diff --git a/.changeset/fix-emails-posthog.md b/.changeset/fix-emails-posthog.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9dbafd6f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-emails-posthog.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"lingo.dev": patch
+"@lingo.dev/_compiler": patch
+"@lingo.dev/compiler": patch
+---
+
+fix: hash emails before sending as PostHog distinct_id
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/observability.ts b/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/observability.ts
index 1f0caad28..b98397f01 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/observability.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/cli/utils/observability.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import pkg from "node-machine-id";
 const { machineIdSync } = pkg;
 import https from "https";
+import crypto from "crypto";
 import { getOrgId } from "./org-id";
 
 const POSTHOG_API_KEY = "phc_eR0iSoQufBxNY36k0f0T15UvHJdTfHlh8rJcxsfhfXk";
@@ -17,8 +18,9 @@ function determineDistinctId(email: string | null | undefined): {
   const orgId = getOrgId();
 
   if (email) {
+    const hashedEmail = crypto.createHash("sha256").update(email).digest("hex");
     return {
-      distinct_id: email,
+      distinct_id: hashedEmail,
       distinct_id_source: "email",
       org_id: orgId,
     };
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/utils/observability.ts b/packages/compiler/src/utils/observability.ts
index 27742810e..dc06e3ad8 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/utils/observability.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/utils/observability.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as machineIdLib from "node-machine-id";
+import crypto from "crypto";
 import { getRc } from "./rc";
 import { getOrgId } from "./org-id";
 
@@ -64,8 +65,9 @@ async function getDistinctId(): Promise<{
   const email = await tryGetEmail();
 
   if (email) {
+    const hashedEmail = crypto.createHash("sha256").update(email).digest("hex");
     return {
-      distinct_id: email,
+      distinct_id: hashedEmail,
       distinct_id_source: "email",
       org_id: orgId,
     };
diff --git a/packages/new-compiler/src/utils/observability.ts b/packages/new-compiler/src/utils/observability.ts
index b26596374..1dcc3e0e2 100644
--- a/packages/new-compiler/src/utils/observability.ts
+++ b/packages/new-compiler/src/utils/observability.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as machineIdLib from "node-machine-id";
+import crypto from "crypto";
 import { getRc } from "./rc";
 import { getOrgId } from "./org-id";
 import { TRACKING_VERSION, COMPILER_PACKAGE } from "./tracking-events";
@@ -64,8 +65,9 @@ async function getDistinctId(): Promise<{
   const email = await tryGetEmail();
 
   if (email) {
+    const hashedEmail = crypto.createHash("sha256").update(email).digest("hex");
     return {
-      distinct_id: email,
+      distinct_id: hashedEmail,
       distinct_id_source: "email",
       org_id: orgId,
     };