Privacy
Draft, last updated October 30, 2026. This is still being reviewed and may change. If it changes in a way that matters, we'll email anyone with a sprint in progress.
The short version: we use your information to run your sprint and nothing else. We don't sell it, we never get your passwords, and we delete your resume and drafts 60 days after your sprint ends unless you ask us to do it sooner.
What we collect
- What you put in the intake form: your name, email, resume, LinkedIn link, the jobs you want and where, your salary floor, companies you like or want to avoid, and any writing sample you share.
- Emails you send us, like replies you forward when you check in or claim a refund.
- Payment details, which go straight to Stripe. We see your name and email, what you paid and the last 4 digits of your card. We never see the full card number.
The site has no ad trackers and no analytics scripts. Our host keeps standard server logs, like IP addresses and pages requested, for security.
What we never get
Your Gmail password, your LinkedIn password, or access to any of your accounts. You send everything yourself.
What we use it for
- picking your 40 companies and writing your applications and emails
- talking to you about your sprint
- handling payment and refunds
- getting better at this, but only with counts that don't identify you, like how many sprints got a call
We won't use your information for advertising, and we won't put you on a marketing list without asking.
Who else sees it
Only the services we need to do the work. Each one gets only what it needs.
- Cloudflare hosts this site.
- Stripe takes payments and handles refunds.
- Anthropic, through its paid API, helps with research and first drafts. Under its commercial terms, it doesn't train its models on what we send it.
- An email verification service checks the work addresses of the people you'll be emailing. It gets those addresses, not your information.
- Our email and file storage provider holds our inbox and your files while your sprint runs.
We don't sell or rent your information to anyone. We'd only share it beyond this list if the law made us, and we'd tell you unless we weren't allowed to.
How long we keep it
- Your resume and intake answers, plus any writing sample and drafts: deleted 60 days after your sprint ends. That covers the refund window plus a little time to answer questions.
- If we decline your intake, we delete it within 30 days.
- Payment and refund records: kept as long as tax law requires, usually 7 years. These don't include your resume.
Deleting your information
Email hello@fortyletters.com from the address you signed up with and ask. We'll delete it within 7 days and email you when it's done. The only things we keep are the payment records described above. You can also ask for a copy of what we have, or ask us to fix something that's wrong.
The people you email
To find the right person at each company, we use work contact details that are publicly available, like names and titles on company websites. We don't buy personal phone numbers or home addresses. If you got an email from someone using our service and want us to stop including you, email us and we'll remove you from future sprints.
Security
We keep your files in access-controlled storage and limit who can open them. No system is perfect. If something goes wrong that affects your information, we'll tell you quickly and plainly.
Age
This service is for people 18 and older. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone younger.