Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Common Sense ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses and protects your personal information when you use our website at common-sense.cloud or our mobile application.

We are committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Irish data protection law.

1. Who We Are

Common Sense is operated from Ireland. If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your data, please contact us at privacy@common-sense.cloud.

2. What Information We Collect

We collect minimal personal data. Specifically:

Email address — only when you submit a message via our website. We use this solely to verify your submission and do not store it after verification.
Usage data — we may collect anonymous analytics data such as page views and general location (country level) to improve our service.
Cookies — we use cookies to remember your preferences. See our Cookie Policy for details.

3. How We Use Your Information

To verify message submissions via email
To improve our website and app
To display relevant advertisements (via Google AdSense/AdMob)

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Under GDPR, we process your data on the following legal bases:

Consent — for cookies and analytics
Legitimate interests — for providing and improving our service
Contract performance — for processing message submissions

5. Data Retention

Email addresses — deleted immediately after verification
Submitted messages — retained as part of our content database. Unverified or rejected messages are deleted periodically.
Analytics data — retained for up to 26 months in anonymous form

6. Third Party Services

We use the following third party services which may process your data:

Google AdSense/AdMob — for displaying advertisements. See Google's Privacy Policy
Resend — for sending verification emails. See Resend's Privacy Policy
Supabase — for database storage. See Supabase's Privacy Policy

7. Your Rights Under GDPR

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right of access — request a copy of data we hold about you
Right to rectification — request correction of inaccurate data
Right to erasure — request deletion of your data
Right to object — object to processing of your data
Right to data portability — receive your data in a portable format
Right to withdraw consent — withdraw consent at any time

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@common-sense.cloud. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission of Ireland.

8. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction.

9. Children's Privacy

Our service is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We will notify users of significant changes by updating the date at the top of this page.