1. General Information

TrashMail.com takes the protection of personal data very seriously and processes it exclusively in accordance with applicable data protection laws, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

Please note that TrashMail.com is not an anonymous service. Personal data is neither sold nor shared with third parties. Furthermore, no online advertising is displayed on our website.

2. Processing and Storage of Personal Data

TrashMail.com follows the principle of data minimization and only stores the data necessary for the provision and functionality of the service.

a) Types of Stored Data

• Email addresses (temporary and, if applicable, real email addresses for forwarding)
• IP addresses (for abuse prevention and security monitoring)
• Log data (timestamps and technical information about email traffic)
• Session data (e.g., for authentication of logged-in users)

b) Data Retention Period

Personal data is only stored for as long as necessary for the respective purpose.

• Email traffic logs can be viewed and managed by users according to their individual settings.
• Database backups are stored in highly encrypted form on external servers. The private key for these backups is not stored on TrashMail.com servers.

3. Security of Email Communication

TrashMail.com implements state-of-the-art security measures to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of email communication.

• Outgoing emails are sent using passive TLS encryption, provided the receiving email infrastructure supports it.
• Email traffic is recorded in the logging function, which can be accessed by the respective user.

4. Website Security

The TrashMail.com website is accessible exclusively via an encrypted HTTPS connection (2048-bit SSL certificate). Our security measures are regularly reviewed and externally evaluated. The security service provider Qualys SSL Labs has rated our website with an "A+" security grade.

5. Use of Cookies

TrashMail.com only uses technically necessary cookies that are required for the basic functionality of the service.

• These cookies primarily serve session management (session cookies).
• No tracking or analytics cookies are used.

6. Use of a Content Delivery Network (CDN)

To optimize loading times and improve availability, TrashMail.com uses the Content Delivery Network (CDN) of Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.

Cloudflare processes certain technical connection data (e.g., IP addresses and access data) to securely and efficiently deliver the website. Cloudflare complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF) as a replacement for the former Privacy Shield agreement. More information can be found in Cloudflare’s privacy policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/security-policy.