Privacy Policy
Last updated: 14 August 2026
This policy explains what Rundowns AI collects when you visit this website, why we collect it, how long we keep it, and what control you have. It is written to be read rather than to be survived, so if anything here is unclear, ask us and we will fix the wording.
Rundowns AI is the data controller for the information described below. You can reach us through the contact page for any question or request in this policy.
What we collect
Information you give us
If you subscribe to the newsletter we store your email address, the page you subscribed from, the date and time, and a one-way hash of your IP address. The hash exists to show consent was given and cannot be reversed to identify you.
If you use the contact form we store your name, email address, subject and message so we can reply and keep a record of the exchange.
If you leave a comment we store the comment, your name and email, and metadata including your IP address and browser user agent, which helps with spam detection.
Information collected automatically
Our servers record standard technical information on every request: IP address, browser type, referring page and the pages you view. This is ordinary web server logging, used to keep the site available and secure.
Legal basis for processing
| What | Why | Basis under GDPR |
|---|---|---|
| Newsletter address | To send the newsletter you asked for | Consent |
| Contact form details | To answer your message | Legitimate interest |
| Server logs | Security and availability | Legitimate interest |
| Analytics cookies | To understand which articles are read | Consent |
| Advertising cookies | To fund the site, if advertising is running | Consent |
Cookies
Essential cookies keep the site working. They handle things like remembering that you dismissed the cookie notice, and they are set without asking because the site cannot function properly without them.
Analytics and advertising cookies are only set if you accept them. If you decline, or ignore the notice, those scripts are not loaded at all.
You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Some parts of the site may behave differently if you do.
Advertising
Where advertising is running on this site, third-party vendors including Google use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and other sites on the internet.
You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can opt out of a broader set of third-party vendors at aboutads.info or Your Online Choices in Europe.
Our commitments about what advertising may and may not do on this site are set out in the advertising and affiliate disclosure.
Analytics
Where analytics is running, we use it to see which articles are read and how people arrive at them. We do not use it to build profiles of individuals, and we do not attempt to identify readers.
Other third parties
Our host stores the site and its database. Our spam filter processes comment metadata. If we use an email provider to deliver the newsletter, your address is shared with that provider for that purpose only.
Embedded content from other websites, such as videos or social posts, behaves exactly as if you had visited that site directly, and those sites may collect data about you under their own policies.
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising outside the ad cookies described above.
How long we keep it
Newsletter addresses are kept until you unsubscribe, then removed. Contact messages are kept for two years, then deleted. Comments and their metadata are kept indefinitely so replies stay in context. Server logs rotate on our host’s schedule. Analytics data follows the provider’s retention setting.
Your rights
You can ask us for a copy of the personal data we hold about you, ask us to correct it, ask us to delete it, ask us to restrict how we use it, object to processing based on legitimate interest, or ask for your data in a portable format.
If you are in California, you have the right to know what we collect, to request deletion, and to opt out of the sale of personal information. We do not sell personal information.
Every newsletter includes a one-click unsubscribe, which is the fastest route to deletion of your address. For anything else, write to us through the contact page and we will respond within 30 days.
If you are in the EU or UK and think we have handled your data badly, you can complain to your national data protection authority.
Children
This site is written for a general adult audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child has given us data, tell us and we will delete it.
Changes
If this policy changes we will update the date at the top. Material changes to how we use your data will be announced in the newsletter as well.