LearnToPost Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-03-11

  Summary: LearnToPost does not collect, store, or transmit any personal information. All data stays on your device except for article text sent to the LLM API you choose.

1. What LearnToPost Does

LearnToPost is a Chrome extension that helps developers learn from technical articles using the Feynman technique. It extracts article text, generates comprehension questions, evaluates your answers, and produces a blog draft.

2. Data We Collect

Data	Purpose	Storage
Article text content	Sent to the LLM API to generate questions, feedback, and blog drafts	In-memory only (not persisted)
Your answers to questions	Sent to the LLM API for evaluation and blog generation	In-memory only (not persisted)
API key	Authenticates requests to the LLM provider you selected	`chrome.storage.local` (your device only)
User preferences	Remembers your selected provider, model, and tone	`chrome.storage.local` (your device only)

3. Data We Do NOT Collect

Personal identifying information (name, email, age)
Browsing history or web activity
Location data
Cookies or tracking identifiers
Analytics or usage telemetry

4. Third-Party Services

Article text and your answers are sent to the LLM API provider you configure:

Anthropic (anthropic.com/privacy)
OpenAI (openai.com/privacy)
Google Gemini (ai.google.dev/terms)

Data is sent directly from your browser to the provider. LearnToPost does not operate any intermediary server.

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell, transfer, or share any user data with third parties. The only external communication is between your browser and the LLM API you choose.

6. Data Storage and Security

API keys are stored in chrome.storage.local only (never synced to the cloud via chrome.storage.sync).
Session data (article text, answers, blog draft) is held in memory and discarded when you close the side panel.
No data is sent to any server operated by LearnToPost.

7. Your Rights

You can delete all stored data at any time by removing the extension from Chrome. To clear only your API key and preferences, use the Settings view within the extension.

8. Changes to This Policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be published at this URL with a new "Last updated" date.

9. Contact

For questions about this privacy policy, open an issue at github.com/cjkang/learn-to-post/issues.