Privacy Policy
Effective date: March 1, 2024
mailb0x is built privacy-first: every customer runs on their own VPS (provided by us), we have zero access to your content, and end-to-end encryption is the default. We're a software vendor, not an ESP—you control your data, we only process billing information.
What We Are / Aren't
Information We Collect (Minimal)
We collect only what's necessary for billing and license enforcement—nothing else.
- Billing only: Company name, billing email, plan, invoice/transaction IDs.
- Minimal metrics: Instance-hours, version number, success/fail counts (no message content).
- No content access: We cannot see your contacts, templates, emails, or campaign data.
Data & Privacy Architecture
Your data lives on your own VPS under your domain. We never centralize or access your content.
- Data residency: All customer data lives on your VPS under your domain.
- No content access: We can't see your contacts, templates, or emails.
- No central logs: We don't centralize message logs.
- Suppression local-only: Unsubscribes/bounces/complaints stored on your VPS only.
- Customer-held keys: Encryption keys are yours. Lose them = we cannot recover data.
Security (How It's Built)
Logging & Retention
Payments & Billing
Hosting & Jurisdiction
Compliance Posture (Who Does What)
Business Logic (How the App Behaves)
The software performs pre-flight checks and real-time health monitoring to protect deliverability:
- Pre-flight checks: DMARC/SPF/DKIM, sender domain reputation, required headers (List-Unsubscribe).
- Rate & health controls: Automatic pausing if bounce rate >5%, complaint rate >0.1%, or blacklist detection.
- Diagnostics without PII: We may see aggregate metrics (open%, bounce%) but never email addresses or message content.
Customer Responsibilities
You must comply with applicable laws and regulations when using mailb0x:
Acceptable Use (Hard Lines)
We terminate accounts immediately for:
Violations may result in immediate suspension without refund. Serious abuse reported to authorities.
Our Commitments
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict the use of your data. Submit requests through the privacy center in the dashboard or email privacy@mailb0x.dev. We respond within 30 days.
Changes to This Policy
We will post any updates on this page and notify workspace owners in-app at least 30 days before changes take effect. Material changes require your acceptance to continue using the service.
Contact
Privacy questions? Email privacy@mailb0x.dev or write to mailb0x Labs, Neue Bahnhofstr. 12, 10245 Berlin, Germany.
We are GDPR compliant and pursue SOC 2 Type II certification. Details are available in our security addendum.