Privacy Policy

Effective date: 26 February 2026

Articyl ("we", "our", "us") is a cloud-hosted read-it-later service that lets you save web articles and optionally deliver them to your devices. This policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding that data.

1. Data Controller

Articyl is the data controller responsible for your personal data. If you have questions or wish to exercise your rights, contact us at privacy@articyl.com.

2. Information We Collect

Account Data

When you register, we collect your email address and a securely hashed password. We do not store your password in plain text.

Saved Articles

When you save an article, we store the URL, the extracted article content (title, text, and images), and metadata such as read/archived status, reading position, highlights you create, and the date saved.

Browser Extension Data

The Articyl browser extension requests broad host permissions (<all_urls>) solely to allow you to save articles from any website. When you click "Save" in the extension, the current page URL is sent to our servers for content extraction. The extension does not collect browsing history, track your activity, or transmit any data without your explicit action.

Delivery Preferences

If you configure email delivery, we store your destination email address, preferred document format (PDF or EPUB), paper size, and font preferences so we can format and send articles to your device.

Cookies and Local Storage

The Articyl web application uses cookies to maintain your authenticated session. The browser extension stores an authentication token in local browser storage to keep you logged in. We do not use cookies for advertising or cross-site tracking.

Operational Data

We collect server-side logs, request traces, and performance metrics to diagnose errors, monitor service health, and improve reliability. This data may include your IP address, request timestamps, and browser user-agent string. We do not use this data to build user profiles or for marketing purposes.

3. How We Use Your Information

• Provide the service: fetch, store, and display articles you save, including maintaining your reading position and highlights.
• Content extraction: when you save an article, our servers fetch the URL on your behalf to extract its content. This means the third-party website hosting the article may receive a request from our servers, exposing our server's IP address to that website.
• Real-time updates: we maintain a persistent connection (WebSocket) between your browser and our servers to deliver real-time updates when articles are saved or modified.
• Document delivery: generate PDF or EPUB documents and send them to your configured destination email address.
• Authentication: verify your identity when you log in.
• Service improvement: analyse operational data (server logs, request traces, and performance metrics) to diagnose errors and improve reliability.

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

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

• Performance of a contract: processing your account data, saved articles, highlights, reading position, and delivery preferences is necessary to provide the Articyl service you signed up for.
• Legitimate interest: collecting operational data (logs, traces, metrics) to maintain service security, diagnose errors, and improve reliability. We have assessed that this does not override your privacy rights.
• Consent: where required by law, we will obtain your consent before processing (for example, before sending non-essential communications).

5. Data Storage and Security

Your data is stored in a database secured with industry-standard practices. Passwords are hashed using a one-way cryptographic algorithm. All communication between your browser, the extension, and our servers is encrypted via HTTPS.

6. Third-Party Services

When you save an article, our servers make an outbound HTTP request to the article's URL to fetch its content. The third-party website may log this request.

When you use the email delivery feature, we send a generated document to your configured destination email address via SMTP. We do not share any other data with third parties.

7. Browser Extension Specifics

The Articyl browser extension:

• Only activates when you explicitly click the extension icon or use it to save an article.
• Sends only the current page URL to our servers when you initiate a save.
• Stores your authentication token locally in the browser to keep you logged in.
• Does not run background scripts that monitor or track your browsing.
• Does not collect, store, or transmit any data beyond what is described above.

8. Data Retention and Deletion

We retain your data for as long as your account is active. You can delete individual saved articles at any time. If you wish to delete your account and all associated data, please contact us at privacy@articyl.com and we will process your request within 30 days.

9. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate data.
• Request deletion of your account and data.
• Export your saved articles as PDF or EPUB documents.
• Object to or restrict certain processing of your data.
• Withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent.

If you are in the EEA or UK, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection supervisory authority.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@articyl.com.

10. International Data Transfers

If you access Articyl from outside the region where our servers are hosted, your data may be transferred internationally. We take appropriate safeguards to ensure your data is protected in accordance with this policy and applicable data protection laws.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Continued use of the service after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

12. Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or your data, please contact us at privacy@articyl.com.