Privacy Policy

When you create an account and use tl;dr, we collect:

• Account information: Your email address, provided via Google Sign-In. We do not store your Google password.
• Usage data: The number of summaries you've generated, to enforce plan limits.
• Summary data: For non-private summaries, we store the URL, page title, domain, and the AI-generated summary text.
• Article text (non-private mode only): When you summarize a page in non-private mode, the article text is sent to our AI provider and temporarily stored on our servers to enable the follow-up chat feature. It is deleted when you delete the summary or your account.
• Payment information: If you upgrade to a paid plan, billing details are handled by Stripe. We never see or store your full payment card number.

When you enable Private Mode for a summary, we do not store the article text, URL, or summary in our database. The article text is sent to Anthropic's API to generate the summary, but is not retained by us afterward. Only a count toward your monthly usage is recorded.

Private Mode is automatically enabled for known private domains (email clients, banking portals, etc.) and can be manually toggled on any page.

• To generate AI summaries of articles and videos you request
• To store and sync your summary history across your devices
• To enable the follow-up chat feature using article context
• To enforce usage limits based on your plan tier
• To process payments and manage your subscription
• To generate shareable summary pages when you choose to share

We do not sell your personal data to third parties, brokers, or advertisers — ever. We do not use your summaries or article content to train AI models.

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom, we process your personal data under the following legal bases:

• Contract performance (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR): Processing your email, usage data, and summary data is necessary to provide the tl;dr service you signed up for.
• Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR): We may process aggregated usage analytics to improve the service, where this does not override your rights.
• Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR): We may retain billing records as required by applicable tax and financial regulations.

You may withdraw consent or object to processing at any time by deleting your account or contacting us.

We share data with the following services to operate tl;dr:

Note on Anthropic: Article content you summarize is sent to Anthropic for processing. Anthropic's API does not train on your inputs by default. See Anthropic's privacy policy for details.

We retain your data only as long as necessary:

You can, at any time:

• Delete individual summaries from the history panel in the extension. This permanently removes the summary, article text, and any share link.
• Delete your account from the extension's account settings or by emailing hello@tl-dr.cc. We will delete all your data within 30 days.
• Export your data — download a complete machine-readable copy of all your summaries and conversations from the extension's account settings at any time (no request needed).

If you are located in the EU or UK, you may have additional rights under GDPR or UK GDPR, including the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, portability, and objection to processing. Contact us at hello@tl-dr.cc to exercise these rights.

California residents have additional rights under the CCPA/CPRA, including the right to know what personal information we collect, the right to delete it, and the right to opt-out of sale. We do not sell personal information. Virginia, Colorado, and Connecticut residents have similar rights under the VCDPA, CPA, and CTDPA respectively.

The tl;dr Chrome extension stores your authentication tokens in chrome.storage.local, which is local to your browser and not accessible to websites you visit.

The tl;dr website (tl-dr.cc) may use cookies for session management. We do not use third-party advertising cookies.

tl;dr is intended for users aged 18 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If you believe a minor has provided us with personal data, contact us at hello@tl-dr.cc and we will delete it promptly.

We use industry-standard security measures, including TLS encryption in transit and access controls on our database. Your authentication tokens are stored locally in your browser using Chrome's secure storage APIs.

No system is completely secure. If you believe you've found a security issue, please email us at hello@tl-dr.cc.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of tl;dr after changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

Questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy? Contact Silverwood Advisors, LLC at hello@tl-dr.cc.