privacy.
Plain English. We collect what we need to keep your account working — nothing more, nothing sold.
Introduction
Postlane (“we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting your personal data. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights in relation to it. It applies when you use postlane.dev or the Postlane desktop application.
We act as data controller for the personal data we process about you. If you have any questions, please contact us.
Data we collect and how we use it
When you sign in using GitHub, GitLab, or Google, we receive your name and email address from that provider. We use this to create and manage your Postlane account and issue your licence.
Legal basis: performance of a contract.
Our self-hosted servers capture standard server logs including IP addresses, browser type, and pages visited. We use this to monitor service health and diagnose problems.
Legal basis: legitimate interests in operating a reliable service.
If you submit our contact form, we receive your name, email address, and message. We use this solely to respond to your enquiry.
Legal basis: legitimate interests in responding to customer enquiries.
Third parties we share data with
We use the following sub-processors:
We do not sell your personal data to third parties and do not use it for advertising.
International transfers
Some of our sub-processors are based outside the UK and EEA, including in the United States. Where data is transferred internationally, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses or adequacy decisions.
Data retention
- —Account data— retained while your account is active and for two years after closure, unless a longer period is required by law.
- —Contact enquiry data — retained for three years.
- —Server logs — retained for 90 days.
Your rights
Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:
- —access the personal data we hold about you
- —have inaccurate data corrected
- —have your data deleted in certain circumstances
- —restrict or object to our processing
- —receive your data in a portable format
- —withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- —lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised. Continued use of our services after any update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
Governing law
This policy is governed by the law of England and Wales. Any disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.