Email1Hour is operated by JustTryApps ("JustTryApps," "we," "us," or "our"). This Privacy Policy explains what information Email1Hour processes, why, and how long it is kept. It should be read together with our Terms of Use and Acceptable Use Policy.
PRIVACY AT A GLANCE
- No traditional account, name, or password required
- Inboxes last 5 minutes to 1 hour
- Messages deleted with expired inboxes
- Plain-text viewing, no remote images or tracking pixels
- Temporary email is private, not anonymous
1. Information we process
- Temporary messages. Email sent to an @tempmessage.com address is received and stored temporarily so it can be shown in your browser during the inbox's lifetime.
- Mailbox credentials. Each inbox has an automatically generated address and a private access credential. The credential is stored in your browser for the lifetime of the inbox.
- Technical data. IP addresses, approximate location derived from IP, request logs, and similar data may be processed for security, abuse prevention, rate limiting, and enforcing regional availability.
- Form submissions. Information you choose to send through our contact or abuse-report forms, such as your name, email address, and message.
- Local preferences. Settings such as your chosen appearance theme are stored in your browser.
2. How we use information
We use information to:
- create and operate temporary inboxes
- display received messages to you
- protect the service from abuse, fraud, and automated misuse
- enforce our Terms, Acceptable Use Policy, and regional restrictions
- respond to contact requests and abuse reports
- comply with applicable law
We do not sell personal information, and we do not use message contents for advertising.
3. Message display
Messages are shown in a simplified, plain-text format. Remote images, tracking pixels, and raw email HTML are not loaded, and attachments are not available. This reduces the information senders can learn about you when you open a message.
4. Retention
- Each inbox expires at the end of its selected duration (5, 10, 15, or 30 minutes, or 1 hour). When an inbox expires or you delete it, the inbox and its messages may be permanently deleted. Expired inboxes cannot be recovered.
- Recently used addresses may be held back from reassignment for a period of time so they are not intentionally reused.
- Technical and security logs are kept only as long as reasonably needed for security, abuse prevention, and operation of the service.
- Contact messages and abuse reports are kept as long as reasonably needed to respond, investigate, and prevent abuse.
5. Your choices
You can delete an active inbox at any time from Settings, which also removes the access credential stored in your browser. Clearing your browser storage removes locally stored preferences.
6. Service providers
We rely on third-party providers to run Email1Hour, including Base44 for website hosting and forms, and Cloudflare for email processing, storage, security, and bot protection (Cloudflare Turnstile). These providers process data on our behalf under their own terms and privacy policies.
7. Legal requests
We may disclose information that we hold when required by valid legal process, such as a subpoena, court order, or warrant. Because inboxes are temporary and messages are deleted on expiration, we may have little or no data available about past activity.
8. Security
We use reasonable technical measures to protect the service, but no internet service can guarantee complete security. Anyone who obtains your inbox access credential may be able to view that temporary inbox.
9. Not anonymous
Temporary email helps keep your primary address private, but it does not make you anonymous. Do not use Email1Hour for banking, healthcare, work, or any account you may need to recover, and do not send highly sensitive information to a temporary inbox.
10. Children
Email1Hour is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
11. Regional availability
New inbox creation is unavailable in certain countries and regions, as described in our Terms of Use. Location signals derived from your IP address may be used to apply these restrictions.
12. Governing law
This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, United States, consistent with our Terms of Use. Nothing in this policy limits any mandatory privacy rights you have under the laws of the place where you live.
13. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as Email1Hour changes. When we do, the "Last Updated" date will be revised.
14. Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent through our Contact page. To report misuse, use the Report Abuse page.