Last Updated: March 2024
This website is published by O'Brien Cloud Engineering Limited and written by JJ O'Brien and Tom O'Brien. You can reach us using our contact page.
We collect your personal information for the purposes of sending you our newsletter, to manage your membership on this website, and for support and troubleshooting. When you sign up for the newsletter you consent to this data collection. This data is:
- your name as provided to us
- your email address
- technical information pertaining to your web session
We also have some essential cookies which we set when you log in. These cookies are only used to persist your login to the site between your browsing sessions. We have chosen not to install third party analytics plugins on the website and don't use such analytics to track visits.
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We do however track whether you open and click links in emails and we rely on your consent for this.
Third party data processors
We proudly built this website using Ghost CMS and we host it on a Virtual Private Server on Digital Ocean in their data centre in Frankfurt, Germany. Digital Ocean also provides the Domain Name Services (DNS) for both this website and the requisite email records.
We use Mailgun to deliver both transactional emails (sign-up and sign-in) and our newsletter and we use their servers based in the EU.
We use Letterbird by Good Enough LLC for our contact form. Their servers are based in the US. We also use Calendly to allow you to book appointments with us. Their servers are also based in the US. In both those cases they have incorporated the newest Standard Contractual Clauses and the UK addendum as its legal transfer mechanism under GDPR and UK data privacy laws.
We ensure that data is only retained for as long as is required for the purpose for which it was initially collected and then deleted.
We may update this policy as needed to comply with additional regulations or to reflect changes to our practices. Whenever we make a significant change to our policies, we will refresh the date at the top of this page and take any other appropriate steps to notify users.
Your rights
You have the following rights under the GDPR:
The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request we complete personal data about you which you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact form.
Please note that where we rely on your consent to process your data, you may withdraw your consent any time by unsubscribing or asking us to delete your account. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions, concerns, or requests with regards to your data.
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner by contacting the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)