diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f074fd..7651c07 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 **/.DS_Store
+
+# Customer database dumps stay local (confidential)
+*.rar
+*.sql
+*.dump
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6e2873..1af1a34 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ A modern, AI-native low-code platform that can take over from Axpert 11.2. It ca
 | `AW_11.2.0.0_release1/` | Axpert 11.2 web runtime source (reference only; proprietary to Agile Labs, do not copy into the new product) |
 | `Axpert Structures/` | Axpert metadata exports and scripts (reference) |
 | `Release Notes.txt` | Axpert 11.2 release notes (reference) |
-| `krishtech_27_08_26.rar` | krishtech PostgreSQL dump. **Confidential customer data: do not share; developers use anonymized copies.** |
+| `krishtech_27_08_26.rar` | krishtech PostgreSQL dump. **Kept locally only, not in git (confidential customer data).** Developers use anonymized copies. |