Privacy

Your data

What we keep when you use ania.ai, why, who else handles it, and what you can do about it.

Who we are

ania.ai is run by Christopher Harvey, who is the data controller for what you send us. You can contact us about your data at ckharvey [at] ania [dot] ai.

What we keep

• "What do you want?" What you write, your name and email if you give them, and whether you said we may quote you. If you give a postcode, we keep only the hundred it is in, never the postcode.
• Joining your hundred. Your name, email, your hundred, what you chose (being the neighbour, the newsletter), and when you confirmed. If you give a postcode, we keep only the hundred.
• "Is this right?" on a hundred's page. The name or correction you suggest, and your first name and email if you give them.
• Ideas for the plan. What you write, and your town if you choose it. We don't ask for your name.
• Votes on the plan. Your vote, and your town if you choose it, linked to a random number in a cookie on your browser (see below). Votes are never linked to your name or email.
• The newsletter. Your email, and when and how you confirmed.

What you tell us may show your political opinions. The law treats that as special category data, and we only keep it with your explicit consent: the box you tick on each form. You can withdraw that consent at any time.

What we do with it

• Jono's team reads what you send, and replies if you gave an email address.
• Suggestions, ideas and sign-ups are read by a person before anything appears on the site.
• If you asked for it, we email you the newsletter.
• We never publish your details. We only quote what you wrote if you ticked "You may quote what I wrote", and then never with your name.
• Who has joined, and where, is never shown to anyone. We don't sell or share your data.

Cookies

• ania.ai: keeps your visit together, and keeps you signed in if you have an account. It lasts 30 days.
• av: set only when you vote on the plan, so each browser votes once. It holds a random number and nothing else, and lasts two years.

We don't use advertising or tracking cookies, or analytics.

Who else handles it

• Brevo sends our emails (confirmations, replies and the newsletter), so it receives your email address and name.
• Our website and database run on Amazon Web Services (AWS), on servers in the UK.
• Each page loads fonts from Google Fonts and code from jQuery and cdnjs (Cloudflare). Like any website you visit, they see your browser's internet address when the page loads.

How long we keep it

• What you send, and your membership of your hundred, until you ask us to delete it.
• Suggestions we turn down are deleted after 90 days.
• Your plan votes stay counted, but the cookie that links them to your browser lasts two years at most, and can be cleared from your browser at any time.

Your rights

You can ask to see everything we hold about you (we can send you a copy), have it corrected, or have it deleted, and you can withdraw your consent at any time. Email ckharvey [at] ania [dot] ai. If you're unhappy with how we've handled your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.