What Happens to the Documents You Upload
A document you upload to Immimaps is stored privately, never as a public link. To view it again, we generate a download link that only works for five minutes and only for you — or, if you've asked for help, a small support team. You can ask to have it deleted at any time.
Where the file actually goes
When you upload a proposal or contract, it's saved under a private storage location that isn't guessable and isn't public. Nobody can find it by searching, browsing, or guessing a URL. If you check anonymously, that private location is tied to your anonymous session rather than to an account — it still isn't public, it's just not linked to a login.
When you or our support team need to look at the file again — say, to help with a question about your report — we don't hand out a permanent link. Instead, the system generates a fresh, temporary download link that expires after five minutes and is restricted to you (or staff helping you, when you've asked for that). After it expires, that specific link stops working; a new one would need to be generated to view the file again.
What happens when a contract is read
Contracts are handled with an extra layer of care, because they typically name two real parties — you and the agency. When our system reads a contract, it works out who's who and labels them "Party A" and "Party B" internally. Before any excerpt from your contract is ever saved into our shared research library — the pool of anonymized examples we use to keep the check accurate for future users — real names are replaced with those neutral labels. Real names aren't kept in that shared library.
This means the substance of what you signed — the terms, the numbers, the structure of the agreement — can help make the check better for the next person, without your name or the agency's name traveling with it.
News and our thoughts — not legal advice or consultation.
What we store, and what we never do
| We store | We never do |
|---|---|
| Your file, in a private, non-guessable storage location | Post a public link to your file |
| A temporary download link that expires after five minutes | Hand out a permanent, non-expiring link |
| Neutral labels — "Party A" / "Party B" — for contract excerpts kept in our shared research library | Keep real names in that shared library |
| Your submission, tied to your account or your anonymous session | Share your document with the agency named in it, with advertisers, or with anyone outside the small support team helping you |
Do you need an account for this to apply?
No. This privacy handling applies whether or not you're signed in — the free document check is built to work anonymously, and the storage and access rules above apply from the moment you upload, account or not.
Getting a file removed
If you want an uploaded file removed, email support and we'll delete it. This isn't a multi-step process buried behind a form — a direct request is enough. If you do have an account and later decide to delete it, that removes your submissions along with everything else tied to the account; it isn't a soft delete you can undo, so it's a genuine removal, not an archive.
Who else can see it
Your document isn't shared with the agency named in it, with advertisers, or with anyone outside the small support team who might help you if you ask a question. We don't sell or rent personal data, and we don't share submissions for advertising. Data only goes to the vetted processors that run the underlying service — hosting and similar infrastructure, operating under contract — or when the law requires it.
Why we built it this way
People upload real financial and legal documents to this check, often before they've told anyone else they're considering a move. That's a level of trust that has to be earned by how the system actually behaves, not just by a promise on a page. Expiring links instead of permanent ones, name scrubbing before anything joins a shared library, and a real deletion path when you ask for one are the concrete parts of that — not slogans, but specific things the system does or doesn't do with your file.
Not slogans, but specific things the system does or doesn't do with your file.
If you're ever unsure what a specific part of the process means for your situation, asking is faster than guessing — support exists for exactly that.
Questions about a specific document
If you have a document-specific question — for instance, about a file you've already uploaded — email us and we'll help directly. For general privacy questions, our FAQ covers account deletion, data sharing, and anonymous use in more detail. Ready to check a document yourself? Start the free document check — you now know exactly what happens to what you upload.