Overview
Shadow Ban is a Gmail add-on that manages email filters on your behalf. It operates entirely within your Gmail account and does not collect, transmit, or store any personal data externally.
Data Collection
Shadow Ban does not collect any data. Specifically:
- No email content is read beyond sender addresses and headers needed to create filters
- No data is sent to external servers
- No analytics or tracking code is included
- No personal information is gathered
Gmail Access
Shadow Ban requires the following Gmail permissions to function. All actions happen within your own Gmail account:
- Filter management — To create and delete Gmail filters that move emails from banned senders out of your inbox
- Label access — To create and manage the "Unsubscribe" label where filtered emails are stored
- Message access — To search for and move existing emails from banned senders when you ban them
- Add-on execution — To run the add-on within Gmail's sidebar
- Message metadata — To read the sender address and subject of the email you're currently viewing
- Message content — To detect List-Unsubscribe headers for identifying subscription emails
Use of Google User Data
Shadow Ban accesses Google user data solely to provide the functionality you requested — banning and unbanning email senders. Specifically, the add-on reads sender addresses to create filters, manages labels to organize filtered emails, and moves messages between your inbox and the Unsubscribe label. Shadow Ban does not use Google user data for any other purpose, including advertising, market research, or profiling.
Local Storage
Shadow Ban uses Gmail's built-in PropertiesService to store the list of banned sender addresses. This data stays within your Google account and is never transmitted externally.
Data Retention and Deletion
Shadow Ban stores only the list of banned sender email addresses within your Google account's PropertiesService. This data persists as long as the add-on is installed. When you unban a sender, their address is immediately removed from the stored list. If you uninstall Shadow Ban, all stored data is deleted along with the add-on. You may request deletion of your data at any time by contacting tom@pressware.co.
Data Protection
Shadow Ban is designed to protect your data through the following mechanisms:
- All communication between the add-on and Gmail occurs over Google's secure, encrypted infrastructure (HTTPS/TLS)
- No data is transmitted to or stored on external servers — the add-on runs entirely within Google's Apps Script environment
- Stored data (banned sender addresses) is held in Google's PropertiesService, which is encrypted at rest and accessible only to your Google account
- The add-on requests only the minimum scopes necessary to provide its functionality
- No email content is read, stored, or cached — only sender addresses and email headers are accessed during active use
Third Parties
Shadow Ban does not share any data with third parties. The add-on communicates only with Gmail's own APIs within your account. No Google user data is transferred to or processed by external services.
Contact
If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact tom@pressware.co.