Privacy Policy for Readtinue

Last updated: 2026-07-31

Readtinue ("the app") is a read-it-later app for Android. This policy explains what data the app handles and why. Readtinue does not run an account server and does not sell, rent, or share your data with third parties.

What the app stores

• Your saved articles. When you save a link, the app stores the article on your device — the URL, the extracted readable text/HTML, the title, and your read/archive state. This stays in the app's local storage on your device.

Article parsing

When you save a link, the app sends that URL to Readtinue's parsing service (a stateless Cloudflare Worker) which fetches the page and extracts its readable content, then returns it to your device.

• The parsing service does not retain the article content it returns.
• For operational diagnostics it logs only the hostname of the site (for example example.com), never the full URL or its query string, and never your identity.

Google sign-in and sync (optional)

Sync is off by default. If you choose to sign in with Google to sync your library across your devices:

• The app uses Google Sign-In to authenticate you.
• The app uses Google Drive with the drive.file scope to store a copy of your library in a visible Readtinue folder inside your own Google Drive. This data lives in your Google Drive account.
• The app can only see files it created (the drive.file scope); it cannot access any of your other Drive files.
• The developer operates no server that receives or stores your synced library. Sync happens directly between your device(s) and your Google Drive.

If you never sign in, the app works fully offline/local and no data leaves your device except the per-URL parsing requests described above.

Third-party services & data recipients

Readtinue relies on a small number of external providers strictly to run the features above. They act as our processors and receive only the data needed for their function:

• Cloudflare, Inc. — hosts Readtinue's stateless parsing service (receives the URL you save; keeps no article content and logs only the hostname). If you use the optional browser extension, Cloudflare also hosts a small capture inbox that briefly queues the links you send from your browser — keyed to your Google account id — until your app fetches and deletes them. Privacy: cloudflare.com/privacypolicy
• Google LLC — Google Sign-In — used only if you enable sync, to authenticate you. Privacy: policies.google.com/privacy
• Google LLC — Google Drive — used only if you enable sync, to store your library in the visible Readtinue folder in your own Drive (drive.file scope). The data lives in your own Google account. Privacy: policies.google.com/privacy

We use no advertising, analytics, or tracking providers of any kind.

International data transfers

Cloudflare and Google are based in the United States and may process data there. Such transfers are covered by those providers' EU Standard Contractual Clauses and/or their certification under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework; where possible, processing happens in EU regions.

What the app does NOT do

• No analytics or usage-tracking SDKs.
• No advertising and no advertising identifiers.
• No third-party trackers.
• No selling or sharing of your data.

Permissions

• Internet access — used only to (a) parse the links you save and (b) sync with your Google Drive if you enable sync.

Deleting your data

• Local data: delete individual articles in the app, or uninstall the app to remove all locally-stored data.
• Synced data: deleting an article syncs that deletion to your other devices. To remove the synced copy entirely, you can revoke the app's access in your Google Account permissions and delete the app's Readtinue folder via Google Drive's Manage apps settings.

Children

Readtinue is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy; material changes will be reflected by the "Last updated" date above.

Contact

Questions about this policy: please open an issue at github.com/czunker/readtinue-support/issues.