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01.Who operates CrowdRead

CrowdRead is an independent project. It has no parent company, no investors, and no commercial partners. For any privacy-related question or request, contact support@crowdread.app and we'll respond as quickly as we can.

02.What information CrowdRead collects

When you visit a YouTube page with CrowdRead enabled, the extension reads:

• The 11-character video IDs of any thumbnails currently visible on the page.
• The page type, so the extension knows where to look for thumbnails.
• Whether YouTube is in light or dark mode, so the signal matches your theme.

That is the complete list. CrowdRead does not read:

• Video titles, channel names, view counts, descriptions, or comments.
• Your YouTube account, login state, or watch history.
• Any cookies, browser history, or data from sites other than YouTube.
• Any information about you personally.

03.What's stored on your device

CrowdRead stores two things in your browser's local extension storage:

• Your settings — two on/off toggles: whether the extension is active, and whether the cache is in use. Stored under the key crowdread_settings.
• A short-lived cache — up to 500 video signals you've recently seen, so revisiting a page does not re-fetch them. Each entry expires automatically after 24 hours. Stored under the key crowdread_cache.

Both live in chrome.storage.local. CrowdRead does not use cookies, does not sync data across your devices, and does not write to any other browser storage.

You can clear the cache instantly from the extension popup. Uninstalling the extension removes everything.

04.What CrowdRead sends to its back-end

When CrowdRead needs a signal for a video, it sends a list of YouTube video IDs to its back-end at api.crowdread.app. That request contains:

• The video IDs being looked up.
• The standard metadata any HTTPS request includes – your IP address, browser User-Agent, and the request origin. We use this only as described in section 5. We do not log or retain it beyond that purpose.

It does not contain:

• Any account information, login state, or login tokens.
• Any cookies or tracking identifiers.
• Any data about other tabs, other websites, or your browser history.

05.What's stored on the back-end

The CrowdRead back-end runs on Cloudflare. It stores two things, briefly:

• Cached signals — the result of each video lookup is cached for up to one hour, keyed only by the YouTube video ID. No user information is attached.
• Rate-limit counters — your IP address is checked against a 60-requests-per-minute limit in a rolling 60-second window. Once the window passes, the counter is discarded.

Application logging is turned off, so CrowdRead's own systems do not retain a record of individual requests.

Cloudflare, as the underlying platform, may retain standard request metadata (IP, timestamp, status code) according to their own retention policies, which are independent of CrowdRead. See Cloudflare's privacy notice for details.

06.Third parties

CrowdRead's design keeps third-party involvement to a minimum. The parties involved are:

• YouTube Data API (Google) — when CrowdRead needs to look up a video, the request to YouTube goes from our server, not from your browser.
• Cloudflare — the back-end is hosted on Cloudflare's infrastructure. Cloudflare receives requests from your browser as part of normal operation.

All fonts used inside the extension are bundled with the extension itself. CrowdRead does not request fonts from Google Fonts or any other external service.

There are no analytics providers, no error-tracking services, no advertising networks, and no other third parties involved.

07.Your rights

CrowdRead is built to handle as little personal data as possible, which means most privacy rights resolve to "there is nothing to access, correct, or delete" in our case. The rights still apply, and we'll honour any request you make.

Under the EU GDPR and UK GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access any personal data we hold about you.
• Correct inaccurate data, or have incomplete data completed.
• Request the erasure of your personal data.
• Object to or restrict our processing of your personal data.
• Receive your data in a portable format.
• Withdraw any consent you've previously given.

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, California residents have the right to know, delete, and exercise privacy rights without discrimination. CrowdRead does not sell personal information to anyone.

To exercise any of these rights, email support@crowdread.app and we'll respond as quickly as we can.

08.Children's privacy

CrowdRead is not directed at children under 13. Because CrowdRead does not collect personal data from anyone, no special collection of children's data occurs. If you have any concern that a child's privacy has been affected by CrowdRead, contact support@crowdread.app.

09.Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the Last updated date near the top of the page will reflect the most recent change. Material changes will be flagged clearly at the top of the policy when they happen.

We recommend checking back periodically if you'd like to stay current.