Privacy Policy
Last updated: August 2024
1. Information We Collect
We collect information you provide directly to us, such as:
- Account information (name, email address) through Google authentication
- Bookmark content (links, notes, code snippets, colors, images, passwords)
- Tags, descriptions, and organizational data you add to your bookmarks
- Browser tab information when using our Chrome extension
- Share link preferences and settings
- Usage data and analytics to improve our service
2. Chrome Extension Data Collection
Our Chrome extension collects and processes the following data to provide bookmark management functionality:
- Current Tab Information: URL, title, and metadata of the active browser tab when creating bookmarks
- Extension Settings: Your preferences and configuration settings within the extension
- Authentication Data: API tokens to securely connect to your BeSaved account
- Local Storage: Temporary caching of bookmark data for offline access and performance
- Sync Data: Synchronization of bookmarks between the extension and web application
3. Gmail API Data Usage
Gmail Integration Privacy Notice
BeSaved's use of information received from Gmail APIs will adhere to Gmail API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
When you enable Gmail integration, we access your Gmail account through the Gmail API with the following specific permissions and limitations:
- gmail.readonly: Read emails sent to your designated bookmark addresses (e.g., [email protected])
- gmail.modify: Mark processed emails as read to prevent duplicate processing
- gmail.labels: Add "BeSaved" label to processed emails for organization
Data Usage Restrictions:
- Limited Scope: We only access emails sent to your designated BeSaved email addresses
- Bookmark Creation: Email content is converted into bookmark data and stored permanently as part of your bookmark collection
- No Browsing: We do not browse, read, or access any other emails in your Gmail account
- Secure Handling: All email data is processed securely and stored as encrypted bookmark content
- User Control: You can disconnect Gmail integration at any time from your user settings
- No Sharing: Gmail data is never shared with third parties or used for any purpose other than creating bookmarks
- Data Retention: Email content becomes the content of your bookmarks and is stored as long as you keep the bookmark
Gmail API Compliance: Our use of Gmail API strictly adheres to Google's Limited Use requirements, ensuring your Gmail data is only used for providing the email-to-bookmark functionality and nothing else.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Provide, maintain, and improve our bookmark management service
- Process and store your bookmarks securely
- Enable email-to-bookmark functionality through Gmail integration
- Synchronize data between web application and Chrome extension
- Generate and manage bookmark share links
- Authenticate your account and ensure security
- Send important service notifications
- Analyze usage patterns to improve our service
5. Information Sharing
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties. We may share information only in the following circumstances:
- With your explicit consent
- When required by law or to protect our rights
- With trusted service providers who assist us in operating our service (under strict confidentiality agreements)
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. This includes:
- Encryption of data in transit and at rest
- Regular security audits and updates
- Limited access to personal information on a need-to-know basis
- Secure authentication protocols
7. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access and review your personal information
- Update or correct your information
- Delete your account and associated data
- Delete individual bookmarks created from emails
- Export your bookmark data
- Disconnect Gmail integration (stops future email processing)
- Opt out of non-essential communications
Data Deletion: When you delete a bookmark created from an email, the email content stored in that bookmark is permanently removed from our servers. Disconnecting Gmail integration stops future email processing but does not delete existing bookmarks created from previous emails.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: [email protected]