Your clients told you things in confidence. That confidence ends with you — not with us.
Confidentiality isn't a feature we added. It's the reason Sable Forensics exists. Here's exactly what we commit to — and what it means in practice for your license and your clients.
Your files are processed only by us
To analyze your files, our AI must be able to read them — that's unavoidable. What we can promise is that your case data is processed exclusively on our own private infrastructure, by our team, under explicit confidentiality obligations. It never reaches any third-party AI service, and no one outside Sable Forensics touches it.
Your data never trains a model
Not ours. Not a third party's. Not anonymized, not aggregated. Your case files are processed to answer your queries and generate your outputs — then they sit in encrypted storage until deleted. They are not ingested into any training pipeline.
Deleted on your timeline
You set the retention schedule. When the period expires, files are permanently deleted. No indefinite storage of case materials on any server, no "we keep metadata," no shadow copies. Gone on your terms.
No third-party AI access
Your case data is not sent to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or any other AI provider for processing. Analysis happens on our own encrypted infrastructure. Your case files don't leave our system.
Why your PI license makes this a professional obligation, not just a preference.
Private investigator licensing in most jurisdictions carries explicit confidentiality obligations to clients — obligations that extend to the tools you use. When you upload a client's case materials to a general-purpose cloud AI, you may be creating a record of that data outside your control, accessible to the provider and potentially to legal process.
Sable Forensics is designed to keep that record unreadable — not through promises, but through encryption architecture. We encourage every investigator to review their licensing board's current guidance on AI tool usage.
Questions investigators ask us.
Can Sable Forensics read my case files? +
Technically, yes — and we're being straight with you about that. For our AI to analyze your files, they must be decrypted on our servers during processing. What we promise is that we only access your files to run the analysis you requested, we operate under strict confidentiality obligations, and no one outside our team ever sees your case data. That's a policy and contractual commitment, not a cryptographic one — but it's an honest one.
Is my data used to train any AI model? +
Never. Your case data is used only to produce the outputs you request — transcripts, analysis, reports — and then sits encrypted until deleted. It is not fed into any training pipeline, ours or anyone else's.
What if Sable Forensics receives a subpoena or legal demand? +
We would comply with valid legal process. What we can tell you is that we are a small, dedicated platform — not a massive cloud provider routinely processing millions of customers' data with broad terms of service. Your files are encrypted at rest, access-logged, and deleted on your schedule. We encourage investigators to consult their own attorney about jurisdiction-specific obligations around AI tool use.
What happens to files when I delete them or the retention period expires? +
They are permanently deleted from our infrastructure. We do not retain backups of client case files beyond your retention window. Deleted means deleted.
Does Sable Forensics send my files to any third-party AI (OpenAI, Google, etc.)? +
No. Processing happens on our own infrastructure. Your case files do not leave our system or pass through any third-party AI API.
Is this compliant with my PI license confidentiality obligations? +
Sable Forensics is designed around investigative confidentiality requirements. Requirements vary by jurisdiction and licensing board. We recommend reviewing your board's current guidance on AI tool use and encourage you to bring your specific questions to the consult.