Relay

How Relay uses your Gmail data

Relay connects to your Gmail account via Google's OAuth 2.0 protocol. Here's exactly what we access and why.

What we access

  • Email message content — subject lines, body text, and headers so Relay can classify conversations and generate draft replies.
  • Email metadata — sender, recipients, timestamps, and thread IDs to keep your inbox in sync.
  • Your email address — to identify the connected mailbox.

What we do NOT do

  • We do not sell, share, or transfer your email data to third parties for advertising or data-brokering purposes.
  • We do not use your email content to train public machine-learning models.
  • We do not store your Google password. Authentication is handled entirely through Google's OAuth flow, and we only store encrypted access and refresh tokens.
  • We do not send emails from your account unless you explicitly grant sending permission (a separate OAuth step).

Data storage

We store only the data required to provide the service — message content needed for classification and draft generation, thread metadata for sync, and encrypted OAuth tokens. Data is stored in a secured, access-controlled database. All tokens are encrypted at rest.

Revoking access

You can revoke Relay's access to your Gmail at any time:

  1. Go to Google Account → Security → Third-party access
  2. Find “Relay” in the list of connected apps
  3. Click “Remove Access”

You can also disconnect your mailbox from within Relay under Settings → Mailboxes.

Questions?

For questions about data handling, see our Privacy Policy or contact us at privacy@userelay.ai.