Privacy Policy — AI for Service

1. Who We Are

AI for Service is operated by MC Tools (Michael Cardin). This policy explains what data we collect when you use aiforservice.directory, how we use it, and who we share it with.

2. Data We Collect

We collect data in the following ways:

Listing submissions: When you submit a tool, we collect your company email address, website URL, and information about your product.
Email subscriptions: If you sign up for our email list, we collect your email address and the source of your signup.
Payment data: Payments are processed by Lemon Squeezy, our Merchant of Record. We do not store your credit card or billing details. Lemon Squeezy shares your email address and transaction ID with us to fulfill your listing purchase.
Analytics: We use Google Analytics 4, which uses cookies and requires your consent before activating. GA4 collects standard web analytics data including approximate location, device type, browser, pages visited, and referral source. If you decline Google Analytics in our cookie banner, GA4 runs in Consent Mode v2 and only sends anonymized signals with no cookies set on your device.

3. How We Use Your Data

To process and publish your directory listing
To send transactional emails related to your submission or listing status
To send occasional updates if you subscribed to our email list
To improve the directory and understand how visitors use the site
To protect the site from automated abuse (bot detection, form spam)

4. Third-Party Processors

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

Supabase — database and infrastructure hosting
Lemon Squeezy — payment processing and Merchant of Record
Resend — transactional email delivery
Google Analytics 4 — web analytics (consent-gated, see Cookies section)
Vercel — site hosting and serverless infrastructure
Cloudflare — content delivery network, DNS, and security
Cloudflare Turnstile — bot detection on submission forms. We use Turnstile in Invisible mode, which runs a silent challenge in the background. See the Cloudflare Turnstile Privacy Addendum for details.

5. Cookies

We use the following types of cookies and storage:

Strictly necessary: A small amount of browser storage is used to remember your cookie consent choice. These cannot be disabled.
Analytics (Google Analytics 4): Sets cookies to measure how visitors use the site. Only activated if you click Accept in our cookie banner. If you Decline, GA4 runs in Consent Mode v2 — no cookies are set and only anonymized aggregate signals are sent.
Lemon Squeezy (checkout):Lemon Squeezy may set cookies during checkout to process your payment. Governed by Lemon Squeezy's own privacy policy.
Cloudflare:May set cookies for security and bot detection. Governed by Cloudflare's own privacy policy.

Change your cookie consent at any time by clicking "Manage Cookies" in the footer.

6. Data Retention

Submission data is retained as long as your listing is active. If you request removal of your listing and associated data, contact us and we will process the request within 30 days. Google Analytics 4 default retention is 2 months for event-level data.

7. Your Rights

You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data at any time by contacting us. If you are in the EU or UK, you have additional rights under GDPR including the right to object to processing, the right to data portability, and the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.

8. Contact

Privacy questions or data requests? Use our Contact page.