web Analytics, provided by the same host: it collects aggregated data (pages viewed, referring site, country, device and browser type) and a few on-page actions, such as clicks on the sign-up buttons, scrolling to the end and switching language, with no personal data, sets no cookies and stores nothing in the browser; to tell one visit from another it uses a hash derived from the request, which Vercel discards within 24 hours. The legal basis is Horizon AI's legitimate interest in knowing which pages are read. No profiling and no automated decision-making take place.
- Live market prices
Only if you press “Show the live BTC price”, your browser connects directly to Binance to receive the price of BTCUSDT. This sends your IP address to Binance, which may process it outside the EU under its own privacy policy. Nothing is loaded from Binance unless you press the button.
Only if you press “Show the live gold price”, your browser connects directly to api.gold-api.com, for the XAU/USD quote, and to Binance, for PAXGUSDT hourly closes. This sends your IP address to both services, which may process it outside the EU under their own privacy policies. Nothing is loaded from either service unless you press the button.
- Forms in general
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All forms are operated by Tally BV (Belgium, EU) on behalf of Horizon AI. Each form includes a bot-protection check provided by the form service. Some links to the forms carry a source tag (for example utm_source), recorded with your submission to record which channel brought you; it is not used for profiling.
The form service sets no cookies. While you fill in a form, it keeps two technical records in your browser's local storage (the progress of the form and a random respondent identifier), so that the form works and an answer is not lost if the page reloads. They are strictly necessary for the form you chose to fill in, are not used for tracking, and can be cleared from your browser settings.
1. Waitlist: analyses, personal code and notification of opening
- Data collected
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- Email address (required).
- The channel tag in the link that brought you to the form (for example x or linkedin), if present.
- Consent given and the date and time of submission, recorded by the form service.
No name, telephone number, payment data or information about your trading account is requested.
- Purpose and legal basis
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The email address is used to send you: straight away, a confirmation of your registration with a single-use personal code, which applies the founding terms published on the site when access opens; one or two Meridian Engine analyses a week (direction, levels and invalidation conditions) and then their outcome; once a month, the request to vote for 2 instruments among those the engine covers; one message on the day access opens, which repeats the code; and, at most once, a personal message from the founders to welcome you or ask for your opinion. The analyses are general and the same for everyone: they do not take the recipient's situation into account and are not investment advice. When you use the code, the address is used to check that the code was issued to you. The code is calculated from your address and is not stored separately. The channel tag in the link is used only for aggregate statistics on sign-up channels, on the basis of the legitimate interest of Horizon AI (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR); you can object at any time.
Legal basis: your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR), given by ticking the consent box. Providing the data is voluntary; without an email address neither the code, nor the analyses, nor the notification can be sent. The address is not used for any other purpose. You can unsubscribe at any time with the link in every email or by writing to the address above.
If you invite someone with your invite link, we count the sign-ups that come from it to apply the founding terms. We do not share your data with the people you invite, or theirs with you.
- Retention
Until you unsubscribe or withdraw consent; your address is then deleted. The code expires 30 days after access opens, and withdrawing consent cancels it.
- Processors involved
Tally (the form), Zapier (passes the data from the form to Loops and generates the personal code and the invite link; since 21/10/2026, in place of n8n hosted on Railway), Loops (sends the confirmation, the analyses, the vote request and the notification of opening), Attio (keeps the record of your registration and consent).
2. Trader questionnaire
- Data collected
Name, email address, your answers about your trading activity (instruments, experience, frequency, context, sources of information, monthly spend on research), two free-text answers and your preferred language.
- Purpose and legal basis
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To understand how people who trade read the market and what they need, in order to decide what to build; and, if an answer needs clarifying, to write to you once by email. It is not a sale: no product is on offer. No calls are planned.
Legal basis: your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can withdraw it at any time by writing to the address above; withdrawal does not affect processing carried out before it.
- Use of the answers
Answers are read one by one and analysed in aggregate. The summaries used to decide what to build contain no name or email.
- Retention
Up to 24 months from submission, then deletion. Anonymous aggregated summaries are kept beyond that period.
- Processors involved
Tally (the form), n8n hosted on Railway (passes the data from the form to the other services), Attio (contact record), Google (email).
2-bis. Short questionnaire "Why Meridian Engine, and what you would change"
- Data collected
Your answers to five questions (how you heard about Meridian Engine, why it interests you, what you would change, what made you hesitate) and, only if you enter it, your email address. The link you used may carry a source label (for example "home" or "email"), recorded together with your answers. No personal data is required.
- Purpose and legal basis
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To understand why Meridian Engine is of interest and what to change, in order to decide what to build and what to fix; if you left your email and an answer needs clarifying, to write to you once. It is not a sale.
Legal basis: your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can withdraw it at any time by writing to the address above; withdrawal does not affect processing carried out before it.
- Use of the answers
Answers are read one by one and analysed in aggregate. If the email matches a waitlist subscriber or someone who filled in the trader questionnaire, the answers are noted on that contact record; otherwise they stay only in the answers log.
- Retention
Up to 24 months from submission, then deletion. Anonymous aggregated summaries are kept beyond that period.
- Processors involved
Tally (the form), n8n hosted on Railway (passes the data from the form to the other services), Attio (contact record, only when the email matches an existing contact), Google (email).
3. Feedback on an analysis
- Data collected
The email address with which you received the analysis, which analysis you read, and your answers about its clarity, usefulness, missing or superfluous parts, price perception, intention to buy again, expected usage, and how likely you are to recommend it to another trader. No question concerns your trading operations.
- Purpose and legal basis
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To measure whether the analyses are readable and useful and to set their price; and, if an answer needs clarifying, to write to you by email. No calls are planned. Answers enter Meridian's decision log together with those of the other readers.
Legal basis: your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you can withdraw at any time by writing to the address above.
- Retention
Answers are kept in aggregated and anonymised form. Your email address is deleted within 12 months.
- Processors involved
Tally (the form), Attio (contact record), Google (email).
4. Investor enquiry
- Data collected
Name, email address, firm, role, investor type, typical first cheque, stage and geography focus, sector thesis, what you want to receive, prior experience in the sector, how you heard about Horizon AI, optional questions and LinkedIn profile.
- Purpose and legal basis
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To reply to your enquiry, send the material you asked for, and manage the fundraising conversation, including notes of calls and meetings.
Legal basis: steps taken at your request before entering into an agreement (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR) and, for the record of the conversation, the legitimate interest of Horizon AI in running the fundraising process (Article 6(1)(f)). You can object to the latter at any time.
- Retention
For the duration of the fundraising process and up to 24 months after its close, then deletion.
- Processors involved
Tally (the form), Attio (investor pipeline and call notes), Loops (sending the material by email), Cal.com (booking a call), Google (email and video call).
Processors and transfers outside the EU
These companies process data on behalf of the controllers, under a data processing agreement, and for no other purpose. No one else receives your data: it is not sold, shared or used for advertising.
| Service | Company and country | Role |
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| Tally | Tally BV, Belgium (EU) | Operates the forms; data stored in Europe |
| Attio | Attio Ltd, United Kingdom | Contact records, consent records, investor pipeline |
| Loops | Loops, Inc., United States | Sends the emails described above |
| Zapier | Zapier, Inc., United States | Passes the waiting-list data from the form to Loops (since 21/10/2026) |
| Railway | Railway Corporation, United States; the instance in use is hosted in the Netherlands (EU) | Hosts n8n, which passes data between the services |
| Cal.com | Cal.com, Inc., United States | Booking of calls |
| tl;dv | tl;dv GmbH, Germany (EU servers) | Recording and transcription of investor calls, only with consent |
| Google Workspace | Google Ireland Ltd, Ireland (EU) | Email, calendar and video calls |
| Vercel | Vercel Inc., United States | Hosting of this website and aggregated visit statistics (Web Analytics) |
- Transfers
The United Kingdom is covered by an adequacy decision of the European Commission. Transfers to the United States rely on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework, where the provider is certified, and otherwise on the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.
Your rights
- What you can ask
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Access to your data, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, a portable copy, and objection to processing (Articles 15–21 GDPR). Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw it at any time; withdrawal does not affect processing carried out before it. Write to contact@usemeridianai.com.
You can lodge a complaint with the Italian supervisory authority, the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (garanteprivacy.it), or with the authority of the EU country where you live or work.
- Changes
Last updated 2026-10-15. Changes are published on this page with a new date.