Legal
Privacy & Terms
Last updated July 11, 2026. Standard Works is a product of Efex AI, Inc.
In plain English
This policy applies to everyone who uses standardworks.ai, whether you are just browsing, searching Public Archives, or signed in to a free account. There is only one exception:
- Everyone who uses the site. We collect basic log data (like your IP address) and aggregate traffic metrics to understand usage and debug issues, even if you never create an account or run a search. We do not use this data for advertising, and we do not sell it.
- Customer data is the exception. Documents and matter content uploaded by paying customers (law firms, litigation teams) are highly confidential and governed by the contract we sign with each customer (a Data Processing Agreement), which overrides this policy where the two differ.
Privacy Policy
How we handle your data.
1. Everyone who uses the website
This section applies to anyone who uses standardworks.ai, whether you are just browsing, running a search in Public Archives, or signed in to a free account. This section does not cover confidential customer data, which is handled under a separate contract (see the note at the end of this section).
What we collect
Even if you never create an account, when you use our public pages we collect:
- Device and log data: IP address, browser, operating system, timestamps.
- Usage data such as searches you run and documents you open.
- Cookies for basic site function only: keeping you signed in and remembering trusted devices so we don't re-prompt for MFA. We do not set analytics or advertising cookies.
- Aggregate traffic metrics via Cloudflare Web Analytics across the site, including the app dashboard (e.g., app.standardworks.ai). This records which pages are visited along with referrer, browser, device type, and country. It is cookieless, does not track you across other sites, and never sees the content of any page or document. Used internally to understand site traffic and debug issues. Not sold to or shared with any outside party.
If you create an account, we also collect
- Account information you provide: name, email, password hash.
- Usage tied to your account: features you use and activity over time.
How we use it
- Operating the product (signing you in, serving your queries, sending account email).
- Improving the product — including analyzing usage patterns and using queries and feedback to evaluate, debug, and improve our retrieval, ranking, and AI features.
- Communicating with you about the product, new features, and Standard Works.
- Detecting abuse, preventing fraud, and enforcing our terms.
What we do not do
- We do not sell your personal information.
- We do not share it with third parties for their own marketing.
Your choices
You can request access to or deletion of your account data at any time — see Your privacy rights below.
The one exception: customer data
Documents and matter content uploaded by paying customers (law firms, litigation teams) are highly confidential and are governed by the contract we sign with each customer, typically a Data Processing Agreement (DPA). Where that agreement differs from this policy, the agreement controls.
2. Your privacy rights
Depending on where you live, you have rights over the personal information we hold about you. We honor these rights for everyone, regardless of where you are located. Subject to applicable law and reasonable verification of your identity, you can ask us to:
- Access & port — tell you what personal information we hold about you and give you a copy of it in a portable, machine-readable format.
- Correct — fix personal information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Delete — erase your personal information and close your account.
- Opt out — object to or restrict certain processing. As noted above, we do not sell or share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
- Withdraw consent — where we rely on your consent, withdraw it at any time.
These rights include those granted to California residents under the CCPA/CPRA and to residents of the EU and UK under the GDPR. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of them.
To access, correct, delete, port, or update your data, email us at privacy@standardworks.ai or . You may also designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf. If you are unhappy with how we handle your request, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
3. Security and retention
We use industry-standard safeguards: encryption in transit and at rest, least-privilege access, and continuous logging. We retain account and usage data for as long as your account is active and for a reasonable period afterward to operate the service and meet legal obligations.
4. Children
Standard Works is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
5. Changes to this policy
We'll update this page when our practices change. Material changes will be communicated by email or in-product notice. The "last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.
Terms of Service
Rules for using the product.
1. Who these terms apply to
These terms govern the public-facing Standard Works website and free Public Archives accounts. Paying customers are covered by a separate Master Subscription Agreement; if there is any conflict between this page and a signed agreement, the signed agreement controls.
By creating an account or otherwise using the service, you represent and warrant that you are at least 16 years old, that you have the legal capacity and authority to enter into this binding agreement, and that — if you are using the service on behalf of an organization — you have the authority to bind that organization to these terms.
2. Your account
You are responsible for the activity that happens under your account and for keeping your credentials confidential. Don't share your account, don't impersonate others, and tell us if you suspect unauthorized access.
3. Acceptable use
Don't use the product to:
- Break the law or infringe anyone's rights.
- Scrape, mirror, or redistribute the service or its contents.
- Reverse-engineer the product or attempt to bypass access controls.
- Upload malware, attempt to disrupt the service, or interfere with other users.
- Use the product to build a competing service.
Access to the product is for human users only. You may not use bots, crawlers, scrapers, headless browsers, automated agents, browser-automation tools, AI agents, or any other automated means to access, query, or interact with the service, and you may not script or automate account creation, logins, or sessions. We reserve the right to detect, rate-limit, block, and revoke access for any use we believe is automated, and to seek any other remedy available to us.
4. Using the product for work
If you use the product in connection with your work for an organization, these terms apply to your use. Anything you do with the product on behalf of that organization — including any confidentiality or data-handling commitments your organization has made to others — remains your and your organization's responsibility.
When you use the product for your work, you grant Standard Works (Efex AI, Inc.) the right to truthfully represent that use: for example, to identify your organization as a user of Standard Works on our website, in conversations with prospective customers, and in investor materials. We will only describe what is actually true and will not imply any endorsement beyond the fact of use. If your organization would prefer we not reference it, email us at legal@standardworks.ai and we'll try to accommodate.
5. Public Archives content
Public Archives hosts documents from public-record releases. We provide them as a research tool. We make no warranty about completeness, accuracy, or fitness for a particular purpose, and the documents themselves remain subject to their original terms and any applicable copyright or court orders.
6. AI output
The product uses large language models and other AI systems to retrieve, summarize, classify, answer questions about documents, and the like. AI output is probabilistic and can be wrong, incomplete, fabricated, or out of date.
Standard Works is a research tool, not legal advice and not a substitute for reading the underlying documents. You are responsible for verifying any AI output before relying on it. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all liability for any harm arising from your reliance on AI output.
7. Termination
You can stop using the product and delete your account at any time. We can suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms or that present a security or legal risk to the service.
8. Disclaimer and liability
The free product is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Efex AI, Inc.'s total liability arising out of or related to free use of the service is limited to one hundred U.S. dollars (USD $100). Paid customers' remedies are governed by their signed agreement.
9. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Delaware, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
10. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. When we do, we'll revise the "last updated" date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the service after that date means you accept the updated terms; if you don't accept them, stop using the service and you may close your account.
11. Contact
Questions about this page? Reach out at legal@standardworks.ai.