Privacy

Debate Workbench · updated 3 October 2026

What is collected

Nothing, by us. There is no analytics we have added, no advertising, no error reporting service, and no cookies. Your prep is never sent anywhere. The one thing the web app does on its own is ask this site, about once an hour while it is open, whether a newer version of the app exists. That request carries nothing from your workspace — it is the same request your browser makes for any page.

What the host sees

The site is served by Cloudflare. Like every web host, Cloudflare records requests in its own logs — IP address, which page, and when — and shows us aggregate counts like “453 requests yesterday”. We cannot see who you are from that, and it says nothing about what is in your workspace, because your workspace never leaves your device.

Where your work is stored

In the iPhone and iPad app, your workspace lives in the app's own on-device storage. Only deleting the app removes it, and it is included in your device backup. The app makes no network requests at all — it never contacts this website, so the hosting note above applies to this site only.

On the web, it is your browser's own storage (IndexedDB), under this website's exact address, https://debateworkbench.com. That has two consequences worth understanding:

• On the web, clearing your browser's site data deletes your prep. Nobody else has a copy, because nobody else ever had it.
• It does not follow you to another device or browser. Use Export in Settings to move a workspace, and keep the file somewhere you trust.

The app keeps rolling backups on the same device and asks your browser to treat the data as persistent rather than disposable. That protects against the browser quietly reclaiming space. It does not protect against a lost laptop, so export regularly.

If you turn on folder backup

You can point the app at a folder on your own computer, and it will write a copy of your workspace there as you work. That copy goes where you chose and nowhere else — it is not sent to us, and we could not read it if it were.

If the folder you pick is one a cloud drive syncs — Google Drive, iCloud, OneDrive — then that company has a copy, under whatever terms you already have with them. That is the point of picking such a folder, and it is worth knowing you are choosing it. Pick an ordinary local folder instead and the copy never leaves the machine.

Your evidence is yours

Documents you import are read in the browser and never uploaded. Nothing you write or cut is used to train any model, by us or anyone else. We could not do so if we wanted to — we never receive it.

If you are under 18

Most people using this are high school students, which is why the app was built to hold no personal information at all: no name, no email, no school, no age. If you are under 13, ask a parent or guardian before using any software, including this.

Because nothing is collected, there is nothing to request, correct or delete on our side. Deleting the app's site data in your browser removes everything, permanently and immediately.

If this changes

Accounts and sync are planned, so that a lost laptop stops meaning a lost season. If that arrives it will be opt-in, it will be announced here before it ships, and the promise not to train on your evidence will not change. Until then, everything above is the whole picture.

Contact

Questions, or something here that does not match what the app does: hello@debateworkbench.com.