Last Updated: October 21, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how TempoEmails ("we", "our", "us") handles information when you use the temporary email service at tempoemails.com (the "Service"). It covers what the mail providers behind the Service store, what is kept in your browser, what our server sees, and how cookies and ads work. It also describes your rights under laws such as the GDPR and the CCPA/CPRA.
Summary: You don't create an account with us and we don't ask who you are. Your temporary inbox is hosted by a third-party mail provider, and your messages are cached in your own browser. We don't keep a copy of your mail. Analytics and ads load only if you accept cookies.
1. Information We Don't Ask For
- We don't ask for your name, address, phone number or location.
- We don't ask for your personal or work email address.
- We don't ask you to create an account or choose a password. (Some providers generate a password for the inbox; see section 2.)
- We don't take payments, so we never see card or billing details.
2. How the Service Works
TempoEmails doesn't run its own mail servers. When you open the site, it creates an inbox at one of several public temporary email providers: Mail.tm, Mail.gw, Inboxes, TempMail.lol or Guerrilla Mail. Email sent to your address is received and stored by that provider, under its own privacy policy and retention rules.
Your browser talks to the provider through a relay on our server (/api/mail/), because most providers don't accept requests from other websites directly. The relay forwards requests only to these providers and passes the responses back. It doesn't save message contents.
How private an inbox is depends on the provider:
- Mail.tm and Mail.gw inboxes are protected by a randomly generated password, shown under "Access". Anyone who has the address and password can open the inbox.
- Inboxes, Guerrilla Mail and TempMail.lol inboxes have no password. Anyone who knows or guesses the address can read the mail sent to it.
3. What Is Stored in Your Browser
The Service keeps the following in your browser's localStorage, on your device only:
- Your current address and the credentials needed to read it (an access token, and the password for Mail.tm and Mail.gw inboxes).
- Up to 25 recently used addresses, so you can switch back to them.
- A cache of messages you've received, so they stay readable after the provider deletes them.
- Settings such as dark mode, sound notifications and your cookie choice.
Deleting an inbox in TempoEmails removes it and its cached messages from your browser. Clearing your browser's site data for tempoemails.com removes everything listed above. Anyone with access to your browser profile can see this data.
4. What Our Server Sees
Like any website, our server receives your IP address, browser user agent and the pages and relay requests you make. We use your IP address to rate-limit the mail relay so it can't be used to create inboxes in bulk. The hosting platform may keep standard access and error logs for a short period to keep the site running and secure. We don't use this information to identify you or build a profile of you.
When the relay contacts a provider, the provider sees our server's address, not yours.
5. How Long Mail Is Kept
- At the provider: each provider decides how long it keeps inboxes and messages. TempMail.lol inboxes expire after about an hour; Guerrilla Mail deletes messages after about an hour; other providers may keep mail longer or delete an inbox at any time.
- In your browser: cached messages stay until you delete the inbox, clear your history or clear your browser data. The cache keeps at most the 100 most recent messages per address.
- On our server: we don't store messages.
Deleting an inbox in TempoEmails doesn't delete it at the provider. Deleting a single message also asks the provider to delete it where the provider supports that.
6. Cookies, Analytics and Advertising
When you first visit, we ask for your cookie choice. If you choose "Essential Only", we don't load analytics or ads. If you choose "Accept All", we load:
- Google Analytics, to count visits and see which pages are used.
- Google AdSense, which shows ads that help keep the Service free. Google and its partners use cookies to show ads based on your visits to this and other websites.
You can opt out of personalized advertising at Google Ads Settings, AboutAds.info or Your Online Choices (for visitors in Europe). You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings.
7. Security
All traffic between your browser and our server uses HTTPS. Email HTML is cleaned before it's displayed: scripts are removed, tracking pixels are stripped, and the message is shown in a sandboxed frame. Other images in an email load from the sender's servers, which can see your IP address, just as with any email client that shows images.
Important: temporary inboxes aren't private mailboxes. Some can be read by anyone who knows the address, and all of them can disappear without notice. Don't use TempoEmails for banking, legal or medical matters, work, or any account you need to keep or recover.
8. Children
TempoEmails isn't meant for children under 13 (or under 16 in the European Economic Area). We don't knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child's information has reached us, contact us and we'll delete it.
9. Your Rights
A. European Economic Area and UK (GDPR / UK GDPR)
You have the right to access, correct, restrict or delete personal data we hold about you, and to object to its processing. Because we don't have accounts and don't store messages, we usually hold nothing that can be linked to you. Messages held by a mail provider are covered by that provider's policy, and data in your browser is under your control.
B. California (CCPA / CPRA)
You have the right to know what personal information is collected, to ask for its deletion, and to opt out of its "sale" or "sharing" for cross-context behavioral advertising. We don't sell personal information. To opt out of advertising cookies, choose "Essential Only" in the cookie banner or use the opt-out links in section 6.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy when the Service, its providers or the law change. The date at the top shows when it was last updated.
11. Contact Us
Questions about this policy or your data:
- Email: [email protected]
- Support & Inquiries: TempoEmails Contact Page
- Terms of Service: View Terms of Service