Security & data protection

Reward data is sensitive.
Here's exactly how we protect it.

We'd rather tell you plainly what we do — and where we're headed — than hide behind a logo. Below is the real picture, including what we don't yet have.

Encrypted in transit

All traffic to lumi is served over HTTPS/TLS. Your data is encrypted between your browser and our servers.

Hosted in the UK/EEA

lumi runs on established cloud infrastructure in the UK/EEA. Data residency and hosting are set out in our DPA.

Tenant isolation

Every organisation's data is logically separated. Members only ever see anonymised aggregates — never another organisation's raw answers.

Hardened accounts

Passwords are stored with bcrypt (never in plain text). Sessions are HttpOnly and SameSite; sign-in and password-reset are rate-limited against brute force, with tokenised, expiring reset and invite links.

Audit logging

Key actions are logged, so access and changes are traceable — the basis for accountability in any data-protection review.

Anonymity floor (n≥5)

Any figure resting on fewer than 5 organisations is suppressed everywhere — on screen, in exports, in board packs. No individual organisation's data can be reverse-engineered from the benchmark.

Data protection

Handled under UK GDPR

Your data, your rights

  • Used for one thing — the shared benchmark. Never sold, never passed to third parties for their own purposes.
  • Data minimisation — lumi collects reward practice and policy answers, not individual employee records.
  • Export any time, and request deletion — we delete your data within 30 days of a verified request.
  • A Data Processing Agreement is available on request for members who need one.

Less to review, by design

  • No HRIS integration and no data pulled from your systems — lumi is a guided questionnaire, so there's far less for IT and InfoSec to review.
  • No individual employee data ever enters lumi — nothing personal to breach.
  • Full sub-processor list published and kept current (below).
  • Happy to complete your security questionnaire or DPIA — just ask.
Sub-processors

Who touches your data

A short, current list — nothing more than we need to run the service.

ProviderPurposeRegion
Amazon Web ServicesCloud hosting & storageUK / EEA
Amazon SESTransactional email (invites, resets, alerts)EU
AnthropicAI narrative for board packs & guidance (only when AI features are enabled)US · under SCCs / UK Addendum

The definitive list lives in our sub-processors page.

Certifications — the honest version

We don't yet hold SOC 2 or ISO 27001, and we won't claim a certification we don't have. Here's where we actually are, and where we're going. If you need something below sooner for a procurement process, tell us on the call — it helps us prioritise.

In progressCyber Essentials — the UK government-backed baseline; our first formal certification.
On the roadmapSingle sign-on (SSO / SAML) — for annual members with an identity provider.
On the roadmapSOC 2 / ISO 27001 — as we scale, the recognised enterprise standards.
Available nowSecurity questionnaire & DPIA support — we'll complete yours on request.

Questions your InfoSec team should ask?

Bring them to the demo, or email our data-protection contact directly — we'd rather answer plainly than send you a brochure.