Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 8, 2026

Larm ("we", "us", "our") is operated from the United Kingdom. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you use our service at larm.dev.

What data do we collect?

  • Personal identification information (name, email address)
  • Technical information automatically collected when you use our website (IP address, browser type, cookies)

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide most of the data we collect when you:

  • Register for an account or sign in via GitHub or Google.
  • Use or view our website via your browser's cookies.

We also collect technical data automatically when you interact with the service.

How will we use your data?

  • Provide the monitoring service: run uptime checks, detect incidents, send alerts, display dashboards and status pages.
  • Authenticate you and manage your account.
  • Process payments and manage subscriptions.
  • Send transactional emails: login links, email confirmations, alert notifications.
  • Send marketing emails about Larm products and updates, where you have opted in.
  • Improve the product by understanding usage patterns.
  • Detect and fix bugs via error tracking.

We do not sell your data. We do not use your data for advertising.

Subprocessors

We share personal data with the following services to operate Larm:

ServicePurposeLocation
HetznerInfrastructure hostingEU
Bunny.netCDN and status page hostingEU
PostHogProduct analyticsEU
SentryError trackingEU
StripePayment processingUS
ResendEmail delivery (transactional and marketing)EU
GitHubOAuth authenticationUS
GoogleOAuth authenticationUS

GitHub and Google are only used if you choose to sign in with them.

International data transfers

Some of our third-party services are based outside the European Economic Area. Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, including standard contractual clauses or the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

How do we store your data?

All connections use TLS encryption.

Account data is retained for as long as your account is active. Once data reaches the end of its retention period, it is permanently deleted.

Marketing

We may send you emails about Larm products, features, and updates where you have opted in to receive them. You may opt out at any time by using the unsubscribe link in any marketing email or by contacting us at privacy@larm.dev.

What are your data protection rights?

Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete any information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at privacy@larm.dev.

Cookies

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. For further information, visit allaboutcookies.org.

  • Essential — session authentication and CSRF protection. Required for the service to function.
  • Analytics — used to understand how the product is used.

We do not use advertising cookies. You can set your browser not to accept cookies. However, if you disable essential cookies, you will not be able to sign in.

Privacy policies of other websites

The Larm website may contain links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website.

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on March 8, 2026.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please contact us at privacy@larm.dev.

How to contact the appropriate authority

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Website: https://ico.org.uk
Email: icocasework@ico.org.uk