Terms of Service

Effective July 18, 2026

1. What Runnel is

Runnel creates expiring, revocable links to content you already control. You keep ownership of whatever your links point to. Link destinations are end-to-end encrypted: we store only ciphertext, and at rest we cannot read where your links point. The brief exceptions, all under your control, are listed in the Privacy Policy.

2. Acceptable use

You may not use Runnel to link to, mask, or distribute: phishing or credential-harvesting pages, malware or unwanted software, content that infringes others' rights, or anything illegal in your or our jurisdiction. You may not probe, overload, or circumvent Runnel's access controls, quotas, or safety checks.

3. Enforcement

We check destinations against public threat feeds when a link is created and, for proxied links, again each time the link is opened. We may remove links or freeze accounts that violate these terms, without prior notice. Frozen accounts keep dashboard access so you can contact us.

4. Reporting abuse

Anyone can report a link. A human reviews every report. Reporting does not automatically take a link down.

5. Warranty

Runnel is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. Limits may change, and we will announce material changes on the dashboard. Do not use Runnel as the only path to anything critical.

6. Privacy

How we handle your data (what we store, what we cannot read, and your rights) is described in our Privacy Policy. In short: we store ciphertext we cannot decrypt, plus the account and access metadata needed to run the service, and we do not sell any of it.

7. Changes

We may update these terms. We will announce material changes on the dashboard. Continuing to use Runnel after a change means you accept it.

8. Contact

Questions and appeals: privacy@runnel.link, or use the abuse-report form.