Hi everyone,

I hope you are enjoying the summer.

Today we have a quick note to share that we’ve launched a visual refresh of our GDPR / data protection page.

"Screenshot of the OpenCage GDPR page"

Specifically:

  • The page now has a table of contents for easier browsing.

  • We now explicitly list our third-party subprocessors in a table for easier scanning

  • We now explicitly list our data deletion schedule in a table for easier scanning

  • We now explicitly list the Technical & Organisational Measures (TOMs).

  • Clarified that geocoding queries are NEVER used for AI training.

  • As with all of our pages, it is now also available in Markdown format (via the “Copy Page” toggle at the top of the content, or appending .makrdownto the URL

  • The Change History of the page was getting a bit long (GDPR took effect more than seven years ago!) so it is now hidden behind a clickable toggle.

Just to be clear: there has been absolutely no change in our commitment to and practices around data protection generally and GDPR specifically. This is just a visual update to make the page a bit easier to browse. Just as before, we have no desire or ability to track our customers’ users, and geocoding API users can optionally specify no_record=1 in their API request, in which case we keep no record of their geocoding query.

We continuously roll out tweaks and improvements to improve the privacy and security of our users - for example the recent addition of key obfuscation - and welcome your suggestions of how we could do more.

Happy (private) geocoding,

Ed