Applied Clinical Judgement — how we use researcher contact data
Why you’re reading this
If you’ve received an email from us about AI training roles, your contact details came from a publicly available academic database — not from a data broker, not from a form you filled in on this site.
This page explains exactly what data we hold, where it came from, what we do with it, and how to get it removed.
How to opt out
Reply to the email you received with “unsubscribe” in the subject line. We’ll remove you from our list and add you to our suppression file within 5 working days.
Or use the form below:
Who we are
Applied Clinical Judgement is a trading name of PRAG-DEL-SOL-ONE LTD, a UK company. We run a referral service connecting healthcare and life science researchers to AI training roles on platforms like Mercor and Micro1.
The editor is Sean Key — three decades of digital health programme delivery across the NHS and private healthcare. About ACJ and the editor, or our editorial policy.
Contact: support@applied-clinical-judgement.co.uk
Is this email really from us?
Three things to check if you want to confirm the email is genuine and not a phishing attempt:
- Sender domain: we send all our emails from an address ending in @applied-clinical-judgement.co.uk. If the address is anything else, it’s not us.
- DKIM signature: we sign all outgoing mail with DKIM. Most email clients show a “verified” badge or padlock icon when DKIM passes.
- This page: the email contains a link to this notice. The URL ends in
applied-clinical-judgement.co.uk/researcher-data-privacy-notice/. If the link goes anywhere else, treat the email as suspicious.
If anything looks off, don’t click any links. Email support@applied-clinical-judgement.co.uk from your usual mail client and we’ll confirm whether a specific message came from us.
What data we hold
For researchers we contact by email, we hold:
- Your name
- Your institutional email address
- Your institutional affiliation
- Your research field and topic area
- A citation count drawn from your publication record
We do not hold phone numbers, home addresses, or any sensitive personal data.
Where it came from
We sourced your details from OpenAlex (openalex.org), a free and open academic database that indexes published research worldwide. OpenAlex is built from public sources including Crossref, PubMed, and institutional repositories. All data it holds about authors comes from their published academic work.
We did not purchase your data. We did not obtain it from social media. We have not combined it with any other data source about you as an individual.
Why we’re contacting you
We believe you may be eligible for paid remote AI training work based on your published research profile. The work pays $50–150/hour, is fully remote, and is designed to fit alongside your existing commitments.
We contact researchers directly because the roles require specific domain expertise — and the researchers best placed to do this work aren’t typically looking for it on job boards.
Our legal basis
We process your data under legitimate interests (UK GDPR Article 6(1)(f)).
Our legitimate interest is in connecting qualified researchers with relevant paid opportunities. We believe this is proportionate — your institutional email address is a professional contact point, the opportunity is relevant to your expertise, and we’re transparent about how we obtained your details.
If you disagree with this assessment, you have the right to object — details below.
What we do with your data
We use your details to:
- Send you one initial email about relevant AI training roles
- Send a follow-up if you don’t respond, no more than once
- Use AI tools to help draft those emails so they’re relevant to your specific research area rather than generic boilerplate — details in “How we prepare your emails” below
- Record whether you’ve asked to be removed from our list
We do not:
- Sell your data to anyone
- Share it with Mercor, Micro1, or any other platform without your consent
- Use it for any purpose other than researcher outreach
- Send you marketing unrelated to AI training roles
We use Brevo (Sendinblue SAS, France) to send our emails and manage our suppression list. Brevo acts as our data processor under a UK GDPR-compliant processing agreement and processes data within the EU.
How we prepare your emails
We use AI tools to help draft each email so it’s relevant to your specific research, rather than generic boilerplate.
A human decides whether to contact you, which role to suggest, and how to assess your suitability. The AI just helps with the wording.
The tools are run by companies based outside the UK, so this is worth explaining in detail.
What we send
- Your first name
- Your institutional affiliation
- Your research field or topic area, in summary form
- A broad indicator of seniority (for example, early-career or established) derived from your publication record
What we don’t send
- Your email address
- Your specific citation count or h-index
- Anything we haven’t listed under “What data we hold” above
Which AI tools we use
The drafting service runs on our own laptop, on a private network address that isn’t reachable from the internet. It sends each request to one of two large language model providers:
- Operational provider — DeepSeek (Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd., China). The active provider as of April 2026.
- Standby provider — Anthropic (Anthropic, PBC, USA, certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and its UK Extension). Wired in but inactive — we can switch to it without code changes if needed.
Where the data goes
Both providers are outside the UK. The transfer mechanism we rely on for each:
- DeepSeek (China): Article 49(1)(b) UK GDPR — the transfer is necessary for steps taken at your request to enter into a referral relationship (identifying and contacting you about a specific paid opportunity).
- Anthropic (USA), if activated as standby: the UK-US Data Bridge under the Data Privacy Framework.
What we don’t log
Our local drafting service logs only metadata about each call — when it ran, which provider, how long it took. The content of what we sent and what came back isn’t stored anywhere. The metadata log lives on our laptop and isn’t synced to cloud storage.
How to object to AI processing
You can tell us not to use AI for your emails, or not to use a specific provider for your data. Email support@applied-clinical-judgement.co.uk and we’ll either switch you to the standby provider, or stop using AI for your emails altogether. If we stop, we can either send you a plain generic email or stop sending entirely — your choice.
How long we keep it
If you don’t respond to our outreach, we delete your record after 12 months from the date of first contact.
If you ask to be removed, we keep your email address on a suppression list only — so we don’t accidentally contact you again. Everything else is deleted.
If you register with Mercor or Micro1 through our referral link, your data with those platforms is governed by their own privacy policies.
Your rights
Under UK GDPR you have the right to:
- Access — ask what data we hold about you
- Erasure — ask us to delete your record
- Object — ask us to stop processing your data (including AI-assisted drafting specifically — see “How we prepare your emails” above)
- Rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate data
- Restriction — ask us to limit how we use your data while a complaint or correction is being resolved
To exercise any of these rights, email support@applied-clinical-judgement.co.uk with your name and institutional email address. We’ll respond within 30 days.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ico.org.uk) if you believe we’ve handled your data unlawfully.
This notice covers only data held in connection with researcher outreach. For data collected through the ACJ website (cookies, contact forms, referral tracking), see our main privacy policy.