The short version
We collect very little, and what we collect exists to run your membership. We set one cookie to keep you signed in, we count a few button clicks on our own server, we use no advertising trackers, and we never sell personal data. Here's exactly what happens.
Payments: handled by Stripe
When you join, payment is processed by Stripe, and Stripe bills your membership each month until you cancel. Your card details go straight to Stripe and never touch Sharpwork's servers. We can't see them and don't store them. Stripe also keeps the billing details you enter at checkout, which we can see in our Stripe account. Managing or cancelling your membership happens on a Stripe billing page. Stripe's handling of your data is described in Stripe's privacy policy.
What Sharpwork receives
When you join, Stripe sends us your email address and membership details: your plan, when you joined, the amounts charged, and whether your membership is active. If you joined from a link on one of our pages, the checkout also carries a short tag saying which page it was. We use this to give you access, handle support and billing questions, and keep a record of who is a member.
Your account and sign-in
There's no password. You sign in by asking for a link at sharpwork.ai/account, and we email it to you. We keep a small account record tied to your email address so we know what your membership includes. If we gave you complimentary access, your email address is on our list of complimentary members.
When you sign in, we set one sign-in cookie that keeps you signed in for up to 30 days. It's signed, so it can't be forged, and it's used only to recognize you on sharpwork.ai. It isn't used for analytics or advertising.
Using your toolkits
When you open a toolkit, our server records that it was opened: the time, which toolkit, and your account. Your account is identified in that record by a one-way scrambled form of your email address (a hash), not the address itself. We use it to see whether members are getting use out of their kits.
If you earn a certificate, it carries your name. Anyone you give the certificate ID to can check that it's genuine at sharpwork.ai/verify/, and that page shows the name on the certificate, the toolkit and the date it was issued.
Emails we send
Sign-in links, account emails and support replies are sent through Microsoft 365, our email provider, so your email address and our messages to you are processed on Microsoft's infrastructure.
If you ask for the free prompt on our homepage, we store your email address, the page you signed up on, the time and your IP address, and add you to our newsletter list. The list runs on Ghost, on our own server. We send a welcome email with the prompt right away. After that we send at most a couple of emails a month. Those emails go out through Mailgun. To stop them, reply "unsubscribe" to any of them or email support@sharpwork.ai.
Server logs
Like most web servers, ours keeps access logs: IP address, browser type, pages requested and timestamps. We keep these for security and operations, like spotting abuse and debugging problems. We don't use them to profile you.
Button clicks on our pages
Our homepage and toolkit pages count clicks on a few buttons, like the join buttons and the free-prompt form. Each click sends a short note to our own server saying which button on which page, and we store it with the time and your IP address. This uses no cookies and no outside analytics company. We use the counts to see which parts of the site help people decide.
Progress saved in your browser
The kit hub uses your browser's localStorage to remember checklist progress. That data stays on your device, in your browser — it is never transmitted to us. Clearing your browser data clears it.
The Sharpwork browser extension
The Sharpwork extension for Chrome and Microsoft Edge shows your toolkits in a side panel. It's published in both stores by CCE Partners LLC. It's for members, and it works like this:
- What it sends us. When the panel opens, it asks sharpwork.ai for your toolkits. Your browser includes your existing sharpwork.ai sign-in with that request, the same as when you visit the site. The extension can't read your sign-in, and it sends nothing else. Our server answers with your email address (so the panel can show who's signed in) and the prompts in your membership. Like any request to our site, it shows up in the server logs described above.
- What you type stays in the panel. The details you fill in, like a matter description or a name, stay in the panel's memory on your computer. They aren't saved, and they aren't sent to us or anyone else. They leave the panel only when you click Send or Copy, which puts the prompt on your clipboard so you can paste it into your AI.
- What it stores. One setting, on your computer: which AI you picked (ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot or Google Gemini). Your toolkits and your email address are held in memory only and are gone when you close the panel. If you sign out or your membership ends, the panel clears them.
- What it can't do. It only talks to sharpwork.ai. It doesn't read the pages you visit, your chats or your files, and it never calls an AI.
- Your AI's own terms. When you click Send, the extension opens a new tab at your AI (chatgpt.com, claude.ai, Microsoft Copilot or Google Gemini). What you paste there is handled under that company's terms and privacy policy, not ours.
- Joining from the extension. The Join button opens our Stripe checkout with a tag that tells us the purchase started in the extension. That's the only thing the tag tells us.
To remove everything the extension stores, uninstall it.
Who handles data for us
- Stripe: payments and billing.
- Microsoft 365: sign-in, account and support email.
- Mailgun: newsletter email.
- Hostinger: the server our site, accounts and newsletter list run on.
- Google Fonts: some of our pages load fonts from Google, so Google receives your IP address and browser details when those pages load.
What we don't do
- No advertising trackers and no outside analytics companies.
- No sale of personal data, ever.
- No marketing lists you didn't ask for.
If what we collect changes, we'll update this page first and change the date at the top.
Deleting your data
Want your data deleted? Email support@sharpwork.ai from the email address on your account and we'll remove what we hold, except records we're legally required to keep (for example, transaction records for tax purposes). If you're still a member, cancel your membership first so Stripe stops billing you.
For EU and UK members
Our legal basis for most of what's above is performance of a contract: we need your email address and membership details to give you what you pay for. Server logs and button-click counts rely on our legitimate interest in keeping the site secure and understanding how it's used. The newsletter relies on your consent, which you give when you sign up and can withdraw at any time. You have the right to access, correct or erase your personal data. Email support@sharpwork.ai to exercise any of these.
Who we are
Sharpwork is operated by CCE Partners LLC. Privacy questions: support@sharpwork.ai.