Privacy Policy
Last updated: January 1, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to TempMail ("we," "our," or "us"), accessible at https://tempmail.twotic.dev. We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.
By using TempMail, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you disagree with any part of this policy, please discontinue use of our service.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Information You Provide
TempMail does not require you to create an account or provide personal information such as your name, real email address, phone number, or billing details to use our service.
If you choose a custom username, that username becomes part of the generated temporary email address. We do not link this to your identity.
2.2 Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect:
- Log data: IP address, browser type and version, pages visited, time and date of visit, time spent on pages, and other diagnostic data.
- Device data: Type of device, operating system, and browser used.
- Usage data: How you interact with our service (e.g., emails generated, inbox refreshes).
This data is collected for security, rate-limiting, abuse prevention, and service improvement. It is not sold to third parties.
3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and store certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent.
3.1 Types of Cookies We Use
- Essential Cookies: Necessary for the website to function properly. These cannot be disabled.
- Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website (e.g., Google Analytics).
- Advertising Cookies: Used by Google AdSense and other advertising partners to deliver relevant advertisements and track ad performance.
3.2 Third-Party Cookies
Our advertising partners, including Google AdSense, may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information to:
- Provide, operate, and maintain our service
- Prevent spam, abuse, and fraudulent activity (rate limiting)
- Monitor and analyze usage trends and service performance
- Serve relevant advertisements through Google AdSense
- Comply with legal obligations
- Improve user experience and develop new features
We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We do not use your data for email marketing.
5. Temporary Email Data
Emails received in your temporary inbox are provided by the mail.tm API service. We act as an intermediary — we do not permanently store the contents of emails on our own servers. Email data is subject to mail.tm's own retention and privacy policies.
Temporary email addresses and their inboxes are automatically deleted after a period of inactivity. Do not use temporary addresses for sensitive, confidential, or important communications.
6. Google AdSense and Advertising
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on users' prior visits to our website and other websites. Google's advertising requirements can be summarized by Google's Advertising Principles.
We have implemented the following advertising features: Interest-based advertising and Remarketing may be used. You can opt out of these using:
7. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We may share your information only in the following circumstances:
- Service Providers: Third-party vendors who assist in operating our website (hosting, analytics, CDN), bound by confidentiality obligations.
- Legal Requirements: If required by law or in response to valid legal requests by public authorities.
- Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred.
- Advertising Networks: Aggregated, non-personally-identifiable data may be shared with advertising partners.
8. Data Retention
Log data and automatically collected information is retained for a maximum of 30 days for security and operational purposes, after which it is deleted. Temporary email addresses and inbox contents are deleted by the underlying mail service after inactivity. We do not retain personal data beyond what is necessary.
9. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:
- Access: Request a copy of the data we hold about you.
- Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data.
- Deletion: Request deletion of your data.
- Restriction: Request restriction of processing.
- Portability: Request transfer of your data.
- Objection: Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
To exercise these rights, contact us at hello@twotic.dev.com. Note that since we do not collect personally identifiable information, we may be unable to identify records tied to you.
10. Children's Privacy
Our service is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or 16 in certain jurisdictions). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately and we will delete such information.
11. Security
We implement commercially reasonable security measures to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.
12. Links to Other Websites
Our service may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites and encourage you to read their privacy policies. The inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement.
13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of our service after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us: