Privacy Policy
Last updated August 6, 2026
This Privacy Notice for Jay Swinglehurst (doing business as ReleaseBase) ("we", "us", or "our"), describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your personal information when you use our services ("Services"), including when you:
- Visit our website at releasebase.io or any website of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
- Engage with us in other related ways, including any marketing or events
Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at privacy@releasebase.io.
Summary of Key Points
What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us.
Do we process any sensitive personal information? We do not process sensitive personal information.
Do we collect any information from third parties? We may collect information from public databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and other outside sources.
How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law.
In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties.
How do we keep your information safe? We have adequate organisational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information.
What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.
How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way is by contacting us at privacy@releasebase.io.
Table of Contents
- What Information Do We Collect?
- How Do We Process Your Information?
- What Legal Bases Do We Rely On to Process Your Information?
- When and With Whom Do We Share Your Personal Information?
- Do We Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?
- Do We Offer Artificial Intelligence-Based Products?
- How Do We Handle Your Social Logins?
- Is Your Information Transferred Internationally?
- How Long Do We Keep Your Information?
- How Do We Keep Your Information Safe?
- Do We Collect Information From Minors?
- What Are Your Privacy Rights?
- Controls for Do-Not-Track Features
- Do United States Residents Have Specific Privacy Rights?
- Do We Make Updates to This Notice?
- How Can You Contact Us About This Notice?
- How Can You Review, Update, or Delete the Data We Collect From You?
1. What Information Do We Collect?
Personal information you disclose to us
In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.
Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect may include:
- name
- email address
- GitHub username and profile picture (via GitHub OAuth)
- Git commit metadata from repositories you connect (commit messages, authors, timestamps) — used solely to generate release notes
We do not collect or store passwords directly — authentication is handled via GitHub OAuth and Supabase Auth.
Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.
Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you choose to make purchases, such as your payment instrument number and security code. All payment data is handled and stored by Stripe. You may find their privacy notice at stripe.com/privacy.
Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details.
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
Information automatically collected
In Short: Some information — such as your IP address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.
We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services, including your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, and other technical information.
The information we collect includes:
- Log and Usage Data. Service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information.
- Device Data. Information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device.
- Location Data. Information about your device's location.
Google API
Our use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
Information collected from other sources
In Short: We may collect limited data from public databases, marketing partners, social media platforms, and other outside sources.
2. How Do We Process Your Information?
In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law.
- To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts.
- To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user.
- To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users.
- To send administrative information to you.
- To fulfil and manage your orders.
- To enable user-to-user communications.
- To save or protect an individual's vital interest.
3. What Legal Bases Do We Rely On to Process Your Information?
If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you.
The GDPR and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on:
- Consent.
- Performance of a Contract.
- Legal Obligations.
- Vital Interests.
If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you. In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable Canadian law to process your information without your consent (e.g. investigations, fraud prevention, business transactions, legal compliance).
4. When and With Whom Do We Share Your Personal Information?
Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf.
The third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:
- AI Service Providers: Google Cloud AI
- Allow Users to Connect to Their Third-Party Accounts: Google account and GitHub account
- Cloud Computing Services: Supabase
- Communicate and Chat with Users: Resend
- Content Optimisation: Google Fonts
- Invoice and Billing: Stripe
- User Account Registration and Authentication: Google OAuth 2.0, GitHub OAuth and Supabase Auth
- Website Hosting: Vercel
We also may need to share your personal information in the following situations:
- Business Transfers.
- Other Users (if you interact with other users/post content publicly).
5. Do We Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?
In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.
We currently use only strictly necessary cookies (such as an authentication session cookie) to keep you signed in and to maintain the security of our Services. We do not use cookies for analytics, advertising, or tracking purposes at this time. If this changes in the future, we will update this notice accordingly.
6. Do We Offer Artificial Intelligence-Based Products?
In Short: We offer products, features, or tools powered by artificial intelligence, machine learning, or similar technologies.
We provide the AI Products through third-party service providers ("AI Service Providers"), including Google Cloud AI.
Our AI Products are designed for the following functions:
- Natural language processing
- AI automation
7. How Do We Handle Your Social Logins?
In Short: If you choose to register or log in to our Services using a social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.
8. Is Your Information Transferred Internationally?
In Short: We may transfer, store, and process your information in countries other than your own.
Our servers are located in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and United States. Regardless of your location, your information may be transferred to, stored by, and processed by us and third parties, including facilities in the United States, Singapore, and other countries.
European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses: We have implemented measures to protect your personal information, including using the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of personal information. Our Standard Contractual Clauses can be provided upon request.
9. How Long Do We Keep Your Information?
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice unless otherwise required by law.
No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us.
10. How Do We Keep Your Information Safe?
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organisational and technical security measures.
11. Do We Collect Information From Minors?
In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.
12. What Are Your Privacy Rights?
In some regions (like the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws, including rights to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, data portability, and not be subject to automated decision-making.
If you are located in the EEA or UK and believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you have the right to complain to your Member State data protection authority or the UK ICO.
Withdrawing your consent — you can withdraw consent at any time by contacting us.
Opting out of marketing communications — you can unsubscribe at any time.
Account Information — you can review, change, or delete your account information at any time by logging in to your account settings within the app.
Questions: privacy@releasebase.io
13. Controls for Do-Not-Track Features
We do not currently respond to DNT browser signals.
14. Do United States Residents Have Specific Privacy Rights?
In Short: If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, and obtain a copy of personal information.
Categories of Personal Information We Collected (past 12 months)
| Category | Examples | Collected |
|---|---|---|
| A. Identifiers | Real name, alias, postal address, phone, unique/online identifier, IP, email, account name | YES |
| B. CA Customer Records personal info | Name and email address only. We do not collect education, employment, or financial account information — payment details are collected and stored solely by our payment processor, Stripe. | YES |
| C. Protected classification characteristics | Gender, age, DOB, race, national origin, marital status | NO |
| D. Commercial information | Subscription plan and status only (e.g. active/cancelled, tier). We do not collect or store payment instrument details, card numbers, or financial account information — held solely by Stripe. | YES |
| E. Biometric information | Fingerprints, voiceprints | NO |
| F. Internet/network activity | Browsing/search history, online behaviour, interactions | NO |
| G. Geolocation data | Device location | NO |
| H. Audio/electronic/sensory info | Images, audio/video/call recordings | NO |
| I. Professional/employment info | Business contact details, job title, work history | NO |
| J. Education Information | Student records, directory information | NO |
| K. Inferences | Profile/summary of preferences and characteristics | NO |
| L. Sensitive personal information | — | NO |
We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed:
- Category A - As long as the user has an account with us
- Category B - As long as the user has an account with us
- Category D - As long as the user has an account with us
Will your information be shared with anyone else? We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract.
We have disclosed the following categories of personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months: Category A. Identifiers.
Your Rights
- Right to know whether we are processing your personal data
- Right to access your personal data
- Right to correct inaccuracies
- Right to request deletion
- Right to obtain a copy of data previously shared
- Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights
- Right to opt out of targeted advertising, sale, or profiling
How to Exercise Your Rights
Contact us at privacy@releasebase.io, or by visiting releasebase.io/contact, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.
California "Shine The Light" Law
California residents can request, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes.
15. Do We Make Updates to This Notice?
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
16. How Can You Contact Us About This Notice?
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at privacy@releasebase.io.
17. How Can You Review, Update, or Delete the Data We Collect From You?
You may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, correct inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. To request this, please visit: releasebase.io/contact.