# Readpane Privacy Policy

> What Readpane collects, what it never collects, and where data goes.

Source: https://www.extensionshop.store/extension/readpane/privacy
Markdown: https://www.extensionshop.store/extension/readpane/privacy.md

This is the privacy policy for **Readpane** — Read EPUB books in Chrome with search and bookmarks. The extension page is at https://www.extensionshop.store/extension/readpane.

## Data collected

| Data | Optional | Purpose |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Books, reading positions, bookmarks and settings (stored locally) | No | The EPUB files you open, with each book's title, author and cover, plus your reading position, bookmarks and settings (font, size, spacing, margins, theme, reading mode) are stored in your browser's IndexedDB on your computer. They are deleted when you delete the book or uninstall, and never sent anywhere. |
| Counters and card answers (stored locally) | No | How many books you have read, reading time today, your answers to the optional support and rating cards, and whether you dismissed the file-access and pin-to-toolbar hints. They stay on your device and are deleted when you uninstall. |

## Never collected

- The pages you visit — Readpane never reads them
- Your Google account, name, email or any personal identifiers
- Analytics, telemetry, crash reports or remote configuration of any kind
- Fonts or images loaded from the web — a strict content security policy stops books from loading anything remote
- Data sent to any first-party or third-party server — there is no Readpane server

## Third-party sharing

None. Readpane makes no network requests, except downloading a book from a link you choose to open in Readpane, after you allow that site. Three links open a normal browser tab only when you act: "Support" opens the developer's Ko-fi page, "Rate it" opens the extension's Chrome Web Store reviews, and uninstalling opens a short optional feedback form on Tally that receives nothing unless you fill it in and submit it.

## Encryption

No data is transmitted.

## Data retention

Your books, positions, bookmarks and settings stay in your browser until you delete the book, change the setting, or remove the extension, which deletes them automatically. A downloaded book is stored on your computer like any other book.

## Permissions

| Permission | Why it is needed |
| --- | --- |
| Storage | Keeps the counters and card answers for the optional support and rating cards on your device. |
| Unlimited storage | Lets the library keep large books without Chrome clearing them when disk space is low. |
| Open .epub files from your computer | Used only to open a local .epub file in the Readpane reader, and only when you turn on "Allow access to file URLs" for Readpane in chrome://extensions. Readpane never reads any other local file, and never reads the pages you visit. |
| Context menus | Adds "Open in Readpane" to the right-click menu of links that look like EPUB files. |
| Site access (optional) | Asked per site, only when you use "Open in Readpane" on a link from that site, so Readpane can download that book. You can remove it any time in chrome://extensions. |

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