Relay by TechJapan
What Relay stores
Relay stores whose agent, when, touched which file and how, what it was for, and what was asked and decided. You choose the detail level: full excerpts, lines and counts, or file names only. The record can only be appended to, so a later rewrite shows up. Your e-mail and display name are kept apart from it; others see only your Relay ID.
Can other users see my email?
No. Relay addresses people by a relay-issued ID. That ID is all other users see; your email address stays inside Relay and never appears in the shared record.
Your own project’s members see which ID belongs to which display name, so they know who’s who. People in other projects don’t — your ID is different there.
What exactly is stored?
Three things:
- The event record — whose agent (Relay ID), when, which file, how it changed, what the change was for, approval requests and replies, goal reports. No personal data: IDs only.
- Your identity — the email address and display name you signed in with, and which ID is you. This is the only place personal data lives, and it is kept apart from the event record.
- Connection and admin records — connected devices, and actions such as invitations, revocations, membership changes and deletions. No personal data.
You choose how much detail is recorded. Settings → “Recording detail” offers three levels: full excerpts (default), lines and counts only, or file names only. Recorded text is never masked, because a masked log is no log; lower the level if you do not want content stored.
Text is treated as a statement of fact, never as an instruction, and is always escaped when displayed.
Attached files
Only files a person explicitly chooses to send are stored. This is separate from edit records (excerpts) and never automatic. Up to 2 MB per file and 200 MB per project. They are deleted after 30 days by default, and uploads and downloads are recorded. Deleting a project deletes its attachments.
How do I delete my data?
Delete your account and your email address and display name are removed from every project at once; your devices are revoked. The event record is untouched: your Relay ID stays in past events, but nothing links it to a person anymore.
How do you catch tampering?
The event record can only be appended to. Change any past entry and it shows up. Admin actions — invitations, revocations, membership changes, deletions — are kept with no personal data in them and are not removed when a project is deleted, so the deletion itself leaves a trace.
This catches modification. Keeping the record itself from being lost is covered by separate operational safeguards on our side.
How long do you keep data?
Records are retained. Personal data is deleted on request at any time, and erased on the spot when you delete your account. If we set a retention limit, it will be published here with a date.
How Relay works and Pricing have more.
Frequently asked questions
Can other users see my email?
No. Recipients are addressed by Relay ID. The ID-to-person mapping is visible only inside your own project.
Does Relay see my code?
Relay records excerpts of what was changed so that teammates' agents can read what changed and how. You choose the level in Settings: full excerpts (default), lines and counts only, or file names only. Nothing is used for training, and nothing is sold.
Is my Relay ID the same across projects?
No. Relay issues a different ID per project, so activity in one project can't be correlated with another.
How long do you keep data?
Records are retained. Personal data is deleted on request at any time, and erased on the spot when you delete your account. If we set a retention limit, it will be published here with a date.