Privacy Policy

What Paper Boy Is

Paper Boy is a free, open-source tool that compiles RSS feeds into EPUB newspapers and delivers them to your e-reader. The source code is publicly available on GitHub.

Data We Collect

When you create an account, we store the minimum needed to operate the service:

• Account info — email address and name (from Google sign-in or email registration)
• Newspaper preferences — your RSS feeds, device type, delivery method, delivery time, and timezone
• Delivery credentials — if you choose email delivery, your SMTP settings; if you choose Google Drive, an OAuth token scoped to Google Drive file creation only
• Delivery history — a log of your past newspaper builds (date, status, article count)

What We Don't Do

• We do not sell, share, or monetize your data
• We do not run ads or tracking scripts
• We do not use analytics services
• We do not read the content of your newspapers after delivery
• We do not store your Google password — authentication goes through Google's OAuth flow and we only receive a scoped token

Where Data Is Stored

Your data is stored in a Supabase hosted PostgreSQL database. EPUB files are temporarily stored in Supabase Storage and are available for download for a limited time after each build.

Third-Party Services

• Supabase — authentication and database hosting
• Vercel — web app hosting
• GitHub Actions — newspaper build pipeline
• Google APIs — sign-in and (optionally) Drive delivery

Each service has its own privacy policy. We only send these services the minimum data required to operate.

Deleting Your Data

You can request deletion of your account and all associated data by emailing luc.c.lacombe@gmail.com. We will delete your data within 30 days.

Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted here with a new date. Paper Boy is a personal project — the policy is kept simple because the project is simple.