This Privacy Policy describes how Lanes ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses and protects your information when you use our website at lanes.dev and the Lanes desktop application (together, the "Service"). By using the Service you agree to the practices described below.
1. Information We Collect
Account Information
When you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address and profile photo from your Google account. We use this to create and manage your account.
Analytics and Telemetry Data
We collect anonymous telemetry data to understand how the Service is used and to optimise performance. This includes feature usage patterns, session duration, app version, operating system, crash reports and general device information. This data is collected in aggregate and cannot be used to identify you personally.
Your Work Stays on Your Machine
Lanes is built around a simple principle: your work is yours. We do not collect, store, read or transmit the contents of your code, terminal sessions, prompts, AI agent interactions, task names, project names or workspace configurations. All of that stays entirely on your local machine and is confidential to you. We never see what you are working on.
2. What We Do Not Collect
Lanes is a desktop application that runs locally on your machine. Your session activity is private and confidential to you. The following data stays entirely on your device and is never sent to our servers:
- Source code and repository contents
- Terminal input and output
- Prompts sent to AI agents
- Responses received from AI agents
- File contents opened or modified through the app
- API keys or credentials for third-party CLI tools
- Task names, labels and descriptions
- Project names and workspace configurations
All interactions between you and your AI coding agents (such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI or others) occur directly between your machine and those providers. Lanes does not act as an intermediary for these communications.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
- Authenticate your identity and manage your account
- Provide and maintain the Service
- Collect anonymous telemetry such as action-level events (e.g. which features are used), health pings and crash reports to optimise app performance and reliability
- Process payments and manage subscriptions (when applicable)
- Improve the Service and fix issues
We do not use telemetry to monitor, record or analyse what you are working on. Telemetry tells us things like "a user opened the app" or "a session lasted 20 minutes", never the content of your work.
We do not sell, rent or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.
4. Third-Party Services
We rely on the following third-party services to operate:
- Firebase Authentication: for sign-in and account management (Google)
- Firebase / Google Cloud Firestore: for storing your account data
- Stripe: for payment processing and subscription management. Your email address and billing plan information are shared with Stripe when you subscribe to a paid plan
- Firebase Analytics: for anonymous telemetry and performance monitoring
Each third-party service is governed by its own privacy policy. We encourage you to review them.
5. Third-Party CLI Tools and AI Agents
Lanes integrates with third-party AI coding agents and CLI tools (such as Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and others) that you install and configure independently. These tools run locally on your machine using your own accounts and credentials.
We have no access to, control over, or responsibility for the data you exchange with these tools. Your use of third-party CLI tools is governed by the respective provider's terms and privacy policies, including but not limited to those of Anthropic, OpenAI and Google.
6. Data Storage and Security
Your account data is stored in Google Cloud Firestore. We use HTTPS for all data in transit and rely on Google Cloud's built-in encryption at rest.
No method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. While we use commercially reasonable measures to protect your data, we cannot guarantee absolute security. You acknowledge that data transmitted over the internet may be intercepted by third parties.
You are responsible for keeping your account credentials safe and for the security of any CLI tools and API keys configured on your machine.
7. Data Retention
We retain your account data for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we will remove your personal data within 30 days.
We may retain anonymised and aggregated analytics data (such as feature usage statistics and performance metrics) indefinitely for service improvement purposes. This data cannot be used to identify you.
8. Your Rights
You may at any time:
- View and update your account information through the dashboard
- Export your data by contacting us
- Request deletion of your account and all associated data
To exercise these rights, contact us at the address below.
9. Cookies
We use essential cookies and local storage for authentication state and theme preferences. Analytics cookies are only set with your explicit consent. For full details on the cookies we use and how to manage your preferences, see our Cookie Policy.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes take effect when published on this page. Continued use of the Service constitutes acceptance of any changes.
11. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at hello@lanes.sh.