Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 16, 2026
1. Who we are
Energy Economics ("the Service") is operated by Simple Business Solutions ("we", "us", "our"). We act as the data controller for personal data processed in connection with the Service. You can contact us about this policy at the email address listed on our site.
2. Personal data we collect
- Account data: name, email address, hashed login credentials.
- Profile and content: items, notes, values, budgets, and other content you enter into the Service.
- Support communications: messages you send to our support team.
- Usage and telemetry: pages visited, features used, error logs, device and browser information, IP address.
- Integration data: tokens and metadata for third-party services you choose to connect (e.g. Todoist, Trello).
3. How we use personal data and our legal basis
- Provide the Service (performance of a contract): account creation, sign-in, syncing your data across devices, running integrations you enable.
- Support and communications (legitimate interests / contract): responding to inquiries, sending essential service emails.
- Security and fraud prevention (legitimate interests / legal obligation): protecting accounts, preventing abuse, maintaining logs.
- Product improvement (legitimate interests): aggregated analytics on feature usage and error rates.
- Marketing (consent, where required): occasional product updates you can unsubscribe from at any time.
4. How we share personal data
We share personal data only with the following categories of recipients:
- Service providers / subprocessors: hosting, database, email delivery, analytics, and customer support tooling that operate on our behalf.
- Merchant of Record (Paddle): Paddle.com Market Limited acts as our reseller and Merchant of Record for all purchases. Paddle processes your payment data, manages subscriptions, handles tax compliance, and issues invoices and refunds. See Paddle's privacy notice at paddle.com/legal/privacy.
- Integrations you enable: third-party services (such as Todoist or Trello) that you explicitly connect, limited to the data needed to operate that integration.
- Professional advisers: legal, accounting, and compliance advisers under confidentiality.
- Authorities: where required by law, court order, or to protect our rights.
5. International transfers
Where personal data is transferred outside your country of residence (including from the UK/EEA), we rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses or an adequacy decision.
6. Data retention
We keep personal data only as long as needed to provide the Service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. When data is no longer needed, we delete or anonymize it. You can request deletion of your account at any time.
7. Your rights
Subject to applicable law, you have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to processing of your personal data, to data portability, and to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. UK/EEA users also have the right to lodge a complaint with their local supervisory authority. We respond to verified requests within one month.
8. Security
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures, including encryption in transit, access controls, and least-privilege practices, to protect personal data. No system is perfectly secure, and you are responsible for safeguarding your account credentials.
9. Cookies
We use essential cookies required to operate the Service (e.g. authentication) and a limited set of analytics cookies to understand usage. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be communicated through the Service or by email.