Your business data stays yours.
Data privacy is the number-one reason Kiwi small businesses hold back on AI, and it's a fair worry. Here's the plain-English version: how we handle your information, and how to use AI tools without giving away the farm.
The worry is the right instinct
Four in ten NZ businesses point to privacy and security as the thing holding them back from AI. That's not being behind the times, it's being careful with information customers trusted you with. The answer isn't to avoid AI. It's to know where the lines are, so you get the hours back without the risk.
There are really only two questions worth worrying about: what happens to the data you give us, and what happens to the data you put into the tools we recommend. Here's the straight answer to both.
How we handle your data
The check and the assessment are conversations, not logins. We designed it that way on purpose.
We don't need your systems
The free check and the Pro Assessment run on how your business works, not access to it. No logins, no exports, no customer records. Don't send us any, you don't need to.
Nothing sensitive in the check
The questions are about your workflows and where the hours go. There's no reason to type a client name, a password, or a bank detail, and nowhere that asks for one.
We don't resell anything
Not your data, not software, not your contact details. No commissions, no referral fees, no lists sold on. Independence isn't a slogan here, it's the business model.
NZ Privacy Act in mind
Every recommendation is made knowing you're accountable for customer information under the Privacy Act 2020, even when a tool is the one processing it. We flag what that means for each fix.
How to use AI without giving away the farm
Five rules that cover most of the risk. None of them require you to be technical.
Use the business plan, not the free tab
On the paid business tiers of the big tools, your inputs aren't used to train the model, and there's a setting to confirm it. The free public versions often reserve the right to learn from what you type. Same tool, very different deal.
Don't paste what you wouldn't email a stranger
Client records, contracts, passwords, anything covered by privacy law: keep it out of a public chatbot. If a job genuinely needs the AI to see sensitive data, that's a signal to use a tool built for it, not the free one.
Know where your data lives
Some tools keep your data in set regions and will sign a business agreement; some don't say. For anything touching customer information, that answer matters, and it's a question we answer for every tool we put in your plan.
Turn off history and training where it's offered
Most tools have a switch to stop saving your chats or using them to improve the product. It's usually one tick in settings. We tell you exactly where it is for the tools you'll actually use.
Keep a human on anything that matters
AI drafts; you decide. For quotes, client replies and anything that goes out under your name, a five-second read before it sends catches the rare mistake and keeps you in control.
The formal bits
The plain-English privacy summary. If you'd like the full detail, just ask.
What we collect
Only your answers to the check (about how your business runs), and your email if you get in touch. Standard website analytics too, so we know which pages help. Nothing sensitive, and nothing you didn't choose to send.
How long we keep it
Your check answers stay long enough to produce your report and improve the check, then they're cleared. Emails are kept while we're helping you and a reasonable time after. We don't build a profile on you.
Deleting your data
Email [email protected] and we'll delete what we hold about you. No forms, no friction, and we never sell or rent it to anyone.
Analytics & cookies
We use privacy-respecting website analytics to count visits and see which pages land. It isn't used to identify you personally, and we don't run advertising trackers.
Straight answers
Is it safe to use ChatGPT for my business?
It can be, if you set it up right. On a paid business plan with training turned off, your inputs aren't used to improve the model. The bigger risk is habit: pasting client details, contracts, or anything you wouldn't email a stranger into a free public chatbot. The fix is knowing which tool to use for which job, and we help you draw that line.
Does Even Odds need access to my systems or customer data?
No. The free check and the Pro Assessment run on a conversation about how your business works, not a login to your systems. We don't ask for customer records, and you should never send them to us. If a build later needs access, you grant it deliberately, to your own accounts, and you can revoke it.
Where does my data go when I use AI tools?
It depends on the tool and the plan. Some keep your data in specific regions and let you sign a business agreement; some free tiers reserve the right to use your inputs for training. Part of what an assessment does is tell you, for the specific tools we recommend, where your data sits and what you're agreeing to.
Do you resell my data or take commissions?
Never. We don't resell software, take referral fees, or pass your information to anyone. We make money one way: the Pro Assessment and optional build work. That independence is the whole point.
Careful is smart.
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