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Privacy policy
Last updated October 29, 2026
HireBobby is provided by SparkLIT ("we", "us"). This policy explains what we collect when you use hirebobby.com and the HireBobby app, why, who helps us process it, and the choices you have. The short version: we collect what we need to run the service, we don't sell personal information, and we don't use advertising or analytics trackers.
What we collect
Your account
- Your email address, and your name if you give it.
- Your password, stored only as a one-way scrypt hash. We can't see or recover it.
- The workspaces you belong to, your role in each, and when you last signed in.
What you give Bobby
- The websites you add, and the brief for each: company description, products, competitors, buyer types and facts.
- The questions Bobby asks, including ones you write or edit, and your schedule settings.
What Bobby collects for you
- The text of a few public pages from websites you add (the homepage and up to five more), fetched by our crawler, HireBobbyBot.
- The answers AI assistants give to your questions, including the companies they name and the web pages they cite.
Technical information
- Server logs with IP addresses, request times and pages requested, used for security and fixing problems.
- Failed sign-in attempts with the email and IP address, kept for about a day to block password guessing.
- Single-use links we email you (sign-in, email confirmation, password reset), stored only as hashes and valid for 30 minutes to 24 hours.
Cookies and local storage
We set one cookie, beacon_session, which keeps you signed in for up to 30 days. It's essential, can't be read
by scripts, and is never used for tracking. The app also remembers the last workspace you opened in your browser's local
storage. We don't use advertising, analytics or social media cookies.
How we use it
- To run HireBobby: sign you in, draft your brief, ask your questions, and build your reports.
- To send emails you need: sign-in links, email confirmations, password resets, invitations and security notices.
- To keep the service secure and working, and to fix problems.
- To tell you about changes to HireBobby that affect you, such as new plans. We won't send marketing email without your consent.
We don't sell or rent personal information, and we don't share it for advertising.
Who processes it for us
We use these providers to run HireBobby. Each receives only what it needs:
| Provider | What for | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Vultr | Cloud hosting | Everything stored in HireBobby, on servers we control |
| Resend | Sending email | Your email address and the email's content |
| Anthropic (Claude) | Drafting briefs and questions, asking your questions, reading AI answers | Text from your website, your brief, and the answers Bobby collects |
| OpenAI (ChatGPT) | Asking your questions | The questions only |
| Perplexity | Asking your questions | The questions only |
| Google (Gemini) | Asking your questions | The questions only |
We send AI providers questions and website text, not your account details. They process it under their API terms. We may also disclose information if the law requires it, or as part of a sale or reorganization of the business, in which case this policy continues to apply.
How long we keep it
We keep your account and workspace data while your account is open. When you ask us to delete your account, we delete it within 30 days, and copies in our backups are removed as those backups roll over (within about two weeks). Server logs are kept for a limited time for security, then deleted.
Your choices and rights
You can update your name and password on your Account page. To get a copy of your data, correct it, or delete your account, email privacy@hirebobby.com. Depending on where you live (for example in the EU, UK or California), you may have further rights, such as objecting to certain processing or complaining to your local data protection authority. We'll respond within 30 days and won't treat you differently for asking.
Security
All traffic to HireBobby is encrypted with HTTPS. Passwords and emailed links are stored only as hashes, sessions can't be read by page scripts, requests from other websites are refused, and repeated failed sign-ins are blocked. No system is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect your information and will tell you promptly if a breach affects you.
Where it's processed
Your information may be processed in the United States and other countries where we or our providers operate.
Children
HireBobby is a business tool and isn't meant for anyone under 16. We don't knowingly collect information from children.
Changes
If we make significant changes to this policy, we'll update the date above and tell you by email or in the app before they take effect.
Contact
Questions about privacy: privacy@hirebobby.com.