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This Privacy Policy describes how Lilac Research Inc. handles personal information collected through our website, consoles, APIs, and private GPU cluster management services. We work with data centers, infrastructure partners, and AI teams to provision, validate, and operate bare-metal GPU infrastructure.

Effective January 28, 2026 · Last updated September 9, 2026

Lilac Research Inc. is a Delaware C Corporation headquartered in California.

Personal information we collect

Information you provide

  • Contact data: Name, email, phone number, professional title, and organizational affiliation.
  • Account data: Username, password, and profile information.
  • Billing data: Payment information processed by Stripe. We do not store full credit card numbers.
  • Deployment and support data: Cluster configurations, access information, diagnostic materials, feedback, and other information you provide for the Services.
  • Communications: Messages you send us through email, support, or social media.

Third-party sources

  • Identity providers: If you sign in with Google, we receive your username, email, and profile picture.
  • Public sources: Publicly available information from social media or government records.

Automatic collection

  • Device data: IP address, browser type, operating system, and device identifiers.
  • Usage data: Pages visited, time spent, clicks, and navigation paths.
  • Cookies: We use cookies and similar technologies for functionality and analytics (via PostHog).

Data used for cluster operations

Lilac provides software and remote operations for private GPU clusters. Depending on the deployment and enabled features, we process cluster inventory and configuration, hardware identifiers, health and performance metrics, events, diagnostic logs, access records, and usage and metering records. These records may contain personal information such as user identifiers, IP addresses, and information included in support requests.

We use this information to provision and validate nodes, manage access and node lifecycles, monitor service health, investigate incidents, support customers, and meter and bill for the Services. Access and operational responsibilities are defined for each engagement.

When Lilac processes personal information in customer-controlled workloads on a customer's behalf, we do so to provide, secure, and support the agreed Services, under the customer's instructions and applicable data processing agreement. The customer is responsible for its own applications, data collection, and privacy notices. Contact that customer to exercise rights concerning information it controls; Lilac assists as required by the applicable agreement and law.

We do not sell customer-provided data, files, software, or other content or use it to train models. Access to workload data is limited to what is needed to provide, secure, and support the agreed Services or comply with law. This policy update does not expand our rights to use previously collected information or reduce the protections that applied when it was collected.

How we use your information

Service delivery

  • Provide, operate, and improve the Service
  • Provision and validate nodes, manage access, and monitor cluster health
  • Investigate incidents and perform agreed operational support
  • Process payments and transactions
  • Facilitate organization invitations
  • Send announcements, updates, and security alerts
  • Respond to support requests

Research & development

We analyze usage patterns to improve our Service. We may create anonymous, aggregated data that cannot identify you.

Marketing

We may send marketing communications. You can opt out at any time.

Compliance & protection

  • Comply with legal obligations
  • Protect rights, privacy, and safety
  • Prevent fraud and abuse
  • Enforce our terms of service

How we share your information

  • Service providers: See our subprocessor list below for the complete list of third parties that process data on our behalf.
  • Identity providers: If you link your account to Google, we share data as needed to maintain that connection.
  • Authorized customer and provider users: Your profile and relevant deployment or support records may be visible to authorized users of your organization and the customer or infrastructure provider responsible for the cluster, according to the deployment's access permissions and agreed responsibilities.
  • Legal requirements: Law enforcement or government authorities when required by law.
  • Business transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
  • Professional advisors: Lawyers, auditors, and insurers as needed.

Subprocessors

The following third-party service providers process personal data on our behalf:

Provider
Purpose
Cloud infrastructure and hosting
Payment processing
Product analytics
Code repository and CI/CD
Identity and business communications
Compliance automation

Your choices

  • Access & update: Log into your account to review and update your information.
  • Marketing opt-out: Unsubscribe from marketing emails using the link at the bottom of any email.
  • Linked accounts: Manage connected services (Google) through your account settings.

Other sites and services

Our Service may link to third-party websites. We are not responsible for their privacy practices.

Security

We use technical, organizational, and physical safeguards to protect your information. However, no system is completely secure.

Data retention

We retain your information according to this schedule:

  • User account information: Duration of service plus 30 days after account closure.
  • Transaction logs: 7 years, as required for financial compliance.
  • API logs: 90 days.
  • Deleted user data: 30 days soft-delete period, after which data is permanently removed.

Retention of cluster operational records depends on the type of record and the applicable service agreement. The specific periods above continue to apply to those categories. Data on customer-controlled infrastructure is handled under the agreed handover or decommissioning process; closing a Lilac account does not itself wipe a cluster.

We may retain certain information longer as required by law or for legitimate business purposes. Existing contractual deletion obligations and protections for previously collected information continue to apply.

International data transfer

We are headquartered in the United States. Your information may be transferred to and processed in the US or other countries.

Children

The Service is not intended for anyone under 18. If you believe we have collected information from a child, please contact us.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We'll notify you of material changes by updating the effective date at the top.

Contact us

Questions? Reach out at privacy@getlilac.com.

Lilac Research Inc.
California, USA

European data subject rights (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

  • Right of access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
  • Right to erasure: Request deletion of your personal data, subject to legal retention requirements.
  • Right to restrict processing: Request that we limit how we use your data in certain circumstances.
  • Right to data portability: Request your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
  • Right to object: Object to processing of your personal data for direct marketing or based on legitimate interests.

To exercise any of these rights, email privacy@getlilac.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

California privacy rights

We do not sell your personal information. California residents have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):

  • Right to know: Request information about data we've collected in the past 12 months.
  • Right to access: Request a copy of your personal information.
  • Right to delete: Request deletion of your personal information.
  • Non-discrimination: Exercise these rights without discriminatory treatment.

To exercise these rights, email privacy@getlilac.com. We'll verify your identity and respond within 30 days.