# Strange users emails ? xxxx@anonymous.appuser.io

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/strange-users-emails-xxxx-anonymous-appuser-io/19263>\
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**Created:** [December 2, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/strange-users-emails-xxxx-anonymous-appuser-io/19263 "2020-12-02T09:32:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rosewebstudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/rosewebstudio/32/12261_2.png) [@Rosewebstudio](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Rosewebstudio)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/strange-users-emails-xxxx-anonymous-appuser-io/19263/6 "2020-12-17T18:51:17Z")

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@Jean-Philippe

[Glide Docs](https://docs.glideapps.com/all/reference/security-and-per-user-data/email-anonymization)

> [@male\_detective Privacy: Virtual Email](https://community.glideapps.com/t/privacy-virtual-email/17716/3):
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> This feature generates an anonymous, virtual email address when users sign into your app, to prevent you from keeping personal information in your sheet if you want to avoid it. As far as the user is concerned, the app will behave totally normally, but the app developer will only see a virtual email address like chosen-twist-631@anonymous.appuser.io. We plan to make this optional for paid apps, and mandatory on the Personal plan, to protect user privacy. If you want users to give you their ema…

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