Who is responsible for your data?
The data controller is Jake Boland, sole trader, based in Ireland. He also runs AI Course Check (aicoursecheck.com and aicoursecheck.co.uk) and ai-courses.ie. This notice covers Plainscout (plainscout.com). To contact him, use the email address in the Contact section below.
What do we collect, and why?
We collect three kinds of data, set out below. We don’t use your data for advertising, we don’t sell it, and we don’t build profiles of individual visitors.
What do we keep when you send us something?
If you report an error, we get your message and the page address. We get your email address only if you give it. We use the report to check and fix the record. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in keeping facts accurate (GDPR Article 6(1)(f)). We keep the report until it is resolved.
If you ask to list your firm, we get your firm’s name, website and contact email, and the kinds of business and jobs you work with. We use them only to contact you about listing your firm and to check your firm’s details. We don’t publish what you send. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in building an accurate list of consultants (GDPR Article 6(1)(f)). We keep it until you list or decline, and for no more than 12 months.
What technical data do we need to deliver the site?
Our hosting provider’s logs record your IP address and browser type. We use them to deliver the site, keep it secure and count total page views. Cloudflare also tells our site which country your connection comes from and, in the US, which state. We use that only to decide which analytics rules apply to you, and we don’t store it. Our lawful basis is legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f)). The hosting provider sets how long the logs are kept.
What do we learn about how you use the site?
Google Analytics records how you use the site. That means the pages you view, the searches and filters you use, and the links you click, including links to vendors. It also records your device type, your approximate location from your network, and two cookie IDs. We use this to see which pages are useful and to improve the site. We keep visit-level data for 2 months. We keep aggregate totals for year-on-year comparison.
Where you are decides whether we ask first:
- In the EU, the EEA, the UK and California, analytics runs only if you accept. The same applies in the US when we can’t tell your state. Our lawful basis is your consent (Article 6(1)(a)).
- Everywhere else, analytics is on unless you turn it off. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in improving the site (Article 6(1)(f)). You can object at any time: choose Reject in “Cookie settings”. What you type in our search box goes to Google only after you choose Accept.
- If your browser sends Global Privacy Control, we treat it as a request to turn analytics off. We ask first instead, wherever you are.
Who processes data for us?
- Cloudflare hosts the site.
- GitHub stores error reports and requests to list a firm as issues in a private repository.
- Google provides Google Analytics. Google says it doesn’t log or store IP addresses from users in the EU, Switzerland or the UK. For other users, Google says it uses IP addresses to run the service, for example to filter spam and find approximate location. It says it “discards raw IP addresses after use”. Data may be processed in the United States under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.
What are your rights?
Under the GDPR you can ask for a copy of your data, have it corrected or deleted, and object to how we use it. You can also withdraw consent or turn analytics off at any time: use “Cookie settings” at the foot of any page. To use any of these rights, email the address in the Contact section below.
You can also complain to the Data Protection Commission, the supervisory authority where the controller is based.
Cookies
Analytics cookies follow the rules above. Your choice lasts 6 months, then we ask again. See the cookie notice.
Changes to this notice
Before we use data for a new purpose, collect a new type of data or add a new company that handles it, we update this notice. We also change the date at the top.