Data & AI Policy

Plain English. No jargon. Here's exactly what we do, and what we don't do, with your data.

Sifta connects to your email inbox to surface only the messages that matter. We know that's a significant level of trust, and we take it seriously. This page explains, in plain language, how we treat your data and our firm commitments to keeping it private and secure.

Our Promise

Four commitments we make to every Sifta user.

• 🔒 We never read your private emails for any purpose other than surfacing what's important to you, and only you.
• 🚫 We never share your data with anyone. Not advertisers, not partners, not other users. Your inbox stays yours.
• 🧠 We never train our AI models on your data. What you send and receive is never used to improve Sifta for other users.
• 👤 Your account is 100% isolated. The model and filters built for your inbox never touch anyone else's account.

The details

We don't read your emails beyond doing our job

Sifta reads your inbox for one reason: to figure out which emails are important to you and send you a summary. That's it. We don't store the contents of your emails beyond what's needed to deliver this service. We don't read your emails for advertising, we don't analyze them for market research, and we don't share what's in them with anyone.

Your data belongs to you, not to us

Everything in your Sifta account is yours. Your email preferences, your priority settings, your message history. None of it is used for anything except making your Sifta experience work. You can ask us to delete everything at any time by emailing privacy@getsifta.com, and we'll wipe it within 30 days.

We don't train AI on your data

Some AI companies use customer data to train their models. We don't. Your emails, your usage patterns, and your preferences are never fed into model training pipelines. Not for Sifta's models, not for third-party models. If we ever wanted to change this, we would ask for your explicit consent first.

Your account is an island

The intelligence Sifta builds for your account, including pattern recognition, priority rules, and sender profiles, is unique to you. None of it is shared across accounts. We don't use one user's behavior to tune another user's experience. Your account stays your account.

No data used to improve our product without your consent

When we improve Sifta, we do it through internal testing and explicit user research, not by mining your private data. If we ever want to use your anonymized data to improve a feature, we'll ask you directly and give you a clear way to say no.

Enterprise-grade security on everything

All data transmitted to and from Sifta is encrypted using TLS. Data stored in our systems is encrypted at rest using AES-256. We are SOC 2 compliant. Our infrastructure and processes have been independently audited to meet the security, availability, and confidentiality standards required for handling sensitive user data.

Quick questions

Does Sifta store my emails?
Only the metadata and summaries needed to power your experience. Raw email bodies are not stored long-term. Summaries are kept only as long as your account is active.

Can Sifta employees see my emails?
No. Access to customer data is tightly controlled and logged. Employees do not have routine access to the contents of your inbox. Access would only occur in extraordinary circumstances, such as responding to a legal order, and we would notify you where legally permitted to do so.

What if I want everything deleted?
Email us at privacy@getsifta.com and we'll delete your entire account and all associated data within 30 days. We'll confirm in writing when it's done.

Is Sifta safe for work emails?
Yes. Our SOC 2 compliance, encryption standards, and strict data isolation policies are designed precisely for professional use. Your work emails stay private.

Looking for the full legal detail?
Read our complete Privacy Policy.