Privacy Policy

Your privacy is our priority

Last updated: August 10, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Gonein600secondz ("we," "our," or "us"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our temporary email service available at gonein600secondz.com (the "Service").

Our service is built with privacy as a core principle. We provide temporary email addresses that automatically expire after 600 seconds (10 minutes), ensuring your communications remain private and secure. Our homepage includes educational content about temporary email benefits, comprehensive service explanations, and contact information for user support.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide

Account Information (Optional):

  • Email Address: When you create an account, we collect your email address for authentication and service delivery.
  • Authentication Data: We securely store authentication credentials using industry-standard encryption.
  • Third-party Authentication: When using Google Sign-In, we receive basic profile information (email address) from Google.

Contact Form Information:

  • Contact Details: When you use our contact form, we collect your email address, full name, subject, and message content for support purposes.
  • Support Communication: This information is used solely to respond to your inquiries and provide customer support.
  • Retention: Contact form submissions are retained for customer service purposes and may be deleted upon request.

Anonymous Usage: You can still use our temporary email service without creating an account. Registration is optional and provides additional features like email history and premium functionality.

2.2 Automatically Collected Information

Technical Information:

  • IP address (temporarily for service functionality)
  • Browser type and version
  • Device information
  • Operating system
  • Referral source
  • Pages visited and time spent

Usage Analytics:

  • Email generation and management interactions
  • Authentication events (sign-in, sign-out, registration)
  • Premium modal interactions and upgrade attempts
  • Timer usage patterns and refresh activities
  • User journey tracking (anonymous, registered, premium)
  • Feature usage statistics for service improvement
  • Session management and duration tracking

Note: All analytics data is collected to improve user experience and service functionality. No personal identifiers are included in anonymous usage tracking.

2.3 Email Content

Temporary Storage Only: Emails sent to your temporary address are stored temporarily in our system for delivery purposes only. All email content is automatically deleted after 600 seconds (10 minutes) without exception.

3. How We Use Your Information

3.1 Service Delivery

  • Provide and maintain our temporary email service
  • Authenticate users and manage account access
  • Send service-related communications
  • Provide customer support when requested

3.2 Email Communications

Marketing Communications: With your explicit consent, we may send you email campaigns about new features, tips, and promotional offers. You can opt-out at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email or contacting us directly.

3.3 Premium Features and Account Management

  • Premium Account Management: Track premium subscription status and features
  • Extended Timer Functionality: Provide longer email durations for premium users
  • Enhanced Authentication: Secure account access and session management
  • Usage Analytics: Monitor feature usage to improve premium offerings

3.4 Educational Content and User Education

Our homepage includes comprehensive educational sections to help users understand temporary email benefits:

  • "How It Works" Section: Explains our service features including email validity, instant delivery, timer functionality, and premium options.
  • "Why Use Temporary Email?": Educational content about privacy benefits, spam avoidance, phishing protection, and anonymous communication.
  • User Guidance: Strategic content placement to educate users before interaction, improving user understanding and safety.

Note: This educational content helps users make informed decisions about their privacy and digital security when using temporary email services.

3.5 Service Improvement and Analytics

  • Analyze usage patterns to improve user experience
  • Track feature adoption and user journey optimization
  • Monitor service performance and security
  • Develop new features based on user behavior insights
  • Improve authentication and premium upgrade flows
  • Enhance educational content based on user engagement

4. Google Services Integration

4.1 Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics with enhanced event tracking to understand how users interact with our service. Google Analytics collects information such as:

  • How often users visit our site and page views
  • User interaction events (email generation, authentication, premium upgrades)
  • User journey tracking (anonymous vs registered vs premium users)
  • Feature usage patterns and conversion funnels
  • What other sites they used prior to coming to our site
  • General demographic information (age range, interests)

Privacy Protection: All analytics data is anonymized and aggregated. We track user behavior patterns to improve the service, not to identify individuals.

Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technologies. You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

4.2 Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense may:

  • Use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website
  • Collect information about your interests to show relevant ads
  • Use the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising

You can manage your ad preferences and opt-out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings page.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use the limited information we collect to:

  • Provide and maintain our temporary email service
  • Improve user experience and service functionality
  • Monitor and analyze usage patterns
  • Detect and prevent abuse or fraudulent activity
  • Comply with legal obligations

5. Information Sharing and Disclosure

5.1 Third-Party Services

We share limited technical information with:

  • Google Analytics: For website analytics and user behavior analysis
  • Google AdSense: For advertisement serving and revenue
  • Hosting Provider: Technical data necessary for service operation

5.2 Legal Requirements

We may disclose information if required by law, court order, or government request, but only to the extent legally required and permitted.

5.3 What We Never Share

  • Email content (automatically deleted after 600 seconds)
  • Personal identification information (we don't collect any)
  • Your temporary email addresses with third parties
  • Your browsing history outside our service

6. Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your information:

  • HTTPS encryption for all data transmission
  • Automatic data deletion after 600 seconds
  • Regular security audits and updates
  • Limited data collection minimizes exposure risk
  • No permanent storage of email content

7. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Types of Cookies We Use:

  • Essential Cookies: Required for basic service functionality
  • Analytics Cookies: Google Analytics tracking (can be disabled)
  • Advertising Cookies: Google AdSense personalization (can be opted out)

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect service functionality.

8. Your Privacy Rights

You have the right to:

  • Use our service completely anonymously
  • Opt-out of Google Analytics tracking
  • Disable advertising personalization
  • Control cookie preferences in your browser
  • Request information about data processing (limited due to anonymous nature)

Data Minimization

Since we don't collect personal information and automatically delete all email content after 600 seconds, traditional data deletion requests are not applicable.

9. International Users

Our service is available globally. If you're accessing our service from outside the United States, please be aware that information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States.

For users in the European Union, we comply with GDPR principles of data minimization and privacy by design through our automatic 600-second deletion policy.

10. Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately.

11. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us through our website or by visiting our main page.

Remember:

Due to our 600-second deletion policy and anonymous service design, we may have limited ability to assist with specific data requests.

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