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Privacy · June 23, 2026

Privacy by default starts at event collection

Privacy is easier to maintain when the collection path removes unnecessary detail before it reaches storage.

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The short version

A policy document can say what a system should do. The collection path determines what the system is actually capable of keeping.

Strip unnecessary identifiers early, avoid storing raw query details by default, and make retention a property of the data model rather than a future cleanup project.

These choices make privacy simpler to explain because the product does not depend on a hidden promise that someone will delete the trail later.

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