Citeboard Privacy Policy
The short version: Citeboard keeps your essays, notes, quotes, sources and PDFs on your own computer. We don't have servers that receive them, we can't see them, and we don't sell or share anything about you. There are no ads, no tracking and no analytics.
What Citeboard stores, and where
Everything you create in Citeboard is saved inside your browser on your computer, in the extension's own storage:
- your essays, cards, paragraph outlines, comments and the sources you cite;
- PDFs you open in the Citeboard reader, so you can return to them;
- text you choose to capture from web pages with "Send to Citeboard," along with that page's title, author, date and address so it can be cited;
- the name and message you type when you send an essay to a tutor or student, and the comments you exchange.
This information never leaves your computer unless you choose to move it, for example by downloading a backup, sending an essay file to someone, or exporting your outline. Removing the extension deletes it.
When Citeboard contacts other services
Citeboard only connects to outside services in these cases, and only when you use the feature:
- Looking up a book by ISBN. The ISBN is sent to Open Library (run by the Internet Archive) to fill in the book's details. Nothing else is sent.
- Speaking cards aloud ("Speak"). Citeboard uses your browser's built-in speech recognition. In Google Chrome, that feature sends the audio to Google's speech service to turn it into text. This is handled by Chrome under Google's privacy policy; Citeboard itself never receives or stores the audio.
- Open in Google Docs. This copies your outline to your clipboard and opens a new Google Doc. Your outline only reaches Google if you paste it into that document.
- Buying Citeboard Pro. When paid plans are available, payments are handled by ExtensionPay and Stripe. They receive your email address and payment details to process the purchase and confirm your subscription. Citeboard never sees your card number. Your essays are never sent to them.
Reading scanned pages (text recognition) happens entirely on your computer.
What we don't do
- We don't collect, sell, rent or share your personal information or your writing.
- We don't use your data for advertising, profiling, credit decisions or anything unrelated to Citeboard's purpose.
- We don't read the web pages you visit. Citeboard only reads a page when you choose "Send to Citeboard" on it.
Children and students
Citeboard is built for students, including students under 13. Because their work stays on their own computer and we don't collect personal information from them, we don't hold any children's data. Parents and teachers can see everything Citeboard has saved by opening it on the student's computer, and can delete it from the Essay menu or by removing the extension.
Changes to this policy
If Citeboard's handling of data changes, for example if an optional sync or account feature is added, we will update this page and change the date above before the change takes effect.
Contact
Questions about privacy: gckaloustian@gmail.com