Last updated 4 November 2026
Who we are
Really Remote (reallyremote.co) is run by Mo Issa, who is the data controller for the personal data described here. Contact: hello@reallyremote.co.
What we collect and why
| Data | Why | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Email address and sign-in details (if you create an account) | To run your account, saved jobs and alerts | Contract |
| Your chosen country | To show roles you can apply to | Contract / legitimate interest |
| Saved jobs, notes and alerts | To provide the job tracker and alerts | Contract |
| Newsletter email | To send the roles digest you asked for | Consent (withdraw any time) |
| Checker history, stored against a one-way hash of your network address (never the raw address) | Fair-use limits and caching results | Legitimate interest |
| Payment and subscription status for Pro | Billing, handled by our payment provider; we never see or store card numbers | Contract |
We do not use advertising, tracking pixels or third-party analytics, and we never sell or rent personal data.
Who processes it for us
- Hosting and database providers that run the website and store account data
- An AI provider that reads job listing text to screen it (no personal data is sent)
- Substack, if you subscribe to the newsletter there
- Our payment provider (Whop), which processes Pro payments
Some of these providers are outside the European Economic Area. Transfers are covered by Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent safeguards.
How long we keep it
- Account data: until you delete your account
- Newsletter emails: until you unsubscribe
- Checker history: up to 12 months
- Privacy requests: 2 years, to show we handled them
Your rights
Under the GDPR and similar laws you can access, correct, export or delete your data, object to or restrict how we use it, and withdraw consent. Signed-in users can download or delete everything from their account page. Anyone else can use the data request form or email hello@reallyremote.co. We reply within 30 days.
You can also complain to your local data protection authority.
Cookies
We only use essential cookies and browser storage. See the Cookie Policy.
Children
Really Remote is not intended for anyone under 16.
Changes
If we change this policy we'll update the date above, and email account holders about significant changes.