Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 5, 2026

Summary

Steeped is designed to minimize data exposure. The extension does not require an account, does not use a Steeped-operated backend, and stores its settings and history locally in your browser.

What Steeped collects

Steeped itself does not collect personal information through a Steeped-owned server because Steeped does not operate one for v1.

What data is processed

When you use Steeped, the extension may process:

• the content of the page you choose to summarize
• your summary preferences and settings
• your Anthropic API key
• locally stored summary history and exports

Where data is stored

Steeped stores the following locally in chrome.storage.local:

• Anthropic API key
• settings and preferences
• local summary history
• panel UI state

Where data is sent

When you explicitly request a summary or follow-up response, relevant page content and prompt data are sent directly from your browser to Anthropic's API.

Steeped v1 does not route that data through a Steeped server.

Website analytics

The Steeped browser extension itself does not use analytics, telemetry, or any form of usage tracking. Nothing about how you use the extension is collected or transmitted to us.

The public-facing website at steeped.page (where this privacy policy and the product landing page are hosted) uses Cloudflare Web Analytics, a privacy-preserving analytics service that does not use cookies, does not fingerprint visitors, does not collect IP addresses or personal information, and does not track visitors across sites. It only reports aggregate page view counts to help us understand overall traffic to the website.

Third parties

Steeped depends on third-party services and libraries, including:

• Anthropic API, for language model responses
• Google Chrome / Chrome Web Store infrastructure
• GitHub Pages, for hosting the public website and this privacy policy
• Cloudflare, for DNS, email routing (hello@steeped.page), and the privacy-preserving website analytics described above

Your use of Anthropic's API is also subject to Anthropic's terms and privacy practices.

API keys

Your Anthropic API key is stored locally in your browser through Chrome extension storage. In v1, that key is not encrypted by a Steeped-managed key service because Steeped does not run a backend.

You are responsible for keeping access to your browser profile and device secure.

History and deletion

Steeped may save summary history locally so you can revisit prior results. You can delete local history from the extension interface or by clearing extension data in Chrome.

Uninstalling the extension should remove its local extension data, subject to Chrome's platform behavior.

Permissions

Steeped requests only the permissions needed for core functionality:

• activeTab — to read the current page when you invoke the extension
• storage — to save your settings and history locally
• scripting — to inject extraction logic when needed

No account system

Steeped v1 does not require you to create an account and does not maintain user profiles on a Steeped server.

Security

Steeped is built to reduce unnecessary data handling, but no software can guarantee perfect security. You should avoid summarizing content you are not comfortable sending to Anthropic's API.

Children

Steeped is not directed to children.

Changes

This policy may be updated as the product evolves. Material changes should be reflected by updating the date at the top of this policy.

Contact

For support or privacy questions, email hello@steeped.page.