SUBSTRATE, LLC

Privacy Policy

This policy describes what information Substrate, LLC collects, how it is used, and how it is protected. It applies to substrateteam.com, to the services Substrate provides to its clients, and to the SMS messaging program described in our Terms & Conditions.

Effective September 23, 2026

Who we are

Substrate, LLC is an Oregon limited liability company based in Portland, Oregon. We build and operate business software and manage the infrastructure beneath it for our clients, and we operate Sentinel, a monitoring platform that watches the systems we are responsible for. You can reach us at support@substrateteam.com.

What we collect

We collect only what the service in front of you needs.

  • Contact details you give us: name, business, email address, and telephone number, when you contact us, become a client, or enrol in a messaging program.
  • SMS opt-in records. When a person enrols in a Substrate messaging program, we keep the mobile number, the date and method of consent (a signed form or a text keyword), and any STOP or HELP requests received afterwards.
  • Operational and system data that the software and monitoring we run for a client generates in the course of that work, held on the client's behalf and under the client's instructions.
  • Website data limited to ordinary server logs (address, page requested, time). We do not run advertising trackers on this site.

How we use it

  • To provide, support, secure and improve the services a client has engaged us for.
  • To send the operational messages a person has opted in to receive, and to honour STOP and HELP requests.
  • To communicate with clients about their account, invoices and support.
  • To meet legal and regulatory obligations, including carrier requirements for messaging programs.

We do not use personal information to build marketing profiles, and we do not send marketing messages by SMS.

SMS opt-in data and sharing

We do not sell or share your SMS opt-in data or personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.

Mobile numbers and consent records collected for a messaging program are used only to deliver that program and to meet its carrier and legal requirements. They are not sold, rented, or shared with any third party for that party's marketing, and text messaging originator opt-in data and consent are not shared with any third parties or affiliates for marketing purposes.

We share information only with the providers we need to deliver a service, for example the messaging carrier that transmits an SMS, or the hosting provider that runs a client's systems, and each is bound to use it only for that purpose. We may also disclose information when the law requires it.

Our SMS program: Sentinel, by Substrate

Sentinel, by Substrate sends operational alerts to Substrate, LLC staff who have opted in, either by signing the SMS Alert Consent form or by texting SENTINEL to (971) 458-4428 and replying Y to confirm. Consent is not a condition of employment or of any purchase.

Message frequency. Message frequency varies with system events. Recipients typically receive fewer than 15 messages per month.

Message and data rates may apply.

Reply HELP for help, or contact support@substrateteam.com. Reply STOP at any time to opt out. The program's full terms are in our Terms & Conditions.

How we protect it

Information is held on systems we control, with access limited to the people who need it for their work, protected by access controls, audit logging and tested backups. Client operational data stays under the client's control and is handled according to that client's agreement with us.

Your choices

  • You can leave any Substrate messaging program at any time by replying STOP to any message, and get help by replying HELP.
  • You can ask what information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it, by contacting support@substrateteam.com.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the new version is posted at this address with a new effective date. Questions go to support@substrateteam.com, or by post to Substrate, LLC, Portland, Oregon.