Privacy Policy

Speed Reader is designed to avoid collecting your data. It has no developer-run servers, no analytics, no ads, and no third-party tracking SDKs.

What we collect

We do not collect, sell, or share your personal data, browsing history, or page content. The extension does not send your reading activity or document contents to the developer.

What is stored in the browser

Speed Reader stores your reading preferences in Chrome storage, such as fixation strength, word frequency, fade level, spacing, and font settings.

• chrome.storage.sync stores preferences so Chrome can sync them across your own signed-in devices.
• chrome.storage.session may temporarily store short-lived state needed to complete a permission flow, such as opening a PDF right after you grant access to a site.

This stored data is used only so the extension works correctly in your browser. It is not sent to the developer.

Page access

Speed Reader reads the text of a web page only when you activate it for that page from the popup switch or with the Alt+B shortcut, or when you explicitly enable automatic activation for that site. The text is processed locally in your browser so it can be reformatted visually. It is not uploaded to the developer.

PDF reading

PDFs opened in the built-in reader are processed locally in your browser using a bundled copy of Mozilla's PDF.js.

• If you open a local PDF file, the file stays on your device.
• If you open a PDF from a website, the extension downloads that PDF directly from the source website into your browser so it can be rendered locally.
• If you open a Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets document in Speed Reader, the extension requests that document's PDF export directly from docs.google.com using your existing browser session, only after you choose to do so.

PDF contents are not uploaded to the developer.

Network requests

Speed Reader does make limited network requests in these cases:

• to fetch a remote PDF URL that you choose to open in the reader
• to fetch a Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets PDF export that you choose to open

These requests go directly from your browser to the source website. Speed Reader does not proxy them through developer servers.

Permissions, in plain language

• activeTab / scripting — lets the extension format the page you choose, when you choose it.
• storage — saves your preferences in Chrome storage.
• optional host permissions — let you enable automatic access for a specific site, for all sites, or for a site's PDFs only when you explicitly grant that access.

Contact

Use the support contact listed in the extension listing or project page for privacy questions.