AlignedIn is a business network. Every connection on it is a person you have spoken to, and the data we hold exists to make those conversations happen. This notice says what we collect, why, where it lives and what you can do about it. It is written for UK GDPR and will be reviewed by counsel before launch; the operating company and its registered address will be stated here.
What we collect
- Account. Name, work email, role, company, profile photo and the areas of expertise you enter. If you sign in with Google, Microsoft or LinkedIn we receive your name, email and picture from that provider — nothing else.
- What you declare. Your intents, offerings, secret sauce, Need cards and the documents you attach to them. Attached documents stay private: we store the file, its hash and page count; nobody can open it unless you grant access, and every view is logged for you.
- Calls. Who requested whom, which slot, whether both sides showed up, the private notes you write, your ratings (private, shown only as an average) and the outcome you record. Video runs through our video provider for the duration of the call; recording is off unless both sides switch it on.
- Messages. Threads between people who have spoken. Messages cannot be edited or deleted, so there is an audit trail for disputes.
- Deals. The value, type and signatures of deals you log; commission invoices.
- Usage. Standard server logs, and our own first‑party page‑view record: a random visitor id in a cookie (
ai_vid, one year), the page, the site that sent you, the campaign tag if any, your country and city (from the request, never a precise location), phone or desktop, and your member id when signed in. We use it only to count visitors and see where they come from; it is never sold or shared, there is no third‑party tracking, and we honour the browser's Do Not Track setting.
Why we use it
To run the service you signed up for: matching you with people whose intent is the opposite of yours, booking and running calls, showing the trust signals on every badge (show‑up rate, calls taken, rating, domain verification), recording originality claims, and invoicing commission on deals both parties signed. To do that we also run automated steps: parsing a profile you upload into draft entries, checking a secret sauce against public sources, drafting a Need card from what you wrote and your company website, writing a prep note before a call and a private summary after it. Each of those shows you its result; none makes a decision about you without you seeing it.
Where it lives
Your data is stored in the European Union (database and files in Ireland) and the application runs in London. Some automated steps send the relevant text to our model provider for processing; the transcript of a call is never sent anywhere unless both sides turn recording on. The providers we use are listed below and are bound by data‑processing terms.
- Supabase (database, files, sign‑in) — Ireland.
- Vercel (application hosting) — London.
- LiveKit (video calls) — European region.
- Anthropic (automated drafting and checks described above).
- Resend (email notifications), Stripe (commission invoices).
Who sees what
Other members see your badge, your intents, your public offerings and secret sauce, and the signals on your badge. They never see your private notes, your ratings of others, your decline reasons, your hidden needs or the contents of your private documents. A stealth offering's substance opens per person only when you accept a call with them or invite them, and you can revoke it. Your originality record (date, hash, result) is public; the substance of a private secret sauce is not.
Your choices
- Edit your profile, intents, offerings and Need cards at any time; hide a need; revoke access to a document; sever a connection.
- Turn email notifications off on your account page.
- Ask us for a copy of your data, a correction, or deletion of your account. Deletion removes your profile and files; messages and deal records that another member relies on are kept in anonymised form where the law requires.
Retention
Account data for as long as you have an account. Private notes and call summaries until you delete them. Deal and invoice records for six years for tax purposes. Server logs for 30 days.
Contact
Questions about this notice: hello@alignedin.app. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office.