Privacy policy
Last updated : July 17, 2026
Data controller
The data controller is Lotfi Berrahal (sole trader), reachable at contact@beakonhq.com.
Data collected
Account data: email address and password (stored hashed, never in clear text).
Usage data: audits started, sites analyzed, technical logs needed for operation and security.
Billing data: handled by our payment provider; we do not store your full payment-card details.
Purposes and legal bases
Providing the Service and performing the contract (GDPR art. 6.1.b).
Security, fraud prevention and compliance with our legal obligations (GDPR art. 6.1.c and 6.1.f).
Recipients and processors
Your data may be processed by processors acting on our behalf: OVH (hosting), Stripe (payments), Resend (email delivery) and Anthropic (the Claude AI model used for citation testing).
These providers are bound by confidentiality and compliance commitments.
Retention period
Account data is kept while the account is active, then deleted or anonymized within twelve (12) months after closure.
Billing data is kept for ten (10) years in accordance with statutory accounting obligations.
Transfers outside the European Union
Some processors (payments, email delivery, AI provider) may process data outside the European Union. Such transfers are covered by appropriate safeguards, in particular the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.
Your rights
Under the GDPR, you have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability of your data.
You can exercise these rights by contacting us at contact@beakonhq.com. You may also lodge a complaint with your data-protection authority (in France, the CNIL — www.cnil.fr).
Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures: hashed passwords, secure sessions, access control and encrypted transport (HTTPS).
Cookies
Cookie usage is detailed in the Cookie policy.