ICTboard

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 1 July 2026

ICTboard (ictboard.eu) provides intelligence for European digitisation professionals — AI-curated news for ICT advisors and researchers in the EU. This policy explains how we process personal data when you use our website, newsletter, or Premium subscription.

We do not build advertising profiles, sell personal data, or use visitor or subscriber data to make automated decisions about you.

1. Data controller

ICTboard is operated by FRISSE BRONNEN (frissebronnen.nl).

Privacy contact: privacy@ictboard.eu

2. What we collect

When you browse the dashboard (without subscribing):

• We do not require an account.
• Standard server logs (IP address, browser type, pages requested, timestamp) may be stored briefly for security and operations.
• Plausible Analytics — aggregated, cookieless usage statistics (pages viewed, referrers, device type, country). No advertising profiles and no cross-site tracking. See section 5.
• We do not use advertising or social tracking pixels.

When you subscribe to the newsletter:

• Email address
• Your selected preferences: goal(s), optional topic, and bundled delivery (Week + Month on separate days; Quarter with Premium)
• Confirmation and unsubscribe tokens (technical identifiers)
• Date of subscription and, where applicable, date of last newsletter sent

When you subscribe to Premium or join the waitlist:

• Work email address
• Optional company name
• Selected plan and strategic goals
• For Premium checkout: payment status and a Mollie payment reference (we do not store card or bank details)
• Access and order tokens to unlock Quarter view and board reports
• Subscription dates (payment, expiry)
• Waitlist notes, if you provide them

When you give optional feedback:

• Story usefulness votes (article, goal, thumbs up/down) — no account required
• Optional email, only if you choose to include it in a suggestion form

3. Why we use your data (legal basis)

• Newsletter delivery — performance of a service you requested, based on your consent after double opt-in (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).
• Security & uptime — legitimate interest in operating a reliable service (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).
• Website analytics — legitimate interest in understanding aggregate traffic to improve the product (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)). Plausible does not use cookies for this purpose.
• Premium access & payment — performance of a contract you requested (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b)).
• Premium waitlist — your consent when you register interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).
• Product feedback — legitimate interest in improving editorial quality (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)). Feedback does not change article rankings automatically.
• Email engagement (opens/clicks) — legitimate interest in measuring newsletter quality, disclosed in this policy (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).

4. AI-generated content & sources

Article titles and summaries on ICTboard are generated with AI from publicly available RSS feeds and linked to the original publishers. We do not claim ownership of source material. Summaries may contain inaccuracies; always refer to the original article. We do not use your personal data to train article-ranking models. Internal operations may use separate AI-assisted reports for the publisher only (not for automated decisions about you).

5. Processors & third parties

• Brevo (Sendinblue) — email delivery and subscription management. Brevo may record opens and link clicks in aggregated form to measure engagement. Data may be processed in the EU. See Brevo’s privacy policy.
• Plausible Analytics — privacy-friendly website statistics (EU-based, no cookies, no personal data sold). See Plausible’s privacy policy and data policy.
• Hetzner — hosting of our server infrastructure in the EU.
• Mollie — payment processing for Premium subscriptions (iDEAL, card, and other EU methods). Mollie processes payment data according to its own privacy policy. See Mollie’s privacy policy.
• Original publishers — when you click “Read full article”, you leave ICTboard and their policies apply.

6. Retention

• Newsletter data is kept while you remain subscribed.
• After unsubscribe, your email and preferences are removed or anonymised within 30 days.
• Premium subscription records are kept while your access is active and for up to 7 years thereafter for tax and accounting obligations, then deleted or anonymised.
• Waitlist entries are removed within 30 days after you are onboarded, decline, or ask us to delete them.
• Anonymous story feedback is retained for product improvement; entries with an optional email follow the same 30-day deletion window on request.
• Article archive (non-personal): active stories retained up to 365 days, then deactivated.
• Server logs are retained for up to 90 days unless needed longer for security incidents.

7. Your rights (EEA / UK)

You may request:

• Access to your personal data
• Correction or deletion
• Withdrawal of consent (unsubscribe link in every email, or email us)
• Restriction or objection where applicable
• Data portability for data you provided

Contact privacy@ictboard.eu. You may also lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority (in the Netherlands: Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens).

8. Cookies & browser storage

ICTboard uses Plausible Analytics in its default, cookieless configuration. Plausible does not place analytics cookies or use local storage for tracking. We do not show a cookie consent banner for this limited statistics collection because no non-essential cookies are set for analytics.

Premium access: after payment we email you a personal access link. Your browser may store the access token in local storage so Quarter view and reports stay unlocked — this is functional storage for your subscription, not advertising or cross-site tracking. You can clear it anytime via browser settings; use the link in your email to restore access.

If we change analytics tools or enable features that use cookies, we will update this policy and ask for consent where required by law.

9. International transfers

We aim to process data within the European Economic Area. If a processor transfers data outside the EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards (such as Standard Contractual Clauses) are in place.

10. Children

ICTboard is intended for business and professional readers. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 16.

11. Changes

We may update this policy. Material changes will be reflected on this page with a new “Last updated” date. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance where permitted by law.