RSBC Accountants is committed to transparency in how artificial intelligence (AI) systems may access, index, or use content from our website. This policy explains what is permitted, what is restricted, and how we protect personal and confidential information.
A machine-readable version of this policy is available at: /ai-policy.yaml
2. What AI Systems May Do
We allow reputable AI systems, crawlers, and indexing agents to:
access publicly available website content
index content for search or summarisation
generate search snippets
retrieve non-personal, non-confidential information
use content for model training (provided GDPR and UK legal requirements are met)
3. What AI Systems May Not Do
AI systems are not permitted to:
access personal data
extract customer account information
process private or user-uploaded images
collect order, invoice, or internal communication details
use restricted or sensitive areas of the website
We actively block AI systems attempting to access excluded content.
4. Allowed and Disallowed AI Crawlers
We allow the following AI agents and bots, as published inside ai-policy.yaml:
gptbot
claudebot
google-extended
perplexitybot
neevabot
youbot
ccbot
duckduckbot
yandexbot
archive.org_bot
all others by default unless listed in disallowed bots
We currently do not disallow any specific AI bots. This may change as the industry evolves.
5. Data Protection and GDPR Compliance
RSBC follows UK GDPR and ICO guidelines for automated data access. We ensure:
no personal data is shared with AI systems
sensitive financial information is never exposed
compliance with privacy regulations and data minimisation practices