Privacy Policy

What we do with your data.

Last updated: April 2026

Short version

We connect to your Gmail to mark your emails as read. We see nothing else. We store nothing. When you close the tab we're done.

What we access

When you sign in with Google, we request permission to modify your Gmail specifically to remove the UNREAD label from your messages. We access only the message IDs necessary to do this. We do not read your emails. We do not see subject lines, sender information, or message content of any kind.

What we do with it

We remove the UNREAD label from your messages. That's the complete list.

What we can technically see with that permission

In the interest of full transparency: gmail.modify technically grants broader access than we use. We could read message content, subject lines, sender information. We don't. We never request that information and our code doesn't touch it. We access only the list of message IDs that carry the UNREAD label, and we remove that label from them.

You can verify exactly what API calls we make here: how it works →

What we never do

  • Read your email content
  • Store any information about your emails
  • Share your data with anyone
  • Use your Gmail access for advertising
  • Retain anything after your session ends
  • Log message IDs or any Gmail data to any server

How the token works

When Google authorizes Vail0, it issues a short-lived access token — a temporary credential that your browser uses to make API calls directly to Google's servers. This token lives only in your browser's memory. It is never written to a cookie, never stored in localStorage or sessionStorage after the auth flow completes, never transmitted to Vail0's servers.

The token expires after one hour. It's gone immediately when you close the tab. After that, Vail0 has no access to your Gmail account whatsoever.

Our mailing list

If you choose to sign up for updates, we store your email address in Airtable. We use it to send updates about my projects and nothing else. You can unsubscribe any time. We do not share your email address or anything else with anyone.

Revoking access

You can remove Vail0's access to your Google account at any time: myaccount.google.com/permissions. Find Vail0 in the list and click Remove Access. We have no way to retain access after you revoke it.

Children

Vail0 is not directed at anyone under 13.

Questions

You can reach us at vail01@gmail.com.

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