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Privacy Policy

What DrawStack collects, why we collect it, who else touches it, and what you can tell us to do about it.

Effective
Entity
DrawStack, Inc.
Based in
Needham, Massachusetts
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  1. Who this covers
  2. What we collect
  3. How we use it
  4. AI features and your data
  5. Service providers
  6. When information is shared
  7. Cookies, analytics and advertising
  8. How long we keep data
  9. Security
  10. Your rights and choices
  11. Where data is processed
  12. Children
  13. Changes to this policy
  14. Contact us

In plain terms

Your projects, draws and documents are yours. We use them to run DrawStack for you and for nothing else — we do not sell them, and we do not use them to train AI models. We share data with the processors listed in section 5, and with whoever you send a draw link to. Advertising tags run on our marketing pages only, never inside the app. Want a copy of your data, or want it gone? Email support@drawstack.ai.

01

Who this covers#

DrawStack, Inc. ("DrawStack", "we") builds construction draw management software. This policy covers drawstack.ai, the DrawStack web application, our public tools such as the G702 generator and live demo, and the emails we send you.

Two kinds of people show up in our systems, and the distinction matters:

  • Account holders — the general contractors, developers and their teams who sign up, create projects and submit draws. You control what goes into your organization.
  • People your work touches — lenders, subcontractors, owners and inspectors who receive a link from you, upload a document, or appear in a project record. We process their information on your instructions, as a processor acting for your organization.

If you are in the second group and want your information corrected or removed, contact the contractor who invited you first — they control the project record. You can always reach us at support@drawstack.ai and we will help.

02

What we collect#

AccountYou give it to us
Name, email address, company name and organization type, collected at sign-up and onboarding. If you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address and profile image from Google — not your password.
Project and draw dataYou create it
Project details, schedules of values, draw applications, invoices, line items, change orders, bid packages, payment records, retainage and the documents attached to them.
Uploaded filesYou upload it
PDFs, images, insurance certificates, lien waivers, subcontractor invoices and any other file you or your collaborators attach.
MessagesYou write it
Comments, notes, draw messages and email replies sent to a DrawStack address such as a bid reply alias.
BillingStripe holds it
Subscription plan, billing status and transaction history. Card numbers go directly to Stripe and are never stored on DrawStack servers.
Usage and deviceCollected automatically
Pages viewed, features used, timestamps, IP address, browser and device type, and referring page.
DiagnosticsCollected automatically
Error reports and performance traces when something breaks, including the route and a stack trace. Access tokens and similar secrets are stripped before these reports leave your browser or our servers.
Public tool useYou give it to us
If you use the free G702 generator, we store the email address you enter, the number of documents you have generated, and the project name and contract sum from your first use, so we can send you the file and recognise repeat visits. We also keep the figures of each document you generate (application number, period, totals and the schedule of values as printed), so a later application can start from the last one. We also keep the names of the parties on each document (the contractor, the owner, and the lender or architect) and, if you choose to answer, who you say you send it to (owner or developer, lender, or general contractor), and if you save the document to a DrawStack account, that answer sets up your account.

We do not ask for and do not want government identification numbers, bank account credentials, health information or biometric data. Please do not upload them.

03

How we use it#

  • Run the platform — authenticate you, keep your organization's data separate from every other organization's, and show you your projects.
  • Produce the work product: draw packets, G702 and G703 documents, reports and exports.
  • Power the AI features described in the next section.
  • Send transactional email — draw status changes, invitations, lender packets, bid requests and account notices.
  • Take payment and manage subscriptions.
  • Keep the service working and secure: monitor errors, investigate abuse, and prevent fraud.
  • Understand which features get used, in aggregate, so we build the right things.
  • Measure our own advertising, on our marketing pages only.
  • Meet legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Service.

We do not sell your personal information, and we never use your project or financial data to market to anyone else. Your schedule of values is not a data product.

04

AI features and your data#

Several DrawStack features send content to third-party AI models — invoice parsing, the draw auditor, bid scope comparison and drafted clarification letters. Being specific about that is the point of this section.

  • What gets sent: the document or records the feature is operating on. Parsing an invoice sends that invoice. Auditing a draw sends the draw's line items and supporting documents. Nothing is sent until you run the feature.
  • Who receives it: Google (Gemini) and Anthropic (Claude), as processors under their enterprise API terms.
  • Training: content you send through these features is not used to train their models. Both providers exclude API content from model training by default.
  • Human review: AI output in DrawStack is a draft. A draw audit flags things to check; it does not approve a draw, and it is not a certification. Read it before you send it to your lender.

If you would rather no content leave your account for AI processing, tell us at support@drawstack.ai and we will disable those features for your organization.

05

Service providers#

These are the companies that process data to make DrawStack work. Each is bound by its own terms and handles the categories listed here — nothing wider.

ClerkAuthentication
User identity, credentials, sessions and sign-in metadata. Clerk holds your password; DrawStack never sees it.
NeonDatabase
The primary PostgreSQL database — organizations, projects, draws, invoices and every other structured record.
AWS S3File storage
Uploaded documents and generated PDFs, stored with server-side encryption and served through short-lived signed URLs.
VercelHosting
Application hosting and delivery. Processes request metadata and server logs.
StripePayments
Card details, billing addresses and subscription state. A PCI Level 1 service provider.
ResendEmail
Delivery of transactional email, and receipt of replies sent to DrawStack addresses. Processes recipient addresses and message content.
Google (Gemini)AI
Invoice parsing and document analysis. Receives the content of the documents you run these features on.
Anthropic (Claude)AI
Bid scope comparison and drafted clarification letters. Receives the bid documents and scope text being compared.
PostHogProduct analytics
Page views and named product events, tied to a user identifier. Automatic click capture is switched off.
SentryError monitoring
Error and performance data when something fails, with tokens and secrets redacted before transmission.
Google AdsAdvertising measurement
Conversion and remarketing tags, loaded on public marketing pages only — never inside the application, and never on a shared draw link.

06

When information is shared#

We share your information in four situations, and no others.

  • Because you shared it. When you send a draw packet to a lender or invite a subcontractor, DrawStack creates a link that opens that specific record without an account. Anyone holding the link can open it, so treat it like the document itself. Links are scoped to one record and expire; you can revoke access from your dashboard.
  • Inside your organization. Teammates you invite see your organization's projects according to their role.
  • With the service providers listed above, to run the platform.
  • When the law requires it, or to investigate fraud, abuse or a threat to someone's safety. If we are compelled to hand over your data and are legally permitted to tell you, we will.

If DrawStack is acquired or merges with another company, your data would move with the business. We would tell you before that happened and before any new privacy policy applied to it.

07

Cookies, analytics and advertising#

  • Strictly necessary. Session and security cookies set by Clerk keep you signed in. The product does not work without them.
  • Product analytics. PostHog records page views and named events so we can see which features are used. Automatic click capture is off.
  • Advertising. Our Google Ads tag measures which campaigns lead to sign-ups and supports remarketing. It loads on public marketing pages only. It is not present in the signed-in application, on shared draw links, on invitation pages or on sign-in.

The advertising tag may count as "sharing" personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising under California law, even though no money changes hands. To opt out: use your browser's Global Privacy Control signal, Google's Ads Settings, or email support@drawstack.ai and we will suppress it for you. Opting out does not affect your account or the product.

08

How long we keep data#

Account records
Kept while your account is open.
Project and draw data
Kept for at least seven years, because construction financial records get audited long after a job closes. This survives cancellation unless you ask us to delete it.
Uploaded documents
Kept for the life of the subscription and for 90 days after the account closes, so you have time to export.
Usage and analytics
Typically 90 days.
Error reports
Typically 90 days.
Backups
Rolling encrypted backups; deleted records age out of backups within 35 days.

Ask us to delete your account and associated data at support@drawstack.ai. We will confirm within 30 days. Some records are kept longer where the law requires it — tax and payment records, for example — or where we need them to resolve a dispute.

09

Security#

  • Encryption in transit (TLS) and at rest.
  • Every query scoped to your organization, so one customer cannot read another's records.
  • Role-based access inside your organization.
  • Documents served through short-lived signed URLs rather than public buckets.
  • Tokens and secrets stripped from analytics and error reports.
  • Access to production limited to the engineers who need it, with audit logging.

No system is perfectly secure and we will not claim otherwise. If you find a vulnerability, write to support@drawstack.ai with "security" in the subject — we would rather hear it from you than from an attacker, and we will not pursue good-faith researchers. If a breach affects your personal information we will notify you and any required regulator without undue delay.

10

Your rights and choices#

Depending on where you live, some of these are legal rights. We extend all of them to everyone.

Know
What we hold about you and where it came from.
Access
A copy of your personal data.
Correct
Fix anything inaccurate or incomplete.
Delete
Removal, subject to the retention rules above.
Export
Your project data in a structured, machine-readable format.
Object
Object to or restrict a particular kind of processing, including AI features.
Opt out
Out of advertising measurement and out of non-essential email. Transactional email about your account and your draws cannot be switched off while the account is open.

Email support@drawstack.ai. We respond within 30 days and will not charge you or degrade your service for asking. You may use an authorised agent. If we have to refuse a request we will tell you why, and you can appeal by replying to that decision.

11

Where data is processed#

DrawStack is operated from the United States and your data is stored and processed there. Our service providers may process data in other countries; where they do, they rely on Standard Contractual Clauses or an equivalent transfer mechanism. If you use DrawStack from outside the United States, you are sending your information to the United States.

12

Children#

DrawStack is a business tool and is not directed at anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect information from children. If you believe a child has given us information, write to support@drawstack.ai and we will delete it.

13

Changes to this policy#

When this policy changes we update the effective date at the top of the page. If a change materially affects how we handle your information — a new category of data, a new purpose, a new kind of sharing — we will email account holders at least 14 days before it takes effect. Continuing to use DrawStack after that date means the updated policy applies.

14

Contact us#

Email
support@drawstack.ai — privacy requests, data access and deletion, and everything else.
Security reports
support@drawstack.ai, subject line "security"
Post
DrawStack, Inc. — Needham, Massachusetts, USA

Questions about any of this?

Privacy policies are written to be precise, not friendly. If something here is unclear or you want to know exactly what we hold about you, ask — a person reads that mailbox.