Privacy & Data Retention

CheckEmail.dev is designed with privacy in mind. We provide tools that allow you to control how your validation data is stored and processed.

Data Storage Policy

By default, we store the metadata of your validation requests (timestamp, latency, status) and the email address you verified. This allows you to:

• View your validation history in the dashboard.
• Debug integration issues.
• Analyze your traffic sources.

Redaction Mode (Zero Retention)

If you are dealing with highly sensitive PII (Personally Identifiable Information) or strict GDPR/compliance requirements, you can enable Email Log Storage redaction in your account settings.

When Redaction is Enabled:

1. We validate the email address in-memory.
2. We return the result to your API client or Webhook immediately.
3. We permanently discard the email address from our database logs.
4. Your logs will show EMAIL_ADDRESS_NOT_LOGGED instead of the actual email.

Irreversible Action

When you disable log storage, we immediately scrub all existing email addresses from your historical logs. This action cannot be undone.

Configuring Privacy

1. Log in to your Dashboard.
2. Go to Settings.
3. Toggle Email Logs Storage to OFF.
4. Confirm the dialog.

Security

• All data in transit is encrypted via TLS 1.2+.
• API Keys are hashed (SHA-256) before storage. We cannot see your raw API keys.
• We perform regular automated security scans.