This policy explains what personal data TechnBean collects when you use www.technbean.com, including our free tools, why we collect it, who we share it with and the choices you have. We have tried to keep it short and plain. Other services on technbean.com subdomains, such as villa.technbean.com, are separate websites with their own settings and are not covered by this policy.
In short
- Google Analytics only runs if you accept analytics cookies. Until then its script isn’t loaded at all.
- We don’t use advertising cookies, and we don’t sell personal data.
- The Smart Bill Splitter reads receipts in your browser. Receipt images, item names, people’s names and amounts are never sent to us or to anyone else.
- If you contact us, we use your details only to reply and to work with you.
Who we are
TechnBean is a digital product studio based in Amman, Jordan, founded by Mohammad Alsouqi. For this website, TechnBean decides how and why personal data is used (the “controller”).
Contact for privacy questions or requests:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone or WhatsApp: +962 79 625 8965
What we collect and why
When you visit the site
Like any website, our servers receive technical information when your browser requests a page: your IP address, browser and device type, the page requested, the referring page and the time. Our hosting provider processes this to deliver the site and protect it from abuse. We don’t use it to identify you.
Our fonts, scripts and the bill splitter’s text-recognition files are all served from our own site. Apart from our hosting provider, your browser doesn’t contact Google or any other outside service while you browse, unless you accept analytics or follow a link to another site.
Google Analytics (only with your consent)
If you accept analytics cookies, we use Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-610VD2JHR3) to understand how the site is used, for example which pages are visited, how people find us, and how many people start, complete or share a calculation in our tools. Google Analytics collects:
- pages viewed, time on page and the website or search that sent you;
- device, browser, operating system, screen size and language;
- approximate location (country and city), which Google derives from your connection;
- a random identifier stored in a cookie, so repeat visits can be counted;
- events we define, such as tool started, receipt scanned, split calculated, results shared or contact link clicked, with only codes and counts attached (for example the split method, the number of people or items, or whether a scan succeeded).
We never send receipt contents, item or people names, amounts, file names, email addresses, phone numbers or anything you type to Google Analytics. Our site removes any other detail before an event is sent.
We have turned off Google signals and ad personalisation, and analytics data is not linked to any advertising product. Google says that Google Analytics 4 does not log or store IP addresses. Analytics data is kept for 14 months from your last visit and then deleted automatically.
If you don’t accept, or you reject analytics later, Google Analytics is not loaded and nothing is sent to it.
When you contact us
Contact form. The project form on our homepage asks for your name and work email, and optionally your company, phone or WhatsApp number, the services you’re interested in, budget, timing and a message. When you send it, the form service FormSubmit (formsubmit.co) delivers it to our email inbox, which is provided by Google (Gmail). We use these details only to reply to you and to discuss and deliver any work you ask us for.
Email, phone and WhatsApp. If you email, call or message us, we receive your contact details and whatever you send. WhatsApp is run by Meta, which handles your messages under its own terms and privacy policy.
Smart Bill Splitter and other free tools
Our tools work without an account. In the Smart Bill Splitter:
- Receipt photos and PDFs are read on your device, using text recognition (Tesseract.js) and PDF reading (PDF.js) that run in your browser. The recognition files are downloaded from our own site and kept in your browser’s storage, so they don’t have to be downloaded again.
- The receipt image, the text read from it, item names, people’s names and amounts are never uploaded to us or to any other service, and we don’t store them. They’re gone when you close or reload the page.
- If you copy the results or share them on WhatsApp, the text you share goes where you choose to send it.
- If you have accepted analytics, the tool sends anonymous events such as “receipt scanned” or “split calculated” with counts only, as described above.
Cookies and similar storage
Cookies are small files that a website stores in your browser. We use only the ones below. Analytics cookies are set only after you accept them.
| Name | Purpose | Type | Kept for |
|---|---|---|---|
tb_consent (browser storage) | Remembers your cookie choice | Strictly necessary | 12 months, then we ask again |
__cf_bm | Set by our hosting network (Cloudflare) to tell people from bots and protect the site | Strictly necessary | 30 minutes |
tb_ga | Google Analytics: tells visits from the same browser apart | Analytics, only with consent | 2 years |
tb_ga_610VD2JHR3 | Google Analytics: keeps track of the current visit | Analytics, only with consent | 2 years |
| Text-recognition files (browser storage) | Lets the Smart Bill Splitter scan receipts without downloading its files again | Functional, stays on your device | Until you clear your browser’s site data |
Our analytics cookies are set only for www.technbean.com, not for other technbean.com subdomains. We don’t use advertising or social-media tracking cookies.
How consent works. We use Google Consent Mode v2. Every visitor starts with analytics and advertising storage switched off. If you accept analytics, the Google Analytics script loads and is told that analytics storage is allowed; advertising storage, ad user data and ad personalisation always stay off. If you reject, the script isn’t loaded.
Changing your choice. You can accept, reject or customise at any time: or use “Cookie settings” at the bottom of every page. If you switch analytics off, we stop sending analytics data and delete our Google Analytics cookies. You can also delete cookies in your browser settings, or install Google’s Google Analytics opt-out add-on.
Who we share data with
We don’t sell or rent personal data, and we don’t share it with advertisers. We use these service providers, which process data on our behalf or under their own terms:
- DigitalOcean hosts the website (data centre in Frankfurt, Germany), with traffic delivered through Cloudflare’s network.
- Google: Google Analytics (only with your consent) and Gmail for our email.
- FormSubmit delivers contact form messages to our inbox.
- Meta (WhatsApp), if you choose to contact us or share results through WhatsApp.
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect our rights, our users or the public.
International transfers
We are based in Jordan, and our service providers may process data in other countries, including the European Union and the United States. Where data leaves your country, we rely on these providers’ own safeguards for international transfers.
How long we keep data
- Analytics: 14 months from your last visit, then deleted automatically by Google Analytics.
- Messages and contact details: as long as we need them to answer you and to carry out any work that follows, and afterwards only as long as we need business records. You can ask us to delete them sooner.
- Hosting logs: kept by our hosting providers for a limited time under their own policies.
- Bill splitter data: not kept at all. It never leaves your device.
Security
The whole site uses an encrypted connection (HTTPS). Access to messages you send us is limited to the people handling your request. No method of sending or storing data is completely secure, but we keep what we collect to a minimum, and our tools are designed so that the most personal data, your receipts, never reaches us.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, data protection laws, such as Jordan’s Personal Data Protection Law No. 24 of 2023, the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation, or similar laws elsewhere, may give you the right to:
- ask what personal data we hold about you and get a copy;
- ask us to correct or delete it;
- object to or ask us to limit how we use it;
- withdraw your consent at any time, for example by rejecting analytics in the cookie settings. This doesn’t affect anything done before you withdrew it;
- complain to the data protection authority in your country.
To make a request, email [email protected]. We may need to confirm your identity first, and we aim to reply within 30 days.
Where these laws require a legal basis, we rely on: your consent for analytics cookies; the steps you ask us to take, such as replying to a request or preparing a proposal, for contact details; and our legitimate interest in running a secure website for server logs and the security cookie.
Children
This website is not directed at children under 16, and we don’t knowingly collect their personal data. If you believe a child has sent us personal data, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
We will update this page when our practices change, and change the date at the top. If a change affects how we use data you’ve already given us, we’ll tell you where we can.
Contact
Questions or requests about your data: [email protected] or +962 79 625 8965 (phone or WhatsApp). TechnBean, Amman, Jordan.