smry Browser Extension — Privacy Policy

Last updated 2026-05-19.

This policy covers the smry browser extension (the “Extension”). It does not cover the smry.ai website, which has its own policy.

What the Extension does

When you invoke the Extension on a page (by clicking its toolbar icon, using its context menu, or pressing its keyboard shortcut) it captures the URL and rendered article HTML of that page, sends them to the smry backend (api.smry.ai), and opens a clean reader view with an optional AI-generated summary. The Extension never acts on a page unless you explicitly invoke it. It does not run background scripts on every page you visit.

What we collect

When you invoke the Extension on a page, the following is sent to api.smry.ai:
  • The page URL.
  • The rendered HTML of the page and its title. smry extracts the clean article (body, author, publish date) from that HTML on its servers.

No account identifier or device identifier is attached to the request. When you ask for a summary, the extracted article body is forwarded to an LLM provider so the provider can generate the summary text. The provider is bound by smry’s data-processing agreement; they do not use the content to train models.

What stays local

  • Your reader preferences (open behavior, save-recent toggle) live in extension-local browser storage.
  • A list of pages you’ve recently opened with the Extension (URL + title + timestamp) lives in extension-local browser storage. You can clear it from the Extension’s options page.

Extension-local browser storage is not synced across devices and not transmitted to smry.

What we don’t collect

  • We do not collect your name, email, IP address, or any account identifier from the Extension.
  • We do not track which pages you visit when you don’t invoke the Extension.

Retention

  • The article the Extension captures is held on the smry backend for a short handoff window (about an hour) so the reader can pick it up, then it expires. The handoff entry is keyed by a random token, not by user or account.
  • We retain request logs (URL + timestamp + status) for up to 30 days for debugging and abuse prevention.

Your choices

  • Uninstall the Extension at any time from your browser’s extensions page. Uninstalling removes extension-local data automatically.
  • Clear local recent-links history from the Extension’s options page without uninstalling.

Contact

Questions or requests: [email protected].