FocusFlow Reader — Extension Privacy Policy

What the extension stores on your device

Your preferences, via Chrome's storage.sync:

• Reading speed (words per minute)
• Theme and text size
• Reader position (side panel or overlay)

These sync between your own signed-in Chrome profiles through your Google account. They are not transmitted to FocusFlow.

The extension also uses storage.session to hand extracted text from the page to the reader panel. That data lives in your browser's memory for the current session only and is never sent over the network.

What is transmitted to FocusFlow

FocusFlow Reader offers a limited number of free reads, and unlimited reading with a paid subscription. Enforcing that requires an account. When you connect your account, the following is transmitted between the extension and our servers:

• Your email address — supplied when you create your FocusFlow account, used to identify you and to contact you about your subscription.
• An authentication token — stored on your device so you don't have to sign in repeatedly.
• A count of reads used — a number only. We record that you started a read, never what you read.
• Your subscription status — whether your account is free or paid.

Your first read requires no account at all. It is tracked only by a counter stored locally on your device.

What the extension reads from web pages

When you click Read This Page or use Click to Select, the extension reads visible text from the page you are currently on so it can display that text one word at a time. This processing happens entirely on-device.

What the extension does NOT do

• No analytics, no telemetry, no usage tracking
• No advertising, and no sale or sharing of personal information
• No remote code execution — all logic ships with the extension
• No transmission or cloud storage of the material you read
• No access to other tabs, or to your browsing history

Service providers

We use Clerk for account authentication and Stripe for subscription billing. FocusFlow never receives or stores your payment card details. Neither provider receives the content you read.

Permissions explained

• activeTab — lets the extension read text from the page you are actively viewing, but only when you click the extension icon. It cannot read pages you have not opted into.
• scripting — used with activeTab to load the reader into the current page on demand, only after you invoke the extension there.
• storage — stores your preferences and your authentication token.
• sidePanel — powers the optional Side Panel reading mode.
• host_permissions for app.focusflowreader.app — lets the extension check your account status with our own API. It grants no access to any other site.

Data retention and deletion

Your account record (email, read count, subscription status) is retained while your account exists. To delete it, email us at the address below and we will remove your account and its associated data. Signing out of the extension removes the stored authentication token from your device immediately.

Children

The extension is suitable for general audiences and does not knowingly collect data from children under 13.

Contact

Questions or concerns: support@focusflowreader.app

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will replace this page and the "Last updated" date above will be revised.