Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

The Good Tip (“we”, “us”) operates the landing page at thegoodtip.com, the WebApp at app.thegoodtip.com, and the forthcoming The Good Tip mobile application.

This page describes the data we handle through the landing page. The WebApp and the mobile application have their own, more detailed privacy policy, which is shown to you inside the app when you create an account.

The data controller responsible for your personal data is The Good Tip SRL/BV, registered at Avenue des Erables 22, 1640 Rhode-Saint-Genèse, Belgium, company number BE1032830957. You can reach us at any time at info@thegoodtip.com.

This policy is governed by Belgian law. Our lead supervisory authority is the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Autorité de protection des données / Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit).

2. What we collect, and why

Information you give us

When you request an invitation through the form on our website, we collect your name, your email address, the city you are based in, the circles you belong to — a school, club, alumni network, company or similar — and how you heard about us. All of these fields are required. Because membership is invitation-only, we need enough context to recognise who is asking before we can consider a request.

We use this only to review your request, to reply to you about it, and — if your request is accepted — to send you your invitation and let you know when the app launches. We do not add you to any unrelated mailing list, and we do not sell, rent or trade your details.

Information collected automatically

Our hosting provider records standard server logs when you visit — your IP address, browser type, the pages requested and the time of the request. These are used to keep the site running and secure, and are retained for a short period by the host.

3. Legal basis for processing

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) we rely on:

• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) — when you voluntarily submit the invite request form.
• Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) — to keep the website secure and functioning, and to assess invite requests. We have weighed these against your rights and consider the impact minimal.

4. How long we keep it

If your invite request is accepted, we keep your details for as long as you are a member, and for 12 months afterwards. If it is declined or you do not take up the invitation, we delete your details within 12 months. You can ask us to delete them sooner at any point.

5. Who else sees your data

We keep the list of third parties deliberately short. Today it is:

• Netlify — hosts the website and processes the invite request form. Netlify acts as our data processor.
• Google Fonts — our typefaces are served from Google's font CDN, which means your IP address is visible to Google when the page loads. If you would prefer this not to happen, the fonts can be self-hosted; write to us and we will tell you where that stands.
• Microsoft 365 (Microsoft) — hosts our info@thegoodtip.com mailbox, which receives and stores the invite notifications we send ourselves and any correspondence you have with us.

We do not use advertising networks, and there are no third-party trackers or advertising pixels on this website.

6. Cookies and analytics

This website sets no cookies of its own and runs no advertising trackers. If we add website analytics in future, we will either use a privacy-preserving, cookieless tool, or ask for your consent through a banner before any tracking cookie is set — and we will update this policy before doing so.

7. International transfers

Some of our providers are based outside the European Economic Area. Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, it is protected by the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses or an equivalent safeguard recognised under Chapter V of the GDPR.

8. Your rights

Wherever you live, if we hold your data you can ask us to:

• Access it — get a copy of what we hold about you.
• Correct it — fix anything inaccurate or incomplete.
• Erase it — delete it entirely (the “right to be forgotten”).
• Restrict or object to how we use it.
• Port it — receive it in a machine-readable format.
• Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting anything done before you withdrew it.

Email info@thegoodtip.com and we will respond within one month, free of charge.

If you are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to complain to your national data protection authority — in Belgium the Autorité de protection des données, in Spain the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, and in Switzerland the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

9. Children

The Good Tip is not intended for anyone under 16, and we do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has submitted details to us, contact us and we will delete them.

10. Security

The site is served over HTTPS, form submissions are transmitted encrypted, and access to invite requests is limited to the people who need to review them. No system is perfectly secure, but we take the protection of your details seriously and will tell you and the relevant authority without undue delay if a breach affects you.

11. Changes to this policy

If we change how we handle your data we will update this page and change the date at the top. Material changes will be communicated to members directly.

12. Contact

Questions, requests or complaints about privacy: info@thegoodtip.com.

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