Privacy Policy

summaryfeed is built around the public links you choose to save for your own review. This policy explains what we collect, how we use it, and who may process it on our behalf. Your use of the service is also governed by the Terms and Conditions. The current service contact details are listed on the Impressum page.

Controller

The data controller for summaryfeed is the operator listed in the Impressum. Privacy questions and data requests can be sent to support@summaryfeed.app.

What we collect

  • Account information — your email address and a stable account identifier from Google Sign-In, which we use to create or match your account.
  • Saved links — the URLs you save, along with any titles, descriptions, summaries, preview images, and metadata we extract from those pages. You can also upload a CSV file to save many links at once — we read it in memory to extract the URLs and do not retain the uploaded file itself.
  • Usage data — basic technical logs needed to keep the service running and secure, such as IP addresses, error reports, and request timestamps.
  • Account activity — a first-party (not third-party) log of actions on your account, such as logins, link add/archive/delete, opening an original, CSV imports, and summary-style changes, used only for basic usage reporting. This is deleted along with the rest of your account data if you delete your account. Separately, we keep anonymous, account-free counts — signups, deletions, and daily totals of feature usage (such as links added or summaries generated) — that cannot be linked back to any individual and are not affected by account deletion.
  • Device storage — local storage on your device keeps your session token, theme choice, install state, explore preference, offline save queue, and similar app preferences.

How we use your data

We use your saved URLs to build your personal review feed and generate concise summaries that help you decide which original links to open, skim, or archive. We do not sell your data, including your email address. We do not use your saved links to train models or for advertising.

Legal basis

We process account information, saved links, local session data, and service emails to provide the service you request and perform our agreement with you. We process security logs, abuse-prevention checks, rate limits, backups, and reliability data based on our legitimate interest in keeping summaryfeed safe and available.

Communications

We only send essential, service-related emails, such as a brief welcome message when you first sign in. We do not send newsletters or third-party advertising.

Third-party services

We rely on a small number of trusted providers (subprocessors) to run the service. Depending on the provider, they may process your email address, IP address, or the URLs and page content you save:

  • Fly.io — hosts the backend service that powers summaryfeed.
  • Supabase — hosts the Postgres database that stores your account email and saved links.
  • Amazon Web Services (SES) — delivers the welcome email to your inbox; processes your email address for that purpose.
  • Netlify — hosts and serves the web app; processes basic request logs.
  • Google Sign-In — authenticates you when you sign in; processes your Google account email address to create or match your summaryfeed account.
  • Jina AI — fetches and extracts readable content from the public web pages you save. We do not fetch private account pages, and paywalled or login-gated pages may return only limited metadata. We rely on Jina AI, which we expect to respect the wishes of the websites being summarized (such as robots.txt directives).
  • OpenRouter — routes the extracted page content to a large language model to generate summaries.

International data transfers

Some of these providers process data outside your country, including in the United States. Where that happens, transfers are covered by the providers’ standard contractual clauses and data-processing agreements.

Data storage and security

Your account and saved links are stored securely by our hosting providers. We use industry standard encryption in transit and provider-managed encryption at rest where available. Access is limited to what is necessary to operate the service.

Data retention

We keep your saved links and account data for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, your account and saved links are deleted from our live systems. If you delete a specific saved item, it disappears from your account immediately. Operational logs and residual backup copies are kept only as long as needed for security, debugging, disaster recovery, and backup rotation.

Your rights

You can access, update, or delete your saved links at any time from within the app, download a copy of your account, settings, and saved links at any time from Settings ("Export my data"), and permanently delete your account and all associated data at any time from Settings. You may also request correction, restriction, or object to processing by emailing the contact below. If you are in the EU/UK, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Cookies and local storage

summaryfeed does not use advertising cookies or any third-party analytics/tracking tool. We do keep a first-party account-activity log for basic usage reporting — see "Account activity" above. The app uses local storage for essential app state such as your session token, theme, install state, feature preferences, and offline save queue. Google Sign-In may use its own technical storage or browser checks when you sign in.

Automated processing

Summaries are generated automatically from public page content you save. Sign-in requests are verified automatically by Google Sign-In. We do not use automated processing to make legal or similarly significant decisions about you.

Children

summaryfeed is intended only for people aged 16 or older. The service is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. If you believe a minor has provided us with personal information, contact us at support@summaryfeed.app and we will delete the account and associated data.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as the service evolves. If we make material changes, we will notify you through the app or by email.

For any privacy question or data request, contact: support@summaryfeed.app