Privacy Policy for BT Mail

At Blazie Technologies LLC, your privacy is our priority. This privacy policy explains how the BT Mail application accesses, uses, stores and protects your data when you connect it to your Gmail account.

BT Mail's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Information We Collect

BT Mail requests one Google permission: full access to Gmail (the https://mail.google.com/ scope). Google requires this scope for apps that read and send mail over the standard IMAP and SMTP mail protocols, which is how BT Mail connects to Gmail.

With this permission, BT Mail accesses:

Your Gmail address, used to sign in to Gmail's mail servers
Your mail folders and labels
Message headers: sender, recipients, subject, date, and read or flagged status
Message content and attachments, when you open a message
Messages you write, reply to, forward or send
Calendar invitations that arrive as email attachments

BT Mail does not access your Google Contacts, Google Calendar, Google Drive, or any other Google service through this permission.

How We Collect It

You sign in to your Google account and grant permission through Google's own sign-in page. Google then gives BT Mail an access token. BT Mail never sees or stores your Google password.

BT Mail uses that token to connect directly from your BT Speak device to Google's Gmail servers (imap.gmail.com and smtp.gmail.com). It fetches mail only when you open the app, check for new mail, open a folder or message, search, or send.

Why We Collect It

BT Mail lets you read, write and manage your Gmail on the BT Speak, a computer with a braille keyboard and speech output designed for blind users. Access to your mail is needed so the device can read your messages aloud or in braille and send the messages you write.

How We Use Your Information

BT Mail uses your Gmail data only to provide the features you use in the app:

List your folders and messages, and read messages and attachments to you in speech or braille
Write, reply to, forward and send messages, including queuing messages to send later or when you are back online
Move, flag, mark as read or unread, and delete messages
Search your mail and save searches you create
Suggest recent recipients' addresses as you type
Answer calendar invitations and, if you choose, add the event to the BT Speak's built-in agenda

BT Mail does not use your Gmail data for advertising. It does not use or transfer Gmail data obtained through Google APIs to develop, improve or train generalized AI or machine learning models. No person at Blazie Technologies reads your mail.

Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, rent or share your Gmail data with anyone. Your mail travels only between your BT Speak device and Google's servers; it is never sent to Blazie Technologies' servers or to any third party.

The only exceptions are messages you choose to send, which go to the recipients you address them to, and any disclosure required by law. If you ask Blazie support for help, we will not request access to your mail.

Data Storage and Retention

Unlike our streaming app, BT Mail keeps some data on your BT Speak device so it can work quickly and offline. All of it stays on the device and is never uploaded to Blazie Technologies.

Google access token. Keeps you signed in without asking each time. Kept until you delete the account in BT Mail or revoke access at Google.
Message headers (sender, recipients, subject, date and status). Shows your message lists quickly and offline. Replaced as folders refresh, and removed with the account.
Recently opened message contents, up to 250 MB. Lets you reopen messages without downloading them again. The oldest are removed first when the limit is reached, and you can clear them at any time.
Recent recipient addresses. Suggests addresses as you type. Removed with the account.
Drafts, outgoing messages waiting to send, signatures and saved searches. Lets you finish and send mail you started. Kept until you send or delete them, or delete the account.

To remove this data, choose Clear message cache in BT Mail's settings to erase stored message contents, or delete the account in BT Mail to erase everything above for that account. Deleting the account from BT Mail does not delete any mail from Gmail.

Data Security

BT Mail connects to Gmail only over encrypted TLS connections and checks Google's server certificates. Stored data is protected by the BT Speak's user account and is not reachable from the internet. Your Google password is never stored on the device.

Your Rights and Choices

You can stop BT Mail's access to Gmail at any time by revoking it on your Google Account permissions page. You can also delete the account in BT Mail, which erases the stored token and all cached mail for that account from the device.

You can access and manage your Google account information through your Google account settings. If you have any questions about your data, contact us at support@blazie.net.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will post any changes on this page and update the date at the top.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at support@blazie.net.