Privacy
Plain language, no lawyer filler. This page says what Stack Credits stores, why, and how to get rid of it.
What we collect
When you sign in with GitHub, we store:
- your GitHub user id, username, display name and avatar URL;
- your primary verified email address;
- the date your GitHub account was created and your public repository count;
- the time you signed up, and your founding member number.
If you answer the onboarding questions, we also store:
- what you build, which AI tools and models you use, your monthly AI spend band and who pays for it, which tool types you would try, and your years of experience;
- the country you selected;
- whether you asked to be emailed when the first offers go live.
Every onboarding question is optional, and skipping one stores nothing for it.
We also keep our own basic usage counts: page views, clicks on the join button, sign-ups, onboarding completions, and which of two headline variants a visitor saw. We do not store IP addresses or user agents alongside them, and there are no third-party analytics or advertising scripts anywhere on this site.
Why we collect it
The GitHub fields verify that we are dealing with a real developer rather than a freshly created throwaway account. Account age and public repository count feed one internal trust signal we use for exactly that, and for nothing else — not for ranking you, and not for pricing.
The onboarding answers decide which sponsor offers we build first. If nobody wants payments APIs, we do not go looking for payments sponsors.
We ask GitHub for the read:user and user:email scopes only. We cannot read your code, private or public, and we cannot write anything to your account.
We never sell your data
We do not sell, rent or share your personal data with data brokers, advertisers or anyone else for their own purposes. There is no version of this business where your profile is the product.
What sponsors see
By default, a sponsor learns one thing: whether you passed their task. Pass or fail, nothing else.
Anything beyond that — your email address, your account identifier, usage detail — requires you to opt in on that specific offer. The offer tells you what it wants before you start, and declining still pays the credit. That rule is part of our Offer Fairness Policy, not just this page.
How to delete your data
Sign in and use the Delete my data button on your dashboard. It asks you to confirm once, then permanently removes your account, your GitHub fields, your onboarding answers and your founding member number. Usage counts stay, but with no link back to you.
Deletion is immediate and cannot be undone. If you would rather we did it for you, email us from your GitHub address.
Contact
Questions, corrections or a deletion request: anmolsaini01881@gmail.com.