Privacy Policy
Last updated: February 2026
We don't sell your data. We don't even want your data. We relay terminal bytes in real-time and don't store them. Your terminal content passes through our edge servers and is immediately discarded.
Who we are
relay-tty is operated by Scott Pierce. We're a small, independent project built by developers who love to code — with and without AI assistance. We're not a data company. We're a developer tools company.
What we collect
Account data
When you create an account, we store:
- Your email address (for account recovery and important service announcements)
- API keys (hashed — we can't read them after creation)
- A machine-derived tunnel slug (so your URL stays stable)
Terminal data
We store zero terminal content. Your terminal sessions are relayed in real-time through Cloudflare Durable Objects. Bytes flow in, bytes flow out. Nothing is logged, recorded, cached, or persisted at the edge. We couldn't replay your sessions even if someone asked us to.
Usage metadata
We may collect basic usage metrics: tunnel connection count, session duration, and error rates. This is for keeping the service running, not for profiling you.
What we don't do
- Sell your data. Not now. Not ever. Not to anyone.
- Track you across the web. No third-party analytics, no ad pixels, no fingerprinting.
- Read your terminal sessions. The relay is a dumb pipe. We forward binary frames without inspecting them.
- Send you marketing email. We'll only email you for critical service issues (security, outages, account problems).
Third-party services
We use Cloudflare for edge hosting, DNS, and DDoS protection. Your connections route through Cloudflare's network. Cloudflare has their own privacy policy, which we encourage you to review.
If we add payment processing (Stripe), your payment details go directly to Stripe — we never see or store card numbers.
Data retention
Account data is retained while your account is active. If you delete your account, we delete your data. Terminal content is never retained — it doesn't touch disk.
Your rights
You can:
- Request a copy of the data we hold about you (it's basically your email and tunnel slug)
- Delete your account and all associated data
- Revoke API keys at any time
Email privacy@relaytty.com for any privacy-related requests.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top. For material changes, we'll notify you by email. We won't retroactively weaken your privacy protections.