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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 1 March 2025

1. Who we are

RivalCheck ("we", "us", "our") provides a competitive intelligence platform that monitors publicly available competitor websites and delivers AI-powered analysis to your team. This policy explains how we handle your personal data when you use our service or visit our website.

2. Data we collect

Account information

When you create an account we collect your name, email address, and password (stored as a cryptographic hash). If you join an organisation, we also store your role and membership details.

Billing information

Payments are processed by Stripe. We do not store your full card number, CVC, or bank details. Stripe provides us with a token, card brand, last four digits, and expiry date for display purposes. See Stripe's privacy policy for how they handle payment data.

Competitor monitoring data

We capture screenshots and HTML snapshots of the publicly available web pages you ask us to monitor. This data belongs to your organisation and is used solely to provide the service. We do not scrape private, authenticated, or paywalled content.

Usage data

We collect standard server logs (IP address, browser type, pages visited, timestamps) to maintain and improve the service. We may use analytics tools to understand aggregate usage patterns.

3. How we use your data

  • To provide and operate the RivalCheck service
  • To process payments and manage your subscription
  • To send service-related emails (change alerts, digests, account notifications)
  • To provide customer support
  • To detect and prevent fraud or abuse
  • To improve the service based on aggregate usage patterns

We do not sell your personal data. We do not use your data for advertising.

4. AI processing

RivalCheck uses third-party AI services (including Anthropic and OpenAI) to analyse competitor website changes and generate strategic summaries. The content sent to these providers consists of publicly available web page text and screenshots from competitor sites you have chosen to monitor — not your personal data. Our AI providers process this data under their respective data processing agreements and do not use it to train their models.

5. Data sharing

We share data only with service providers who help us operate RivalCheck:

  • Stripe — payment processing
  • Anthropic & OpenAI — AI analysis of competitor content
  • ScreenshotOne — capturing web page screenshots
  • Email delivery provider — sending transactional emails
  • Hosting provider — infrastructure and data storage

We require all processors to handle your data in accordance with this policy and applicable data protection law. We do not share your data with other third parties except where required by law.

6. Data retention

We retain your account data for as long as your account is active. Competitor snapshots are retained according to your plan's history limits. When you delete your account, we remove your personal data within 30 days, except where we are required to retain it for legal or compliance purposes.

7. Security

We protect your data using encryption in transit (TLS) and at rest, secure password hashing, and access controls. While no system is perfectly secure, we take reasonable measures appropriate to the sensitivity of the data we process.

8. Your rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you
  • Correct inaccurate data
  • Delete your account and personal data
  • Export your data in a portable format
  • Object to or restrict certain processing

You can export your data and delete your account from your account settings. For other requests, contact us at the address below.

9. Cookies

We use essential cookies to maintain your session and remember your preferences. We do not use third-party advertising or tracking cookies.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by email or through the service. Continued use of RivalCheck after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact

If you have questions about this policy or how we handle your data, email us at privacy@rivalcheck.com.