# 🕵 Whoa! "Collect real user email..." is now a Pro feature **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [January 27, 2021, 1:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/whoa-collect-real-user-email-is-now-a-pro-feature/21804 "2021-01-27T01:14:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/whoa-collect-real-user-email-is-now-a-pro-feature/21804/4 "2021-01-27T01:21:01Z")
It was mentioned a couple of times. > [@male\_detective Privacy: Virtual Email](https://community.glideapps.com/t/privacy-virtual-email/17716/3): > > 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… > [@warning Important Change: Hide User Emails is now default](https://community.glideapps.com/t/important-change-hide-user-emails-is-now-default/19025/6): > > Then they should design their app to ask for this information explicitly. We also plan to make Collect Real User Emails a paid feature. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/whoa-collect-real-user-email-is-now-a-pro-feature/21804)._