computerooms

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 4 July 2026

1. Who we are

computerooms (“computerooms”, “we”, “us”) operates a flatshare marketplace for remote workers, available on the web and as a mobile app. This policy explains what personal data we collect, why, and what rights you have over it. It applies to both the computerooms website and the computerooms mobile app.

If you have questions about this policy or want to exercise any of the rights described below, contact us at privacy@computerooms.com.

2. Data we collect

We only collect data needed to run the marketplace. Specifically:

Account data

  • Email address and password (password is stored as a salted hash by our authentication provider, Supabase — we never see or store it in plain text)
  • Your name, which we reduce to initials for display on your public profile

Profile tags (optional)

When you sign up you can optionally add self-descriptive tags — work style (e.g. remote worker, freelancer), personality (e.g. early riser, extrovert), identity, and lifestyle (e.g. fitness-focused, religious, spiritual, non-religious). These help other users find a compatible flatshare match. Lifestyle tags relating to religion or belief are treated as special category data under UK GDPR — we only collect them with your explicit consent (you choose to add them), you can remove them at any time from your profile, and we never use them for anything other than showing your own profile to other users.

Listing data (if you list a room)

  • Listing title, area/neighbourhood, price, wifi speed, room size, availability date, and whether the room is splittable
  • Photos you upload of the room (stored in our file storage and publicly viewable, since listings are public)

Messages

If you contact a host or renter, we store the content of your conversation so both participants can view their message history. Messages are only visible to the two people in that conversation.

Payment data

Hosts can subscribe to paid plans (e.g. priority listing placement). Payments are handled entirely by Stripe — we never see or store your card details. We keep your Stripe customer reference and whether your subscription is active, so we can grant or revoke plan features.

Notifications

To notify you about new messages, we store a push notification token (from the mobile app or your browser, if you enable notifications). If you haven’t enabled push notifications, we send a message-notification email to your account email address instead.

Tempwall quote requests

If you request a partition wall quote for a listing, we store the room dimensions, wall side, and any notes you provide, along with the resulting quote.

Technical data

Our hosting provider (Vercel) processes standard web request logs (IP address, browser type, request timestamps) to operate and secure the service. We do not use any third-party analytics or advertising trackers.

3. How we use your data

  • To create and manage your account and public profile
  • To publish your room listings and let other users browse and contact you
  • To deliver messages between renters and hosts, and notify you of new ones
  • To process subscription payments and apply the plan features you’ve paid for
  • To provide the tempwall quote service where requested
  • To keep the service secure and diagnose technical issues

We do not sell your data, and we do not use it for advertising or targeted marketing.

4. Who we share it with

We use a small number of service providers (“processors”) to run computerooms. They only receive the data needed to perform their function and are not permitted to use it for their own purposes:

  • Supabase — database, authentication, and file storage
  • Stripe — subscription payment processing
  • Resend — transactional email (message notifications, password resets)
  • Expo — push notification delivery to the mobile app
  • Vercel — website hosting

Other users of computerooms can see your public profile, initials, tags, and listings, and any message content you send them directly. We disclose data to third parties beyond the above only if required by law.

5. International transfers

Some of our processors (listed above) may store or process data outside the UK/EEA. Where this happens, we rely on their standard contractual clauses or equivalent safeguards for international data transfers.

6. Data retention

We keep your account data for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we delete your profile, listings, and messages within 30 days, except where we need to retain records for legal or accounting purposes (e.g. payment records).

7. Your rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you
  • Correct inaccurate data (most fields can be edited directly from your profile)
  • Delete your account and associated data
  • Object to or restrict certain processing
  • Receive your data in a portable format
  • Withdraw consent at any time for anything we process based on consent (e.g. optional profile tags)

To exercise any of these rights, email privacy@computerooms.com. You also have the right to complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk) if you believe we haven’t handled your data properly.

8. Children

computerooms is intended for users aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 18.

9. Security

Your data is protected by row-level security policies at the database level, meaning listings, messages, and conversations are only readable by the people they belong to. Passwords are hashed and never stored in plain text.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we’ll update the date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you directly.