Privacy Policy
Last updated August 25, 2026
The short version
The scanner itself runs in your browser and talks directly to your microcontroller over Web Serial. Scan results — what devices are on your board, pin states, the report text — never touch our servers unless you are signed in and choose to save your scan history. We do not sell data, and we do not run advertising.
What we collect
Account data. Your email address, and if you sign in with Google, the name and profile image Google shares with us. That is the whole identity record.
Usage data. If you are signed in, we log that a scan happened — which board type, when, and which plan it was billed against — so your monthly quota and saved history work. We do not log the contents of a scan (which sensors you found, your pin wiring) unless you are on a plan with saved history enabled, in which case that data is stored so you can retrieve it later and deleted when you delete the scan or close your account.
Billing data. Payments are processed by Dodo Payments, who acts as the merchant of record for every purchase — they are the legal seller, they collect and remit any applicable sales tax, and they hold your payment method. We receive your plan, billing status, and enough of a customer reference to match a payment to your account. We never see or store your card number.
Who we share it with
Dodo Payments — processes payments and acts as merchant of record.
Supabase — hosts our database and handles authentication.
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data to anyone else, and we do not use it to train any model — this product does not run AI at all.
Club codes
If you join a club with a code, your account links to that club so its admin can see how many students are active and whether the club is under its seat cap. The admin does not see your individual scan contents — only that you are a member and whether you are active.
Deleting your data
Delete your account from Account Settings and everything tied to it — profile, saved scan history, credit balance — is removed. Billing records that Dodo Payments is legally required to retain for tax purposes stay with them, governed by their own retention policy, independent of us.
Contact
Questions about this policy: email hello@hardwarecontext.com.