Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 19, 2025

Overview

Tether is a local bridge tool that operates entirely on your machine. The browser extension sends selected component information directly to your local AI coding assistant via either our CLI or IDE extension.

What We Collect

To improve Tether and fix issues, we collect:

• Anonymous usage data (e.g., feature usage patterns, performance metrics)
• Crash logs and error reports

This data is anonymized and contains no personally identifiable information, code snippets, or component content. We collect only the minimum information necessary to understand how Tether is used and to diagnose technical issues.

What We Don't Collect

Tether does not collect any personally identifiable information, code content, or component data. We operate no authentication systems and maintain no user accounts. Your development work, code, and components remain private and are never transmitted to our servers.

Local Operation

• The extension only activates on localhost domains
• No data is retained, even locally, by Tether
• Communication occurs exclusively between your browser and your locally-running applications
• No information about your code, components, or development work leaves your machine through Tether

Cookies and Tracking

Tether uses no cookies or third-party tracking technologies. The anonymous usage data and crash logs we collect are sent directly to our servers for product improvement purposes only.

Third-Party Services

When you send component information to AI coding tools like Claude Code or Cursor, that data is subject to the privacy policies of those respective services. Tether simply facilitates the local transfer of information you choose to share.

Contact

For privacy questions: privacy@usetether.dev

Updates

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page.