Data protection, from the ground up.
pingad handles personal data about consultants, contacts and candidates. That’s why data protection is built into the product, not left to an appendix in the contract.
Hosted in Sweden (EU) from the pilot onwards.
Row-level security in the database, not just in the app.
Nobody is presented without their own yes.
The AI suggests and a person approves. It’s logged.
Who sees what?
The same consultant’s profile looks different depending on who’s looking. Pick someone to see what they can see about Karin.
Karin Holm
Your firm sees the information you have collected about Karin, but not information held by other firms.
People make the decisions.
pingad can prepare suggestions and drafts, but a person makes the decision. The history shows who did what.
- Every suggestion is shown in full and can be changed before it is sent.
- Nobody is ruled out automatically, and nobody is ranked by a score.
- The AI never approves anything. A person does, and it’s logged.
- Data processed by pingad’s built-in AI is not used for model training.
- If you connect your own AI service through MCP, it only sees what your login can see, and that service’s terms and settings apply.
Suggestion from pingad · To Lena at Solvik
“Hi Lena! Here are Karin and Gustav for the cloud architect role. Both meet every must-have; Karin can start on 1 December.”
Where the data is held.
Data is stored in the EU. These are the services that process data on our behalf, and what each one does.
| Service | What it does | Where and how |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | Runs the app and the link pages | Sweden (EU) |
| Database | Stores the data, encrypted at rest | Sweden (EU), daily backups in the EU |
| Sends pings, reminders and receipts | EU | |
| e-ID | Log-in and signing with BankID and other e-IDs | EU |
| AI suggestions | Reads requests and writes drafts | Claude through Amazon Bedrock in the EU (Stockholm). Only the data the suggestion needs, which is not used for model training. |
Your rights are handled in the app, not through forms.
Take your firm’s data with you, whenever you like.
A consultant can see which firms hold her details.
One click sends the request to the firm, which must respond.
Consent for an assignment can be withdrawn, and the firm is notified immediately.
Security
- Log in with BankID, Google or Microsoft.
- Roles: colleagues with read-only access, and owners who decide.
- Encrypted in transit and at rest.
- Link pages are rate-limited and can be revoked.
Agreements
- A data processing agreement is included in every subscription.
- A public list of sub-processors, with notice before changes.
- You own your data. We process it on your behalf.
Questions
Where is our data stored?
In the EU. From the pilot onwards, pingad is hosted in Sweden, and backups stay in the EU.
Is the AI trained on our data?
Not by pingad’s built-in AI. It only receives the data a suggestion needs, and that data is not used for model training. If you connect your own AI service through MCP, that service’s terms and settings apply.
Do you sign a data processing agreement?
Yes. A data processing agreement is part of the terms of every subscription.
How is a consultant’s consent handled?
Consent is the consultant’s own approval for one assignment and one client, given from the ping or her account. A firm can never give it on her behalf, and she can withdraw it.
What happens to our data if we leave?
You can export everything first. After that, it is deleted, including backups, within the period set out in the agreement.
Be part of it from the start.
pingad opens in stages. Tell us who you are and we’ll be in touch when it’s your turn.
- NowA pilot with a few consulting firms
- NextThe marketplace opens to companies and freelancers
- ThenOpen to every consulting firm