Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

courben.co is a business psychology intelligence platform based in the United Kingdom. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your information when you visit our website or create an account.

We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling all data with transparency, care, and full compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

2. What Data We Collect

We collect two categories of data — data collected automatically when you visit the site, and data you provide when creating an account.

Data collected automatically includes pages visited and time spent on each page, approximate geographic location at country or city level, device type, browser type, and operating system, referring website or search terms, and IP address. This data is anonymised and aggregated where possible.

Data collected at account registration includes your email address, your chosen username, and your encrypted password. We may also collect account activity data including articles saved, reading history, and platform interactions.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use automatically collected data to monitor and improve platform performance, understand which content is most valuable, and ensure technical security.

We use account data to provide and maintain your account, communicate with you where necessary, personalise your experience, and improve the platform. We do not use your data for advertising. We do not sell your data to any third party under any circumstances.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

For automatically collected analytics data our legal basis is legitimate interests. For account data our legal basis is contractual necessity. For any optional communications our legal basis is your explicit consent which you may withdraw at any time.

5. Password Security

Your password is encrypted using industry standard methods before being stored. courben.co never stores passwords in plain text and no member of our team has access to your password.

6. Cookies

courben.co uses cookies to support basic site functionality, account sessions, and analytics. You can control cookie settings through your browser. We will display a cookie consent notice on your first visit in compliance with UK GDPR requirements.

7. Data Retention

We retain your account data for as long as your account remains active. If you delete your account we will remove your personal data within 30 days. Anonymised analytics data is retained for up to 26 months.

8. Third Party Services

courben.co uses third party services including analytics tools and secure hosting infrastructure. We do not integrate third party advertising networks, social media tracking pixels, or data brokers into our platform.

9. Data Breaches

In the event of a personal data breach that poses a risk to your rights and freedoms, courben.co will notify the Information Commissioner’s Office within 72 hours as required by UK GDPR. Where a breach is likely to result in high risk to affected individuals we will also notify those individuals directly.

10. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

Under UK GDPR you have the following rights:

• The right to access the personal data we hold about you
• The right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• The right to request deletion of your data
• The right to restrict or object to processing of your data
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• The right to lodge a complaint with the ICO at ico.org.uk or by calling 0303 123 1113

11. Children’s Privacy

courben.co is intended for users aged 13 and over. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13.

12. Security

courben.co implements appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration, or misuse.

13. Contact and Data Controller

courben.co is the data controller for personal data collected through this platform. For any questions please contact us at the email address listed on our contact page.