Privacy Policy
Effective October 13, 2026
This policy covers the website at ncstatutes.com and the MCP server at mcp.ncstatutes.com (together, "the Service"). ncstatutes is a service of SmartBump, Inc. ("we", "us").
In short: the Service has no accounts and no cookies, and it does not track you. It does not collect personal information. We don't store the questions you ask or the statutes you look up, and we don't sell or share data with anyone.
What we don't collect
- No accounts, logins or API keys.
- No cookies, advertising or tracking pixels on the website.
- No analytics or usage database. The MCP server does not record which tools are called or what is searched.
What our hosting providers process
Like every website, the Service runs on infrastructure that has to handle your network requests in order to deliver them:
- Cloudflare serves the website and handles DNS. To deliver pages and protect against abuse, it processes request data such as your IP address, browser type and the page requested.
- Render hosts the MCP server. Its standard request logs can include IP addresses, timestamps and the URL path requested (for example
/mcp). These logs are kept for a limited time under Render's retention policy, and we use them only to keep the Service running.
If a request causes an error, the server may write a short technical error message to these logs to help us fix the problem. On rare occasions that message can include part of the request, such as a statute citation.
For details, see Cloudflare's privacy policy and Render's privacy policy.
Your AI assistant
When you use the Service through an AI assistant such as Claude, ChatGPT or Grok, the assistant decides when to call the Service. It sends only the arguments for that call, such as a citation or search terms. We never receive your conversation, your account details or anything else you share with the assistant. Your AI provider's own privacy policy governs how it handles your conversations.
The statute data
The Service publishes the North Carolina General Statutes, which are public law, mirrored from ncleg.gov. It contains no personal information about you.
If you email us
If you write to us, we keep your email address and message so we can reply. We don't add you to a mailing list or share your email.
Children
The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update it on this page and change the effective date at the top.
Contact
Privacy questions: mike@smartbumpinc.com