Trust standards
Use BuyerNotes to prepare for a more useful seller conversation. See which claims come from the seller, what the available records support, and which questions still need answers.
Built into every report
Supported means the cited material supports the exact wording shown. It does not necessarily mean BuyerNotes independently verified the claim. The accompanying source label distinguishes seller-stated material from facts supported by independent records. Needs verification and Not enough info preserve the remaining uncertainty.
Each finding names the kind of source behind it: buyer-entered context, seller claim, compatible operating record, official public source, premium dataset, or general category context. A seller's description of products or services does not establish their revenue mix or profitability.
Citations and source caveats stay visible so a buyer can inspect what supports the exact claim. When available, uploaded-document citations show a page or excerpt, and web sources show when they were retrieved.
Missing documents, conflicting accounts, or unavailable public research can still leave enough evidence for a useful report. Where appropriate, it is available with explicit limitations, unanswered questions, and records to request. Conclusions that depend on unresolved evidence remain unconfirmed.
BuyerNotes checks drafts automatically. For issues such as unclear wording or incomplete coverage, it can attempt a correction and review the revised report. Correction attempts have a limit. Completing these checks does not independently verify the business.
When checks identify invented claims or citations, information about the wrong business, serious inaccuracies, or an unreadable report, that version is held back if the problems remain unresolved. A limitation label does not make a false claim acceptable.
If a later update cannot be published, your earlier available report remains available with its original date and limitations. Use its sources and dates to decide what needs checking again.
A document that appears to belong to the wrong business, entity, location, or operating context is excluded because it does not match this business. It cannot support findings about the business being reviewed.
Shared views and exports are designed around derived insights and references, not raw third-party licensed datasets.
How to read the labels
The same Supported, Needs verification, and Not enough info language carries through every section. Each material finding also names the source type behind it. “Seller-stated · not independently verified” is different from “Compatible operating record” even when each source supports the precise wording beside it.
“Available with limitations” describes the report as a whole. Read the stated limits alongside the individual findings. They stay with the report in shared views and exports, so advisers can see the same boundaries.
Before you upload
Before uploading seller records, confirm you have permission, remove unrelated details, and redact sensitive information. The checklist covers what to leave out.
If a record cannot be safely minimized, ask the seller for a redacted copy. See the Privacy Notice for how submitted material is processed and retained.
Data and access
This is a plain-language summary. The Privacy Notice controls where more detail or a retention exception applies.
BuyerNotes uses encrypted HTTPS connections and private provider storage. Workspace access is tied to your account. Authorized operators may access data only when needed for support, security, reliability, legal obligations, or an approved incident response.
Deal material remains available until you delete it. You can delete source documents, revoke shares, and permanently delete an archived deal. Accepted deletion requests block affected access first, then remove active-system data through the documented deletion process; limited billing, audit, legal, and backup records follow the Privacy Notice.
OpenAI processes submitted deal context and document text to generate reports. BuyerNotes requests that model responses are not stored and does not opt in to model-training data sharing. Provider abuse-monitoring retention may still apply as described in the Privacy Notice.
BuyerNotes uses Vercel for hosting, private storage, isolated processing, logs, and aggregate analytics; Neon for the database; Resend for email; Stripe for payments; and OpenAI for AI processing. Providers receive data only as needed to perform their service.
A report stays in your account unless you create a share link or export. Share links use revocable, unlisted URLs; they are not restricted to a named recipient, so anyone with the live URL can view the shared report. Exports become files you control outside BuyerNotes.
Report a suspected security or privacy issue to support@getbuyernotes.com. Do not attach seller documents or sensitive deal material to the first message.
Controls at a glance
Area
What happens
Important boundary
Pages and uploads use encrypted HTTPS connections.
No internet service can guarantee absolute security.
Workspace access is tied to the signed-in account; source files are kept in private provider storage.
Authorized operators may access data only for the limited purposes described below and in the Privacy Notice.
Reports stay in your account unless you create a revocable, unlisted share link or export.
Share links are not recipient-authenticated: anyone with a live URL can open it. Exported files are outside BuyerNotes controls.
Accepted deletion requests block affected access first and target removal from active systems within 24 hours.
Limited billing, audit, legal, and backup records follow the retention periods in the Privacy Notice; approved backups age out within 30 days.
BuyerNotes requests no model-response storage and does not opt in to model-training data sharing.
Until Zero Data Retention is enabled, OpenAI abuse-monitoring retention may apply for up to 30 days.
Report generation, exports, sharing, billing, and deletion workflows create operational audit records.
Audit records prove that a system event was recorded; they do not prove that every report claim is correct.
Clear boundaries
BuyerNotes supports first-pass acquisition review. It does not replace legal, tax, accounting, financing, or operational diligence.
BuyerNotes does not recommend buying, passing, selling, proceeding, or making an offer. It shows what matters, what is known, what is missing, and what to ask next.
Reports improve when buyers add relevant primary records such as redacted tax returns, bank statements, leases, payroll summaries, anonymized customer summaries, and seller answers.
