GDPR compliance
General information
This page provides information about how your use of a Beefree service relates to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR (GDPR – Official page, GDPR – Wikipedia page).
Some frequently asked questions are included at the bottom of the page. For more high-level information, you can check the Security and Compliance page.
Beefree is a service of Bee Content Design, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Bee Content Design, Inc. acts as a Data Controller under the GDPR (for more information about data controllers and data processors, please click here). Specifically, below please find a description of how your personally identifiable information is handled when our services are used.
Beefree service infrastructure
The entire Beefree system infrastructure is hosted on Amazon Web Services (Ireland region), using multiple instances propagated inside multiple availability zones. The service has been built to scale and support a high number of concurrent sessions. Security of the hosting facilities is managed directly by Amazon (see https://aws.amazon.com/security/).
Bee Content Design, Inc. – which provides the Beefree service – does not directly manage the AWS account, which is managed by its parent company. Specifically, Bee Content Design, Inc. is a business unit within Growens, which is publicly traded on the Italian stock exchange. Everything from internal security policies to the AWS account is managed directly by Growens. As an EU-based company, Growens is particularly committed to GDPR compliance.
Beefree's Starter Plan
How data is processed
When you use the Starter Plan by Beefree – the free version of our drag-and-drop email and landing page builder available at https://beefree.io – we process as Data Controller your email address and message content when you use the “Send a test” feature. Please note that said feature is only intended for you to test the effectiveness of the e-mail template you created and shall not be used to send a test email to a recipient who is not you.
All personal data is handled according to our Privacy Policy.
Beefree (other plans)
How data is processed
When you use Beefree – the email and landing page creation suite available at https://beefree.io/app – we process your name, your email address, your email message content, and your IP address. Additionally, we may also process additional users’ IP addresses and credentials to allow you collaborators to join your projects. Please note that the ‘Send a test’ feature is only intended for you to test the effectiveness of the e-mail template you created and shall not be used to send a test email to a recipient who is not you.
All personal data is handled according to our Privacy Policy.
Beefree SDK
How data is processed
When you use Beefree SDK – i.e. you embed our visual builders inside your software applications – we may access and process as Data Controller your end-users’ IP addresses when they use the Beefree editor’s features within your application to protect the security of our infrastructure. B
Bee Content Design, Inc. is also a Data Controller of your personal data as a Beefree SDK customer, and your information is handled according to our Privacy Policy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Beefree acting as Data Controller or Data Processor in the provision of its services?
In the provision of our services (Beefree Web Builder, Beefree, and Beefree SDK), we don’t process any of your personal data on your behalf. In fact, all data processed through the provision of our services are processed for our primary purposes and through our means and, therefore, according to the Guidelines 07/2020 on the concepts of controller and processor in the GDPR, we act as Data Controller, as explained in the previous sections of this page.
I’m already a Beefree customer: can I appoint Beefree as Data Processor?
No, because we act as Data Controller. Please see the answer to the question immediately above for details.
Where can I find your Privacy Policy?
You can find it on our website at https://beefree.io/privacy-policy/.
I’m interested in purchasing your services: where can I find the Terms of Use?
You can find the Terms of Use for each of our services here:
I’m a previous customer: how can I submit a data deletion request?
Please write an email to privacy@beefree.io. Our operators will handle your request.