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Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 12, 2026

TermLink is built around a simple idea: your terminal stays on your machine. We relay it so you can reach it from a browser, and we keep as little as possible on the way through.

1. Information We Collect

We collect only what is needed to sign you in, show you your own machines, and bill a subscription.

1.1 What we collect

  • Google account basics: your email address, name, and profile picture, received when you sign in with Google. Used to create your account and scope your machines to you.
  • Machine registrations: the label and platform of each machine you register with termlink host, plus connection timestamps, so your machine list is accurate.
  • Billing records: your subscription status and the order reference from Lemon Squeezy. Card details are handled by Lemon Squeezy and never reach our servers.
  • Anonymous usage analytics: aggregated data about how the site and web client are used, to improve them.

1.2 What we never collect

  • No SSH keys or machine passwords. TermLink does not use them — hosts dial out to the relay, so there is nothing to hand us.
  • No terminal history. Terminal input and output pass through the relay in memory to reach your browser. We do not log them, store them, or build a transcript of your sessions.
  • No copies of your files. An image you paste or drop onto the terminal is delivered to your own host machine and saved there — not retained on our servers.

2. How We Protect Your Data

2.1 Connection security

  • Hosts and clients dial out to the relay, so no inbound port is opened on your machine and there is nothing listening to attack.
  • All traffic between your machines, the relay, and your browser is encrypted in transit.
  • The relay holds no credentials to your machines — it only forwards an already-authenticated session.
  • Sign-in issues a short-lived access token that is refreshed automatically; tokens are stored locally on your own machine.

2.2 Account isolation

  • A machine is visible and reachable only to the account that registered it.
  • The relay scopes every machine list and every connection to the user identified by the token, so one account can never see another account’s machines.

3. Data Retention & Deletion

  • Terminal streams are relayed, not recorded — nothing to retain once a session ends.
  • Machine registrations disappear when you unregister the machine or delete your account.
  • Your email address and subscription status are kept while your account exists, for account management and billing.
  • You can ask us to delete your account and everything associated with it at any time. We complete deletion within 30 days.

4. Your Rights

You have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you (email address, name, machine list, subscription status)
  • Request correction of inaccurate data
  • Request deletion of your account and all associated data
  • Opt out of marketing communications
  • Export your account information

5. Third-Party Services

  • Google Sign-In: authentication. We receive your email, name, and profile picture; we never see your Google password.
  • Lemon Squeezy: our merchant of record. Lemon Squeezy runs checkout, takes the payment, issues the invoice, and handles applicable taxes for the Pro plan. Your card details are given to Lemon Squeezy, not to us, and are covered by their privacy policy.
  • Hosting and analytics: to serve this site and the web client, and to measure usage anonymously.
  • Anthropic: if you run Claude Code in a TermLink session, whatever you type goes to Anthropic under their terms and privacy policy, exactly as it would in a local terminal. TermLink is not affiliated with Anthropic and does not sit between Claude Code and Anthropic.

6. Human Review

No one at BT Computing watches your sessions. Terminal traffic is forwarded automatically and is not reviewed by humans. Our support team answers account and billing questions, and they have no access to your terminal content.

7. Contact

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes are posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date, and significant changes are announced by email or in the web client.