Firstweek connects to some of the most sensitive parts of your company — code, docs, conversations. We think you deserve to know exactly what we do with that access, in plain language. Here it is.

Only what's needed to do the job.


What we will never do with your data.

Your data belongs to your company. Full stop.

We will never —

  • Sell or rent your data
  • Use it for advertising
  • Train AI without your consent
  • Share it with third parties for their benefit
  • Build profiles from it
  • Use it outside the Service

The only reason your data exists in our systems is to generate onboarding content for your workspace. That's it. We don't monetize it, we don't analyze it for trends to sell, and we don't hand it off to anyone who doesn't need it to run the product.

If you ever want it deleted, email [email protected] and we'll take care of it.


Security built in, not bolted on.

We design every feature with security as a requirement, applying the controls you'd expect from a SOC 2-aligned system as we work toward formal certification.

In transit
Encrypted end-to-end

Every connection between your browser, our servers, and any third-party service uses TLS. Your data is never sent over an unencrypted channel.

At rest
AES-256 for sensitive fields

Our database is encrypted at rest. PII fields — new-hire emails, SSO credentials, OAuth tokens — get an additional layer of AES-256 encryption at the application level before they're written to disk.

Isolation
Your data stays yours

Every database query is scoped to your workspace at the application layer. It is architecturally impossible for one company's data to be returned in another company's request.

Access controls
Least privilege, always

Production system access is restricted to authorized personnel only. All administrative access is logged. Your team controls their own permissions within your workspace.


What actually happens when you generate a letter.

When you hit "generate," here's the exact sequence:

What we never send to AI providers: email addresses, OAuth tokens, SSO credentials, payment data, or anything beyond the content needed to write the letter.

On AI training: We will not use your data to train AI models without your explicit prior written consent. If that ever changes for your workspace — say, as part of a pilot program — we'll ask you first and put it in writing.

As Firstweek grows, we may use additional AI providers for specific features. Any new provider will appear on our Subprocessors page before they touch your data.


Who else touches your data, and why.

We use a small set of third-party services to run the product. Here's the plain-English version — the full legal list is on our Subprocessors page.

AWS
Our cloud infrastructure. Everything runs here — servers, databases, storage. All in the US.
Anthropic
Powers the letter generation. Receives onboarding context per request, retains nothing.
Stripe
Handles all billing and payments. We never see or store your card details.
Resend
Delivers transactional emails — onboarding letters, invites, alerts. Receives recipient addresses and email content.
Google Analytics
Product analytics — pages visited, features used. Collects device and browser data. No names or emails attached.
Slack, GitHub, Atlassian, Google, Notion
Only active if your workspace connects them. Read-only access, scoped to what you choose. You can disconnect any integration at any time from your settings.

What you can actually do.


We're a small team. You can actually reach us.

Privacy questions, data requests, security disclosures — we read everything sent to these addresses.

[email protected] [email protected]

For the full legal version of our data practices, read our Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Subprocessors list.