Data Posture & Minimization

Deciding.org distinguishes between working material and institutional records.

Ephemeral Deliberation

Most interactions within the decision workspace are ephemeral by design. This includes:

• Preliminary drafts of decision frames.
• Exploratory AI chat interactions.
• Intermediate analyses and research notes.

By not storing this deliberative exhaust, we significantly reduce your organization's discoverability and privacy liability.

Durable Artifacts

Durable storage is reserved exclusively for governed artifacts that the organization chooses to stand behind:

• Decision Frames: The finalized question and constraints.
• Decision Plans: The approved path forward.
• Decision Intelligence Records (DIR): The auditable record of the final decision, tradeoffs, and evidence.

Governance Invariants

• No Prompt Leakage: Proprietary prompt logic is never exposed to the client.
• Metadata-Only Observability: Operational logs do not contain decision content.
• Explicit Ownership: Every durable change is linked to an authenticated user role.