Summary
- No accounts, so no names, emails or passwords are collected.
- Shared content is stored only until the expiry you chose, then deleted.
- Server logs containing IP addresses are kept briefly for security and rate limiting.
- No advertising or analytics scripts are loaded at present. If that changes, this policy will be updated first.
- Developer tools process everything in your browser; that data never reaches us.
Content you share
When you create a share, we store the text or code you pasted, the type you selected, its size, the time it was created and the expiry you chose. For code rooms we also store the files uploaded to the room. This is necessary to serve the link to the people you send it to.
Shares are deleted automatically when they expire (30 minutes to 7 days after creation). Code rooms and their files are deleted after 7 days without activity. Deleted content is not retained in backups beyond the next backup rotation.
Anyone who has a link can open it until it expires. Links use long random tokens and are not listed anywhere, but you should treat a share like an unlisted document, not a private one. Do not paste passwords, API keys or private keys. A private room's PIN keeps casual visitors out, but anyone who has both the link and the PIN can read and edit; it is not a vault. The PIN is stored only as a scrypt hash, never in clear, and unlocking issues a token that lives in your browser until the room expires.
Server logs and rate limiting
Like almost every web server, ours records the IP address, user agent, requested URL, response code and time of each request. These logs are used to keep the service available, to apply rate limits and to investigate abuse. Access logs are rotated automatically and the rotation keeps roughly the last hundred megabytes; in-memory rate-limit counters expire within an hour.
We do not combine logs with any other data to identify you, and we do not sell or share them, except where required by law.
Cookies and browser storage
LogShare sets no tracking cookies. Your light or dark theme preference is kept in your browser's local storage, and a tool's input may be kept in session storage so it survives an accidental reload; both stay on your device and are never sent to us. Real-time code rooms use a WebSocket connection while the room is open.
Third parties
The code editor and a few tools load open-source libraries from cdnjs.cloudflare.com, which means Cloudflare receives the request for those files, including your IP address, under its own privacy policy. Fonts are served from this site. The service is hosted on Amazon Web Services; the hosting provider processes connection metadata as part of operating the infrastructure.
No advertising network or analytics provider currently receives data from this site.
Your rights and removal requests
Because shares expire on their own, the simplest way to remove content is to let it expire or to create shares with a short expiry. If you need something removed sooner, or believe content about you has been shared without permission, contact us with the link and we will remove it.
A public contact address is published on this page once the service launches.
Children
LogShare is a tool for software professionals and is not directed at children.
Changes to this policy
If we change how data is handled, for example by adding analytics or advertising, this page will be updated and the date at the top will change before the new behaviour goes live.