Privacy Policy
Last updated: 22 October 2026
What changed
Steel Learning used to offer user accounts, paid subscriptions, learning modules and quizzes. All of those have been retired. The site is now a free, public database of steel plants with no sign-in, no payments and no analytics. Every user account and all account data has been deleted.
Who we are
Steel Learning is operated as a sole trader business based in the United Kingdom. Contact: info@steellearning.com
Data we collect
Essentially none. There is no way to create an account, no payment path, no contact form, and no analytics or advertising tracking of any kind. We do not know who visits.
- No email addresses, names or passwords are collected
- No analytics, advertising or tracking cookies are set — in fact, no cookies at all
- No profiling, and nothing is sold or shared
Published certificates
Before the learning modules were retired, five certificates of completion were issued. Their public verification pages are still served so those credentials remain checkable, but recipient names have been removed. Each page now shows only the certificate number, the module, a score band and the issue date. No personal data is published, and we hold no record of who the recipients were.
Server logs
Our host, Vercel, records standard technical request logs (including IP address) for security and operational purposes, as any web host does. We do not use these logs to identify or profile visitors, and we do not combine them with anything else.
Third parties
- Vercel — hosting, operated from the United States under Standard Contractual Clauses. Privacy policy.
- Supabase — the plant database, hosted in the EU (Ireland). It now holds only public industrial facility data. Privacy policy.
- CARTO — map background tiles. Loading a map requests tile images from CARTO, which means your browser contacts their servers. Privacy policy.
Stripe, Resend, Google Analytics and Google Ads were all previously used and have been removed entirely.
Your rights
Under UK GDPR you have the right to access your data, correct it, request its deletion, and request portability. We no longer hold personal data about anyone, so in practice there should be nothing to access — but if you believe otherwise, email info@steellearning.com and we will respond within one calendar month, as required.
Data breach notification
In the event of a personal data breach that poses a risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify the ICO within 72 hours and inform affected individuals without undue delay, as required under UK GDPR Articles 33–34.
ICO registration
We are registered with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). Registration number: ZC151824.
Data attribution
Plant data is sourced from the Global Iron & Steel Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, licensed under CC BY 4.0.