Formula confidentiality, on a server of your own.
FIG. 01 — DEDICATED SERVERYour formulas are your business. Binacru is built by a flavourist who has spent 25+ years keeping formulas confidential, and it treats yours the way the trade always has: as trade secrets. That starts with where your portal runs: on a server dedicated to your company, in the region you choose.
A server of your own.
Your portal, database, documents and backups run on a server that holds no other company's data. Same portal and the same updates, installed on a schedule agreed with you.
In the region you choose.
Amsterdam (EU) by default, or Frankfurt, London, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Singapore, Bangalore or Sydney. AI-assisted features run in the EU (Sweden), whichever region you pick.
Encrypted, backed up nightly.
Your database, documents and backups sit on encrypted storage. Backups run every night and stay in your server's region.
Outbound traffic locked down.
A firewall lets your server connect only to the services your portal needs. Any other outbound connection is blocked.
Watched around the clock.
Wazuh, an open-source security platform, monitors sign-ins to the server, changes to the application's files and unusual activity. It watches how the server is accessed, not what your formulas contain. You receive a monthly security report for your records and audits.
A clean exit.
When you leave, you download every issued document in one ZIP. Then your server and its storage are destroyed.
Dedicated servers are hosted on DigitalOcean. Trials run in our EU environment in Amsterdam; when you subscribe, your server is set up in the region you choose and your trial data moves with you.
Prefer your own infrastructure?
Binacru is also available as an on-premise edition, installed on your own infrastructure and under your control.
Talk to us about on-premiseHow your formulas are protected.
FIG. 02 — DATA PROTECTION- 01 / ACCESS
Your formulas stay yours
Formulas are visible only to the users you authorise in your company. Binacru's team has no access to them through the application or its admin tools: formula lines, GC-MS peaks and matching results are hidden from every admin account, superusers included.
- 02 / STORAGE
Encrypted, in the EU by default
Your data is stored in the EU (Amsterdam) by default, or in the region you choose for your server, always on encrypted storage. Formula contents never appear in system logs.
- 03 / AI
AI that doesn't learn from you
AI-assisted features run on Microsoft Azure OpenAI in the EU (Sweden). Under Microsoft's terms, your data is never used to train AI models and is never shared with OpenAI.
- 04 / EXIT
If you leave
Download every issued document in one ZIP. Thirty days after you close your account your data is deleted, and a dedicated server is destroyed together with its storage.
Regulatory documents: the formula isn't kept
Safety data sheets and technical data sheets
- You uploadformula file
- Draft createdformula fileformula data
- You issue the sheetformula dataissued sheet
- What staysissued sheet only
Formulation: kept for you, and only for you
Formulas you build and version in Binacru
- You save a formulaformula
- Your team works on itauthorised users only
- Versions and approvalsfull history
- Until you delete itor close your account
deleted removed from the portalkept stays in your account
Built so only your team can look.
FIG. 03 — SAFEGUARDSStaff can't step into your company.
A user's company is fixed when the account is created, and a Binacru staff account can't belong to a customer company. Once your users have signed in, only your own company admin can reset their password or change their email.
Your searches aren't logged.
The portal's request log keeps the page that was opened, never what you searched for.
Every change on record.
Versions, audit trails and review and approval flows, built around ISO 9001-style document control.
We sign the NDA first
You shouldn't have to ask. Our mutual NDA is already signed on our side. Download it, countersign it and send it back before we discuss anything confidential.
Download our signed NDAYou have the right to audit us
You, or an independent auditor you appoint, can inspect how your data is protected: our practices, access records and the relevant code, under NDA and on reasonable notice.
Kept only as long as stated
A trial that doesn't become a subscription is deleted 30 days after it ends, and a quote or trial request 12 months after it is made, as our privacy policy says.
Questions about your data.
FIG. 04 — FAQCan Binacru see my formulas?
Where is my data stored?
Is my data used to train AI?
What happens to my data if I leave?
Can I sign an NDA before we talk?
Which other services does the portal use?
| PROVIDER | ROLE | WHAT IT RECEIVES | WHERE |
|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean | Your server and its encrypted storage | Everything in your portal | Amsterdam, EU (default), or the region you choose |
| Microsoft Azure OpenAI | AI-assisted extraction and document drafting | Formula files, ingredient names, supplier documents | Sweden Central, EU |
| Microsoft 365 | Binacru email | Only what you email us | Spain, EU |
| SMTP2GO | Portal notification emails | Users' names and email addresses | Amsterdam, EU |
These are the only services that receive data from your portal or from your emails to us. We tell you before adding one that would receive formula data.