Privacy Notice

Controller: Valfox Ltd (trading as "Equilens"), registered in England & Wales (Company number 14469638). Registered office: 840 Ibis Court, Centre Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 1RL. Contact: privacy@equilens.io.

EU GDPR Representative: To be appointed. Details will be published here once confirmed.

Scope: This notice covers the public website equilens.io. The Equilens FL-BSA appliance runs entirely in customers' environments and is not covered here.

What we collect

  • Emails you send us at equilens@equilens.io.
  • Minimal server/CDN logs (IP address, user agent, timestamp, requested URL) required to deliver the site and investigate security issues.

Purposes & legal bases

We process this limited data to respond to inquiries and operate a reliable, secure website. The legal basis is our legitimate interests (UK GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).

Recipients

Personal data may be processed by our service providers strictly for the purposes above, including:

  • Email provider (Google Workspace).
  • Static hosting/CDN provider (GitHub Pages / GitHub, Inc.).

International transfers

Where these providers process data outside the UK/EEA (e.g., United States), we rely on appropriate safeguards such as UK adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses. Details are available on request.

Retention

  • Email correspondence: retained as needed for support and communications, then deleted when no longer required.
  • Server/CDN logs: rotated automatically and retained for approximately 30 days for diagnostics and security.

Your rights

You have UK/EU data protection rights (access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, portability where applicable). To exercise these rights, email equilens@equilens.io.

You may lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).

Cookies & similar technologies

We do not use analytics, advertising or social media cookies. See our Cookie Policy for details.

Updates: We may update this notice; the effective date will change accordingly.

Effective date: 2025-10-11

Website Terms

Note: These terms do not grant a licence to FL-BSA. Product use is governed by the licence/EULA agreed in AWS Marketplace or a Private Offer.

Scope

This website provides information about Equilens and FL-BSA. Content is provided "as-is" for general information and does not constitute legal, regulatory, or technical advice.

Intellectual property

Logos and other marks are owned by Equilens/Valfox Ltd. Do not reuse or modify without permission. References to third-party trademarks are for identification only.

No warranties & liability

We make no warranties as to accuracy, completeness, or fitness. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim liability for reliance on this site's content. We exclude all indirect, consequential, and incidental losses. Our maximum aggregate liability for any claim arising from use of this free website shall not exceed £100 (GBP).

Acceptable use

You must use this site lawfully and not engage in security testing, overload attempts, or reverse engineering of site code without prior written consent.

Governing law

These website terms are governed by the laws of England & Wales. Courts of England & Wales have exclusive jurisdiction over any disputes relating to this site.

Links

External links (e.g., GitHub documentation) are provided for convenience. We are not responsible for third-party content.

Contact

Questions: equilens@equilens.io

Legal notices: legal@equilens.io

Product terms and SLAs are supplied separately via contract or marketplace listings.

Open Source

This site and the Equilens appliance use open-source software. Licences and attributions are recorded in our SBOM.

SBOM and NOTICE files are available on request: oss@equilens.io.

Where a licence requires reproduction of a NOTICE file (for example, Apache-2.0 §4), the relevant text is provided via the request above.

Accessibility

We aim to meet WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines and make reasonable adjustments in line with the UK Equality Act 2010.

If you encounter any barriers or need the information in an alternative format, email equilens@equilens.io. We review and address accessibility requests as quickly as possible.

DPA Position

Posture statement

We provide a self-hosted software product (FL-BSA). We do not receive or process your production datasets in our systems when you deploy the product in your own environment.

Roles

Controller: We act as controller for website enquiries, support mailboxes, sales communications, and vendor management.

Processor: We act as processor only if you ask us to handle support materials that include personal data (e.g., logs, dumps) or if you enable telemetry to us (off by default).

DPA triggers

We will sign our DPA when we process customer personal data as a processor (support logs/telemetry/pilots). No DPA is required for self-hosted use where no customer personal data is sent to us.

Contact equilens@equilens.io to request a DPA or initiate that process.

Responsible Use

Prohibited uses

You must not use FL-BSA for:

  • Unlawful discrimination or contravention of fair-lending/EEA equality laws
  • Attempts to evade law or regulation
  • Use on unlawfully obtained datasets
  • Uses that violate export or sanctions laws
  • High-risk automated decisioning without appropriate human oversight

Customer responsibility

FL-BSA runs entirely within your environment and generates synthetic data for fairness testing. You remain responsible for regulatory compliance, dataset rights, model governance, and human review. Outputs are interpreted by qualified personnel.

Research vs production

Demo and evaluation outputs are not production approvals. Do not use FL-BSA to make production lending decisions without human review and appropriate governance controls.

Contact

Contact equilens@equilens.io if you need guidance on governance controls or model risk policies.

Imprint

Company details

  • Legal name: Valfox Ltd (trading as "Equilens").
  • Company number: 14469638.
  • Registered office: 840 Ibis Court, Centre Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 1RL.
  • Place of registration: England & Wales.
  • Legal form: Private limited company.

Contact

Email: equilens@equilens.io

Export Control

You must comply with all applicable export control and sanctions laws of the UK, EU, and U.S. You may not use, export, re-export, transfer, or provide the software to restricted countries or listed parties. You must not use the software for prohibited end-uses (e.g., weapons of mass destruction).

Restricted territories

Refer to the standard UK/EU/US consolidated sanctions lists for current restrictions. We do not publish a specific ECCN or DUC classification on this page; classification details are provided on request.

Resources

For general guidance see the UK Strategic Export Controls resources on GOV.UK. Contact us if you require additional information.