Privacy Policy

Many Futures is a personalised strategic briefing service. We take your privacy seriously and are committed to being transparent about what we collect and why. This policy explains how we handle your data.

Who we are

Many Futures is operated by Tiernan Haugh, trading as Many Futures.

• Address: 8 Dale Close, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, A94PW68, Ireland
• Email: privacy@manyfutures.ai (data requests) / hello@manyfutures.ai (general)
• Phone: +353 87 473 6907

We are the data controller for the personal data described in this policy. Our supervisory authority is the Irish Data Protection Commission.

What we collect and why

We only collect data that is necessary to deliver the service or improve it. Here is what we collect and the legal basis for each:

Legitimate interests detail: We use product analytics to understand usage patterns and improve the service. We have assessed that this processing is necessary for our legitimate interests and does not override your rights. You can object to this processing at any time by contacting us.

How we use AI

Many Futures uses AI language models to generate your briefings. Your profile context (e.g. name, job title, company, and interests) is sent to our AI provider to create briefings personalised to you.

This is integral to delivering the service — personalised briefings are the product. Without your context, we cannot generate relevant content for you.

What this is not: The AI generates informational content based on your profile. It does not make decisions about you or produce outputs that have legal or similarly significant effects on you. This does not constitute automated decision-making under GDPR Article 22.

Our current AI provider is Anthropic, whose API terms prohibit using your data to train their models. The specific provider may change over time — we will maintain equivalent data protection standards and update this policy accordingly. Future providers may have different training policies, which we will disclose with notice.

Who we share data with

We use third-party services to operate Many Futures. Here is who processes your data and why:

* Currently Anthropic. The AI provider may change with notice. We will update this table and notify you of any changes.

Payments: Paddle.com processes your payment data as an independent data controller — not as our sub-processor. Their own privacy policy governs how they handle your payment information.

Google sign-in

We use Google OAuth for authentication. When you sign in with Google, we receive only your name and email address. We do not receive or store your Google password. This data is used solely for account creation and management. We do not sell data obtained via Google APIs or use it for advertising.

International transfers

Some of our service providers are based in the United States. For these transfers, we rely on:

• EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) — approved by the European Commission for international data transfers
• EU-US Data Privacy Framework — where the provider is certified under the framework (adequacy decision adopted July 2023)

Our database (Supabase) and analytics (PostHog) are stored in EU regions (Frankfurt). Cross-border access for support or maintenance may occur under the same SCC/DPF safeguards described above.

How long we keep data

• Account and profile data: Retained while your account is active. After you delete your account, we remove your data within 30 days.
• Briefings and feed content: Retained while your account is active. Deleted when you delete your account.
• Analytics data: Anonymised and retained for up to 26 months.
• Payment records: Retained as required by Irish tax law (typically 6 years).

Your rights

Under GDPR, you have the following rights. To exercise any of them, email privacy@manyfutures.ai. We will respond within one month.

• Access (Article 15) — Request a copy of your personal data
• Rectification (Article 16) — Correct inaccurate data (you can also update your profile directly in Settings)
• Erasure (Article 17) — Request deletion of your data (you can also delete your account from Settings)
• Restriction (Article 18) — Request we limit how we process your data
• Portability (Article 20) — Receive your data in a portable format
• Object (Article 21) — Object to processing based on legitimate interests (including analytics). We will stop unless we have compelling grounds.
• Automated decisions (Article 22) — Not applicable as we do not make automated decisions with legal or significant effects
• Withdraw consent — Where we rely on consent (e.g. marketing), you can withdraw at any time

Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, please contact us first at privacy@manyfutures.ai and we will do our best to resolve the issue.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission:

• Address: 21 Fitzwilliam Square South, Dublin 2, D02 RD28, Ireland
• Email: info@dataprotection.ie
• Website: dataprotection.ie

Cookies and tracking

We use PostHog for product analytics, hosted in the EU. PostHog may set cookies to track usage patterns across sessions. These cookies are not strictly necessary for the service to function.

We are working to implement a consent mechanism for non-essential cookies. In the meantime, if you do not wish to be tracked, you can block cookies in your browser settings or contact us to opt out of analytics processing.

We do not use advertising trackers, sell your data, or share it with advertising networks.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. For material changes, we will notify you by email at least 30 days before they take effect. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.

Contact

For privacy-related questions or to exercise your data rights:

• Email: privacy@manyfutures.ai
• General enquiries: hello@manyfutures.ai
• Phone: +353 87 473 6907
• Address: 8 Dale Close, Stillorgan, Co Dublin, A94PW68, Ireland