PasteBoard Privacy Policy

Last Updated: April 12, 2025

1. Information We Collect

PasteBoard collects and temporarily stores the following information:

• Content that you paste or create on our service
• Your IP address (stored temporarily for rate limiting purposes)
• Basic usage data (such as when pastes are created and accessed)

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

• To provide and maintain our service
• To prevent spam and abuse through IP-based rate limiting
• To improve our service based on usage patterns

3. Data Retention

We implement the following data retention practices:

• Pastes are automatically deleted after 3 hours
• IP addresses used for rate limiting are deleted after 1 hour of inactivity
• We do not maintain backups of expired pastes

4. Public Access

Please be aware that all pastes created on PasteBoard are publicly accessible to anyone with the generated URL. Do not share sensitive or personal information through this service.

5. Third-Party Services

PasteBoard uses the following third-party services:

• Highlight.js (for syntax highlighting)
• jQuery (for DOM manipulation)
• Bootstrap (for UI components)
• CDN hosting services for libraries

These services may use cookies and collect usage data according to their own privacy policies.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our GitHub page.