Privacy
Zined is a personal reading app run by one person, not a platform. The short version: your data goes to your Zined server and nowhere else. No advertising, nothing sold or shared with anyone. The zined.app web app may use Google Analytics for aggregate usage statistics (how many people visit, which features get used); the browser extension and the native apps contain no analytics at all.
What the browser extension does with data
- Sign-in: when you sign in, your email and password are sent once, over HTTPS, to the Zined server you choose (zined.app by default) to obtain an access token. The token is stored in your browser's extension storage on your device. Your password is never stored by the extension.
- Saving pages: when you explicitly save a page (button, right-click, or keyboard shortcut), the page's address and title are sent to your Zined server so it can fetch and store a readable copy in your account. The extension never sends your browsing history; it only acts when you ask it to save something.
- Nothing else: the extension makes no other network requests and collects no other data. No third parties receive anything.
What the Zined service stores
Your account (name, email, a hashed password), the articles you save, newsletters you forward, feeds you subscribe to, your tags, reading history, lists, and anything you put on your shelf for friends. It lives in a database on the Zined server and is used only to run the product. Invite-only; no data is ever used for advertising.
Sharing
Nothing is visible to other members unless you explicitly share it: public list links you create, and articles you choose to put on your shelf for friends. Your reading history is never visible to anyone but you.
Deletion
Delete any article any time. To delete your whole account, use the Feedback button in the app (it goes straight to Mitch) or the support email on the extension's store listing, and it will be removed, entirely, promptly.