1. What Information We Need
We only ask for the basic details needed to give you a personalized reading experience:
- Your Account: If you sign in with your email, Google, or GitHub, we receive your email address and display name.
- Your Interests: The tech topics you pick and the folders you create to organize your saved bookmarks.
- Notifications: An anonymous device code so we can send you notifications when new updates or articles match your chosen topics.
- Reading Progress: Simple records of articles you finish so you can see your reading habits in your profile.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your information only to run the app smoothly:
- To show you stories and tool updates that match what you want to read.
- To save your bookmarks and reading history safely across your devices.
- To alert you when an important software update is released for tools you follow.
- To keep your sign-in secure.
We never sell your personal reading data or share it with third-party data brokers.
3. Keeping Your Data Safe
We take simple and strong steps to protect your information:
- Saved Safely on Your Phone: Your downloaded articles, bookmarks, and account tokens are locked securely inside your device's safe storage.
- Secure Internet Connections: Everything sent between the app and our service uses encrypted web connections.
- No Password Storage: If you use Google or GitHub to log in, we never see or store your social account passwords.
4. How Quick Summaries Work
ByteFeed includes short bullet summaries to help you quickly understand the main ideas of an article:
- Summaries are simple helpers to highlight the main points of a public story.
- They are not replacements for the original work, and we always encourage you to tap through and support the original creator.
5. Third-Party Services We Use
We use a few trusted services to deliver the app:
- Google Play Services: Used to install and update the app safely from the Google Play Store.
- Google Firebase: Used to send you optional notifications for software updates.
- Google & GitHub Sign-In: Used to let you sign in with one tap.
6. You Control Your Data
You can delete any of your information whenever you want directly in the app:
- Delete Saved Articles: Remove any downloaded article or reading history with a single tap.
- Delete Your Account: Open
Profile > Settings > Delete Account. Doing this immediately and permanently erases your account, profile, bookmarks, and history from our servers.
7. Contact Us
If you ever have any questions about your privacy or the app, feel free to reach out to us:
ByteFeed Support Team
Email: support@bytefeed.dev
Publisher Questions: hello@bytefeed.dev
Google Play Store: ByteFeed on Google Play