Manage or delete your Gmail data
Email Guard checks your incoming email for scams and phishing. You connect Gmail once, and OUTSMARTER flags dangerous messages before you act on them.
This page explains what we can see, what we store, and how to turn it off.
What we ask Google for
Permission to read your incoming mail so we can check it for scams. That’s the only thing we request.
We cannot send mail from your account, delete anything, or change your settings.
The read-only permission Google offers also covers your Gmail settings. We don’t read them. No part of the app asks for them.
We do not use Google Workspace data, or anything derived from it, to create, train, or improve a generalized artificial-intelligence or machine-learning model, or a model for other users.
Where the checking happens
On your phone. Your messages are analyzed on your own device and are never sent to or stored on OUTSMARTER servers.
No one at OUTSMARTER reads your email. Analysis is automated and runs on your phone. Three narrow exceptions apply: when you give us written permission, for example if you ask support to look at a specific message; when we have to investigate a security incident or abuse; or when the law requires it. Each one is logged.
When we flag a message, what reaches us is the result: how risky it looks (threat score), what kind of scam it resembles (pattern category), that we flagged it (verdict), and when (timestamp). We also count how many messages Email Guard has checked, so the app can show you what it’s been doing. Messages we don’t flag leave nothing else behind.
What we store
Your Google sign-in, encrypted (OAuth credentials). This lets the app check new mail without asking you to sign in every time.
An identifier for the connected account (account identifier), so we know which inbox the results belong to.
A notification record (push-subscription record), so Google can tell your phone when new mail arrives.
Results for flagged messages only — the four items above. A running count of messages checked. Nothing else for messages we clear: no message text, no subject lines, no attachments, no sender lists.
A short-term copy of recent messages stays on your phone, so Email Guard can work without re-downloading everything. It never leaves your device.
How to disconnect Gmail
Two ways, and either one works.
In the app: Settings, then Email Guard, then Disconnect Gmail.
Through Google: Go to Google’s account permissions page, find OUTSMARTER in the list, and select Remove access.
Disconnecting in the app is faster and shows you a confirmation. Removing access through Google works even if you no longer have the app installed.
What happens after you disconnect
Email Guard stops checking new mail right away.
Within 24 hours, the copy of your messages on your phone is erased, your sign-in token is deleted, and the notification record is cancelled.
Within 30 days, any remaining records tied to your Gmail connection are deleted from our systems and backups.
We do not keep anything from your Gmail to improve scam detection for other people. What we learn from your email is used only to protect you, and it is deleted along with the rest of your Gmail data.
OUTSMARTER gets better at catching scams using other permitted sources — scam calls and texts, links people report, and public and licensed threat feeds. Never from a connected email account.
Disconnecting Gmail is not the same as deleting your account
If you disconnect Gmail, Email Guard stops. Call Shield, Text Shield, and Link Shield keep protecting you, and your account stays open.
If you want everything removed, including your account, email privacy@outsmarter.ai from the address on your account and ask us to delete it. We’ll confirm when it’s done.
Questions
Email privacy@outsmarter.ai and we’ll get back to you.
Last updated: July 30, 2026