Privacy Policy for Select & Summarise

Last Updated: March 18, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to the Select & Summarise Chrome extension ("we", "our", "us"). This Privacy Policy explains how we handle your information when you use our extension. By using Select & Summarise, you agree to the terms outlined in this policy.

2. Information We Process

When you use Select & Summarise, the following types of information are processed:

• User-Selected Content: When you select part or all of a webpage and request a summary, the selected content is sent to our backend servers for processing.
• Browser UI Locale: Your browser's UI locale settings are used to provide summaries in your preferred language.
• Anonymous Analytics Data: We collect certain non-personally identifiable information, such as usage statistics and feature interaction data, to improve our services.

Important: While selected content and locale data are processed temporarily and not stored, anonymous analytics data may be retained for analysis. This data does not contain any personally identifiable information (PII) and is not shared with third parties.

3. How We Use Your Information

The information we process is used solely for the following purposes:

• Content Summarization: The selected content is sent to third-party services (e.g., OpenAI) to generate a summary.
• Localization: The browser's UI locale is used to ensure the summary is provided in your preferred language.
• Analytics & Improvements: Anonymous usage data is used internally to enhance user experience, optimize features, and improve service performance.

4. Data Sharing

We do not share your personal information with third parties except as necessary to provide the summarization service. Specifically:

• Third-Party Services: Your selected content is sent to third-party services (e.g., OpenAI) solely for the purpose of generating a summary. We do not control the privacy practices of these third-party services, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies.

Anonymous analytics data is used solely for internal purposes and is not shared with third parties.

5. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information during transmission and processing. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Data Retention

We do not store any user-selected content or browser locale data. However, anonymous analytics data may be retained for service improvement purposes.

7. Your Rights

Since we do not store any personal user data, there is no information to access, modify, or delete. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at surely.zp@gmail.com.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the "Last Updated" date will be revised accordingly. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at surely.zp@gmail.com.

Thank you for using Select & Summarise!