Canopy Reader

Privacy Policy

Effective date: January 1, 2025

What Canopy Reader does

Canopy Reader is a browser extension that lets you subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds and read articles directly in Chrome. It works entirely within your browser — there are no servers, no accounts, and no external services involved.

Data we do not collect

Canopy Reader does not collect, transmit, or share any of the following:

• Your identity or any personal information
• Your browsing history or activity
• The feeds you subscribe to
• The articles you read
• Your device or location information
• Any analytics, crash reports, or usage data

How data is stored

Canopy Reader stores your feed list, folder structure, settings, and article read state locally in your browser using Chrome's built-in chrome.storage API. This data never leaves your device and is not accessible to anyone other than you.

If you use Chrome's built-in sync feature, Chrome may sync your feed list and settings across your own devices via your Google account. This sync is handled entirely by Chrome — Canopy Reader has no involvement in or access to that process.

Network requests

Canopy Reader makes network requests only to fetch RSS and Atom feed URLs that you explicitly add. These requests go directly from your browser to the feed provider's server. Canopy Reader does not route these requests through any proxy or intermediate server.

Canopy Reader also uses Google's favicon service (www.google.com/s2/favicons) to display website icons in the feed list. This is a standard public service.

Permissions explained

Canopy Reader requests the following Chrome permissions:

• Access to all websites — required so the extension can fetch RSS feeds from any URL you choose to add. Feed URLs are user-defined and cannot be predicted in advance, so a broad host permission is necessary. No data from visited websites is collected or stored.
• Storage — to save your feeds, folders, settings, and read state locally in your browser.
• Alarms — to check for new articles at the refresh interval you set in settings.
• Tabs — to open the Canopy Reader reader in a new tab when you click the extension icon, and to focus an existing Canopy Reader tab if one is already open.
• Notifications — reserved for a future feature to optionally alert you when new articles arrive. Not currently active.

Third-party services

Canopy Reader does not integrate with any third-party analytics, advertising, or data services. The only external contact the extension makes is to the RSS feed URLs you add and to Google's favicon service as described above.

Children's privacy

Canopy Reader does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children under the age of 13.

Changes to this policy

If this privacy policy is updated, the new version will be posted at this URL with a revised effective date. Since Canopy Reader collects no data, any changes are unlikely to affect your privacy in practice.