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Last updated: 2026-09-22

gottem pays you to run an agent on a device you own so that crawl requests leave through your connection. Running it means handing us a slice of your internet line, so you should know exactly what we write down. Most of what makes the network work is counting, and most of what we hold is counts.

This policy covers gottem.dev and the peer agent, operated by Bagelmen LLC ("we", "us").

1. Your browser history never leaves your device

When you set the agent up it reads a copy of your browser history on the machine, and uses it to block the sites you visit most before any request can reach them. That read happens on your device. The history, and the block list built from it, stay there. We never receive either one, and no part of the network can ask for them.

2. What we collect

  • Account data. Your email address and authentication credentials, or the account identifier returned by Google, GitHub or Discord if you sign in that way. We do not ask for a name, a phone number or a postal address to open an account.
  • Device registration. When you link a device we record its pairing code, the label and name you give it, the platform it runs on, and the IP address the pairing request came from. Your linked devices are listed on your dashboard and you can unlink any of them.
  • Metering records. The gateway counts the bytes your device served and the hours your machine was lent out for renders, with timestamps and a score for how well your connection held up. These counts are what your credits are calculated from.
  • Payout data. Payouts run through Stripe. Stripe collects the identity and bank details it needs to pay you and to meet its own legal obligations, under its own privacy terms. We keep a reference to your Stripe account and the ledger of credits behind it. Your bank and card numbers never reach us.
  • Technical data. Server logs, IP address, agent version and request time, kept for a short window for security and diagnostics.

3. What runs through your connection

The requests that exit through your line come from Spider's crawler and go to public web pages. It is the same network that serves spider.cloud customers. We handle that traffic to route it and to count it, and the counts are the only thing tied back to your account.

The agent does not read, intercept or route your own browsing. Requests to anything on your block list are refused on your device before they leave it, and banking, webmail and streaming hosts are blocked by default. With the compute lane switched on, renders run in a private browser session that cannot reach your profiles, cookies or files.

4. How we use what we collect

  • Route requests to peers and keep the network running.
  • Count what your device served and work out your credits.
  • Check a month's earnings for fraud before it pays out.
  • Pay you, and meet our tax and accounting obligations.
  • Block abuse, protect peers and the sites the crawler reaches, and answer support requests.

5. We do not sell your data

We do not sell, rent or trade personal information, and we do not hand it to advertisers. We share it with the providers that run the service for us, such as hosting, database and payments, and only what each one needs to do its job. We may also disclose information where the law requires it, or to protect the network and the people on it.

6. Security

Your agent authenticates with a peer key that is shown once and stored hashed. Traffic between the agent, the gateway and this site runs over TLS. Access to production data is limited to the people who need it. No system is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable measures and we move quickly when something goes wrong.

7. How long we keep things

Metering records and the credit ledger are kept while your account is open and for as long as tax and accounting rules require, because they are the record of what we paid you. Device records are kept until you unlink the device, then for a short window after that. Server logs roll off on a short cycle. Ask us to close your account and we will delete what we are not required to keep.

8. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to see, correct, export or delete the personal data we hold about you. Email support@gottem.dev and we will answer within a reasonable period.

9. Age

Running a peer means being paid, so the service is for people who have reached the age of majority where they live. It is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect their data.

10. Changes

We may update this policy. When we do we will change the last updated date above, and we will tell you through the service or by email if the change matters.

11. Contact

Questions about this policy or about what we hold on you? Email support@gottem.dev.