Privacy, plainly.

Last updated 9 September 2026
No advertising trackers, no analytics cookies, no fingerprinting. We keep the data we need to build your preview, run your website and take payment, and nothing more.

Who we are

The Brainer OÜ, Lahepea 9, 10617 Tallinn, Estonia. Registry code 14825632. Email domain@trythebrainer.com.

We are the data controller for this website, for the preview sites we build, and for our customer relationship with you. For the visitors of a website we host for a customer, the customer is the controller and we are the processor (see section 6).

1. This website (trythebrainer.com)

Our web server keeps standard technical logs (IP address, page requested, browser type, time) for security and troubleshooting. They are kept for 30 days and then deleted. The site sets no cookies. Fonts are served from our own server.

If you send us your web address through the form, we keep the address and your email to build the preview, send you the link and answer your questions. Legal basis: taking steps at your request before a contract (GDPR art. 6(1)(b)).

2. Preview sites (yourname.trythebrainer.com)

A preview is a rebuilt copy of a website that is already public. To build it we fetch the pages, images and text that the site shows to any visitor. We do not log into anything, and we do not collect data from behind passwords.

A preview is private in practice: it is not listed by search engines (every page carries a no-index instruction) and the link is only sent to the people who run the original site. The preview is deleted automatically 30 days after it was built unless it is purchased, and earlier if you ask. You can ask for deletion in the preview chat itself, or by email.

What we record while a preview is open:

Legal basis: our legitimate interest in showing a business what its website could be, and steps taken at your request before a contract. You can object at any time by asking for the preview to be removed.

3. How we found you

We build previews for businesses whose public website is slow, not built for phones or served without a security certificate. We identify them from publicly available web technology data and public business contact details (the website itself, its domain registration, public directories). We write to the business address, not to private individuals, and every email carries an unsubscribe link. If you are a sole trader and would rather not hear from us, one click or one reply is enough and we will not write again.

4. Customers

When you buy, we keep your admin email, your domain name, your invoices and the versions of your website. Payment is handled by Stripe; we never see or store your card number. Stripe acts as an independent controller for the payment itself.

We send service emails (switch-over steps, "you are live", renewal reminders, changes to these terms) to the admin email. These are part of the service and are not marketing.

Legal basis: performance of the contract, and our legal duty to keep accounting records (kept for seven years under Estonian accounting law).

5. Who helps us

ProviderWhat forWhere
DigitalOceanServers that build and host the websitesLondon, UK
AnthropicThe AI behind the chat and the editsUSA, EU standard contractual clauses; no training on your data
StripePayments, invoices, card storageEU/USA
Ziild (Charlie)Sending our emailsEU
Google PageSpeed InsightsMeasuring how fast a site is; only the public web address is sentUSA

We do not sell personal data and we do not share it with anyone else, unless the law requires it.

6. Visitors of the websites we host

When you visit a website we host for a customer, the customer decides what the site collects and is the data controller. On their behalf we keep server logs for 30 days, and we forward contact-form submissions to the customer's email. We keep a copy of form submissions for 30 days so nothing gets lost, then delete it. Hosted sites carry no tracking of ours. A data processing agreement forms part of our terms.

7. Your rights

You can ask what data we hold about you, have it corrected or deleted, get a copy of it, restrict how we use it, and object to processing based on legitimate interest. Email domain@trythebrainer.com and we answer within a month. You can also complain to a supervisory authority: in Estonia the Data Protection Inspectorate (aki.ee), and if you are in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).

8. Changes

If we change this page in a way that matters, we tell customers by email. The date at the top always shows the current version.