Privacy Policy

Linktrail is a Chrome extension that saves pages you choose into your own private, RSS-based reading history. In plain terms: Linktrail's publisher does not run a server, does not collect your data, and never sees what you save. Everything you save goes only to a backend that you set up and control.

What data we collect

When — and only when — you explicitly save a page (by clicking the Linktrail toolbar icon or pressing the keyboard shortcut), Linktrail reads from the current tab:

• The page's address (URL)
• The page's title
• The time you saved it (timestamp)
• A cleaned Markdown copy of the page's main content, so you can read, search, and download what you saved later

To make that Markdown copy, Linktrail reads the rendered content of the page — but only at the moment you explicitly save (or use the "Export as Markdown" action). It does not track your browsing and does not run in the background watching your tabs: it reads nothing until you take an explicit action.

Linktrail also stores your own configuration so you don't have to re-enter it: your backend address, your write token, and your private feed address (which contains a separate read token). This configuration is information you provide during setup — it is not collected from your browsing.

How data is stored

• Your saved pages (URL, title, timestamp, and the Markdown copy of the page) are sent to the backend you set up and own. Linktrail's publisher operates no shared server and stores none of this.
• Your configuration is stored using Chrome's synced storage (chrome.storage.sync), so Chrome transmits it to Google's sync servers to follow you across the Chrome profiles you're signed into. Your saved pages are not stored this way — only your setup is.

How data is used

The URL, title, timestamp, and Markdown copy are used to build your private reading history on your backend, which you then read as an RSS feed and browse, search, preview, download, or delete in your private review web app. Your write token authorizes saving; your feed address (with its read token) fetches your feed. That is the extension's only purpose — there is no analytics, telemetry, advertising, or profiling of any kind.

Third-party services

Linktrail uses no analytics, advertising, or tracking services. It sends your saved pages to a backend you configure and operate; any data practices there are governed by how you set it up. Chrome's synced storage relies on Google's sync infrastructure to roam your configuration, governed by Google's own privacy terms.

Data sharing

Linktrail's publisher does not sell, rent, or share your data with anyone — and does not receive your data in the first place. Your saved pages go directly to your own backend.

Data retention and deletion

• The publisher retains nothing, because it collects nothing.
• Your saved pages live on your own backend; you control how long they're kept and can delete them there at any time.
• To remove your stored configuration, clear it on Linktrail's options page or uninstall the extension. Because the config is synced, removal propagates to your other signed-in Chrome profiles.

Changes to this policy

If Linktrail's data practices change, this policy will be updated and the "Last updated" date revised. Material changes will be reflected here before they take effect in a published version of the extension.

Contact

For privacy questions, open an issue on the Linktrail project's GitHub repository, or email the contact address listed on the Chrome Web Store listing.