Effective Date: January 26, 2026
Checksum Labs, Inc. ("InstaVM", "Company", "we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website at instavm.io, our APIs, SDKs, and related services (collectively, the "Service").
By accessing or using the Service, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use the Service.
We collect information you provide directly to us, including:
When you access or use the Service, we automatically collect certain information, including:
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
To provide, maintain, and improve the Service; to process transactions and send related information; to authenticate your identity and manage your account; and to respond to your comments, questions, and support requests.
To analyze usage patterns and trends; to debug errors and improve performance; to develop new features and services; and to generate aggregated, anonymized analytics.
We may use anonymized, aggregated data derived from User Content to improve our services, including training machine learning models to enhance platform performance, reliability, and features. You may opt out of this use by contacting us at hello@instavm.io.
To send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and administrative messages; and to communicate with you about products, services, and events offered by InstaVM, where permitted by law.
To comply with legal obligations; to protect the rights, privacy, safety, or property of InstaVM, our users, or others; to detect, prevent, or address fraud, security, or technical issues; and to enforce our Terms of Service.
We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with the Service. We may retain User Content, including code and execution logs, for up to one (1) year for analytics, debugging, service improvement, and compliance purposes.
We will also retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When personal information is no longer needed for these purposes, we will delete or anonymize it in accordance with our data retention policies.
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information in the following circumstances:
We share information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, including:
These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and may only use it for the purposes specified by us.
We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
If InstaVM is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
We may share your information with third parties when you have given us your consent to do so.
All data is stored on cloud servers located in the United States. By using the Service, you consent to the transfer and storage of your information in the United States.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
You may update, correct, or delete your account information at any time by accessing your account settings. If you wish to delete your account entirely, you may do so through the account deletion process available in your profile settings.
You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you and to receive a copy of your data in a commonly used, machine-readable format. To make such a request, please contact us at hello@instavm.io.
You may opt out of:
You have the right to request deletion of your personal information. Please note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes, and some information may persist in backup copies for a limited period.
We use the following types of cookies:
When you first visit our website, we display a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can modify your cookie preferences at any time through our cookie settings.
At this time, we do not respond to "Do Not Track" browser signals or similar mechanisms.
If you are accessing the Service from outside the United States, please be aware that your information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States where our servers are located. By using the Service, you consent to this transfer.
For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, or other regions with data protection laws, we rely on appropriate legal mechanisms to transfer your data, including Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you have certain rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and similar laws:
We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
Under GDPR, you have the right to: access your personal data; rectify inaccurate data; erase your data (right to be forgotten); restrict processing; data portability; object to processing; and lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. To exercise these rights, please contact us at hello@instavm.io.
For inquiries related to GDPR, EU residents may contact us at hello@instavm.io.
If you are a California resident, you have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):
You have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the sources of that information, our business purposes for collecting it, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
You have the right to request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.
We do not sell personal information as defined under the CCPA.
To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us at hello@instavm.io. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.
The Service is not intended for individuals under the age of eighteen (18). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 18, we will take steps to delete such information promptly. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 18, please contact us at hello@instavm.io.
The Service may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by InstaVM. This Privacy Policy applies only to the Service. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by posting the updated Privacy Policy on our website and updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this page. For significant changes, we may also send you an email notification. Your continued use of the Service after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
We will respond to your inquiry within a reasonable timeframe.
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