diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a216f15..b4e2520 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -171,4 +171,8 @@ dist
 .dev.vars
 .wrangler/
 .wrangler
-wrangler.toml
\ No newline at end of file
+wrangler.toml
+
+# local db exports — may contain real email data
+*-data.sql
+*-backup.sql
\ No newline at end of file