Privacy Policy

B2BC News Lens is developed and provided by Andrei Imshenetskii as an independent operator of a digital service.

For the purposes of personal data protection legislation, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the General Data Protection Regulation, "GDPR"), the person determining the purposes and means of processing personal data is:

Andrei Imshenetskii, Email: andrei@b2bc.ai, Website: b2bc.ai

For any questions regarding the processing of personal data, you may contact us at the email address above. Requests are handled within the time limits set by applicable law, normally within 30 days.

We collect the minimum amount of data necessary to operate the website, communicate with prospective clients, and provide the service.

When you contact us by email, on Telegram, through website forms, or by any other means, we may receive: your first name, last name, or public handle, if provided; your email address; your Telegram username or another contact identifier; the content of correspondence; files, links, and other materials you voluntarily send to us; information about the channel, newsroom, company, organisation, or project you represent; topics, sources, news selection criteria, and other information necessary to prepare a demonstration, pilot, or commercial proposal.

When you visit b2bc.ai and related domains, certain technical data may be processed automatically, including: IP address; date and time of access; pages viewed; referring URL; browser type and version; operating system; technical device parameters; web server log data.

This data is used to operate the website, diagnose errors, protect against abuse, prevent attacks, and perform basic traffic analytics.

If you become a client or take part in a pilot launch, we may process data necessary to configure and provide the service, including: lists of news sources; topics and search queries; editorial selection criteria; editorial lens configurations; results of news content processing; result delivery settings; technical integration data.

Such data is used solely to provide the service, prepare demonstrations, run pilots, configure the pipeline, and fulfil arrangements with the client.

If personal data is processed within a client project and the client independently determines the purposes and means of such processing, the client acts as the data controller, and B2BC News Lens acts as a data processor. In such cases, the processing terms may be governed by a separate Data Processing Agreement ("DPA").

We do not collect: payment card details, bank account numbers, or full payment credentials of users; biometric data; health data; data on religious beliefs; data on political views as a standalone category of user profiling; other special categories of personal data under Article 9 GDPR, unless such data has been explicitly and voluntarily provided by the user as part of submitted materials.

Payments, where used, are processed by third-party payment providers. Such providers operate under their own privacy policies.

We do not sell personal data and do not use advertising cookies from third-party advertising networks.

We use personal data for the following purposes:

• Responding to inquiries: email, Telegram username, name, correspondence content — pre-contractual steps or legitimate interest

• Preparing a demonstration or pilot: contact data, topics, sources, selection criteria — pre-contractual steps

• Providing the service to clients: configurations, sources, topics, delivery settings — performance of a contract

• Running the website: technical data, server logs — legitimate interest

• Protecting the website and infrastructure: IP address, logs, technical events — legitimate interest

• Diagnosing errors: technical data, logs, error messages — legitimate interest

• Maintaining invoices, documents, and tax records: counterparty data, invoices, payment information — legal obligation

• Marketing communication: email, name, communication history — consent or legitimate interest, where applicable

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time by writing to andrei@b2bc.ai.

We do not sell personal data.

Data may be shared only to the extent necessary to operate the website, provide the service, communicate with users, and comply with the law.

Categories of recipients: hosting and server infrastructure providers; email infrastructure providers; cloud service providers; LLM/API service providers, where used for text processing within the pipeline; payment providers, where paid services are arranged; contractors and technical specialists involved in supporting the service; public authorities, where disclosure is required by law or a valid legal request.

An up-to-date list of material providers and sub-processors may be provided on request at andrei@b2bc.ai.

B2BC News Lens may use third-party LLM/API services for text processing, ranking, classification, summarisation, and other pipeline stages.

The following data may be transmitted to such services: texts of news materials; topics and selection criteria; editorial instructions; processing settings; technical context necessary to perform the specific operation.

We do not transmit more data to LLM services than is necessary for the specific operation.

If a client project requires restrictions on the use of specific LLM/API providers, such restrictions must be agreed separately in a contract, statement of work, or DPA.

Some infrastructure, cloud, email, LLM/API, and payment service providers may be located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or Switzerland.

In such cases, data transfers are carried out on the basis of applicable legal mechanisms, including: Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission (SCCs); adequacy decisions; contractual and technical data protection measures; other mechanisms permitted by applicable law.

We retain personal data no longer than necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

Indicative retention periods:

• Correspondence with prospective clients: up to 24 months from the last contact

• Demonstration and pilot data: up to 12 months after the pilot ends, unless otherwise agreed

• Client data under an active contract: for the term of the contract plus up to 3 years

• Web server logs: up to 90 days

• Security data and technical events: up to 12 months

• Accounting and tax documents: for the period required by applicable law

• Marketing contacts: until consent is withdrawn or communication is opted out of

After the applicable retention period expires, data is deleted, anonymised, or archived where further storage is required by law, the protection of rights, or dispute resolution.

Where GDPR or comparable data protection legislation applies to the processing of your data, you may have the following rights:

• the right to access your data;

• the right to rectify inaccurate data;

• the right to erasure;

• the right to restrict processing;

• the right to data portability;

• the right to object to processing;

• the right to withdraw consent;

• the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;

• the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

To exercise your rights, send a request to andrei@b2bc.ai.

We may request additional information where this is necessary to verify the identity of the requester or to clarify the request.

Depending on your country or region of residence, you may have additional rights in relation to personal data.

Where specific data protection legislation applies to the processing of your data, we will review your request in accordance with the applicable requirements.

Requests can be sent to: andrei@b2bc.ai.

The b2bc.ai website may use technical cookies and similar technologies necessary for the website to function, for example: storing language preferences; maintaining a user session, where such functionality is in use; protection against abuse; correct operation of the interface.

We do not use advertising cookies from third-party advertising networks.

If web analytics are added in the future, a cookie banner or other consent mechanism will be put in place where required by applicable law.

We apply reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect data, including: HTTPS connection encryption; restricted access to data; the use of secure server infrastructure; access control for administrative and technical systems; regular software updates; monitoring of technical errors and security events; limiting contractor access to the data strictly necessary.

In the event of a security incident that creates a risk to the rights and freedoms of data subjects, we will take the measures required by applicable law, including notifying the competent supervisory authority and the affected individuals where such notification is required by law.

B2BC News Lens is not intended for persons under the age of 16.

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we become aware that such data has been received without a proper legal basis, it will be deleted.

The website and the service may contain links to third-party websites, services, publications, payment systems, messengers, or platforms.

We do not control the privacy policies or data processing practices of such third-party services. When you follow a link to a third-party site, data processing is governed by the privacy policy of the relevant service.

We may update this Privacy Policy as the website, service, infrastructure, legal requirements, or business model evolve.

The current version is published on b2bc.ai. The date of the most recent update is indicated at the top of this document.

Material changes may, in addition, be communicated to clients by email or through the service interface.

For questions regarding the processing of personal data, the exercise of user rights, or any additional information, please contact us by email: andrei@b2bc.ai

Website: b2bc.ai