Privacy policy
Local Service Ads AI is operated by Daniel Dimsey, trading as Service Ads For You (ABN 39 637 887 285), Australia. Contact: hello@localserviceads.ai. Last updated 12 September 2026.
This policy explains what personal information Daniel Dimsey, trading as Service Ads For You ("we", "us") collects through Local Service Ads AI, why, who sees it and how to get it corrected or deleted. We follow the Australian Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) even where a small-business exemption might apply, and we do not sell personal information.
1. What we collect and why
Account holders. Your name, email, password (stored only as a salted hash), business name, phone, website, service area and the business description you give us; your plan and billing status; how you use the dashboard (page views, decisions on proposals). We use this to run the service, send you the daily summary and support you.
Billing. Payments are handled by Stripe. We receive a customer reference, the last four digits and brand of your card, and invoice status; we never see or store full card numbers.
Google Ads data. For accounts you link: campaigns, ad groups, keywords, search terms, ads, conversion data and performance metrics, plus the changes the software makes and why. We use it to audit and improve your account and to show you the change log. We do not use one customer's Google Ads data to benefit another.
Enquiries on landing pages we host. If you fill in a form on a page we host for one of our customers, we collect the name, phone, email and message you enter, the page and version you saw, and the time. We collect it on behalf of that business, pass it to them by email and SMS, and keep a copy so they can see it in their dashboard. That business decides how to respond and is responsible for what it does with your enquiry. If you tap the phone number on a page, we record that a call was started (not the call itself).
Affiliates. Name, email, password hash, payout details you enter, referral clicks and commissions earned.
Technical. Standard server logs (IP address, browser, pages requested, timestamps) kept for security and debugging, and the cookies described in the cookie policy.
We only ask for what the service needs. Everything marked optional really is optional.
2. Automated decisions and AI
The software makes automated changes to Google Ads accounts within the settings each customer chooses (for example adding a negative keyword). Which changes happen automatically and which wait for a human is under the customer's control, and every change is logged and reversible. To judge whether a search term is relevant to a business, and to write landing page copy, we send the business description, search terms and the details you supply to Anthropic's Claude API. Under our agreement with Anthropic that data is not used to train their models. We do not send enquiry (lead) details to the AI.
3. Google API data
We access Google Ads through Google's API with permission the account owner grants by accepting a manager-account link. Our use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Google Ads data is used only to provide and improve the service to the customer whose account it is, is never sold, and is never used for advertising to you.
4. Who we share it with
Only with providers we need to run the service, each bound by their own privacy terms and used only for the purpose listed: Railway (hosting, USA), Stripe (payments, USA), Resend (email delivery, USA), Twilio (SMS, USA), Anthropic (AI, USA), Google (Google Ads API, conversion measurement and fonts, USA), and a domain registrar (Name.com or Namecheap, USA) if you buy a domain through us. Some of these providers store data outside Australia; by using the service you agree to that. We also share information when the law requires it, and with a buyer if the business is sold (you would be told). Our staff see your data only to support you.
5. Marketing
We send account holders service emails (daily summary, weekly report, billing notices, trial-ending reminders); these are part of the service and identify us as the sender. We only send marketing emails with your consent and every one has an unsubscribe link. We never text people who enquire on a landing page other than to confirm the business has received their enquiry.
6. How long we keep it
Account, Google Ads and change-log data: while your subscription is active and for 90 days after it ends, then deleted (billing records are kept for as long as tax law requires, currently 5 years). Enquiries from landing pages: while the business you contacted is a customer, and deleted with their account. Server logs: kept by our hosting provider for a short period (up to 30 days). Email us at any time to have your data deleted sooner; we will do it within 30 days unless the law requires us to keep it.
7. Security
Data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS) and stored on access-controlled infrastructure; passwords are hashed; card details never touch our servers. No system is perfectly secure. If a data breach is likely to cause serious harm we will notify affected people and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner as the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme requires.
8. Your rights
You can ask us for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Account holders can change most details in the dashboard and close their account from Settings. Email hello@localserviceads.ai and we will respond within 30 days. If you are not happy with our response you can complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
If you live in the UK or European Economic Area you may have additional rights under the GDPR; the service is not directed at those regions, ad-measurement cookies are switched off there by default, and you can use the same address above to exercise any right.
9. Changes
We will post any changes here and update the date at the top. For significant changes we will email account holders.