Privacy Policy

Owner and contact

• FreelancerGuard is operated by FreelancerGuard.
• For privacy questions, account deletion, or data access requests, contact hello@freelancerguard.fyi.
• No Data Protection Officer or EU representative has been appointed at this stage. If that changes, this policy will be updated.

What we collect

• Scan results: risk score, category scores, flagged pattern matches, verdict, and shareable scan slug.
• Account information: email address, user ID, and subscription plan through Clerk.
• Usage counts: number of Red Flag scans and Scope Creep email generations per month.
• Anonymous usage counters stored in signed, HTTP-only cookies so we can enforce anonymous free limits.
• Billing status and product entitlement information through Polar.
• Feedback submissions about scan accuracy, false positives, missed warning signs, and email usefulness.

What we do NOT collect

• ✅The raw text of your client inquiry or message.
• ✅Client names or identifying information from your inquiry.
• ✅Generated email content, unless a future paid history feature is explicitly enabled and disclosed.
• ✅Payment card numbers. Payments are handled by Polar and its payment processors.

How we use your data

• To provide the service, including red flag scoring, shareable scan pages, and scope creep email generation.
• To authenticate users and manage subscriptions.
• To enforce free tier limits.
• To improve pattern accuracy using aggregated feedback votes and qualitative reports.
• To respond to support, privacy, deletion, and billing requests.

Third-party services

• Clerk (authentication, sessions, and account management) - clerk.com/privacy
• Supabase (database hosting and storage of app records) - supabase.com/privacy
• Anthropic (AI email generation and rewrite requests) - www.anthropic.com/privacy
• Polar (checkout, billing, subscriptions, and customer portal) - polar.sh/privacy
• PostHog (product analytics, pageview tracking, and AI generation observability) - posthog.com/privacy

Data retention

• Scan results and slugs are retained indefinitely so shareable links continue to work.
• Usage counts reset monthly, while historical usage rows may be retained for abuse prevention, analytics, and billing support.
• Account and subscription data is retained while your account is active and deleted or anonymized after account deletion unless retention is required for legal, tax, fraud-prevention, or dispute-resolution reasons.
• Feedback logs may be retained to improve the pattern library and product quality.

Cookies and local storage

• FreelancerGuard uses strictly necessary authentication/session technologies through Clerk when you sign in.
• FreelancerGuard uses signed, HTTP-only anonymous usage cookies to count free scans and email generations before signup.
• FreelancerGuard uses PostHog analytics to understand product usage, pageviews, conversion funnels, and AI generation performance.
• The Red Flag Detector does not store raw inquiry text in browser local storage.
• We do not run advertising pixels, retargeting scripts, or sell analytics data to third parties.
• See the Cookie Policy for a plain-language list of current storage technologies.

Your privacy choices

We do not sell your personal information. We also do not currently share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. To request access, deletion, correction, or to raise a privacy concern, email hello@freelancerguard.fyi.

Contact

For privacy questions: hello@freelancerguard.fyi