Privacy Policy

1. Overview

Chain.Wire ("we", "our", "the service") is an editorial news aggregator. We collect minimal personal information and do not sell or share your data with third parties for advertising. This policy describes what we collect, why, and how you can control it.

2. Information We Collect

Account data. You can read Chain.Wire without an account. If you sign in, you do so with Google; we never see or store a password. Google shares your account ID, email address, name and profile picture URL with us, and we store these to identify you. We also record when your account was created and when you last signed in.

Saved articles and preferences. The articles you save and the sources you choose to show in your feed are stored on our server and linked to your account.

Analytics. We use Plausible Analytics to count page views. Plausible doesn't use cookies, doesn't collect personal data and doesn't track you across sites. All we see is aggregate numbers such as pages visited, referrers and country.

Email. We use your email address only to identify your account. We don't send newsletters or marketing email, and we never share your address. If we ever offer email, such as a daily brief, it will be opt-in only.

Server logs. Our servers log requests (time, path, status) for security and debugging. Logs are rotated automatically and kept only briefly. We don't build user profiles from them.

3. Cookies & Local Storage

Chain.Wire sets no cookies. When you sign in, a random session token is stored in your browser's local storage to keep you signed in. Sessions expire after 30 days and end when you sign out. Local storage also holds your display settings (light or dark theme, feed view and sort order). These settings stay in your browser and are never sent to us.

4. Third Parties

We don't sell your data or share it for advertising. The services involved in running Chain.Wire are:

• Google handles sign-in (OAuth).
• Plausible provides cookieless, aggregate page-view analytics.
• Hetzner (EU) hosts our servers and database.

We use AI services to summarise and rank news articles. They only receive public article text, never your account data. Chain.Wire shows headlines and excerpts from other publishers and links to the original stories. We aren't responsible for the privacy practices of those sites.

5. Deleting Your Account

You can delete your account at any time. Sign in, open Preferences from the account menu, and choose Delete my account at the bottom of the page.

Deletion is immediate and permanent. Your account record (Google ID, email, name, picture URL), saved articles, source preferences and all active sessions are removed from our database, and you're signed out on every device. Settings in your browser's local storage stay on your device until you clear them.

Deleting your Chain.Wire account doesn't delete your Google account. To revoke Chain.Wire's access in Google too, go to your Google Account's “Third-party apps & services” settings. If you can't sign in, email us at the address below and we'll delete your account manually.

6. Security

All traffic uses HTTPS. Session tokens are long random values and expire after 30 days. We store no passwords and no payment information, because Chain.Wire has no paid tier.

7. Changes to This Policy

Material changes will be posted here with an updated effective date. Continued use of Chain.Wire after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

8. Contact

Questions about this policy can be directed to milosevic.nemanja101@gmail.com.