Privacy Policy

Emerald Technology Recruitment Limited is the data controller for information collected through the tool. For any privacy question or request, contact dataprotection@emerald-technology.com.

• Your name and work email address, and a password held in encrypted form by our authentication provider.
• Your company name, website, email domain and company stage.
• The plans, assumptions and figures you create in the tool.
• Invitations you send and shared links you create.
• Basic activity records such as sign-ins, account creation and actions taken in the app.
• Technical information needed to run and secure the service, and cookies or similar storage used to keep you signed in.

We do not ask for special category data, and you should not enter any into the tool.

• To create your account and provide the tool. Legal basis: performance of our agreement with you.
• To support you, respond to questions and keep you informed about the service. Legal basis: our agreement with you and our legitimate interests.
• To keep the service secure, prevent misuse and meet our legal obligations. Legal basis: legitimate interests and legal obligation.
• To understand how the tool is used so we can improve it, using anonymised and aggregated information wherever possible. Legal basis: legitimate interests.
• To send marketing about related Emerald services. Legal basis: consent, which you can withdraw at any time using the unsubscribe link or by emailing us.

We share information with service providers who act on our instructions, including hosting, database, authentication and email providers, and with colleagues at Emerald who support your account. We may disclose information where required by law or to protect our rights. We do not sell your personal information. Where information is transferred outside the UK or EEA, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as approved contractual terms.

We keep account information and the plans you create for as long as your account is active, and for a reasonable period afterwards so we can deal with queries, disputes and legal obligations. Records of your agreement to our terms, including the date and version accepted, are kept for as long as needed to evidence that agreement. You can ask us to delete your account and plans at any time.

Access is restricted to people who need it, traffic is encrypted in transit, passwords are stored in hashed form by our authentication provider, and data is held with reputable cloud providers. No service can be completely secure, so please use a strong, unique password and tell us promptly about anything suspicious.

We use only the cookies and local storage needed to keep you signed in, remember basic preferences and keep the service secure. We do not use advertising cookies in the tool. You can clear or block this storage in your browser, but you will not be able to stay signed in.

You have the right to access your information, to have it corrected or deleted, to restrict or object to how we use it, to portability, and to withdraw consent where we rely on it. To exercise any of these, email dataprotection@emerald-technology.com. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk, though we would welcome the chance to resolve matters with you first.

The tool is for business users and is not intended for anyone under 18.

We may update this policy. The version and date at the top of this page always show the current one, and we will give notice of material changes.