How it works
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It clears itself
Your chat auto-deletes on a timer you choose: 8 hours by default. Nothing kept without your yes.
The architecture
How deletion works
Every chat has a MongoDB TTL index on its expires_at field. When the timer runs out, MongoDB drops the document. Not a cron job. Not application code. A database-level guarantee that doesn't depend on our servers being healthy.
You pick the timer: 8 hours (default), 7 days, or 30 days. Each chat is independent. Deletion is a hard cascade -- PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, S3 media. Permanently unrecoverable.
How encryption works
AES-256-GCM with per-user data encryption keys. KMS envelope encryption via AWS. Encrypted at rest and in transit. The memory platform is fail-closed -- it refuses to run without its key.
Every Knowledgebook entry is encrypted with your own key. Revision history is encrypted and dies with the book.
What we don't do
Train on your data
Claude runs on AWS Bedrock. Bedrock's terms prohibit training on customer data. Ask Safely adds a second no-training commitment on top.
Track you
No IDFA. No GAID. No ATT prompt. No advertising identifiers. No location, contacts, or photos. No email open/click tracking.
Sell your data
No ads. No data brokers. No third-party data sharing.
Keep deleted chats
After the TTL fires, there's nothing to produce. We can't hand over what we don't have.
What we do collect
Account info (email, hashed password). Plausible for privacy-focused web analytics (no cookies, no personal data). Adjust for mobile install attribution (we know which ad brought you, not what you did after). RevenueCat for payments. That's the complete list.
Where we're not done yet
SOC 2 certification is in progress via Vanta. Expected early 2027. We don't have it yet and we won't claim we do. We don't offer a BAA. HIPAA-compliant AI requires a signed BAA, and we're not there. We have under a thousand monthly active users. We're a small team in Minneapolis.
We mention this because everyone else buries it. If a company tells you they're private but won't tell you what's missing, that's the thing to worry about.
I uploaded my family's estate plan to ChatGPT. Instant regret. Ask Safely is the only AI I'd trust with anything I wouldn't say out loud in a coffee shop.
I started using Ask Safely for sensitive questions. Now it's my daily driver for everything: writing, research, translation. I stopped opening ChatGPT.
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- Unlimited chats
- Auto-delete on your timer
- Web search built in
- Encrypted in transit and at rest
- Never trains on your data
- Everything in Essential
- 4 Experts: Researcher, Writer, Troubleshooter, Lookout
- Claude Opus for harder questions
- Document & image understanding
- Deeper, longer answers
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Questions, answered.
What does "no AI model training" mean?
When you chat with tools like ChatGPT, your conversations can be used to improve their AI by default. Your words, your business ideas, your personal details become part of the training data for future models. Ask Safely never does this. The AI models are already trained before they reach you. Nothing you type ever goes back into making the AI smarter or shaping what it tells someone else. Your conversations stay yours.
How does Ask Safely protect my data?
Your chats auto-delete on a timer you choose, 8 hours by default. When a chat clears, it's gone from your history. Everything is encrypted in transit and at rest, and never used for training. Your password is protected with one-way hashing, so even we can't read it.
What is Ask Safely's SOC 2 status?
Ask Safely is completing its SOC 2 Type 2 certification through Vanta, with certification expected by mid-2026. Our entire platform runs on AWS infrastructure, which maintains SOC 2, PCI DSS, and HIPAA certifications, giving us a strong security foundation while we complete our own independent audit.
Why not just use Claude directly?
You can. Claude is great. Ask Safely adds three things on top. The privacy layer: chats that clear on a timer you choose, encryption in transit and at rest, and no data training. The simplicity layer: automatic model selection, auto-triggering web search, and guided prompts. And, starting September 21, Knowledgebooks: a record of what you know that you own and control. Claude gives you the raw AI. Ask Safely handles the complexity, protects your data, and puts you in charge of what your AI keeps.
Why should I trust a startup with my data?
Because our business depends on it. We make money from subscriptions. If we broke your privacy, we'd lose our only reason to exist. On top of that, chats clear themselves by default, everything is encrypted in transit and at rest, and we're pursuing SOC 2 certification for independent, third-party review.
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