# Privacy Policy — News Snatcher

_Last updated: 2026-07-08_

News Snatcher is a personal news feed extension. This page explains what
data it handles and where it goes.

## What's stored, and where

Everything the extension keeps is stored locally in your browser via
`chrome.storage.local`:

- Your preference profile (categories, likes, dislikes, freeform notes)
- Your reaction history (👍/👎) and typed prompts
- Cached articles and their scores
- Your OpenRouter API key, if you've entered one

None of this is sent to, or stored by, the developer. There is no backend
server for this extension — it runs entirely in your browser.

## What gets sent to third parties

The extension talks to two external services, only as needed to do its job:

- **Google News** (`news.google.com`) — fetches RSS feeds based on the
  topics/categories you've chosen. No personal data is sent here beyond the
  search query itself (e.g. "space science").
- **OpenRouter** (`openrouter.ai`), to run the Hermes 4 ranking model — if
  you've added an API key, article headlines/snippets and your preference
  note are sent so Hermes can score and rank articles, and periodically
  rewrite your note based on your feedback. This only happens with a key
  you provide; OpenRouter's own privacy policy governs how they handle
  requests sent to their API.

If you never add an OpenRouter key, no data ever leaves your browser beyond
the Google News RSS requests.

## What the developer does not do

- No analytics, tracking, or telemetry
- No account system, no server-side storage of your data
- No selling or sharing of data with advertisers

## Permissions

- `storage` — save your profile/feedback/cache locally
- `host_permissions` for `news.google.com` and `openrouter.ai` — the two
  network requests described above

## Contact

Questions about this policy: ywrajput@gmail.com