Privacy Policy

Ahlchemy Fulcrum is a fractional-CxO AI-readiness self-assessment operated by Ahlchemy Author Company (“Ahlchemy,” “we,” “us”). This policy explains what we collect when you use the tool, how we use it, how our AI assistant handles your questions, and the choices you have.

01What we collect

Information you provide

• Assessment responses — the ratings and inputs you enter across the four legs (Driver, Foundation, Governance, Capability) and the use-case value/feasibility step.
• Contact details — if you ask to be contacted or request your results, the name, email, company, and role you choose to give us.
• Questions you submit to the Ask Catalyst assistant.

Information collected automatically

• Standard request data: IP address, browser/device type (user agent), pages viewed, and timestamps, kept in transient server logs.
• Security signals from Cloudflare Turnstile, used to tell humans from bots.
• Aggregate, privacy-first usage measurement. Any analytics we use is cookieless and does not track you across other sites.

Stored on your device

• Your in-progress assessment is saved in your browser’s local storage so you can save and restore your work. It stays on your device unless you submit it to us.

02How we use it

• Run the assessment and generate your AI-readiness level, binding constraint, and report.
• Answer questions you ask the Ask Catalyst assistant, and respond to requests you send us.
• Understand, in aggregate, which questions and topics come up most, so we can improve the tool.
• Protect the service against abuse, debug problems, and meet legal obligations.

03AI processing — Ask Catalyst

When you ask the Ask Catalyst assistant a question, your message is sent to our processing endpoint and to our AI provider (Anthropic) to generate a response. We log the question and answer so we can understand question trends and improve the tool.

04Sharing & sub-processors

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. We use no advertising trackers. We rely on a small set of service providers who process data only to run the service, under confidentiality obligations:

• Cloudflare — hosting, edge delivery, Workers, the D1 database, key-value storage, bot protection (Turnstile), transient logs, and cookieless analytics.
• Anthropic — AI processing of Ask Catalyst questions, as described above.

Email correspondence and follow-up are handled manually by Ahlchemy. We may disclose information if required by law, to protect our rights or users’ safety, or in connection with a business transfer.

05Cookies & local storage

We keep this simple: we use only essential, functional browser storage. That means local storage for save/restore of your assessment, and a short-lived Turnstile token for bot protection. We do not set advertising or cross-site tracking cookies, and any analytics we use is Cloudflare’s cookieless Web Analytics.

Because we use no non-essential tracking cookies, no cookie-consent banner is required. You can clear site data or block storage at any time in your browser settings; the tool still works, but it won’t remember your in-progress assessment.

06Retention

• Server request logs are short-lived (typically 7–30 days at the edge).
• Contact details and the questions/answers we log are kept only as long as needed to follow up with you and understand trends, then deleted or de-identified.
• Your in-progress assessment lives in your browser until you clear it.
• You can ask us to delete information we hold about you — see below.

07Your rights & choices

Depending on where you live (including under the California Consumer Privacy Act/CPRA and similar U.S. state laws, and the GDPR), you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or port your personal information, and to object to or restrict certain processing. To exercise any right, email admin@ahlchemy.org and we will respond as required by law.

Your Privacy Choices

We do not sell or share your personal information, so there is nothing to opt out of in that respect. You can still request access or deletion at the address above.

08Security

Traffic to the tool is encrypted in transit using modern TLS, and access to stored data is restricted. No method of transmission or storage is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security, but we work to protect your information and to limit what we collect in the first place.

09Children

Ahlchemy Fulcrum is a business tool intended for adults and organizations. It is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us information, contact us and we will delete it.

10Accessibility statement

We want Ahlchemy Fulcrum to be usable by everyone and aim to meet WCAG 2.1 AA guidance. We do not block copy or paste in form fields. If you encounter a barrier or need content in another format, email admin@ahlchemy.org and we will work with you to provide the information or function you need.

11Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the tool evolves. We’ll change the effective date above and, for material changes, provide a more prominent notice. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised policy.

12Contact

Ahlchemy Author Company · State of Missouri, USA
Privacy requests and questions: admin@ahlchemy.org