Privacy Policy

The Short Version

Sornic is designed to be privacy-first. We don't require accounts, we don't store your articles, and we don't track you across the web. We collect the minimum data needed to make the service work.

What We Collect

Email Collection

If you choose to provide your email address for bonus articles, we store it solely to send occasional product updates. You can unsubscribe at any time by replying to any email. We never sell or share email addresses with third parties.

What We Don't Collect

• ✓No account information (we don't have accounts)
• ✓Email addresses only if you voluntarily provide one for bonus articles - never sold or shared
• ✓No personal information
• ✓No browsing history
• ✓No cookies for tracking

Third-Party Services

To provide the service, we use:

• OpenAI: Converts text to speech. Article content is sent to OpenAI's API for audio generation. See OpenAI's Privacy Policy.
• Anthropic: Cleans article content for better audio quality. See Anthropic's Privacy Policy.
• Upstash: Manages rate limiting. Only stores a counter linked to a hashed version of your IP. See Upstash's Privacy Policy.
• Firecrawl: Used as a fallback when primary article extraction fails. Receives the article URL to fetch and extract content from JavaScript-heavy or protected sites. See Firecrawl's Privacy Policy.
• Vercel: Hosts the application. See Vercel's Privacy Policy.

Data Retention

Article content is processed in memory and discarded immediately after generating audio. Rate limit counters reset every 24 hours. We don't maintain any long-term user data.

Audio Caching

Generated audio may be cached temporarily (up to 7 days) to improve performance and reduce costs. This cache is keyed by a hash of the article content, not by any user identifier.

Chrome Extension

Our Chrome extension ("Sornic Reader") allows you to listen to articles directly on the page you're browsing. Here's how it handles your data:

• ✓The extension only reads the URL of the page you're viewing when you explicitly click the extension icon, use the keyboard shortcut (Alt+S), or select "Listen with Sornic" from the context menu
• ✓This URL is sent to our servers to extract article content and generate audio. No data is sent without your explicit action
• ✓No browsing history is collected or monitored
• ✓Voice preference and playback speed are stored locally in your browser using Chrome's storage API and are never sent to our servers
• ✓If you log in with a Pro account, your email and subscription status are stored securely in Supabase. Session cookies are used to keep you logged in.

Your Rights

Since we don't collect personal data, there's nothing to delete or export. If you have concerns about data we may have processed, contact us and we'll help.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy occasionally. Significant changes will be noted with an updated date at the top.